Money is the root of all evil.
True statement. It's completely ruined my plans for Thanksgiving/the week after.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Another week has passed. Work last week was frustrating on many levels. This isn't the place to put people on blast but lets just leave it at: Lawyers are hard people to work for..even if you AREN'T writing their letters and drafting their documents.
However, I sent my resume to a law firm in Newport as a suggestion from our friend Corey who works at the computer place that they use. She got back to me the next morning and said she was going to be on vacation until Thursday but when she came back we could sit down and discuss the possibility of me working there. Hopefully something will come of that.
This weekend was fun. Friday night, Draw the Line had a local gig. I met up with my friend and her husband for dinner then we had a blast at the show! Sat morning Justin and I got up and hit the road for Maine. Draw the Line had a show in Newry at Sunday River ski resort. The drive up was really rainy and gray. So that was no fun. But today when we drove home there was a lot of sun and no clouds. Very nice. Maine is really pretty!
Anyway other than that stuff, nothing new to report! Almost time to start winding down and get things started for the week.
However, I sent my resume to a law firm in Newport as a suggestion from our friend Corey who works at the computer place that they use. She got back to me the next morning and said she was going to be on vacation until Thursday but when she came back we could sit down and discuss the possibility of me working there. Hopefully something will come of that.
This weekend was fun. Friday night, Draw the Line had a local gig. I met up with my friend and her husband for dinner then we had a blast at the show! Sat morning Justin and I got up and hit the road for Maine. Draw the Line had a show in Newry at Sunday River ski resort. The drive up was really rainy and gray. So that was no fun. But today when we drove home there was a lot of sun and no clouds. Very nice. Maine is really pretty!
Anyway other than that stuff, nothing new to report! Almost time to start winding down and get things started for the week.
Sunday, October 21, 2007
an update is in order!
Happy Sunday everyone! It's an absolutely beautiful day here in Fall River. The sun is shining and the sky is really blue. No clouds! and when I look out the sky light I see the trees from miles away and they are so pretty! I sometimes forget that it is October and I am surprised when I look around me and see red and yellow and orange leaves.
Today we're going to go see an apartment in Warren, RI then go do our laundry/have dinner/watch Transformers on the home theater at Justin's mom's house. Yesterday we saw two other apartments. One in Fall River and one in Bristol, RI. The one in Fall River was pretty decent for the price. It would be what we're paying now but we would have two decent sized bedrooms AND an eat-in kitchen as well. The bathroom is small but it is what we're used to and there is plenty of closet space. However, I realized while I was laying in bed this morning that I don't remember seeing a stove or fridge. That might be because they were cleaning it but it's something to consider.
The second apartment, in Bristol, RI was on the third floor of a pretty run down building. The ceilings were pretty low, the living room an awful shade of orange and the bedrooms SMALL. The bathroom was a little more spaced out but still the overall feel of the place was a little run down. And he said it was move-in ready ....I wouldn't move into it as it is now. I think it needs some cleaning. I have a feeling if we lived there I would feel too closed in.
So we'll see how this place in Warren is. This one isn't available until January 1st, which would give us some time to get things in order around here.
Work is going well. This past week the commute was much less insane. Now that I am used to it, here is my basic routine.
5:50 a.m. alarm goes off and I hit the snooze once or twice. Get up, start my laptop and go to the bathroom. I fix my hair, put on makeup and usually brush my teeth. Then I get dressed and start the coffee while I check internet stuff for about ten minutes. Get everything together and I am out the door and in my car by around 6:40 a.m.
This past week the commute to Quincy to catch the T has been around an hour. Usually I hit traffic at around exit 19a and I get off at 21a. Then sometimes there is traffic once I get onto 93 but nothing crazy. I've been catching a train that gets me into Boston at anywhere from 8 to 8:15. I've been able to catch up on my reading while on the T for the most part.
I get to the building, check in with security(they finally recognize me) and head up to the office if its after 815. IF not, I refuse to go upstairs because I will start working and have all my morning work done before 8:30 if I do that!
Leave work at 5:30 and I am usually at home around 6:40-7:00 depending on traffic. Rinse, lather, repeat. It's pretty exhausting but I do what I have to do. So if you are ever looking at the clock around 5pm Central time and you are bored, give me a call because I am most likely in traffic and bored!
Anyway, thats all there is to say for now! I do actually have NIU/degree related news but I really don't feel like getting into all of that right now! Let's just say that I am unhappy with the people doing paperwork there!
