On the Road Again...

So we are leaving the "frozen" tundra of Idaho to come to the "cold" desert of Texas for Christmas. We leave here on December 17 and come back on January 3, 2009. It seems like we travel all the time! I think we have gone somewhere to someone's house every month since we got here. That is a whole freaking lot of gas. UGGHGHHH!!!! Sorry just a little frustrated there. But the good news is that we get to travel down to Texas with my brother, his lovely wife, and their darling son. Who will be about a month old by then. He is so adorable. They are so lucky and you can tell that this was THE right decision for them and their family. Its hard not to be jealous sometimes. They have their life all together and everything is going great for them. Oh well, life is hard and then we die.  Oh well. Well I am really looking forward to spending time with our different families. I am SOOOO looking forward to it. Maybe I can spend one on one time with my sisters. That would be way fun! I will see you guys soon!

I HAVE A JOB!!!!!

WHOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy! I finally have a job! I am a cashier/work the front at Arctic Circle. I have worked there for 3 weeks now and it is bringing money in. I make $6.55 an hour, which isn't much and isn't going to be enough for rent plus gas, electric, gas for the car, groceries, care credit payment, and more. But the fact that I finally have a job is ecstatic! It feels good to know that I am no longer failing my family because I couldn't provide for them. I just love the way that feels. It feels good to work again. To be able to do something during the day and feel useful that I am actually doing something! So nice. Well, school gets out soon for Steve and I graduate on the December 6th. Which is nice because then I can start working on and getting my externship completed. Steve is doing GREAT in school. He is making excellent grades. I am learning to love life. Life is what happens when you make plans and they go otherwise. I love my hubby and am so grateful for everything that he does for me. He is the best husband that I could ever ask for. Mu-wah! I love you honey!

Finally!!!!

Okay so via my last post, I finally got some interviews. I am interviewing  at UPS, Verizon Wireless, Key Bank, and Toys R Us. All in the next two days. I am so excited for these interviews. My hard work has definitely paid off. I have been working on finding a job for five hours a day. So finally I have interviews and am so excited for them. So THANK YOU to everyone out there who put in a good word for me. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

The Never Ending Search

Okay so if you've ever been to Rexburg, you know that the city was not made for as many students as it has.  There just aren't enough jobs for everyone to have a job in Rexburg. So what are you to do when you find yourself in my situation and barely have enough money for rent and the bills for next month? You look harder. I have been looking for a job since we moved here to Rexburg in September. Ya, I know. Where does all the money go? It seemed like we were doing fine, but apparantly we're not. We don't have enough money for food next month. No one is hiring here and I have gotten really discouraged to the point where I feel like I have failed Steve because I haven't been able to provide the things that we need. If I don't find a job within the next two weeks, we will have to start selling stuff to get money for bills. Neither Steve or I can donate blood or plasma. Conditions vary between us so we can't bring money in that way. So if any of you out there know of somewhere that is hiring, please let me know. I'm just frustrated that I am either over qualified for a job or under qualified for a job. So I guess the moral is, JUST GIVE ME A FREAKING CHANCE!!!!!

Trip to Utah...

Steve and I bought 4th row floor seats to a Dashboard Confessional, Panic at the Disco, Plain White T's Concert. I know, freaking amazing. How we could afford this you may ask while we are but poor college students is that we bought them in the summer when we had money and we didn't have to pay rent. Well the concert was in West Valley, Utah so we of course had to drive all the way down there to go to the concert. We left at 1:10 p.m. We were almost to Centerville, Utah at about 5. Then our car broke down. It just stopped working. We pulled over to the side of the highway and thought maybe we just ran out of gas and the gas light wasn't working or the sensor wasn't working. So Steve was going to walk to the nearest gas station and get some gas to put in the car. But we happened to be right by a busy construction site and they just gave us 1/4 of a tank of gas for free! That doesn't happen often and they were so nice! But that didn't work. The car still wouldn't start. It would crank and turn over but not start. So we tried all kinds of things to try and get it to start, still nothing. Then we tried calling family that we had in Utah to see if they could come help us out. Steve's brother ended up coming to get us and tow us to a gas station until we could take it to a shop and find out what the heck was wrong with our car. He didn't show up for a couple of hours. So we sat on the side of the road for 4 hours almost. (When you go on a trip, bring food and water or something to drink. Trust me.) We went to dinner and then the next day took it to a shop only to find out there was a million things wrong with the car. Timing belt, injection springs, pulley, ball bearings, and something else I can't remember. Anyways, it ended up costing us $608!!!!!! That is a whole lot of money! Thankfully my parents are either helping us pay for it or paying for it because they felt bad for us. If they wouldn't have we would have almost no money. Thank heaven for parents and everything they teach you! Was it worth it? Quite possibly. We got to see family, had free food for a little bit, gas was paid for almost, and Kelcie got Steve a birthday present. So yes it was definitely worth it. Now, if WE had to pay for everything, that would be a different situation all together. Lesson learned: pay attention in class, you will learn something about cars that could save you and your spouse's life if you're stuck on the side of the road. THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT HELPED US OUT THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Rexburg Opinion Center

Okay so I finally got a call back from the millions of places that I have applied. I swear I know my resume like I know my own hand. It is that familiar to me now. But anyways Rexburg Opinion Center called me back to come in for an interview on Thursday. Training begins next week... but the only downside is that I am going to be out of town on one of the days and you have to attend all 3 days at once. So I have to go for a different training time. Another one of the things that stinks is that you have to work one Saturday a month and I go to school on Saturdays so that isn't going to work. We will see how things play out right now. Hopefully I will have a job soon so that we can start bringing money into the home....

Awww... the Wii

Okay so a little while ago, we bought a Wii from Ebay. We got the Wii, Guitar Hero 3, like 5 other games for all like $335. Which isn't a bad price at all. But anyways, since it has been here, we have played it like non-stop. I used to complain about Steve playing too many video games and never spending time with me, but I guess it's different when you want to play those games too. Then you are playing those games together which makes it kinda cool to just hang out and be together. That used to not be enough for me. I wanted to just always be with him and near him and just I guess expect him to entertain me. But life isn't like that. Life isn't about making sure that you're taken care of, life is about taking care of other people. And doing that really does make you happy. Service is truly the best thing that you can do to help yourself and others in one fatal swoop. Okay back to the Wii, Steve has this game called Resident Evil 4 and it absolutely terrifies me. I can't watch him play at night. It has come to the point where he can only play during the day time because it scares me so bad. Why? Why does a video game scare me? Me, who loves to watch scary movies. I have no clue. It just does. Well, life is going okay right now. Still looking for jobs...