Goodbye College Town

We got the house and we're hoping to sign the lease and move stuff in today. We're finally saying goodbye to this college town after five years of living here. It's hard to believe all the time that's gone by, but our era is done and it's really time we should be moving on.

Only bummer about moving on will be the lack of internet for god knows how long.

Here's hoping I can survive without my darling internet.

I think I'm going to be lost without you.

Waiting

Still waiting to hear if we got the place or not. Talked to the rent screening people and they should have it sent to the property people this afternoon. Hope to sign the lease and start moving stuff in tomorrow.

After some serious job drama, I do officially have the job. Because of some trouble I got in last July the temp agency wasn't sure if they would be able to hire me for liability reasons, but I assured them that everything in my past was taken care of. The temp agency reassured me that the company that I'll be working for knows about my past, likes me a lot, and actually wants me for the job. Lots of red tape to deal with and in the end they did a background check and I am A-O-K.

I start next Monday. I still can't believe that I'll make over $100 a day for working. The best I've ever done was $66 a day. Just to feel like I'm worth that much is awesome. If people thought I worked hard for $8 an hour, wait until they see what I can do now.

I'm so nervous about the new job. My first career job. I'm just SO NERVOUS.

I look forward to reading this post a week from today and seeing if I still feel nervous about the job.

I hope I like the job, but I'm the kind of person where liking the job doesn't really matter. Finding pride in the work you doing is what's important. Anyone who knows me would probably say I'm lazy, but the truth is, I know when to rest, and I know when to work. When I'm working, I work hard and long. I sweat and take few breaks. When I'm not working, I'm not working.

I like to think that I maximize my energy to output ratio.

Well, it's time to use some energy and output some progress.

Moving on

We've been packing almost non-stop for three days now. Most things are put away in boxes but there are still things here and there and the entire bedroom/master bathroom that have yet to be touched.

We wont even know if we got the place we looked at last Thursday until tomorrow or Wednesday. I'm really hoping for tomorrow. We put down a holding deposit so it's ours as long as we pass the renter screening. Which I'm sure we will, but it feels too perfect to just say it will happen.

The place we looked at is this adorable 2 bed/1 bath house with a 2 car garage, gas heat and stove, central air, automatic sprinklers. It is 100% perfect for us. Our families keep giving us a hard time because they feel it is too expensive, but the truth is we needed a garage and really wanted a washer/dryer in the place. We looked at many apartments in the area and to get one with the space we need and the amenities we want it would be at least $1000 a month, so $995 isn't the end of the world for a nice little house. At least my darling and I don't seem to think so.

I thought it would be a lot harder cleaning up two years of our lives, but it seems to all fit nicely into boxes. Little boxes. It's so weird to see everything you own all wrapped up and ready to be transported. The cats seems to know something is up. One seems to either have a bladder infection or is just so stressed that he wants to mark his territory, we just aren't sure.

Only time will tell, that's the mantra that we're living by at the moment.

It's hard to believe we're leaving this college town after five years, but I couldn't be happier. Just to think of all the different food choices and everything we're going to have in our new town. The excitement of starting a new job. To even have got the first job I applied for right out of college feels so good.

Now if we could just save up enough money for a washer or dryer and a couch (and actually get the place) our lives would be golden.

Here's hoping.

Matriculation

I am officially done with all of the schooling for my B.S. in Plant Science. Still no job but I'm waiting for the phone call.

The odd thing with being done is I thought I would feel so excited and free, but really I just feel like I have other crap to do.

I have to clean the house today and tomorrow to prepare for my mom and brother to show up tomorrow night. My step-dad and others are coming down on Saturday morning and by noon on Saturday I'll be done with the University of Idaho forever.

I'm really looking forward to be done, but I'm a little disappointed by my lack of excitement to finally be done.

I'd feel more excited if this stupid job would call me back.

Is there anybody out there?

I'm new here.

Life as I know it is changing and I thought it would be a good time to blog my trials and tribulations.

Here's hoping I'll plant some gems of thoughts here in my thought plantation.