I'm sitting on the floor in my room because my bed is covered in clothes I haven't yet stowed away into my duffle. The guest room is cluttered in my college junk, waiting for me to do more sorting of what goes right away and what can wait until the weekend. I can't believe I leave this place tomorrow. A month ago I would have been happy to leave. Everything was a mess, nothing was finished, and everyone acted like ogres. But that's not the case today. And since it's been a while since I've provided a verbal update of the state of things, I will elaborate on the change. Most recently, the pool is finished. It's all filled up with water and waiting for chlorine. Kris and I baptised it on Saturday and went for a nice afternoon swim. Cody didn't like it; he shrieks if someone swims away or splashes, so we tried to get him used to it by bringing him with us. He didn't like that too much either. However, he did finally walk into the shallow ledge on his own (it's a walk-in pool) and waded around a little, so that was an improvement. We had a big dinner Sunday night; Jackie & Tim, Chad & Bless, Grandpa and his caretaker, grandma, and then of course the four of us. Mom made her specialty lasagna--yummy! Anyway, it's nice to finally be able to have people over. The only big things left now are the pond in the living room, the surround sound, some re-painting, and a couple appliances need to be fixed. It's nice being here. I absolutely love my room (and my jungle theme bathroom!) and now I have to go away. :( I'm very sad about that. And besides, Kris and I have gotten very comfortable here, having our Mon-Fri jobs and then going out with the Click-5 on Friday and Saturday and spending time with family on Sunday. I'm going to miss all this. Of course, I can always come back some weekends. Kris is away at band camp right now; starting his new position as Saguaro's percussion instructor. I know he'll do a really good job, too; better than anyone else they could have hired. He's got the talent, the knowledge, and of course the patience. And besides, the kids respect him. I just hope he doesn't burn out from all those hours during school. I was supposed to go to band camp to take pictures again, but, alas, RA training... I hope I have a good time with this. I feel like I'm walking in the dark though because I have no idea what is happening this week. They haven't told us anything except when to move-in. Well, that's the scoop. Back to packing I guess... Carrie