A long overdue update
Well, it's been a long overdue update of sorts to my Livejournal. I have a lot of things to report, but I just don't feel like writing it all down. A lot of things are changing in my life. My sister has finally graduated from UM with 3 majors, Writing, Music, and Literature. She's moving to Thailand to discover a new side of her in October and will be gone for almost a year. My mom is fretting over the littlist things and I think she's going through a big change as well.
Jim and I are hopefully going to move out of the Canton area and into Ann Arbor. It's just closer to our works plus there's more to do in Ann Arbor. I'm going to be a little ways away from my friends, but if it beats not paying $3.12 for gas every four days, then I'm all for it. The place that we're looking at is over 1,200 square feet. It's a little bit over my budget, but it's "make it work" time, so that will be nice (Project Runway quote). We're trying to square our lease out soon with the Canton apartments, so hopefully either in July or late August, we'll be moving in. We might need some help. We'll be renting a truck - maybe 2 men and a truck will help us out.
Relay season is upon me at work and boy, am I almost stressed to the T with Relay gear and audits. My audit is coming up on May 10th and I haven't even planned for it yet. I really have to start organizing and looking at my records so everything is p-e-r-f-e-c-t!!! The 3-Relay weekend is coming up on May 18-20th, plus my Relay too. By the way, all Average Joe's participants must be at the team meeting on May 12th at 2:00 p.m. at my house. I'll be sending a text message reminder for everyone. This meeting is definately important. I feel also really behind with my Relay. I feel like I should be almost done with the planning, but I don't even have my team motivated or who is definately coming at what times. Geez!
The job market is tough too, although I got an interview with UM in the School of Social Work for Development and Alumni Relations. I hope I can get this job because it has higher pay, more benefits, and I really want to go to Grad school at UM (my dreams). I feel like Jim is my cheerleader in all of this. It's really helping me out a lot.
Speaking of him being a cheerleader of sorts, we're going to LT regulary nowadays. We played raquetball today which was a lot of fun (and work too), walked for 10 minutes, and did some rep-sets of different machines. I'm hoping to lose weight and tone and Jim is hoping to gain weight and tone. Strange, isn't it?
Also speaking of strange, is it me or is everyone on the face of the earth getting married this year? Sam & Aaron, Mikey & Dana, James & April, Ryan & Yassar, Christina & John, Janna & Dominique. I think it's really wierd. A lot of people, except for Mikey & Dana (Sam & Aaron and Janna & Dominique I haven't been connected with), have been almost pressuring Jim & I to get married. We're trying to take it one step at a time. Plus, I want to get into UM and get settled there before I even think about getting married. I want to travel and get settled into my new apartment and everything before I make that big step. It's also going to be an expensive big step and I want to save a lot of money so I can have a nice wedding. I think Jim feels the same way, except not with UM but with Creative Solutions. He's been saving a lot of money with working the later shifts, but I think he wants to be settled with his job and not be stressed with being pressured. We've also talked about a lot of things like baby issues, marriage issues, religion issues, etc. We're becoming closer than before and I think that's really good. I don't want to rush into things because I want to get married only once and I want to make sure that this is the "golden ticket" to my future.
Anything else, my brother, Jacob, is really great, but he's just out of control; my step-mom, Ginny, broke her arm while rollerblading - long story; my dad is doing well; my grandma is having a hard time walking with her knee - it's really sad that people have to help her do the simplist things.
I think that's all to report. Till next time, this is Emily signing off and "Harry Pottering it."
Jim and I are hopefully going to move out of the Canton area and into Ann Arbor. It's just closer to our works plus there's more to do in Ann Arbor. I'm going to be a little ways away from my friends, but if it beats not paying $3.12 for gas every four days, then I'm all for it. The place that we're looking at is over 1,200 square feet. It's a little bit over my budget, but it's "make it work" time, so that will be nice (Project Runway quote). We're trying to square our lease out soon with the Canton apartments, so hopefully either in July or late August, we'll be moving in. We might need some help. We'll be renting a truck - maybe 2 men and a truck will help us out.
Relay season is upon me at work and boy, am I almost stressed to the T with Relay gear and audits. My audit is coming up on May 10th and I haven't even planned for it yet. I really have to start organizing and looking at my records so everything is p-e-r-f-e-c-t!!! The 3-Relay weekend is coming up on May 18-20th, plus my Relay too. By the way, all Average Joe's participants must be at the team meeting on May 12th at 2:00 p.m. at my house. I'll be sending a text message reminder for everyone. This meeting is definately important. I feel also really behind with my Relay. I feel like I should be almost done with the planning, but I don't even have my team motivated or who is definately coming at what times. Geez!
The job market is tough too, although I got an interview with UM in the School of Social Work for Development and Alumni Relations. I hope I can get this job because it has higher pay, more benefits, and I really want to go to Grad school at UM (my dreams). I feel like Jim is my cheerleader in all of this. It's really helping me out a lot.
Speaking of him being a cheerleader of sorts, we're going to LT regulary nowadays. We played raquetball today which was a lot of fun (and work too), walked for 10 minutes, and did some rep-sets of different machines. I'm hoping to lose weight and tone and Jim is hoping to gain weight and tone. Strange, isn't it?
Also speaking of strange, is it me or is everyone on the face of the earth getting married this year? Sam & Aaron, Mikey & Dana, James & April, Ryan & Yassar, Christina & John, Janna & Dominique. I think it's really wierd. A lot of people, except for Mikey & Dana (Sam & Aaron and Janna & Dominique I haven't been connected with), have been almost pressuring Jim & I to get married. We're trying to take it one step at a time. Plus, I want to get into UM and get settled there before I even think about getting married. I want to travel and get settled into my new apartment and everything before I make that big step. It's also going to be an expensive big step and I want to save a lot of money so I can have a nice wedding. I think Jim feels the same way, except not with UM but with Creative Solutions. He's been saving a lot of money with working the later shifts, but I think he wants to be settled with his job and not be stressed with being pressured. We've also talked about a lot of things like baby issues, marriage issues, religion issues, etc. We're becoming closer than before and I think that's really good. I don't want to rush into things because I want to get married only once and I want to make sure that this is the "golden ticket" to my future.
Anything else, my brother, Jacob, is really great, but he's just out of control; my step-mom, Ginny, broke her arm while rollerblading - long story; my dad is doing well; my grandma is having a hard time walking with her knee - it's really sad that people have to help her do the simplist things.
I think that's all to report. Till next time, this is Emily signing off and "Harry Pottering it."