Belated Second Post

Ok, so I didn't really follow through with this the last time, but we'll see how this works. Brief recap, Lauren and I moved to Charlotte, North Carolina last May and have been living in a suburb called Pineville. We're currently in an apartment, and that's the plan until we get the point where we can buy a house or townhouse and move.

I didn't pass the bar exam in July, so I've been working at Banana Republic since then and studying to take the bar again on February 26th and 27th. If I pass, I'll then look for another legal position of some sort, which hopefully will allow Lauren to find another job that is closer to where we live. If our finances allow, we'll probably be finding a house or townhouse at that point. I'm thinking I'll probably keep my job at Banana Republic and only work on the weekends (if I have time) or at Christmas so that I can take advantage of the killer discount employees get.

Lauren is still working as manager of Icing at a mall across town, and the drive, among other things, makes it an annoying proposition. Her store has done pretty well compared to last year, which I'm not surprised about because she's a good manager. Connor is doing well and is still acting like a puppy. He's gone through a stage recently where he has a problem peeing on our nice expensive comforter. Other than that, he's doing well and has decided that he actually enjoys wearing his little sweaters that Lauren loves to put him in. I have had some input into which ones we get, so they don't make him look like a girl or anything.

We got some snow a few weeks ago that was actually pretty steady and stuck to the ground. I'd been at work until one in the morning doing inventory, so when I got home there was a lot still on the ground. Lauren was still up, so we went outside with Connor and played in the now behind our building, throwing snowballs at each other and even at Connor, who was about as happy playing around in the white stuff as he is playing inside. He was so good that he didn't even try to run away when his leash dropped into the snow and got stuck, he just ran around in the snow and tried to get snow all over Lauren and me. I wish I had pictures, but neither Lauren nor I are any good at remembering that.

Lauren and I have found a church that we love. We've helped establish a Sunday school class for young adults in their 20s and 30s, which has made us both more involved in something other than work/studying/home. One of the things that attracted us to the church and has really helped us to stick with this church and the class is the devotion to missions. The link for the church is www.sharonumc.org.

Last week, Lauren and I both had the flu at various points, and we're both still recovering to a certain extent. Neither of us is contagious anymore, but we're both (especially Lauren, who's on her feet all the time) still getting fatigued fairly easily and coughing a fair amount. I've been having bouts with migraines again since then, which hadn't been a problem for a little over a year. Soon enough it will pass, though. I have a root canal procedure tomorrow, my second tooth to have worked on in the last three months. The first one took four visits, partly because the tooth itself was absessed, but it has healed nicely.

I suppose that's enough for right now. I'm going to try to make posting a little more regular this time, but with the bar exam coming up soon, we'll see how that goes.