Nicole Madsen

Nichole Madsen (Glenn someday....) Has ten years really gone by, that is just crazy. It kind of makes me feel old... So, what have I been doing for the last ten years, that is an awfully good question. I went to college, or I guess colleges to be more accurate. I spent one year at Snow, one at CEU, then I went down to SUU to finish my bachelors degree and I started working for Youth Corrections. That particular career choice may or may not have been inspired by people that I used to hang out with in High School.....I then moved to Salt Lake to attend the U of U and work on my Masters in Social Work. It was through my first internship that I met my future sister-in-law and she introduced me to my husband, Matt Glenn, through a blind date. We were married a couple of weeks after I graduated from the U in May of 2004. He served his mission in Hungary and was attending school. I landed a job with the LDSH/IMC transplant team working with liver, kidney, and pancreas transplant recipients and Matt continued on with his schooling. I need a moment to brag about my brilliant husband, he is pretty incredible and discovered a talent for learning languages on his mission where he learned Hungarian. He came home and took Spanish, a couple of dialects of Arabic, and some French. He spent 6 weeks in Egypt doing a study abroad program to study Arabic while I stayed home and paid the mortgage on the home that we had purchased in down town Salt Lake, about half a block from Liberty Park. Matt finished school at the U of U in May of 2008 and we sold our home and moved down to St. George where we are taking an early "retirement" before Matt finds a full time job and supports me for a change! Matt's degrees are in International Studies and Middle Eastern Studies with an emphasis in Arabic and he was Arabic student of the year. He is planning on pursuing job opportunities with one of the government agencies with hopes of being able to work internationally. I think that his secret ambitions include dragging me off to the Sudan or somewhere where I have to walk behind him, act all subservient, wear a berka, and will probably finally have to change my last name..... We expect to once again by productive and tax-paying members of society by the end of the year. We do not have any kids yet but have two dogs, which I sometimes think are almost as much work. My family moved away from Emery County while I was in college and my parents now live in Milford of all places, which is actually smaller if you can believe it. I miss being able to go to Emery County to visit. Beside the small town feel and being able to leave your home and car unlocked I also miss all the friendships because I have done less than a stellar job of keeping in touch. Life just gets busy and the next thing you know you have been out of High School for ten years! Thanks for all of those that are working to put all of this together!