New Hair

This past week I went into a hair stylist to see what I could do about my hair. Since I don't have my sister Lei here anymore to color my hair in between when I see my stylist I had to change it up and do something that wouldn't be as much maintenance. I went and talked with someone and they said that I should plan on 4 hours and $200...this was all without a hair cut. Basically what it would do is take out the black in my hair so hopefully we could do something a little more natural so that I could go at least 3 months without seeing a hair stylist and not have it look horrible. So I made my appointment for the next day because I felt that it looked unprofessional with the way my hair was looking...plus it was driving me crazy!!! So after 5 1/2 hours in the salon and 3 shampoo's and condtioners later this is the out come...

So here are a couple of different pictures. Hopefully you can tell the difference. To me it is a huge difference. I already miss my black hair but it was just too much work to keep up by myself. I know that I will just have to get used to it. Oh well it is more professional I guess :) I didn't tell Marshall that I was getting it done and he came home last night and it took him a while to notice but when he did he said that he liked it. Don't get me wrong I really do like it...it is just going to take some getting used to!

Where?

Okay I have had many ask me where I am going to be working. I didn't miss putting that in there....I did it on purpose but since so many people are curious then I will tell you where :) I am going to be working as a phone rep with Wachovia Bank. It is great because it really could open so many doors for me.

I can't wait to start!!!

I GOT A JOB!!!

I am so freakin excited right now. I was sitting here this morning and I received a call letting me know that I passed my interview and the next step is a drug test and a finger print test. I was told that if I pass those two tests them I have a job. I couldn't be more excited right now. It is perfect. I have been looking for a job for a while and I can't believe that it is finally here. It just lifts so much stress from me. I feel better knowing that I will hopefully have enough money to pay my bills for the next month :)
I scheduled an appointment right away to go take those two tests so that is now done. I guess the results take 2 days to come back. Hopefully there won't be any problems. I know that I don't do drugs so there shouldn't be anything there :)
I am guessing that now I wait for them to tell me when training is and what not. It starts the middle of April which is nice because we have a trip planned to New York to see Marshall's brother while he is home the first of April. Now I don't have to worry about that trip being a problem with work.
I really just can't wait to start the job. I also have an interview today for a part time job that would be great if they needed someone at night. That would for sure help pass the time while Marshall is working but we will just have to wait and see what happens today.
I am just sooo excited to finally have a job!!!

Clean - Up

This morning I woke up to the apartment guys cleaning up all the leaves that have been hanging around lately. I didn't mind them waking me up because it was around 8:30 and that is when I usually get up.
Each morning there would always be a ton of leaves in front of the door. Now that they are all cleaned up maybe the outside of our apartment will look nicer :)
I am also hoping that spring is right around the corner. Yesterday it was in the early 50's all day with the sun shining. It was nice to open all the blindes and bring in the sunlight! I am ready to put plants in our planter again that sits outside on the porch. I loved taking care of it last year.
I also saw little plantes that you keep in your house to take care of at the store the other day. I really had to practice self control to not buy any right now :) Oh well I am sure that it will happend sooner or later. I just need a place to put them first!
I honestly can't just wait for the good weather to come rolling around so it is sunny all of the time! That means cooking out more which is always a good thing because it is soooo yummy!

Job Update

I just wanted to take a minute and update whoever is interested in my job hunting.
Since I have moved and settled in I have been looking for a job. I received a couple of calls last week on a couple of jobs that I had applied to earlier in the week.
I had an initial phone interview with job #1. When I was done with the phone interview they wanted to set up an in-person interview which was done on Friday. It was a long interview to say the least. Probably the longest interview I have ever had. Once I got used to the questions it went a little faster. I was super nervous because I haven't been interviewed in over 3 years. I also wasn't used to the way the wanted the questions answered. I am actually not really sure how I did. They said that they will either call or e-mail in the next couple of days.
Job #2 called last week as well. I had an initial phone interview with this one as well. After that first interview was done we set up another phone interview which was going to be done with someone different for the next day at 11. So I tried to prepare myself the night before by just going through typical interview questions and how I would answer them. The next day the time came and they didn't call. I thought that was weird but nothing I could really do about it. They finally called around 11:15 and apoligized for running late and would make the interview a little short to make up for the time. I actually thought that this one went really well. She said that she was going to meet with a group of managers on Friday and try to 'sell' the people she interviewed and that I would receive either a call to let me know that they wanted to interview me in person or I would receive an email that would say 'Thanks but No Thanks' kind of thing. Friday came and I hadn't heard anything one way or the other. I checked my e-mail on Saturday just in case and there was an e-mail saying 'Thanks but No Thanks'.
I was extremely disapointed because I knew that I would be great at job #2 but all I can really do is bounce back and start looking for jobs that I can be satisfied with. I think that for right now I just need to find a job that is going to pay the bills and then once I have money coming in I can look for something that will make me happy.
I am really trying to stay positive about it all. I try to keep an open mind each morning when I am looking for a job. I know that I want to find something that I am good at and that makes me happy. Right now I am just trying to find a job that will do one of those things as well as pay the bills that are coming in.
I know that I will find something. I am just not good at patience when it comes to looking for a job :) I guess that is why I am going through all of this...to learn patience!
I do get on the computer each morning to look for jobs so I am hoping that something turns up soon. Keep you fingers crossed for me!

