What does settled mean?

Well friends, I'm back. From where? The US. You read it right. I made a quick (well, 8 day) trip back to the desert to attend to some family things. Everything is fine now, but unfortunately the situation necessitated an emergency trip back to Phoenix- much different than a quick trip from OC, let me tell you.


I had always thought my first trip back to the US would be spent eating all the foods I missed, shopping, and of course seeing friends. Unfortunately this trip was spent more or less in bed- I got sick on the plane and it followed me the whole time home! Double the misery was the fact that I went to spend time with my Dad who was in the hospital- a little tough when all I wanted was to be admitted myself! Oh well- I can happily report that all 5 of the Menendez's are in good health thankfully.



The good side is that I was home for Thanksgiving. The bad side to this was watching USC ruin the hopes of all Sundevils for a near flawless football season. I hate USC. Truly, I hate them. Now that I am not a recruiter for EY anymore, I can be honest here. I love my USC friends, my USC recruits, my old USC co-workers. However, I hate USC. I especially hate their football team. The first ASU game I've been able to watch since I moved, and it just had to be that one. Maybe my kids one day will see ASU beat USC.



Enough hating- this is a time for thanks, right?!



Here is a partial list of what I'm thankful for:

- A healthy family (those of you who know my family the best know good health is fleeting, so I'm going with this as long as I can)

- An awesomely spectacular husband. He is truly the greatest thing ever.

- Grey's Anatomy- I'm addicted

- Strongbow cider- makes the long hours at the pub so much better

- A wealth of good friends we've met here who make the transition so much easier

- Having the experience and motivation to interview and be considered for such cool jobs. I may not have a job yet- but some of these companies are so cool.

- Having friends at home who still email and call us to tell us random happenings. (special thanks to you Mary for the last few gems you've sent our way)

- 50 pound round trip fares to bascially any large European city we want to visit

- Starbucks, for red cups, patient baristas, and uninterrupted broadband service

Finally, I'm thankful for that settled feeling we've been waiting for for months. Although I don't have an official routine, or broadband service (that is for another blog posting), it is nice to have our stuff unpacked, know where we are going and how to get there, and have plans for travel in place.

Until next time friends, enjoy the week! Next posting will include pictures of Nice and Paris, France!