YEAH YEAH YEAH

YEAH!!!!!!!!

Nick got the job! We don't have to move, we don't have to leave our ward. We get to stay in Woburn! I am so happy and excited. The only sad part is I'm still in Utah and can't celebrate with him.

ARGHHHH!!!!

Some days....or weeks....

We are in a waiting state. A very anxious waiting state. It doesn't help that he's in Boston and I'm in Utah.

To back up: we had the wonderful opportunity to be with my family as my two new brothers were sealed to our family. The used to be my nephews, but were legally made my brothers three weeks ago, and eternally made my brothers last Saturday. Since I currently am (happily) unemployed, my dad asked me to stay with the 3 youngest boys while him, mom, my sister and a brother went on a pioneer trek. Sure, why not. Nick had to fly back for work, so he left on Monday.

Monday we were anxious (when exactly is "early next week?"). Tuesday...still anxious. I hadn't heard from him yet, and was hoping for Wednesday. Then the text message came! Still in the running! Yeah!!! An interview was set for Wednesday. Unfortunately, the interviewer was sick. So it was tentatively rescheduled for today (Thursday). Unfortunately, still sick. So here we sit.

It wouldn't be so bad, but it's hard being this far apart. I know that if it's where we should stay, all will be well.

So Far So Good!!!

Well, Nick had his interview today. It went well; in fact as far as we can tell it went really well. Stay tuned, we will find out next week whether there is a next step.

I really hope so because I don't want to leave my current ward!!!

Possibly Crazy, Definately Tired...

So I did it. I quit my job. Why? Well, the reasons are complicted and many. The two biggest ones are:
1- The building is moving in July. It's only moving about 5 miles up 93, but as we share a car, this would add at least another 20 min to our timing in the morning, and would lengthen my day by about 40 minutes total. Nick would be fighting traffic both after dropping me off and to pick me up. It's not cost effective to buy another car at this time-especially with the price of gas.
2- The second major reason is time. While it is nice to have a regular 8am-5pm job, it is taking up 45 hours a week. I do not like to spend this much time away from my family, and my home. Too much falls apart, or gets ignored.

My solution? I am now waiting tables. Sure it's not glamorous work, but it's high energy, fun, and the hours are varied. It's easier to have a night off here, and a day off there. It's also easy to pick up an extra shift, and I love having cash on me. I can stop fighting my night owl tendencies, and be on a more regular schedule. I also will be abe to get more gym time in. Is there a trade off? Well, of course. My paycheck isn't guaranteed, my hours are not consistent, and I don't have guaranteed weekends off. I can live with that though.

So here I sit tired. Tired from lifting trays on my training shift tonight. Tired from running back and forth between two jobs this week. It started Sunday evening, and Ive been doing payroll all day, and server training at night.

I have the weekend off for my SCRAPBOOKING PARTY!!!!

Gotta keep the priorities straight :)

Pictures

Yeah! I got my pictures back from Disney. You can check them out at muir.myjalbum.net Here is one of my favorites. Me, my husband, and nephew. This was the day we splurged and spent $15 on a cab ride rather than wait forever in the line for the bus. The line hadn't moved in the 15 minutes we'd been waiting, and there were at least 2 busloads of people ahead of us! It was the only time we had a bus issue the whole trip.