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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!