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I never write here anymore. I really should start again, considering that my life will be slightly exciting for the next couple of weeks. For those of you who don't know, Colin and I got engaged on June 28th. Super excited. He gave me a beautiful ring with a pearl and a little bit of bling on it, better than anything I could have ever imagined, but it broke at work. Seriously, I was kidding a drink and noticed the pearl was MISSING from it. Ugh! I had been wearing it for only two weeks. Upon further inspection, we realized the pearl had basically been glued onto the ring. No prongs or anything. He called, and they said they would send him something to mail it to them in. As far as I know, he hasn't gotten it yet. I miss wearing it. :( Oh well. They said they would put prongs on it this time, so hopefully it will be much better.
Speaking of my fiancé, we are moving to Tempe, Arizona next Saturday. We are going to take our time getting down there, since we'll both be alone in our own cars. Well, I guess I'll have my cat, but he will likely be either traumatized or asleep. We will arrive in Tempe on August 2nd. We haven't even seen our apartment yet, so that will be interesting. His aunt lives in Scottsdale, so she checked it out for us before we applied. She has her real estate license and has found apartments for all of her daughters there in the past, so I trust her opinion and expertise. So fortunate to have some family in the area. Well, Colin's family, but still. Basically mine. :) So the reason we're moving to Arizona is so Colin can attend ASU. He has been accepted into the graduate program for Political Science with full funding and he will get to worm as a TA. Pretty sweet deal. He'll walk out in 5 years with a Master's and Doctorate. As for me, I am transferring to a Starbucks about two miles from our place. Definitely not the most glamorous job, but I need the money and I need it immediately. I'll probably be starting that around the 13th, and Colin's classes start on the 15th. He'll have training to be a TA sometime the week before, I think. I've been applying to jobs in my field, but I haven't had any luck. I've applied for about 60 jobs, and I've only received two rejection emails. So frustrating! I can't live on Starbucks wages forever. Luckily, I have some money saved up from my taxes and whatnot. I have to start paying my loans off on December 1st, so I need to have found something by then, even if it's just a higher paying part time job that I can do in addition to my current one.
We don't have a date set yet, but it will definitely be summer 2013, in the Twin Cities area. We have a tour set up of Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista next week and are hoping to go see another park/farm in New Prague before we move. We really need to scope out places before moving because the next time we'll be home will probably be Christmas. Since we want to get married outdoors, things just won't look the same then. But if we wait until next summer, things might already be full then. I also figure that if we get an early start, we can spread the costs along two years, instead of trying to do it all at once. OH and did I mention that we're paying for it all ourselves? Should be quite interesting.
So, that's my life right now. I'll be surprised if I update again before we're in Arizona. Wish us luck. I'm nervous but very, very excited.
Speaking of my fiancé, we are moving to Tempe, Arizona next Saturday. We are going to take our time getting down there, since we'll both be alone in our own cars. Well, I guess I'll have my cat, but he will likely be either traumatized or asleep. We will arrive in Tempe on August 2nd. We haven't even seen our apartment yet, so that will be interesting. His aunt lives in Scottsdale, so she checked it out for us before we applied. She has her real estate license and has found apartments for all of her daughters there in the past, so I trust her opinion and expertise. So fortunate to have some family in the area. Well, Colin's family, but still. Basically mine. :) So the reason we're moving to Arizona is so Colin can attend ASU. He has been accepted into the graduate program for Political Science with full funding and he will get to worm as a TA. Pretty sweet deal. He'll walk out in 5 years with a Master's and Doctorate. As for me, I am transferring to a Starbucks about two miles from our place. Definitely not the most glamorous job, but I need the money and I need it immediately. I'll probably be starting that around the 13th, and Colin's classes start on the 15th. He'll have training to be a TA sometime the week before, I think. I've been applying to jobs in my field, but I haven't had any luck. I've applied for about 60 jobs, and I've only received two rejection emails. So frustrating! I can't live on Starbucks wages forever. Luckily, I have some money saved up from my taxes and whatnot. I have to start paying my loans off on December 1st, so I need to have found something by then, even if it's just a higher paying part time job that I can do in addition to my current one.
We don't have a date set yet, but it will definitely be summer 2013, in the Twin Cities area. We have a tour set up of Gale Woods Farm in Minnetrista next week and are hoping to go see another park/farm in New Prague before we move. We really need to scope out places before moving because the next time we'll be home will probably be Christmas. Since we want to get married outdoors, things just won't look the same then. But if we wait until next summer, things might already be full then. I also figure that if we get an early start, we can spread the costs along two years, instead of trying to do it all at once. OH and did I mention that we're paying for it all ourselves? Should be quite interesting.
So, that's my life right now. I'll be surprised if I update again before we're in Arizona. Wish us luck. I'm nervous but very, very excited.
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