Hope everyone is good!
Today we're going to go see an apartment in Warren, RI then go do our laundry/have dinner/watch Transformers on the home theater at Justin's mom's house. Yesterday we saw two other apartments. One in Fall River and one in Bristol, RI. The one in Fall River was pretty decent for the price. It would be what we're paying now but we would have two decent sized bedrooms AND an eat-in kitchen as well. The bathroom is small but it is what we're used to and there is plenty of closet space. However, I realized while I was laying in bed this morning that I don't remember seeing a stove or fridge. That might be because they were cleaning it but it's something to consider.
The second apartment, in Bristol, RI was on the third floor of a pretty run down building. The ceilings were pretty low, the living room an awful shade of orange and the bedrooms SMALL. The bathroom was a little more spaced out but still the overall feel of the place was a little run down. And he said it was move-in ready ....I wouldn't move into it as it is now. I think it needs some cleaning. I have a feeling if we lived there I would feel too closed in.
So we'll see how this place in Warren is. This one isn't available until January 1st, which would give us some time to get things in order around here.
Work is going well. This past week the commute was much less insane. Now that I am used to it, here is my basic routine.
5:50 a.m. alarm goes off and I hit the snooze once or twice. Get up, start my laptop and go to the bathroom. I fix my hair, put on makeup and usually brush my teeth. Then I get dressed and start the coffee while I check internet stuff for about ten minutes. Get everything together and I am out the door and in my car by around 6:40 a.m.
This past week the commute to Quincy to catch the T has been around an hour. Usually I hit traffic at around exit 19a and I get off at 21a. Then sometimes there is traffic once I get onto 93 but nothing crazy. I've been catching a train that gets me into Boston at anywhere from 8 to 8:15. I've been able to catch up on my reading while on the T for the most part.
I get to the building, check in with security(they finally recognize me) and head up to the office if its after 815. IF not, I refuse to go upstairs because I will start working and have all my morning work done before 8:30 if I do that!
Leave work at 5:30 and I am usually at home around 6:40-7:00 depending on traffic. Rinse, lather, repeat. It's pretty exhausting but I do what I have to do. So if you are ever looking at the clock around 5pm Central time and you are bored, give me a call because I am most likely in traffic and bored!
Anyway, thats all there is to say for now! I do actually have NIU/degree related news but I really don't feel like getting into all of that right now! Let's just say that I am unhappy with the people doing paperwork there!
Hope everyone is good!
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Spoken like a true Bostonian
Hello all!! I am on my lunch hour(a REAL hour, too.) sitting in the lobby of the building I work in. Free wireless!! Yay! First of all, I just wanted to thank you guys who have been leaving me comments. If there was an easy way to respond I would but I am reading them and I appreciate it!!
So work week two has begun and so far the commute has been a LOT easier than last week. I've made it to the train station in an hour or a little over yesterday and today. Much less stressful. However, I wish that meant I could leave later, aka sleep later but I cant because I just don't know what the traffic situation will be day to day. Oh well.
There has been chatter around the office about a discussion to hire me full time, directly through this firm and not my temp agency. As much as I love it here, they would have to offer me a lot of money for me to continue this commute, ESPECIALLY since Justin and I are looking at apartments in Rhode Island. I won't worry about it unless my supervisor brings it up to me though. Meantime, I will continue looking for work around home.
This office that I work in is filled with people who have very thick Boston accents. I have confused people asking for Ian to be asking for Ann. I thought this one lady was saying Kyle or Col when she was saying Carl. COMPLETE ABSENCE OF THE LETTER R in this city. I love it though! I found myself using "wicked" as an adjective on occasion. Hey Dana how are you today? Ugh, wicked tired, you?? ;)
Today is dragging by very slowly. I have some things waiting on my desk to keep me busy though.
Well I will end this for now! I hope everyone is well. Miss you mucho!
So work week two has begun and so far the commute has been a LOT easier than last week. I've made it to the train station in an hour or a little over yesterday and today. Much less stressful. However, I wish that meant I could leave later, aka sleep later but I cant because I just don't know what the traffic situation will be day to day. Oh well.
There has been chatter around the office about a discussion to hire me full time, directly through this firm and not my temp agency. As much as I love it here, they would have to offer me a lot of money for me to continue this commute, ESPECIALLY since Justin and I are looking at apartments in Rhode Island. I won't worry about it unless my supervisor brings it up to me though. Meantime, I will continue looking for work around home.
