Normal Life?

Well, today is the day that 'normal life' resumes for our little family. The reunion is officially over as of tonight, and tomorrow morning Ammon and Russ leave here at about 5 am to catch their flights to Utah in order to pack up the rest of our apartment and transport it out here. The trip should take them about a week, which includes a 'slush day' on Wednesday to get any last minute Logan errands done, pack anything that was left unpacked before the kids and I left two weeks ago, and do the final cleaning before our move-out inspection on Friday morning. Now that we've been here for a couple of weeks, I'm anxious to get the rest of our belongings here so that I can access the things that were left behind in order to conserve space. Ammon also started applying for jobs in earnest again this morning, sending out several resumes in the Cincinnati area. We had hoped originally when we left Utah that there would be a job waiting for us here in Dayton with a company that Ammon has worked with through Yesco, but they informed us last week that there organization is not as large as we had hoped, and they simply can't support another full time employee in Ammon's position. Although we hadn't really been relying on that position, we had hoped for it a great deal, so we feel somewhat as though we are back to square one in the job search. We have shifted our search area from here in Dayton where Mary, Russ, and Angela are located, to Cincinnati, which is just over an hour south of here. The hope is that when Ammon and Russ get back from Utah early next week, Ammon can then spend Thursday and Friday of next week searching for some sort of full time work that will get us by for a short time until he can find something more permanent. Mary and Russ have been incredibly gracious in letting us stay with them, and I know that they are happy to let us stay as long as we need to, but I can't help thinking that it would be better for everybody if we could get into our own place very soon, even if it is just to rent an apartment in Cincinnati for a few months.
Other than all that, things are going very well. The kids seem to be adjusting to being in Ohio, and have certainly enjoyed having cousins around to play with every day. The humidity, while noticeable, has not been as oppressive as I feared, and I am getting used to driving and navigating in a large eastern city. I'm excited now to move on to the next step, and get our family established in our own area so that we can start making some connections of our own.