Well, I’m feeling that blogger let-down after revealing Big News all week. Now what do I write about?? Random is always good…

~ Taj gave his very 1st talk yesterday in Primary (children’s program) at church. We aren’t really suppose to video anything, but since Sei wasn’t there I had my friend tape it all. He did really great which surprised me since he had a major melt down just 1/2 an hour before! MAJOR meltdown. I was trying to teach the lesson and he was hanging on my leg and reaching his arms up like he was trying grab my b00bs. It was bad.

~ Tristan met Rachel Coleman, the creator of Signing Time! I knew she was going to be at the Provo mall but we had major snow and I’m such a wimp when it comes to driving in the snow. So I was lame & didn’t take Livie. Tristan was sweet enough to get a pic on his phone and he got me an autograph. He also told Rachel, “You commented on my mom’s blog.” (You can see that here.) She asked, “What’s her blog name?” “Uhh… I don’t know.” Nice.

~ Sei made it to Texas Sunday nite, but had a little accident on Saturday. Right out of Gallup, NM he hit black ice and did a 720 off the road. He landed about 10 feet from a van that had done the same thing. Before he spun outta control an 18 wheeler jack-knifed in front of him, but somehow pulled itself out of it. Sei and the van were stuck in mud and were totally worried that another truck or vehicle would fly off and hit them. Sei somehow got his car out of the mud. The van called someone for help. Soooo scary!! I’m so thankful he was ok. And the car was ok too.

~ Sei’s mom called me to check how I was with staying home alone. She offered this advice, “Lock the backdoor and windows because that’s where the danger is.” Um, ok. Thanks.

~ I will get to see pics of my house today hopefully! Sei actually picked out everything- the appliances, the carpet, the cabinets, the tile… I know some women would die before lettimg their husband pick stuff out, but he honestly has great taste. I trust him completely. This is all I’ve seen of our house so far. It has brick and everything now. I’m soooo excited! They pushed the closing date back until late January because a lot of the builders are going to Mexico for Christmas, etc… So, we’ll be staying at my parents for 6 weeks.

~ I have so much crap to do and I’m totally putting it all off. I’m overwhelmed and I don’t know where to start.

HAPPY MONDAY!

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My eye’s flood gates opened at this point and for the 1st time that stressful day I cried. I bawled. I felt such a weight lifted. Halle-freakin’-lujah!! They knew my husband was an honest man!!They were pretty hard on him in the interview, but they were never able to get a rise out of him. After he was given the job offer he was told that he’d need to do a few things before being hired including getting a Texas drivers license and emailing the chief a picture of him wearing a suit- which he promptly did. Sei saw the chief later in the parking lot, shook his hand and told him thank you again for the opportunity and the chief said, “Well, you know, after interviewing you we all talked amongst ourselves and it really was up to us if we believe you about the drugs or not. And we do. We believe you were being truthful.” How wonderful is that???

Sei flew home and we left for Vegas the next day. He was stressed the entire trip because he felt like he was wasting time because we still needed to sell the house. The Friday we got home I posted an ad on craigslist.org. We got a few calls on Saturday. That afternoon we showed the home to an investor and they faxed us an offer 2 hours later. We countered with just a few changes and they never faxed anything back. I was getting stressed. We scheduled to show the home to another couple on Wednesday thinking we weren’t in contract. Wed. morning a fax came from the investor with the completed and signed contract!! We still showed the home to the couple, who LOVED it, and left their contact info in case our contract fell thru. So, not only do we have a contract set to close by Dec. 12, but we have a back up too!

Sei starts the police academy on Dec. 3. He left this morning for Texas.:( I have never been away from him this long. I’m worried because it snowed a ton last nite and he’s driving… While he’s gone I get to pack the entire house. We are set to close by the 12th, but we will move out the 15th. My dad and Sei will fly back on Dec. 14, load the truck the 15th and we’ll caravan back to Texas.

So, yes, my BIG NEWS is that after 6 years in Utah I am going home. I am so thankful for my husband. We’re going to be 2 days drive away from his family and like 10 minutes from mine. I feel almost selfish. I’m stressed because I’ve never lived near my ex since being divorced. But, I know this is what our family is suppose to be doing, so I know God will make it all work out. Look how much He has already done!! As stressful as this whole process was I KNEW the entire time that we were doing what God wanted us to do and he would make it work out. Sometimes we totally felt like Indiana Jones (1:57):

Sometimes you just have to LEAP!!

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Then I went to pray. And I prayed so so so hard. I prayed that Heavenly Father would open the hearts and minds of the interviewers so they would know that Seiuli was telling the truth and was the man they were suppose to hire. And right then and there I felt an overwhelming calm feeling. A calm feeling I had heard about from others, but had never felt in such a way myself. I knew he would be interviewed. They would listen to Seiuli. How he did in the interview would change our lives forever- one way or another.