This office that I work in is filled with people who have very thick Boston accents. I have confused people asking for Ian to be asking for Ann. I thought this one lady was saying Kyle or Col when she was saying Carl. COMPLETE ABSENCE OF THE LETTER R in this city. I love it though! I found myself using "wicked" as an adjective on occasion. Hey Dana how are you today? Ugh, wicked tired, you?? ;)
Today is dragging by very slowly. I have some things waiting on my desk to keep me busy though.
Well I will end this for now! I hope everyone is well. Miss you mucho!
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
this got longer than i expected
Well. It would take too much of my brain power to really go into detail about what the last two weeks have entailed. Lets just say that I had a short experience of travel with the band and ended up with a cold becaus of it (Thank you Ship and Peretto hah) It was exhausting...but a lot of fun. I was very glad to be home when we were though.
..except when we found our fridge had been open a crack for three days. YAY all the dairy stuff was spoiled. We're still using the ketchup, butter and bbq sauce..The Butter because it was sealed and I always left sticks of butter out on a butter tray back at home and when I had my apartments in college. It smelled fine and neither of us have died from eating it..so I think we're good to go. All the other suspicious items have been thrown away.
So on Wednesday of last week while I was sitting around doing absolutely NOTHING but feeling miserable, I emailed my account exec at the temp agency I am with to inform her I was back in town and she could continue to throw job ideas at me. She calls me about ten seconds after the email was sent and we set something up that day for a job in Boston on Friday.
Cut to freaking out about Massachusetts transportation on Thursday night. It was all very lame and I am still not pleased with the way the employees treat commuters. Thats another story for another day. Maybe I will get to it. Friday rolls around and its a very long boring useless day. I did TWO letters for this law firm. TWOOOOOOO TWO TWO TWO in the entire five hours I was there. What on earth. However, it should be somewhere between 80 and 100 dollars in my hand just for those two letters so I can't complain too much.
While I was at that firm I get a call from my temp agency and they wanna know what I think about some jobs. Cut to about five minutes later, I have a job and I started Monday. The weekend was very nice and relaxing and then I had to go to bed early on Sunday and I hated it. REAL WORLD ALERT. No more glorious vacation and waking up whenever I want to. Oh well.
Anyway the details of this job dont need to be shared. Basically its in the heart of Boston and it doesn't pay well lol. Especially for what commuting is costing me. So I am continuing to look for another job much closer to home. However, I REALLY like the people that work there so far...I mean..its a big firm compared to what I am used to..the job is easy easy easy and they really have it together there. I am not doing any legal secretary work which is sorta lame but if they ask me to do that, I am asking for a pay raise. What I do keeps me busy and on my feet. Maybe I'll lose a few pounds with all this walking around Boston!
Okay okay I must share some interesting commute stories.
A. Friday I am at the station with plenty of time to catch the 4:40 train to West Roxbury. However I have no idea how to figure out what track its going to be on. Reminder..this is my FIRST TIME riding a train from South Station..ever. So I wander up to a conductor and she says "What line?" I tell her and she huffs at me and says "You're in the wrong area! You probably missed your trian!" and TURNS AROUND. I wanted to be like UM LADY I DIDNT WANT THE TRAIN LEAVING RIGHT NOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED. So I am litterally so exhausted at this pt...(Oh yea I forgot to mention I was wandering around Boston for an hour and 15 minutes with no clue as to how to find the street I wanted...) that the conductor's rudeness almost made me cry. I composed myself and figured out ON MY OWN how to find the track my train would be on.
B . Monday night I am RUNNING to the train station after work. I got let ou 15 mins early and thought I might be able to catch the 5:32 train to Bridgewater instead of the 5:55. Well I went the wrong direction after leaving my building and basically, no I didn't meet that train. But what I did encounter was RUDE conductors who don't like to answer questions. There are voices on the loud speaker saying this train boarding and last call for that train and yada yada yada. Well since I was cutting it so close and had no idea what name I should be looking for on the screen(since I was taking a different train) I ran up to a conductor and asked NUMEROUS times what train he was standing in front of...and he ignored me. FABULOUS. He didnt even look at me. So I gave up on trying to catch that train and wandered over to another conductor to ask what name i should be looking for on the screen. He answered my question, without looking me in the eye and was pretty short with me.
