A Day and the Life of the Ginger Family: January 2012

Pretty much I stink at updating this blog. Every time I think about updating it, I am either busy or away from a computer. So the last few months have been especially stressful but we have been extremely blessed as well. In September, we started our fifth semester here at BYUI. Denton was taking 17 credits, which every one in his department thinks he is crazy for doing. Most people in his department take 14 credits or less. I figured out that Denton would be graduating a semester before me if he kept taking 17 credits so we decided to have him take 12-14 credits for the rest of his semesters so that he won't be so stressed out and so he could also get a job!
That has been our main focus this semester besides school. We are both off-track during the Winter semester so we both needed jobs because we will basically be out of money by January. So at the beginning of October, our school had a career fair and Denton signed up for interviews for internships with two companies. One was with the Church headquarters. He had his interview and the guy seemed to really like him. Denton seemed to think that he would have a pretty good chance of getting it. They told him they would let him know in about two weeks. ONE month later we still hadn't heard anything. Denton called them and they said they still hadn't decided. So another month went by and we still hadn't heard. So Denton called them again and they said all the positions were full. We were pretty mad. Not because we didn't get it but because they never let us know that we didn't get it. The other internship was a company in Boise. Secretly, I really wanted Denton to get the internship there because I would love to live in Boise, if only for a few months. So he had an interview with them during the career fair and then they asked to have a second phone interview about two weeks later. I was pretty excited but I could tell that Denton didn't really want to work there but I kept hoping. So after a month, we hadn't heard anything. We were pretty frustrated because no one was getting back with us. Denton emailed them and to this day we haven't heard anything back from them. Oh well.
But wait there is good news!!! So on the Sunday two weeks before Christmas, Denton was especially frustrated. He applied for a internship in Idaho Falls that he wasn't exactly qualified for but decided to try anyways. On Monday got a call from them asking for him to interview. We were pretty excited but tried not to get our hopes up too much. He went to his interview and he said it went really well. The people said that they would get back to him soon. On Friday they called and told him he got the job!!!! He only can work 27 hours a week but that will still pay for rent, food, phone, gas, and hopefully some into savings!! We were really excited!!! We aren't getting our hopes up to high but he says that it sounds like he will be able to work there after his internship is finished. He started work last week and while he has a lot to learn, he says he really likes it. He is also looking for another part-time job and I am also looking for a full-time job. Lets just say the job market in Rexburg is less than ideal but I am sure I will find one soon.
We have been truly blessed this last semester. I was pretty sure that we would not be able to pay rent for January and I didn't know what we were going to do but some how money didn't seem to disappear as fast as it used to. We also have been truly blessed through our family members. I don't know where we would be without them. I know that God is truly looking out for us.
Denton and I decided that even though we weren't going to be in Rexburg for Christmas, we should get our own Christmas tree. We decided to go cut down our own. So we bought a permit and headed up to the mountains. All the trees that we saw were either really big or didn't have a lot of branches so we found the best one that we could. It kind of looked like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree but we took it home and decorated it! We had a lot of fun getting into the Christmas Spirit.

For Christmas, we went to Boise to spend it with my family. We had a wonderful time! All of my aunts and uncles were able to come which hasn't happened in awhile. Denton was able to talk with his family and especially his brother, who is on a mission.