I got the idea from my fabulous friend Emily to start a blog about this new fantastic journey. I'm sure there's one or two people who will care to know what the heck I'm doing down here in good ol' Sherman Texas! But if anything, my mom will be reading...maybe. But I thought it would be good to write about this next step in my life (since it's a big one!) for my own piece of mind plus I'm sure I'll encounter a lot that you know you'll want to hear about!
Starting off with the trip down here then. That U-Haul mess was a big ol' fiasco. I had ordered basically the smallest u-haul on the face of the earth and had to upgrade a bit on Friday morning. Keep in mind that I was the one saying that we had to get everything done early. That's not how it worked out. Tim's dad took the SUV to get the necessary equipment in order to tow the darn trailer and by 2, maybe 3ish we were ready to pack up. Thank goodness for Tim's dad is all I have to say. Packed up pretty quickly and spent the evening at my parents after some tasty Ted Drewes (apple pie sundae by the way...yum)
We get our booties into Sherman (or at least Scout and I did) by 7:30 Saturday; Tim was about a half hour behind us because he hauled the trailer and had to go a bit slower. We stopped a few times; I got fudge, the trip was ok, except for the last 2 hours. My lord driving in the dark in the middle of nowhere is draining. Don't do it ok? I'm going to try to avoid that at all costs I tell you!
We unpack both his couch and mine that I never could sell and I'm pretty sure I lost 5 pounds carrying just my couch in. That thing was a hot mess...and I dropped it on my head! It's still a little tender right now! We were half way up the stairs and for some reason the couch bonked me on the head and I'm like "Tim stop I have a head injury." Thank God he is strong enough to carry some stuff on his own plus basically could hold that couch up while I made sure I didn't have a concussion or anything :) Scout, meanwhile, pouted from the bathroom. Moving is tough on doggies. Today was the first time we really got out and got to explore and play. But she's been pretty good while we've unpacked this whole mess.
I gotta tell you, this place was a real shithole before I got here. Humans probably shouldn't have lived in this crappy apartment. Tim keeps marveling at the fact that "it looks like an actual place where people live!" and "there's so much food in here now!" We bought like enough food for the week...This kid has a thing or two to learn about having a nice place and being a grownup I tell you.
On the job front I feel optimistic though. I had a good interview at a childcare place in McKinney, which is still a bit of a drive from Sherman. The plan is to move to McKinney once his lease is up here though. That is not soon enough! This daycare was no Step Ahead though. It was big! I mean like the 2 year old room I visited was like the half the size of Step Ahead! And there were about 18 kids in the class. Ratios here are out of control; like 11:1. Really Texas? But the kids were adorable and I felt like I fit right in. It definitely made me miss my kiddos up in St. Louis though. How will they potty without me!? Yeah, I know, they'll get over it :)
Tomorrow I will navigate the wonderful world of changing my licence plates and driver's licence. I went to the cruddy little DMV type place today and, of course, I have to get my plates changed before I can get a licence. So I go to get my fabulous new car inspected tomorrow. Hopefully I can get it all taken care of in a day or two.
So I'm almost completely unpacked and tomorrow I'll put up my tiny Christmas tree and decorate a little bit to make this place seem more homey. There's a lot of cute little Christmas-y things around town that I plan on dragging Tim to, plus I'm going to take Scout to the Petco to get her picture with Santa this weekend. So we're settling.
One thing that hasn't changed...I still need to finish up homework! One more week!
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