C. Today ..Oh today how grand you are. Alright last night was when I made my post about the cost so we won't get into that. This morning I need to make ONE stop at an atm before the train so I can have cash. (of course..no vendor at this station so they charge you two extra bucks to purchase the ticket on the train). But less than halfway from hom my gas light comes on and I decide not to take the risk of running out before hitting the service plaza or the train station and I pull off an exit that takes me like..two miles to the gas station. Then traffic getting back to the interstate is horrible.
When I finally get to my exit it takes me 15 minutes to get to the train station(should have taken about 5). My train is there already and I freak out because I cannot miss this train, or I am getting back on the highway and driving to Boston. I stuff two bucks for parking in a random slot and I have to literally jump on the train as is it taking off. But I am on it. Breathe easy.
The conductor comes around to get tickets and I tell him what I need and he says to me "You know you can buy your ticket at *Insert name of store I cant pronounce or spell* beforehand." and I said, "Yeah I just dont have time in the morning to make that stop." He says to me, "You should make time. We like it better when people buy their tickets from vendors."
uH WHAT? You do not speak to someone like that. SORRRRRY Traffic was bad and I lost abotu 20 minutes sitting in it. SORRRRRRRRRRY that you get to make MORE MONEY OFF OF ME!!!!!
Oy.
D. Coming home tonight ...no major bumps in the road aside from getting a $2.75 service ticket for not paying my parking in the correct slot. Oy.
But the best part..is that I went to the Subway line on my lunch break..to buy a sub card bc I am going to try that way of commuting out for a while..and the only worker that was down there WAS SO HELPFUL TO ME. I started walking towards him and he was alert and ready to ask questions. I told him I was new to the area and he advised me on what my best action was. T-Subway workers WIN over T-Commuter rail workers. By far.
Thats all she wrote for now. I am sure there's more..but I need to get to bed. Six am is an ugly time of the morning
..except when we found our fridge had been open a crack for three days. YAY all the dairy stuff was spoiled. We're still using the ketchup, butter and bbq sauce..The Butter because it was sealed and I always left sticks of butter out on a butter tray back at home and when I had my apartments in college. It smelled fine and neither of us have died from eating it..so I think we're good to go. All the other suspicious items have been thrown away.
So on Wednesday of last week while I was sitting around doing absolutely NOTHING but feeling miserable, I emailed my account exec at the temp agency I am with to inform her I was back in town and she could continue to throw job ideas at me. She calls me about ten seconds after the email was sent and we set something up that day for a job in Boston on Friday.
Cut to freaking out about Massachusetts transportation on Thursday night. It was all very lame and I am still not pleased with the way the employees treat commuters. Thats another story for another day. Maybe I will get to it. Friday rolls around and its a very long boring useless day. I did TWO letters for this law firm. TWOOOOOOO TWO TWO TWO in the entire five hours I was there. What on earth. However, it should be somewhere between 80 and 100 dollars in my hand just for those two letters so I can't complain too much.
While I was at that firm I get a call from my temp agency and they wanna know what I think about some jobs. Cut to about five minutes later, I have a job and I started Monday. The weekend was very nice and relaxing and then I had to go to bed early on Sunday and I hated it. REAL WORLD ALERT. No more glorious vacation and waking up whenever I want to. Oh well.
Anyway the details of this job dont need to be shared. Basically its in the heart of Boston and it doesn't pay well lol. Especially for what commuting is costing me. So I am continuing to look for another job much closer to home. However, I REALLY like the people that work there so far...I mean..its a big firm compared to what I am used to..the job is easy easy easy and they really have it together there. I am not doing any legal secretary work which is sorta lame but if they ask me to do that, I am asking for a pay raise. What I do keeps me busy and on my feet. Maybe I'll lose a few pounds with all this walking around Boston!
Okay okay I must share some interesting commute stories.
A. Friday I am at the station with plenty of time to catch the 4:40 train to West Roxbury. However I have no idea how to figure out what track its going to be on. Reminder..this is my FIRST TIME riding a train from South Station..ever. So I wander up to a conductor and she says "What line?" I tell her and she huffs at me and says "You're in the wrong area! You probably missed your trian!" and TURNS AROUND. I wanted to be like UM LADY I DIDNT WANT THE TRAIN LEAVING RIGHT NOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH INDEED. So I am litterally so exhausted at this pt...(Oh yea I forgot to mention I was wandering around Boston for an hour and 15 minutes with no clue as to how to find the street I wanted...) that the conductor's rudeness almost made me cry. I composed myself and figured out ON MY OWN how to find the track my train would be on.
