thisis a test of the emergency broacast system. This is only a test. should this have been an actual emergency, you would have been given instructions. I repeat, this is only a test, it is not a tornado, or an earthquack, or a terrorist attack, or a flood, or a mudslide, neither has the economy collapsed. blah blah blah blah blah. yakkity, schmakity. is this thing on?!??!?1?!

It's been good to be back in Utah. Emily is back working in the office. I can tell I'm not the only one that thinks she's pretty special, because she was met with a large "Welcome Back" sign and decorations everywhere in her office. When I got back to my old job, all I got was a couple people asking "where did you go again?" I'm happy and excited to be back working again though. I've been placed on the coveted BYU Broadcasting (KBYU) audit. It's been really fun, and I've learned a lot.

We've been living at my parents house for a few weeks now, and it's been fun but we are both anxious to get our own place. We get free food, dishnetwork, internet service, use of washer and dryer, and use of the theater room. On the other hand, most of our stuff is still in boxes, cluttering up our room, and the rest is in storage. This includes all our wedding gifts that we still haven't opened and used. We love always being around family but, it just doesn't quite feel like we are our own family unit/module/entity here.

Searching for a place to live sounded kinda fun at first, but it really sucks. We searched for weeks before we found somewhere acceptable. Does anybody else out there hate looking for apartments? Seriously, I'd rather slit my wrists and do one-handed pushups in salt water with a fifty pound rock strapped to my back with barbed wire! It's impossible to find something within a reasonable price that doesn't require a significant compromise.

Our favorite one (sarcastic) was in the basment of a single middle-aged man's house. We were attracted by the fact that he was going to let us use some space in his backyard for our own garden. As we took the tour, one of his multiple cats followed us around. We were surpised to discover the place had no oven and no dishwasher. He said we could use the washer and dryer which was located in our living quarters in the basement, but he would come down occasionaly to do his own laundry as well as to use his office. We politely declined the apartment.

We finally settled on a place in south Orem - almost in Provo. We can't move in until May 7th but we feel less out of place having a place locked in place if you know what I mean.

-Daniel for the Gerows

P.S. Sorry no super cute, awwwwwww, melt-your-heart baby photos. I posted no photos at all in protest. (Just kidding we love baby pictures! We don't have any new pictures to post, so I had to come up with something!)