two week

I have turned in my two week notice.

My last day is next Thursday, Oct. 12th.

I think it is going to go fast!

I am so excited for my new job, new city, and new adventures!

- check

Drive up to St. Paul Thursday night - check.
Stop in Northfield to see Jana, Amanda and Matt on the way up - check.
Enjoy bonfire in St. Paul with Allisa, Paige (Verla) and Edmund that night - check.

Have breakfast with Allisa, Thelma and Jake Friday morning - check.
Have my second interview Friday morning - check.
Feel confident and great after interview - check.

Find out they will get back to me in a week or two weeks.
Head to Aunt and Uncles so Jake can shower - ha!
Get a phone call 30 minutes later with 651 area code....answer the call.

Got the job - check.
Extremely excited but tell them I need an hour and will call them back.
Call Dad. Think about it for 5 mintues and call back.

Accept the position - check.

Celebrate at Punch Pizza with Jake.
Call Dad, Peter, Ben, Katie, Amanda, Paige, Allisa and Grandma to tell them the good news.
Have appointment with realtor to look at lofts in downtown Mpls and St. Paul.
Four hours later realize Jake and I want to buy a house instead.
Visit Peter at his new bank in Mpls.
Head to Grandma's to visit her before we head to Mankato.

Friday night, hang out with Ben - check.
Saturday morning catch up with Mom and Dad - check.
Head to 7 Mile in St. Peter to picnic and hike with Ben, Mary and Jake - check.
Eat dinner with Mom, Dad, and Peter Saturday night - check.
Get a pecan cluster blizzard from DQ West later that night - check.

Have lunch with Mom and Dad early Sunday afternoon - check.
Head back to Iowa so I can work at 4 pm - check.
Get home from work at 9:30 and rewind tape of Amazing Race - check.
Tape stops after 20 minutes because 60 minutes went long.

Send two week notice e-mail to my boss at 10:30 pm - check.

New job in St. Paul - check.
Know Jake and I want to buy a house together - check.

Starting to figure out what we want and where we want to be - check.

switching from

As the cashier scans my purchase she turns and asks, "What do you need all these hangers for?"

I say, "My clothes. I am switching from plastic to wooden."

She says, "Why?"

I say, "I think they keep the clothes better."

She says, "Does it matter?"

I say, "Well, when I get my clothes dry cleaned...I just think they keep the clothes better."

She says, "I guess if you're going to spend all that money to clean your clothes then wooden hangers make sense."

5-7 business

Last night flipping through the channels I started watching an infomercial that seemed to be the miracle message I have been waiting my entire life to hear.

I ordered the product. It's coming in 5-7 business days.
I just googled my product and the reviews are mixed....I am sorta freaking out about the purchase.

This morning in my kitchen with one of my shoes, I killed the biggest spider I have ever seen.
It was seriously an inch off the ground and the size of a half dollar. It was very big.

Then my Grandma called me to tell me that the Thailand government is in a severe state of emergency. I went to Thailand in June and she was glad I wasn't there right now.

Thanks for the chat and photo Casey.

hooked it

In a panic we pulled it out, hooked it up and set the tape.

I just couldn't miss it, after all these years, every single season and episode...

late last night Jake and I watched the season premeire of Survivor.

I felt guilty but not that guilty to actually not watch it :)

Hopefully three months in storage has helped settle my addiction and made me realize that life without TV isn't so bad.

Wish me luck!

cowboys

I went to my first rodeo last weekend and it was truly an experience.

Cattle roping, bull riding, barrel racing and cowboys - oh my!



What is it about cowboys that make them so damn sexy?

conventional

I just went to the grocery store hungry.

I realized it wasn't a good idea once I had already opened the Milano cookies and started eating them in the baking aisle.

Shopping at a conventional grocery store is crazy.

Just walking up and down the aisles overwhelms me.
There are so many boxed up - wrapped up little meals and snacks.

Sure it is convenient and cheap....but is it worth it?

Why is it that in Iowa we import food from thousands of miles away but if we just step into our backyard we are growing the same thing?

Why do we choose to feed ourselves and our families food that has been processed with pesticides and poisons?

I choose to support local farmers. I choose to buy organic. I made this choice not because it is trendy but because I believe in it and what it means. Supporting local or organic farmers means more money into our community, less petroleum used in transport, and it makes a difference in my body and on the environment. It just makes sense to me.

I hate the argument that organic food is more expensive.
I think that is a bunch of bullshit.

We are already paying a higher price for these conventional choices.


Amanda had some thoughts on this topic as well.

last thursday

I took vacation last Thursday and drove up to Minnesota.

I had a hair appointment at 3 pm in Minneapolis.

I met the girls in St. Paul for knitting club before I had to go to my appointment.

I didn't bring my yarn.

Do I ever?

Thelma was there, she is a baby. She is soft and sweet and smiles a lot. I like her.


I had my interview on Friday.

It went really well (my new hair cut definitley helped).

Just waiting to hear back from them. I wonder what they will say?

I am sorta freaking about all the changes in my life.

(You might already know that from my last post).

Just trying to stay calm and find a balance.

be who

Is this what your twenties are suppose to feel like?

Is figuring out who I am and what I want suppose to be so hard?

Basically all I want to do and be is happy.

Not confused.
Not overwelmed.
Not worried.

I am afraid that I will never be who I want to be...what if I just can't get it together?

Then what?


Duh. Life.

Does anyone ever get-it-together?

Just be who you are, try your best, and everything will work itself out.

Reach for what you want and be who you want.