B . Monday night I am RUNNING to the train station after work. I got let ou 15 mins early and thought I might be able to catch the 5:32 train to Bridgewater instead of the 5:55. Well I went the wrong direction after leaving my building and basically, no I didn't meet that train. But what I did encounter was RUDE conductors who don't like to answer questions. There are voices on the loud speaker saying this train boarding and last call for that train and yada yada yada. Well since I was cutting it so close and had no idea what name I should be looking for on the screen(since I was taking a different train) I ran up to a conductor and asked NUMEROUS times what train he was standing in front of...and he ignored me. FABULOUS. He didnt even look at me. So I gave up on trying to catch that train and wandered over to another conductor to ask what name i should be looking for on the screen. He answered my question, without looking me in the eye and was pretty short with me.
C. Today ..Oh today how grand you are. Alright last night was when I made my post about the cost so we won't get into that. This morning I need to make ONE stop at an atm before the train so I can have cash. (of course..no vendor at this station so they charge you two extra bucks to purchase the ticket on the train). But less than halfway from hom my gas light comes on and I decide not to take the risk of running out before hitting the service plaza or the train station and I pull off an exit that takes me like..two miles to the gas station. Then traffic getting back to the interstate is horrible.
When I finally get to my exit it takes me 15 minutes to get to the train station(should have taken about 5). My train is there already and I freak out because I cannot miss this train, or I am getting back on the highway and driving to Boston. I stuff two bucks for parking in a random slot and I have to literally jump on the train as is it taking off. But I am on it. Breathe easy.
The conductor comes around to get tickets and I tell him what I need and he says to me "You know you can buy your ticket at *Insert name of store I cant pronounce or spell* beforehand." and I said, "Yeah I just dont have time in the morning to make that stop." He says to me, "You should make time. We like it better when people buy their tickets from vendors."
uH WHAT? You do not speak to someone like that. SORRRRRY Traffic was bad and I lost abotu 20 minutes sitting in it. SORRRRRRRRRRY that you get to make MORE MONEY OFF OF ME!!!!!
Oy.
D. Coming home tonight ...no major bumps in the road aside from getting a $2.75 service ticket for not paying my parking in the correct slot. Oy.
But the best part..is that I went to the Subway line on my lunch break..to buy a sub card bc I am going to try that way of commuting out for a while..and the only worker that was down there WAS SO HELPFUL TO ME. I started walking towards him and he was alert and ready to ask questions. I told him I was new to the area and he advised me on what my best action was. T-Subway workers WIN over T-Commuter rail workers. By far.
Thats all she wrote for now. I am sure there's more..but I need to get to bed. Six am is an ugly time of the morning
Monday, October 8, 2007
working
I had my first day of work in Boston today. Unfortunately after budgeting, I can't afford to keep this job. I have no money to commute into Boston. It's $13.50 a day...or I can buy a monthly pass(for November..it won't let me get one for October) for $223(which means I have to continue to shell out $13.50 a day for the rest of October).... I cannot afford to do either. I could stay there and stick it out until I find a job closer to home but like I said. I can't afford to commute to Boston in the meantime.
So I guess I am going to have to find some retail job closer to where I live, making way less than I deserve to make and working horrible hours with no insurance because I need to be making money somehow.
This is absolutely ridiculous.
So I guess I am going to have to find some retail job closer to where I live, making way less than I deserve to make and working horrible hours with no insurance because I need to be making money somehow.
This is absolutely ridiculous.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Boston travel
I have to say...one thing I miss about Illinois is the transportation to Chicago and around Chicago. The Metra sites and El schedules were SO MUCH EASIER TO UNDERSTAND than the transportation in Boston. And of course I live a bit of a drive from many of the stations. So the ones closest to me have obscure times.
I will be leaving super early tomorrow so I can arrive in Boston an HOUR early just to avoid parking in Boston and paying money I don't have. Stupid train times.
Bottom line is that I have to find a permanent job that is WAY closer to me than Boston. The frustration I went through to figure out everything for tomorrow is not at all worth the pay I will get with this temp agency. I'll gladly make exactly what I was in IL to work closer to home.
Oy. I will update on how it all went tomorrow night or Saturday
I will be leaving super early tomorrow so I can arrive in Boston an HOUR early just to avoid parking in Boston and paying money I don't have. Stupid train times.
