The weeks in review
I think I'm officially settled into my job and apartment here in North Carolina. So far, I'm loving where I am and what I'm doing. It started out a little slow, but I think that's a good thing. It's allowed me to acclimate to everything I guess. But now I've started getting project
assignments, and I feel like I'll really be able to get my feet wet.
There are still quite a few things that I'm in the dark about. With every place I go, what always amazes me is watching how everything works and getting to know how I fit as a gear in the machine. And every place is different. So, hopefully I figure everything out completely soon. That might make me be at least 50% more helpful I think.
Jim is still job hunting. Actually, he just started, but he left for Jeff and Ally's wedding in Miami, which was yesterday. I couldn't go because I had to work, but at least Jim got to go. He's my official representative.
He's been getting calls about jobs, but none of them are very interesting. At times I feel kind of bad - like maybe he would find something more interesting or better for him if we hadn't moved here, but then there are times that I don't really think that's the case. Sure, there are more opportunities in bigger cities, but he would still be as clueless about what he really wants to do there as he is here. I just keep praying he finds something that he can enjoy, even if it's for a little while before he goes back to graduate school for his masters, which I think he should do. I really think he would enjoy teaching.
Being at the wedding, Jim called me and told me that it definitely made him want to get married. We've been talking about it a lot lately, in a casual way, kinda saying how we should really be married already and we are both ready to do it, but we just have no idea what kind of wedding we want.
He called me last night from the reception and said that the wedding was nice and sweet and everyone had nice things to say, but he just feels like we couldn't have a traditional wedding like that. And I agree. It's not like I want anything radically different, but we both have come to terms with the fact that there probably won't be many of our good friends there and even many extended family members because everyone is so spread out and traveling is so expensive these days. So, we're trying to decide how we're going to remedy that situation and still have a ceremony that we will love. It's difficult.
I guess I'll have to start doing some research.
Jim will get back from Miami on Monday morning. I miss him a lot already. Everything is just so horribly boring without him. It's like I'm in stasis. At least I have work, so that will make the days go by faster. I'm thinking about going shopping today for some more work clothes... and some coffee filters... we probably have more in a box somewhere, but looking for anything is a challenge these days.
assignments, and I feel like I'll really be able to get my feet wet.
There are still quite a few things that I'm in the dark about. With every place I go, what always amazes me is watching how everything works and getting to know how I fit as a gear in the machine. And every place is different. So, hopefully I figure everything out completely soon. That might make me be at least 50% more helpful I think.
Jim is still job hunting. Actually, he just started, but he left for Jeff and Ally's wedding in Miami, which was yesterday. I couldn't go because I had to work, but at least Jim got to go. He's my official representative.
He's been getting calls about jobs, but none of them are very interesting. At times I feel kind of bad - like maybe he would find something more interesting or better for him if we hadn't moved here, but then there are times that I don't really think that's the case. Sure, there are more opportunities in bigger cities, but he would still be as clueless about what he really wants to do there as he is here. I just keep praying he finds something that he can enjoy, even if it's for a little while before he goes back to graduate school for his masters, which I think he should do. I really think he would enjoy teaching.
Being at the wedding, Jim called me and told me that it definitely made him want to get married. We've been talking about it a lot lately, in a casual way, kinda saying how we should really be married already and we are both ready to do it, but we just have no idea what kind of wedding we want.
He called me last night from the reception and said that the wedding was nice and sweet and everyone had nice things to say, but he just feels like we couldn't have a traditional wedding like that. And I agree. It's not like I want anything radically different, but we both have come to terms with the fact that there probably won't be many of our good friends there and even many extended family members because everyone is so spread out and traveling is so expensive these days. So, we're trying to decide how we're going to remedy that situation and still have a ceremony that we will love. It's difficult.
I guess I'll have to start doing some research.
Jim will get back from Miami on Monday morning. I miss him a lot already. Everything is just so horribly boring without him. It's like I'm in stasis. At least I have work, so that will make the days go by faster. I'm thinking about going shopping today for some more work clothes... and some coffee filters... we probably have more in a box somewhere, but looking for anything is a challenge these days.