Party Times!

God it has been forever since I posted. Although I have been reading them all I haven't felt like I have had much to say. I do now though. I'll star with boring things first. I'm still working crazy hour, with very little social life, but it is becoming more of a norm now. I try not to think about it or expect to get out at a normal time in the evening because then if I don't I get mad lol. I'm slowly starting to look at new apartment closer to work. My current lease isn't up till Aug, but it doesn't hurt to look. So far to get the same size apartment I have to now I have to pay about $300 more to move to where I want (which I might add is towards the coast!) My justification for being able to afford more is that I will save a massive amount on gas and my work just started paying my health insurance which saves me $150 a month! Ya!

My parents just left their house here in the desert to head back to our lake house in MO :(. I'm gonna miss them, but they said they are gonna try to visit every six weeks, which I feel somehow defeats the purpose of leaving in the first place but I'm not gonna say no to them visiting.

Okay, on to the good news. I recently made my first big girl purchase. I bought a couch! I have been wanting a sectional since I moved here and I finally found one that I figured I could afford. I got it at Macy's. It is an L shaped microfiber sleeper sectional (so if you want to visit you don't have to share a bed with me, unless you want to) It is a pretty long story but I got a crazy good deal on it. I ended up saving through opening a macy's charge, buying during their friends and family, and sheer stupidity of the sales person, over $800!! Long story short I got an really expensive couch for only a kind of expensive price. It is still a lot of money to me, but I'm really happy I did it. It should be here in 6 weeks, which mean Bridget it should be here for you to see

Alright, now for the best news. My company is having its 10 year anniversary party this weekend and it looks like it is going to be quite the hollywood party. I even bought a fancy new dress to wear. I have realized in my year living here that one should have several cocktail dresses, and you all know I am not the biggest dress person. I am however starting to figure out what type of dress looks the best with my curvy body. SOO the big news is that because this party is such a big deal we invited people we have worked with before which includes the Black Eyed Peas and Weezer!! I am totally name dropping by the way. From what Will.I.Am said today (he came into the office today just to chat) the whole group will be here and I have high hopes for a few other musicians as well. I couldn't be more excited. I mean I am totally at the bottom of the company but being involved is better then no job at all.

Hope you all are doing well. It really sounds like our group is getting our lives together and I'm really proud of you guys for doing so much in just our first year out of college.

Oh and yes Amy we should plan a reunion. It will have to be after the holidays for me. I'm using up all my vacation time already :( Two weeks in one year is really not enough.

Love you all!

Finally moving... in a month!

Hi girls!

Bridget, glad to hear things all fell into place with your job! That is such good news! Now what are you going to do with an entire summer off??? I'm so jealous!!!

Well I finally found an apartment! And I love it! It is very much closer to where I work and much closer to downtown and all the activities!!! I am actually moving in with a friend of a friend. The first time we met was when we looked at this apartment so it was kinda interesting trying to decide on one together after just having met! But she seems really nice, and the apartment has 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms so we can still keep our distance. Aaaaaannnnddd best of all it has it's own laundry room!!! Cha-ching! (Insert "you know you're getting old when you're excited about a laundry room" joke here)

The only down-side is my new roommates current lease isn't up until the end of May, so I won't be moving til June. But I think I'll make it through!

I'm actually going to Des Moines this weekend... but not for Relays. Since none of you guys are there anymore (uh hem, Meghan), I wasn't even planning on going, but I'm still doing some freelance work for my old job down there so I'm going to have some meetings and get some work done. But I'm not saying a trip to the Library or Dublin is out of the question.......

Hope you all are having a wonderful Spring! And when are we planning a reunion???

Good News!

Hey ladies! I have some wonderful news...but I'm going to leave you in suspense cuz I have to tell you the story from the beginning...
First, I am a second grade teacher now until the end of the year sicne one of our teachers went on maternity leave Friday. I'm a bit stressed and am really sick of telling students to stop making farting noises.
I didn't get the reading specialist job because they ended up hiring someone from within district, so bummer. Then I found out yesterday that I didn't get the 5th grade position at my current school. Major bummer. Then I find out that it went to a frickin student teacher which just made me pissed.
So this morning I get a call on my work phone from the principal at a school i interviewed at on Tuesday. I was upset she didn't call me on my cell so I could let it go to voicemail and have time to think of something intelligent to say. I get offered a multiage 5/6 position but I have two interviews today, one of which with my current principal at her new school so I asked if I could talk to my principal and get back to her since I didn't know if I should just take it or go through with the other interviews. Well this principal was put off by that and didn't want to be a second choice, so my principal is friends with her and talked her down, thank God. My current principal was very supportive and told me to take it...so I did! I talked everything out with my new prinicpal and she just wanted to make sure I was committed, which I understand. So after a crazy year I am finally a real teacher!!! The school is still in my current district and close to home. One of the teachers on my team is around my age and went to U of Iowa so that will be nice to have an automatic connection with her. So yay!
Other things going on...the junior high muscial I've been choreographing is next week. Should be cute but a little stressed about it right now. Mike and I are going to Michigan this weekend to visit some friends. I am going to Cali in June to visit Sarah and can't wait!
Meg, as I write this you are driving cross country to your new home! Update us ASAP!
Amy, how is the job and house hunt going?
Love you guys and miss you!

East Coaster

Hello ladies! Happy April - Spring is finally here!

So I've got some pretty big news =) You guys will now have friends on both coasts! That's right, I'm moving! I just got a job offer yesterday out in Connecticut, New Haven specifically. I've been asked to come out and work on a gubernatorial campaign for finance. It's all happening very quickly - I'll probably be moving in about 2 weeks.

New Haven looks pretty fantastic, though I've never been. It's on the west side of the state so I'm only an hour's train ride into NY city =) I'm very nervous and sad to be leaving Des Moines when I've finally gotten comfortable with my work and social life. I told friends here yesterday and ended up crying most of the day lol. If any of you are out on the east coast please come visit!

love you all!