Finally... a New Update from the Krahns

Ria & Dave b5
Originally uploaded by Kawakatoose.

Yep, it's true. For those of you who have checked this loyally or even sporadically, I finally feel ready to post on what is going on in our lives. Things have been insane for us over the last few days. First of all, Charity and I have been working a lot and planning to move to the city. Then, on August 12, my brother, Dave, got married. Then, something extremely unexpected happened, but more on that later.

At the start of August, Charity was working at Walmart here in Saskatoon and I had just gotten a job as a computer sales person at London Drugs. We arranged for an apartment and were planning to move in shortly after the beginning of the month. We had been living with my folks for two months, so we needed to get out on our own. A lot can change in a month.

My brother's wedding turned out to be very nice, despite my personal doubts about a wedding held outdoors. The wedding was held at the Roman Gardens at Candle Lake, Saskatchewan. Though it was cloudy and we felt the occasional sprinkle, the rain held off and the entire thing turned out well. Dave looked cool and Ria was beautiful. I was honoured to stand up for him as the Best Man. After the wedding, they took off to California for their honeymoon. I understand they got to meet George Clooney and Matt Damon who were filming Ocean's 13.

Well, we came back home and that's when everything changed. We had resigned ourselves to working at our retail jobs and working as substitute teachers whenever we got the chance. A few days after the wedding, Charity got a phone call inviting her to be interviewed. So, she went to Hodgeville, Saskatchewan, for an interview. Well, to our surprise,r she got the job! She will be teaching Math and English Language Arts to Grade 3 and 4 students. So, on Saturday, she quit at Walmart, and on Monday, she went down to look for a place to live. Fortunately, we hadn't moved all our stuff into our apartment yet, but unfortunately, we'd hooked up the utilities and committed ourselves to stay until September. Just to let you know how quickly this has all transpired, I am typing this on Wednesday, so a week ago she still didn't really know where Hodgeville was. School starts on Monday, so right now, she is busy preparing for the school year. As for me, I will sub in that division after I finish up my job here in Saskatoon. This is very good news for us, but as you can see, it's not going to be an easy transition.

Thanks for reading and I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. For those of you just finding out about this now, we are sorry we couldn't tell you in person, but everything has happened so fast. We look forward to visiting with you when we have the chance. Take care every one. Thanks.

-Joe

P.S. Thank you for the note Kazuko. If you see this, please say "Hello" to Yoshi and Seiko!