It's here

It's my last day at work and then I will be on the road and rolling on home. I can't believe it is here, after a month of grueling hours to try and finish everything, I feel confident that I did the best I can to prep my job for someone else to take over. So with that thought, I'll finish up today as much as I can and then head the road and visit some family in Maryland as I journey down to a new life in Carolina. I'll post pics of our new home soon!

Yipee! Matt's got a job!

So I'm super stoked! Matt went down to NC earlier then I did so that he could work on setting up his GI bill paperwork so he can go to college, as well as looking for a part time job for while he studies. He interviewed with a couple places and last week got a call to start working for AMF bowling as their part time bartender, so he has completed 3 shifts so far and things appear to be going well. He seems to enjoy it and we are relieved that he has a job!

He also is all set with his fall classes, he completed his placement exam and orientation so he was then able to sign up for fall classes. Luckily for him I have taken all of the classes he will be taking first semester, so in theory I should be able to help him if he has questions as he gets back in the swing of going to school.

Last week at work and then I'll finally be joining my family down in NC :) Can't wait

Wahoo

Ok so I'm getting excited now! In exactly 2 wks I'll have my last day at work :( which is sad if you think about it on it's own, but then I'll hit the road visit family in MD very briefly while I make my ride down to my home below the mason dixon line wahoo. Only 2 more weeks until Matt and I will finally be done commuting for good. WHAT A RELIEF!

Also exciting news, Matt has been busy down in NC doing stuff to get ready for his classes as well as job hunting and he got a job offer last night :) He is going to be the full time evening bartender for the AMF bowling near the house. So bonus that the schedule works out for him that he can do full time instead of part time like we first expected for him as well as him and I get to bowl for a dollar :) so at least we know we have the opportunity for a cheap date night- if he actually wants to go back on his night off... that I doubt lol. I'm not sure yet of his schedule but he'll go in today to set up his training schedule and do paperwork.

He's also down there dogsitting Chad and Amanda's baby, the two kiddos have had a rough start but I think they are slowly but surely getting a little use to each other, it wears them out to be staring at each other.

So far I have stayed with my girlfriend Natasha and her kids and that went quickly and the kids were adorable. The youngest on my first night there goes "are you mommys friend? are you guys having a sleep over?" I thought it was the most adorable thing ever. And then at the end of my stay the 2 youngest couldn't understand if I was still in Rochester why I was switching to another friends house instead of staying with them still.

Now I'm staying with my girlfriend Angie and her hubby Matt with whom we through the memorial day picnic a couple months ago and then my last week in Rochester I'll stay with my old coworker and friend Laurie :) Being a nomad is definitely keeping me on my toes. I feel like a gypsy wanderer, a homeless bloke. It's nice staying with friends though, everyone gets excited about having guests on occasion and I needed a place to stay so it works out for everyone :)

More later!

The Big Move

Originally a bunch of my guy friends were suppose to help us move out of Rochester but things happened and most couldn't make it, so my poor parents drove out with last minute notice to help us, and we all were dying with the amount of stuff we had to load. Then Matt and I took off and drove 7-8 hrs to his parents house and unpacked stuff into their cars and loaded other stuff into the truck because we realized we had wayyyyyyyy more stuff then originally anticipated. We proceeded to get up at 4 in the morning the next day to drive to his base storage unit and me and him loaded the rest of the stuff in the 100 degree weather that we were dying in lol. Got to the apt by 2 and checked in and then his family and chad and amanda thankfully helped us move in. But we had 3 flights of outdoor stairs and a fully stuffed truck and 3 cars to unload. So people had to take breaks because of the heat. But we got it all in and i worked like a dog unpacking I stayed up til 130 to try and get the kitchen unpacked and then got up by 6 and went to the grocery store to stock up the pantry and then was working on more kitchen stuff. Found out my flight out got canceled so had to reschedule for a 6 am flight the next morning - so matt and i ran a few errands for other things we found we needed, then I worked on the bedroom. So at least the kitchen the 2 baths and most of the bedroom and living room are done. A little bit in the bdrm needs put away and then the spare bdrm needs unpacked still - that door is just kinda closed.

On the drive down my uhauls check engine light came on so we had to stop and call about that just for them to tell me to keep going, and our credit card got denied, since we were driving both trucks- and at each stop I had a double charge for gas so they thought it was stolen and froze the acct, so I had to call and have them reopen it. So it was a bit hectic but thanks to all the help we had we were able to move everything in and out of the apartments.

The new apt is really nice and I can't wait til we finish unpacking so we can post pictures!

Email me if you need the new address!