Bottom line is that I have to find a permanent job that is WAY closer to me than Boston. The frustration I went through to figure out everything for tomorrow is not at all worth the pay I will get with this temp agency. I'll gladly make exactly what I was in IL to work closer to home.
Oy. I will update on how it all went tomorrow night or Saturday
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Welcome!! Bienvenido!
hey hey hey! I promised a few of you that I would get a blog set up when I got to the east coast and I completely forgot that plan. So here I am finally doing it. I figure this way I can send the link to everyone and you can read and comment as you see fit. I'll still send out personal emails once in a while though...and send them to me too. It makes me happy to see people are thinking of me!!
As of yesterday, I've been on the east coast for four weeks! A month tomorrow. YIPPIE!! I am surviving nicely. I was hired on with a legal assistant temp agency a couple of weeks ago and finally today something came through for me. It's only for 4-7 hours on this upcoming Friday but they are paying me four bucks more an hour than I made at my last job so it will be a nice lil paycheck to get me started!
Other than looking for a job, I have been spending time at Draw the Line gigs. They have all been local up until this last weekend when I rode down to Reading, PA with the band for a tribute band festival on Friday night. Good times. Exhausting times. We got back to the hotel around 2 or something...maybe later and we were up again to hit the road at 9:30. Drove back to Rhode Island where they had a gig in Cranston. Got home from that around 2:30 and was up at 7:30 to take a trip to Washington D.C. Justin's friend and bandmate Steve drove down with us and we dropped him off at his fiance's house before heading into D.C.
Justin has a friend from HS who lives in Arlington. We stayed with him and did some sightseeing Monday all day and Tuesday in the morning. We probably walked about 5 miles on Monday and my body was HATING me for it! Plus I had a cold. But the weather in D.C. was amazing and I got some great pictures. I posted around 60 of them on facebook so I will link that at the end. I have way more though. All together, Justin and I took well over 500 pictures.
Not much else to report around here. One thing I have learned living out here is that I cannot plan ahead for anything. A lot of what I am doing is dependent upon Justin's schedule. So don't be offended if I don't have answers for the time being!!
The east coast is treating me well. I do miss everyone a LOT and I know I am missing out on great times but I am glad I made this decision. It was about time I did something instead of thought about it until I decided it was too hard.
Well, I am off to the grocery store to restock our fridge. Unfortunately while we were home for six hours Sun morning before leaving for DC We left the fridge open a tad..so I need to replace some things in it!! Then its WATCHING THE CUBS GAME!!!
GOOOO CUBBIES!
Love you and miss you all!
As of yesterday, I've been on the east coast for four weeks! A month tomorrow. YIPPIE!! I am surviving nicely. I was hired on with a legal assistant temp agency a couple of weeks ago and finally today something came through for me. It's only for 4-7 hours on this upcoming Friday but they are paying me four bucks more an hour than I made at my last job so it will be a nice lil paycheck to get me started!
Other than looking for a job, I have been spending time at Draw the Line gigs. They have all been local up until this last weekend when I rode down to Reading, PA with the band for a tribute band festival on Friday night. Good times. Exhausting times. We got back to the hotel around 2 or something...maybe later and we were up again to hit the road at 9:30. Drove back to Rhode Island where they had a gig in Cranston. Got home from that around 2:30 and was up at 7:30 to take a trip to Washington D.C. Justin's friend and bandmate Steve drove down with us and we dropped him off at his fiance's house before heading into D.C.
Justin has a friend from HS who lives in Arlington. We stayed with him and did some sightseeing Monday all day and Tuesday in the morning. We probably walked about 5 miles on Monday and my body was HATING me for it! Plus I had a cold. But the weather in D.C. was amazing and I got some great pictures. I posted around 60 of them on facebook so I will link that at the end. I have way more though. All together, Justin and I took well over 500 pictures.
Not much else to report around here. One thing I have learned living out here is that I cannot plan ahead for anything. A lot of what I am doing is dependent upon Justin's schedule. So don't be offended if I don't have answers for the time being!!
The east coast is treating me well. I do miss everyone a LOT and I know I am missing out on great times but I am glad I made this decision. It was about time I did something instead of thought about it until I decided it was too hard.
Well, I am off to the grocery store to restock our fridge. Unfortunately while we were home for six hours Sun morning before leaving for DC We left the fridge open a tad..so I need to replace some things in it!! Then its WATCHING THE CUBS GAME!!!
GOOOO CUBBIES!
Love you and miss you all!
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