Sei called the man, we’ll call him “Mr. T”, who had been conducting all the background checks. He told Mr. T that he had no idea why he had failed that portion of the test. He had been completely honest. Mr. T told him that he would send on the results to the chief and to just plan to meet as scheduled unless he called and told him otherwise. Sei thanked him, but he told me that Mr. T’s attitude towards him seemed different than it had just that morning when he met with him.

So, now it was more waiting. Sei’s interview wasn’t scheduled for almost another 3 hours. I talked to him a lot during that time and just prayed that another call never beeped in. About 30 minutes before his interview was the last time I talked to him. My phone didn’t ring again and I knew he had been able to attend the interview. But it was scheduled at 1 pm and 2 hours past that time I was getting a little worried because I hadn’t heard back. Then I heard my phone beep. It was a text from Sei. “They asked me why I didn’t dress up.” HOLY FREAKIN’ CRAP!! In all our hurrying around getting ready for his trip- booking a rental car, plane tickets, getting copies of transcripts, driving records, finding his divorce decree, our marriage license, etc… we had TOTALLY forgot to pack a suit. It never even entered our minds. I know- we are such dorks!! He had taken clothes appropriate for a polygraph, peeing in a cup (Is there a dress code for that?) and a psychological test, but the whole interview part had just totally slipped our minds. He had on a button up shirt and nice jeans. Losers. When I got that text that moment was the 1st time I really felt nervous. I kept telling myself to remember the calm feeling I had, it would be ok. But in my head I was stressin’ it. Big time.

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Should I leave y’all hangin’ again???

No? Ok. I’ll tell y’all just a little more. I’m just having so much fun!!

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Another half hour passed. *Finally* my phone rang and I answered. It was Sei. “Did you get my text?” he asked, kinda somber sounding. “Yeah. I’m sorry Babe. I totally meant to tell you to take your Dockers. I’m sorry!! “ Sei said, “Oh, yeah. No, did you get my other text?” “Wait, hold on.” I had to figure out how to check messages while on a call and do it with shaking fingers.

And there it was- the best text EV.ER.

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“Why do you always have to be right? I got it!!”

To be continued…

I have lots of news about Vegas to divulge after I’m done teasing y’all with my “Big News.” I got to see my brother for the 1st time in 2 years- and my zipper was down. I also got to meet his new girlfriend. And a huge highlite of the trip was getting to see “Phantom of the Opera.” Holy awesome!!! Stay tuned…

If you missed the 1st 3 BIG NEWS posts, play catch up HERE.

Now he would have to wait for the results of that test and wait to hear from Human Resources regarding what to do next. So, that’s what he did. He flew home to me and we waited… Waited for test results and waited for SOMEONE, ANYONE to look at our home.

We received a call from Human Resources letting us know that Sei had scored the highest possible score on the video exam and had the fastest time on the physical test. That’s MY MAN!! Woo hoo! They had sent a packet home with him to fill out regarding his background, so we set to work on that. It asked a TON of questions and 1/2 of them Sei couldn’t remember the answer to. They wanted every address for like the last 15 years. Sei moved so freakin’ much his 1st marriage- we had to find his old addresses on some website online. We got that all filled out and mailed in. Then waited. Again.

Our realtor didn’t show our house once during all this time. So, we decided to sell it by owner so that we could lower the price considerably. We marketed it on craigslist.org and got a few calls, had a few showings, but still nada. Ugh.

In the mean time LPD was doing their background investigation. They called me. They called Sei’s ex. They called our neighbor- who wasn’t even on the contact list!! Everyone gave Sei rave reviews. I, of course, had the man laughing with my witty sense of humor. He asked if I knew of any drug use and I told him, “Seiuli’s never even drank alcohol.” “Really?” “Really. He’s as straight up as they come.” “What about a temper? Have you seen him mad?” “The only way I know Sei is even getting upset is his lip curls a little…” “Hahahaha.”

The LPD called and let Sei know that if everything continues to go as it had been they would need him to fly down to Texas again and complete the hiring process: a lie detector test, an interview with the police chief, a drug test and a psychological test. Sei booked another flight to Texas for Nov. 14. He was feeling pretty confident he’d get the job. This part of the hiring process didn’t worry him. He’d been thru all this before when he was hired as a deputy. He had never done drugs or had any interest to and hadn’t broken any laws. He’d never even drank coffee. Sei had been open and honest the entire process, so why would a little lie detector test scare him?

To be continued…. In the mean time check out my Vegas pics!! Or to catch up on what the heck is going on clickety here.