I woke up to be greatful for everything
Last night I got woken up by a huge bang then our whole apt shook for a few seconds. I looked over at Jason and he was still sleeping (I don't know how he slept through that)and had no clue as to what was going on. My first thought was that it was a bomb and we were all going to die...Over exaggeration, I know, but I was woken from a nice sleep by being scared shitless. I couldn't sleep for a few hours after because I didn't know what it was....then I woke this morning to see that two towns over a Plant had blown up. Houses and business have been leveled and about 11 people were sent to Beverly hospital. Around 100 people were sent to the H.S. because their houses were in some way ruined. That must have been so scary for them. I felt the explosion (it was felt as far as Maine) and was scared but, I at least have my home and am not hurt. The American Red Cross is setting up volunteers at the H.S. so they should be well taken care of, but tomorrow is Thanksgiving and these poor people just lost their homes. I thought of calling to see if they were going to have food tomorrow and I could help but, who am I kidding. I can't cook! I might still call to see what I can do. I've just been praying since I was woken up last night that who ever was involved is okay.
I have a billion reasons to be thankful this year. Looking back, I've always had a loving family and a roof over my head....but, this year is different. I have my family, friends, and a awesome fiance. Every day I just smile ear to ear about our future and the things we are planning for next year. On top of getting married and becoming his wife (eekk!!!), we are going to start looking for a house!! I believe we will start in March, then hopefully find one and sign in July. That gives us two months to get a mortgage and fill out all of the paper work. And our lease in this apt is up in September, so when we come back from our honeymoon we will be able to clean OUR HOUSE, then pack, and move!!! Yay!!! I'm sooo excited:-) We have been just browsing right now to see what areas we want to live. So, far we are looking at Woburn (closer to our jobs), Peabody (the town we in live now), Beverly (his moms live there), and Danver's (the town of the explosion). There is 1 house in each of those towns that I liked the style of and I think is actually worth the money. Through looking we know we want 2-3 bedrooms(a master bedroom!? if possible), a nice size kitchen, 1 or more bathrooms, basement, and some sort of a yard. That's been the biggest catch...a lot of places have almost no yard and our budget isn't the greatest. Luckily, rates are dropping and Jason thinks they will drop a little more by the time we start seriously looking. It's a buyers market, or so they say. Woohoo!
And finally, I am soo freaking thankful that school ends in 3 weeks (5 more classes)!!!! After 5 looong years I am done with my Bachelors degree. I can move on with my life, I can go back for something else, or I can just find a new job at another hospital. It feels soo good! I feel like there is a chapter that is closing....these 5 years have been up and down, good and really bad, and now its ending with me being extremely happy. I'm glad I can put all of that behind me before starting my new life as: Katie Bromberg:-)
I have a billion reasons to be thankful this year. Looking back, I've always had a loving family and a roof over my head....but, this year is different. I have my family, friends, and a awesome fiance. Every day I just smile ear to ear about our future and the things we are planning for next year. On top of getting married and becoming his wife (eekk!!!), we are going to start looking for a house!! I believe we will start in March, then hopefully find one and sign in July. That gives us two months to get a mortgage and fill out all of the paper work. And our lease in this apt is up in September, so when we come back from our honeymoon we will be able to clean OUR HOUSE, then pack, and move!!! Yay!!! I'm sooo excited:-) We have been just browsing right now to see what areas we want to live. So, far we are looking at Woburn (closer to our jobs), Peabody (the town we in live now), Beverly (his moms live there), and Danver's (the town of the explosion). There is 1 house in each of those towns that I liked the style of and I think is actually worth the money. Through looking we know we want 2-3 bedrooms(a master bedroom!? if possible), a nice size kitchen, 1 or more bathrooms, basement, and some sort of a yard. That's been the biggest catch...a lot of places have almost no yard and our budget isn't the greatest. Luckily, rates are dropping and Jason thinks they will drop a little more by the time we start seriously looking. It's a buyers market, or so they say. Woohoo!
And finally, I am soo freaking thankful that school ends in 3 weeks (5 more classes)!!!! After 5 looong years I am done with my Bachelors degree. I can move on with my life, I can go back for something else, or I can just find a new job at another hospital. It feels soo good! I feel like there is a chapter that is closing....these 5 years have been up and down, good and really bad, and now its ending with me being extremely happy. I'm glad I can put all of that behind me before starting my new life as: Katie Bromberg:-)