Can you believe it?

Can you believe what you are seeing? Yeah if you know me that well then I know you are having a hard time believing what you are seeing!!! We spent the weekend at Marshall's dads house in New York. The cat that is cuddling with me is named Alice. She is fiesty one minute and lovable the next. I won't lie I am terrified of her. It is fine when she is sitting there sleeping but when she is not I am just waiting for her to attack! She has claws in all 4 of her paws. I don't want her taking a swipe at me for any reason. Marshall swears up and down that she won't do that but I am not so sure especially after seeing her take a swipe at him just for petting her. Cats are such fickle creatures.

Now there is who I really miss! The black one of course :) He is mine and since moving I have missed Jack terribly. Gizmo (the white one) isn't bad half of the time. He was really starting to grow on me the last couple of months. It is crazy how attached we get to our pets. They are someone who is constantly there for you no matter what. Jack is such a great dog. I will give credit where it is due and say that my dad did a great job in training him.

I hope that my dog knows how much I miss him. I hope that he tries to get into my 'old' bedroom to sneak up on the bed and sleep with me :) It would drive my parents nuts if he did that!

We made it!!!

Well me and Marshall were off on Saturday afternoon around one. We drove and drove and drove :) Just kidding it wasn't that bad at all. I drove the first leg of the trip. We had agreed that I would drive during the day and he would do the night driving. I have horrible night vision so we thought that it was a good arrangment. It was great to be in the car and talk and just hang out. The weather wasn't bad at all. I talked with my family and apparently we left just in time because when I called them the first time we were filling up gas they said that they were getting a snow storm and that the ground was already covered. I am glad we left when we did.
The roads were great until we hit Aspen and Vail. It was a good thing that we were going through there at night because the traffic would have been horrible during the day. The only bad thing was that the roads were not really painted that well and it was hard to see the lines. I was tense and I wasn't even the one driving. But he got us through it safely :)
We drove until about 4 in the morning and then decided to get a couple hours sleep in a hotel and take a break. We drive to a couple of different places that wouldn't give us a room for the day. They said that we would have to be out by noon. That wouldn't have given us enough sleep. We were really looking for a place that would give us a check out at 2:30 or what not. We drove to the next town and found a Holiday Inn that would give us a late check out. We both just crashed the minute we hit the pillow. It was nice. We woke up in the morning earlier then we wanted to so instead of sitting around we went and got some lunch and then hit the road. On that first day we made it all the way to Kansas.
It started to drizzle as we were finishing up our lunch in Kansas so we hurry up and left so that we could try and beat the weather. We dealt with a little rain but nothing too bad. We eventually got ahead of it and it was smooth sailing again.
We didn't stop that night. We thought about it but we just wanted to get home and settled in as soon as we coculd. When Marshall got tired I took over the driving so that he could get a little sleep in the car. We hit some bumpy roads so it was a little hard for him to sleep but he got a little bit.
When we were in making our last fill up I switched him places again so that he could drive the last leg. I didn't want to do the last of it because I had no idea where I was going in town and he knew more of his way around. I fell asleep a couple of times before making to the apartment. I guess not sleeping the night before was catching up with me.
We finally got to the apartment. It was great getting out of the car knowing that we were actually here! We were both starting to get really tired of being in the car. When we got here Marshall unpacked the car and brought it all in. Which I have to tell you is as full as it could get. Seriously I wish that we took a picture of how full it was because it was pretty bad. We totally forgot to take the picture until Marshall had already unpacked the car. He said that he wasn't packing it back up :) I would never even think about asking him to do that.
After we unpacked the car we got back into it so that we could drive him to pick up his truck at work. It was a little hectic because traffic out here is INSANE!!! I hope that I don't get in a wreck anytime soon. Once we got that taken care of we went to the store and grabbed stuff for hot dogs and hamburgers...they were really yummy.
I didn't really unpack a lot that first night. We were both so tired. We got into our comfortable bed and both passed out :)
We spent all of the next day unpacking and getting things that we needed to both get all settled in. We went grocery shopping. It was fun looking around the big store that has a ton. I might go and get some lunch there while Marshall is out of town just to see how it is.
Marshall has been great with everything and helping me get settled. Last night we finally got all settled in for the most part. It feels great to be settled. Unpacking the clothes was a little tough because apparently I have too many clothes according to Marshall :) Oh well we worked it all out. Once we have a dresser things will fit better in there place.
Marshall left this morning for his first trip since I have been here. I know that he is worried about me but I will be just fine. He thinks that I won't wander out of the apartment :) I now know where Target and Weigmens is so I think that I am set to go if I need to go out and get something.
Today I applied for a couple of jobs and we will see what happens. I will cross my fingers that something will work out because I can already tell you that I am bored of sitting at home with nothing to watch on t.v. I know that there is always temporary work that I can do. I have thought about applying at the Applebee's that is by Target but we are going to wait to see if I hear from some other places first.
Just thought that I would catch everyone up and let them know that we are getting settled in. Thank you everyone for all the help you gave us!