There has been so much going on recently that I haven't had a chance to post, although there's a lot I want to talk about! You'll just have to get the brief update for now.

I blame my lack of updates on the fact that we moved into our new place on September 27th and then my sister came to stay with us the very next day. Any free time I have is spent ( Read more... )

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As of this week, we have officially paid off all our credit card bills that were accrued during our move to Chicago in October! Seeing that $0.00 balance is a thing of beauty.

At this point, the only debts we have left are my student loans, and those aren't going to be paid off for awhile so we're not too worried about them.

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I just haven't seemed to have much time to sit down and write about everything going on in my life right now!

Well today is the day we get the moving truck, put all our boxes from Blake's mom's house into it, and then we driving to Chicago tomorrow! We're going to stop along the way to sleep, and then get to our place early Monday morning to get the ( Read more... )

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"Dear Holiday Inn: Your 'free wireless service' does me no good when you put me in a room that is the furthest possible distance from the lobby, where you apparently have one tiny antenna. My laptop is not useful when it fluctuates between Very Low and Not Connected. Thanks."

The past two days have been a whirlwind, and I still have one more day of ( Read more... )

This past week has been a whirlwind! I'll try and summarize everything I remember, but I'm sure I'll forget something.

Monday, September 10th
Blake and I fly to Chicago on Southwest and discover that their policy of "open seating" really sucks. By the time our group number was allowed on the plane, there are only middle seats available and nothing ( Read more... )

I just wanted to say: I GOT THE JOB!

Interviewed Tuesday morning, they called me Wednesday morning to tell me I got it. Found an apartment Wednesday afternoon.

MOVING TO CHICAGO.

So exhausted, we were looking at apartments all day... must pass out but will give details soon!