Long time...no post
Well, it's certainly been a long times since I've had any semblance of a real post. Any internetting I do is on Robert's cell phone and it's really a pain in the behind to do it so I reluctantly keep my posts and emails short these days, since we still don't have internet and it doesn't look like we will anytime soon. So since we both had today off we went shopping and then came over to my parent's house to return their wet vac (which my carpet thanked me for using) and I decided to take advantage of their internet here.
So it's getting close to Christmas, which is exciting for me because I love Christmas. I've been doing Christmas shopping for a month already and I have pretty much everything for everyone except for my grandfather and a couple of things for Robert. I know what I want to get him but of course can't post it here since there is a chance (albeit slim at that) that he will check his livejournal.
So we went to the Harley-Davidson store today so I could get my brother's Christmas present (he bought a Harley last year), and we drooled over the motorcycles. Once we get a house, I have decided I will buy one, and today's trip just solidified my desire for one. Surprisingly, the ones I want aren't that expensive - all the better for me.
It occurs to me that I have not posted that we are engaged. But we are. Yay!!!!! We're getting married in the summer of 2009. We've already been together a year and five months, but we act like that old married couple already. Actually, last night my best friend and his fiancee came over and we played canasta all night. That's pretty old couple in itself.
So we've started talking about a house - which here is a pretty reasonable deal since the housing market has a lot of houses for sale and considering that after we put the down payment down our montly payments would about equal what we are paying in rent per month (since living on the good side of town tends to be a little more expensive, but hey I'd rather pay a little more to be sure of my safety.) I'm thinking a nice little rancher with three bedrooms, one of which can be converted to a children's bedroom eventually. (Not for several years, mind you.)
The Harley will not come until I get a garage to house it in.
So, I'm still working at Panda. They are going to make me General Manager after Christmas, which is something I really don't want, though it would pay about the same as if I was teaching. But money is money, and since I am the primary breadwinner right now while Robert goes back to school, I am trying to provide as best I can for us.
Speaking of that, after the robbery at Burger King, Robert quit. He's been working at my old Panda Express for a couple months now. I appreciate very much the starting wage that my team gave him knowing who he was and why he was leaving Burger King. He makes significantly less money now, but has time to focus on his schooling, which will eventually pay off. On the bright side, since we are both working at Panda, we are both getting our Thanksgiving turkeys this year courtesy of the owner, and so one will be for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas, supplemented with a ham for Christmas.
He's going to Northwest Vista college right now, getting his associate's degree, and then from there on will transfer to one of the many universities in town. His wages last year prevented him from getting financial aid, but we're hoping that because his situation has changed, he will get some next time around. But I'm not holding my breath.
He wants to be a Chemistry Teacher. I'm all for that. But every time I hear one of my peers talk about their teaching experiences, I get a nervous, anxious knot in my stomach. The bad experience I had just killed any hope of that for me. At least for now. Maybe I'll go back and get my Master's and teach at the college level. But for now, I'm enjoying my break from schooling for the first time in 16 years.
So...Christmas is coming!! Did I mention that I'm excited?!?!? I think I posted last time that this Christmas will be the biggest that we've had in a long time. It will be my parents, my grandparents, Robert and I, and my brother Chris and his wife, Cathy. I'm really looking forward to decorating and everything next week right after Thanksgiving. I've got decorations for every window and wreaths and signs and everything for the doors and outside, plus the tree and stockings, and stuff for Bandit and all sorts of neat things. I'm super excited.
Thanksgiving is coming up next week and it will just be my parents and Robert and I, but it'll be good times. The day after Thanksgiving is the day my grandmother passed away, so the time around Thanksgiving is always bitter sweet.
So I decided to give in to the dark side (aka my covetous side) and make my own amazon wishlist. Granted, it might be useful to my family, but overall it's just to dream over.
Well, I'm out cause Robert is getting bored and wants to go home. Bert, I'll have Robert call you to talk knives. (I feel like a conspirator.)
So it's getting close to Christmas, which is exciting for me because I love Christmas. I've been doing Christmas shopping for a month already and I have pretty much everything for everyone except for my grandfather and a couple of things for Robert. I know what I want to get him but of course can't post it here since there is a chance (albeit slim at that) that he will check his livejournal.
So we went to the Harley-Davidson store today so I could get my brother's Christmas present (he bought a Harley last year), and we drooled over the motorcycles. Once we get a house, I have decided I will buy one, and today's trip just solidified my desire for one. Surprisingly, the ones I want aren't that expensive - all the better for me.
It occurs to me that I have not posted that we are engaged. But we are. Yay!!!!! We're getting married in the summer of 2009. We've already been together a year and five months, but we act like that old married couple already. Actually, last night my best friend and his fiancee came over and we played canasta all night. That's pretty old couple in itself.
So we've started talking about a house - which here is a pretty reasonable deal since the housing market has a lot of houses for sale and considering that after we put the down payment down our montly payments would about equal what we are paying in rent per month (since living on the good side of town tends to be a little more expensive, but hey I'd rather pay a little more to be sure of my safety.) I'm thinking a nice little rancher with three bedrooms, one of which can be converted to a children's bedroom eventually. (Not for several years, mind you.)
The Harley will not come until I get a garage to house it in.
So, I'm still working at Panda. They are going to make me General Manager after Christmas, which is something I really don't want, though it would pay about the same as if I was teaching. But money is money, and since I am the primary breadwinner right now while Robert goes back to school, I am trying to provide as best I can for us.
Speaking of that, after the robbery at Burger King, Robert quit. He's been working at my old Panda Express for a couple months now. I appreciate very much the starting wage that my team gave him knowing who he was and why he was leaving Burger King. He makes significantly less money now, but has time to focus on his schooling, which will eventually pay off. On the bright side, since we are both working at Panda, we are both getting our Thanksgiving turkeys this year courtesy of the owner, and so one will be for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas, supplemented with a ham for Christmas.
He's going to Northwest Vista college right now, getting his associate's degree, and then from there on will transfer to one of the many universities in town. His wages last year prevented him from getting financial aid, but we're hoping that because his situation has changed, he will get some next time around. But I'm not holding my breath.
He wants to be a Chemistry Teacher. I'm all for that. But every time I hear one of my peers talk about their teaching experiences, I get a nervous, anxious knot in my stomach. The bad experience I had just killed any hope of that for me. At least for now. Maybe I'll go back and get my Master's and teach at the college level. But for now, I'm enjoying my break from schooling for the first time in 16 years.
So...Christmas is coming!! Did I mention that I'm excited?!?!? I think I posted last time that this Christmas will be the biggest that we've had in a long time. It will be my parents, my grandparents, Robert and I, and my brother Chris and his wife, Cathy. I'm really looking forward to decorating and everything next week right after Thanksgiving. I've got decorations for every window and wreaths and signs and everything for the doors and outside, plus the tree and stockings, and stuff for Bandit and all sorts of neat things. I'm super excited.
Thanksgiving is coming up next week and it will just be my parents and Robert and I, but it'll be good times. The day after Thanksgiving is the day my grandmother passed away, so the time around Thanksgiving is always bitter sweet.
So I decided to give in to the dark side (aka my covetous side) and make my own amazon wishlist. Granted, it might be useful to my family, but overall it's just to dream over.
Well, I'm out cause Robert is getting bored and wants to go home. Bert, I'll have Robert call you to talk knives. (I feel like a conspirator.)