So my last entry was interupted. The trip back from Olympia was quite the adventure. We tried to leave around 1 pmish. I think. Anyway we didnt make it more than about 10 miles when traffic came to a total stand still. We made it about 2 miles or so in over an hour. We finally were able to get off I-5 so we could use the restroom and get snacks. We were told there was an accident and traffic was backed up forever on I-5 and all the side roads were starting to get clogged too. We decided to back track and take White Pass home instead.
We got back on I-5 going South. We stopped in Centralia at Wal Mart because my mom needed something. I think it was a phone charger. anyway we got lunch at mcdonalds there. Once we got back on the road it was close to three hours since we had originally left.
White Pass was beautiful. Except for the whole torrential down pour and marble sized hail that we had to pull over and wait out. We almost hit an elk too. We made lots of stops for snacks and stretching. There is a really beautiful lake there and some waterfalls too. By the time I dropped my mom in Spokane and got home it was over 12 hours of driving.
In more recent news, work is insane. All the college kids are back and shopping like crazy. I cant keep anything on my shelves. I order and order and it just goes right out the door. Almost all my categories (shampoo, deoderant etc) have double digit increases from last year. Everyone is stressed out though. Its not the best atmosphere to work in. Its almost over though.
They are changing the way the management structure works. They are combining departments so there are less department managers. No one is losing thier job though. Just as people quit they will not be replaced. Thier department will be picked up by another manger in thier area. According to the way the system is supposed to work, if everyone in my area quits I would be in charge of Health and Beauty (the department I have now),Cosmetics, Pets, Paper Goods and Chemicals. No one gets a pay raise for taking on more work either. There will be zone managers now to help. thats a whole other story. they will also be changing our schedules eventually so we no longer work 8-5 or 7-4 m-f. we will have to work weekends and closing shifts. Jacob and I are both looking for other jobs.
My new apartment has turned out nicely. The living room is a bit crowded with both mine and jacobs lazy boy chairs, his couch, my desk, two book shelves, and my tv stand and tv. but i have enough room for my card table in the middle to scrapbook on. My room is less crowded but still full. Artemis loves having a fenced yard to play in. I leave the front door open sometimes and she runs in and out. she likes to take her toys out on the front porch. I have even been doing more cooking.
Thats about it i guess. I am not sure when but we are planning another trip to the western washington. We each had to work one weekend day for back to college and of coure jacob and I had opposite weekends. This weekend he starts nights. Then we are going camping over labor day weekend. We are going on teh columbia in oregon with some friends. right now life is good!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Friday, August 21, 2009
More Updates
sorry mom....I knew there was stuff that hapepened in June. I was trying to remember four months worth of stuff and just couldnt think of it all.
Alex graduated in June. Jacob and I drove seperate cars to the west side. I went up to Spokane to pick up my mom so she could see her first grandchild graduate. The trip was pretty uneventful. We made lots of stops so she could stretch. Artemis had fun chasing seagulls at one stop. They sound just like her. It was like they were mocking her. Funny stuff. I spent the weekend with Jacob at his parents place then went back to sissy's Sunday night. Monday we went to the bay so Angela could see the ocean. Artemis had fun running along the shore in the waves.
Alex's graduation was nice. I only cried afterwards during pic time
Alex graduated in June. Jacob and I drove seperate cars to the west side. I went up to Spokane to pick up my mom so she could see her first grandchild graduate. The trip was pretty uneventful. We made lots of stops so she could stretch. Artemis had fun chasing seagulls at one stop. They sound just like her. It was like they were mocking her. Funny stuff. I spent the weekend with Jacob at his parents place then went back to sissy's Sunday night. Monday we went to the bay so Angela could see the ocean. Artemis had fun running along the shore in the waves.
Alex's graduation was nice. I only cried afterwards during pic time
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
time to catch up
okay so it has been a super duper long time since i blogged. Here is a quick catch up by month.
May: the most important thing was my 25Th (again) birthday. Jacob and I had a huge fight on our way to the west side. I had a horrible day at work too. We had things worked out by the time we got there and enjoyed the rest of the weekend. we went to the lake with the kids, did some kayaking, went to the drive in to see Terminator and something else which i forget. then we spent the rest of the weekend in Brinnon with Jacob's parents. I also pretty much moved in with him the second week when his roommate moved out.
