Hello my wonderful family! I hope everyone's summer went well and that you are ready for fall. Bozeman has already had snow! A little too early for me, but with all the fires and smoke, I can't really complain. Apparently I didn't do a good job of updating the family on our move, as a few people at Jen's wedding asked if we were still in Chicago, so here's a quick recap of the last 6 months or so.
In mid-December, Shane and I (along with the generous help of Shane's Dad and my mom) packed up a moving truck and our car, in the freezing cold, and drove back to Montana. We spent the first 4 months out at Shane's sister's house. They had an apartment above their garage that we were able to stay in while we figured out what our next step was. I finished up work with my Chicago job at the end of February and jumped right in to working at MSU in the athletics department. I work on travel reports for all the teams (except football) and try to keep the basketball and volleyball coaches in line. I am currently working on moving into an office manager position.
Shane started working part-time as a reference and programs librarian at the public library in January. Then he added another job and spent a few months working part-time organizing the archived records at BioScience. Just a couple weeks ago he accepted a full-time position as an admissions evaluator at MSU and is so excitged to be back on campus and accepting students into MSU. Plus, I love that he is just a short walk from me!
We plan on attending football and volleyball games this fall and hopefully meeting up with Tom and Jeanine and Shannon and Birch at the home games. We love being back in Montana and being so close to family. We really missed that in Chicago. Granted, there are a few things about the Windy City we miss, mainly Dunkin' Donuts, but it was a sacrifice worth making. :)
Hopefully the family Thanksgiving works out and we'll be able to see a lot of you then. We sure love you all!
Love,
Molly
I learned from Abe today that Tony Mendoza suddenly passed away yesterday in his office in Texas. It's a sad loss for his law school partners – and close friends.