June. Lots of trips to Brinnon and Olympia. We did extensive work to Jacobs kayak to make it more sea worthy. Lots of time and money put into it but now it does not leak. we also camped some too.
July: we spent fourth or July at elk river. we drove out there, got the kayak out and realized we forgot the paddles. so we drove all the way back to Pullman to get them. then back to elk river with just enough time to put the kayak together, and paddle around the reservoir into the creek near the air field so we could see the fireworks. it was a beautiful night so we spent about an hour in the water after the show. kayaking by moonlight is pretty amazing. we spent a weekend at his parents place. Rachel and the kids came up to camp. we went swimming, hiking, and rock climbing. i locked my keys in my car and we had to break a window to get them out. the next day we went kayaking with Jacob's dad. i caught some jelly fish in my jelly fishing scoop. they are fun to poke at.
at the end of the month we both had to move. i had planned on renting a uhaul so i could load it up Friday night and unload Saturday morning august first. Jacob's parents were coming with their SUV and trailer to help him move so they said they would help me too. His dad was going to do some electrical work on Jacob's new place. The weekend before they were supposed to come, their car blew the high pressure power steering hose. they were not able to come help us. We were stressing about what to do. u-haul didn't have any trucks for us but said to keep checking back because there might be one turned in early. luckily Jacob found a friend with a truck to get his stuff done. he had to be out by 6 pm on Friday. i went to u-haul after work and got a little truck. it had to be back by 11:30 the next morning. i couldn't get the key to my apartment until 10 am, so we would only have less than an hour to get it unloaded. my roommate was freaking out because her family was coming to stay and she was counting on having my room empty.
we decided to load up just the big heavy furniture so that the hardest part was done. and we knew we could get it done in 45 minutes.
of course nothing ever goes according to plan. after we loaded up and left we decided that we would go to my new apartment early, unload on the porch, then get the key and the guys would take everything inside while i returned the truck. so we unloaded it all and i went for the key. only to find out my apartment was not ready. the guy who cleans and checks them out said it was but the carpets had not been cleaned. we sat with my stuff for about 3 hours until i decided it was safe enough. then Jacob and i took our cars to my old place. it took us each 3 loads to get all the boxes and stuff moved over to the new place. the carpets had been done at 4 pm so we put everything in the kitchen and bathroom. we then went to eat. at 9pm we were finally able to move everything in. i had these big plans of my neatly labeled boxes being placed in the proper rooms. since everything had to be stuffed into the bathroom and kitchen it was chaos. i am still not totally unpacked. I am just grateful that it all worked out and we were able to move in.
Jacob and I also celebrated our 1 year anniversary. we didn't really do anything since we were getting ready to go to the west side for a four day weekend. we didn't want to spend any money so we could really enjoy our time over there. we did go out to eat at the Mongolian place since i had a punch card with a free meal. pretty romantic i know. we are going to dress up and go out to eat with this next paycheck.
work is good but very hectic. we are getting ready for back to school which is our biggest time of year. everyone is so stressed out. i was given the most feature space. i spent hours with management planning out everything. then the stupid overnighter's go and do what ever they want and screw everything up. i spent hours undoing what they did. plus the stuff i ordered was not coming in. they finally sent me everything at once. they sent us two trucks in one night. most of which was my stuff. the back room is a mess. i have been working my butt off trying to get it all organized.
Artemis is so big now. she still only weighs four pounds but she only weighed about 1 1/2 when i got her. she does not like the new apartment. at least not yet. hopefully when i get it more organized she will adjust. she does like that she gets to be locked in the kitchen while i am at work instead of her cage. and she loves the large fenced in yard. that is about it here. Jacob and i are heading over to the west side again in two weeks. Rachel and the kids will be in Spokane this weekend so we are heading up there. we are taking a load of stuff to my dads, going grocery shopping in his pantry/freezer, and then going to my moms for dinner.
May: the most important thing was my 25Th (again) birthday. Jacob and I had a huge fight on our way to the west side. I had a horrible day at work too. We had things worked out by the time we got there and enjoyed the rest of the weekend. we went to the lake with the kids, did some kayaking, went to the drive in to see Terminator and something else which i forget. then we spent the rest of the weekend in Brinnon with Jacob's parents. I also pretty much moved in with him the second week when his roommate moved out.
June. Lots of trips to Brinnon and Olympia. We did extensive work to Jacobs kayak to make it more sea worthy. Lots of time and money put into it but now it does not leak. we also camped some too.
July: we spent fourth or July at elk river. we drove out there, got the kayak out and realized we forgot the paddles. so we drove all the way back to Pullman to get them. then back to elk river with just enough time to put the kayak together, and paddle around the reservoir into the creek near the air field so we could see the fireworks. it was a beautiful night so we spent about an hour in the water after the show. kayaking by moonlight is pretty amazing. we spent a weekend at his parents place. Rachel and the kids came up to camp. we went swimming, hiking, and rock climbing. i locked my keys in my car and we had to break a window to get them out. the next day we went kayaking with Jacob's dad. i caught some jelly fish in my jelly fishing scoop. they are fun to poke at.
at the end of the month we both had to move. i had planned on renting a uhaul so i could load it up Friday night and unload Saturday morning august first. Jacob's parents were coming with their SUV and trailer to help him move so they said they would help me too. His dad was going to do some electrical work on Jacob's new place. The weekend before they were supposed to come, their car blew the high pressure power steering hose. they were not able to come help us. We were stressing about what to do. u-haul didn't have any trucks for us but said to keep checking back because there might be one turned in early. luckily Jacob found a friend with a truck to get his stuff done. he had to be out by 6 pm on Friday. i went to u-haul after work and got a little truck. it had to be back by 11:30 the next morning. i couldn't get the key to my apartment until 10 am, so we would only have less than an hour to get it unloaded. my roommate was freaking out because her family was coming to stay and she was counting on having my room empty.
we decided to load up just the big heavy furniture so that the hardest part was done. and we knew we could get it done in 45 minutes.
of course nothing ever goes according to plan. after we loaded up and left we decided that we would go to my new apartment early, unload on the porch, then get the key and the guys would take everything inside while i returned the truck. so we unloaded it all and i went for the key. only to find out my apartment was not ready. the guy who cleans and checks them out said it was but the carpets had not been cleaned. we sat with my stuff for about 3 hours until i decided it was safe enough. then Jacob and i took our cars to my old place. it took us each 3 loads to get all the boxes and stuff moved over to the new place. the carpets had been done at 4 pm so we put everything in the kitchen and bathroom. we then went to eat. at 9pm we were finally able to move everything in. i had these big plans of my neatly labeled boxes being placed in the proper rooms. since everything had to be stuffed into the bathroom and kitchen it was chaos. i am still not totally unpacked. I am just grateful that it all worked out and we were able to move in.
Jacob and I also celebrated our 1 year anniversary. we didn't really do anything since we were getting ready to go to the west side for a four day weekend. we didn't want to spend any money so we could really enjoy our time over there. we did go out to eat at the Mongolian place since i had a punch card with a free meal. pretty romantic i know. we are going to dress up and go out to eat with this next paycheck.
work is good but very hectic. we are getting ready for back to school which is our biggest time of year. everyone is so stressed out. i was given the most feature space. i spent hours with management planning out everything. then the stupid overnighter's go and do what ever they want and screw everything up. i spent hours undoing what they did. plus the stuff i ordered was not coming in. they finally sent me everything at once. they sent us two trucks in one night. most of which was my stuff. the back room is a mess. i have been working my butt off trying to get it all organized.
Artemis is so big now. she still only weighs four pounds but she only weighed about 1 1/2 when i got her. she does not like the new apartment. at least not yet. hopefully when i get it more organized she will adjust. she does like that she gets to be locked in the kitchen while i am at work instead of her cage. and she loves the large fenced in yard. that is about it here. Jacob and i are heading over to the west side again in two weeks. Rachel and the kids will be in Spokane this weekend so we are heading up there. we are taking a load of stuff to my dads, going grocery shopping in his pantry/freezer, and then going to my moms for dinner.
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