Dentist/ Christmas Decorating/ Crazy Weather

As you can guess from the title, few big things have occurred over the last week since Thanskgiving.
So for the first thing, I was dealing with a tooth ache for about a week before Thanksgiving. I went to the dentist the wednesday before thanksgiving. They figured out that I had a deep cavity under a big ugly grey filling in my last lower molar(right in front of my wisdom tooth) on my right side. He went over all of my options at that point. He could try to carefully take off the ugly grey filling and clean it out and place a new filling on it but he was concerned since the decay was close to the nerve that the decay might have gotten into the nerve. He explained that I could opt for a root canal or have the tooth extracted at that point. He explained all the prices and everything he could do. I opted for trying to place a new filling and if the decay was too bad to go ahead and extract the tooth. Since, it was Thanksgiving eve and he was super busy and short staffed. I told him I could schedule an appointment the next week. He prescribed me some Hydrocodone(Vicodin) to get through until then. I took one that night. Then the tooth hurt some the next day, but I took some otc pain reliever and i was fine. It didn't hurt the rest of the week. So i went back this past wednesday, nov 30.  I was given one injection of numbing agent that was good until he got close to the nerve then he gave me another injection because I was wincing in pain. He drilled out the ugly gray filling and was able to save the tooth. He filled in the the tooth with the new white fillings. After about hour, I was able to go home. It was numb for the rest of the afternoon, it was aching and throbbing once the numbness wore off. I was able to eat though. I took another prescribed pain reliever that night tues night. He prescribed me 16 tablets and as of today I have 11 tablets left. The pain has lessen, it does usually hurt until the evening. So hopefully, by next week, I will be able to stop taking the tablets.
Yesterday, saturday I was finally able to decorate our place with the christmas stuff. I really like everything. Here some pictures.

The last week has been crazy weather. The last 2 weeks before thanksgiving it was in the single digits with some days the wind chill was in the negative double digits. It was so so cold. I stayed inside as much as possible. I didn't go outside for my lunch break. But this last week, it jumped up in just a few days from the teens to about 30-40 degrees. Now, a horrible rain storm with really high winds(like 50-60mph) has settled in. This is making the roads a slushy mix. So much so, that we could not get out to go to church this morning. As, the temperaturees go down tonight, everything will freeze over making it very slick and very thick ice. But, thankfully, I think this is the worse part of the storm will be over after today and then we believe will get another snow storm by next weekend. Lovely AK weather:)

Thanksgiving

Wow, I really can't believe it is almost Thanksgiving.  Graham and I are still eating candy from Halloween. This year I feel a little different about it.  This is the first time during this time of year that I have not been in school. So, I am labeling this my first "grown-up" thanksgiving. I don't have to worry about studying for tests or finals within weeks from thanksgiving. The down side is that I no longer have the school breaks for thanksgiving. I have to work my normal schedule this week(since I normally get thursdays off i don't really get any extra days off this week). I do have to go into work on saturday from 9am-12p. But, I am excited about thanksgiving. Even though this isn't my first thanksgiving away from home, this is the first year in the last two years that I have no planes tickets already bought to go home. It is funny to me for the past few years my parents have been saying each thanksgiving/christmas that times are changing and the time is geting closer when we all as a family won't be able to gather together for the holidays. Sorry Mama and Daddy, but I won't make it home for christmas unless God works some things out. But on the bright side, we have the lovely internet to talk to each other(that is why I sent that link to ya'll a few months back) and I will be able to have my first WHITE christmas! But i am hoping to come home sometime in march.
I don't have pictures of the food from last year thanksgiving, i didn't cook much because I didn't have time, but I made pumpkin ice cream-it was ok not the greatest, but i do some pictures from the year before when I cooked my very first thanksgiving meal by myself

Here's hoping everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

I know everyone has been anxiously awaiting this, and here it is! Sorry, It has taken me a little while to sit down and type this.  I know everyone is wondering how my new job is going and how I am doing since I have been a little slanked on the communciate department for the last month or so. I haven't even called my parents(But I plan to call tommorrow-probably by the time they read this:P) I finished up my last night at PET on Oct 31st! Man, was I never so excited to leave a job before! But, let me back up a little, on saturday oct 29( a rare sat night,  happened to have off) Graham and I were able to go to a Hay Day party. I dressed up as a Indian(or to be PC- a native american).  Heres a pic
I didn't have as much time to invest in this years costume as I did to invest in last years two costumes

Heres the pics from last years costumes





For those who don't already know... I was an x-ray film

This is the party I went to last year in CO, I was Mrs. Potts(you know from Beauty and the Beast)

We had a good time at the party. It was thrown by some friends from church. It was fun for me to finally get a chance to get to know these people. The next day which was sunday- it started to snow! That was the first snow of the season. So I worked sunday night and monday night and I started my new job wednesday morning. I worked all day wednesday, and since I have thrusdays off I was able to rest on thrusday. I also cleaned and sanitized the kitchen, went grocery shopping, and did laundry. Then I worked all day friday, and then saturday morning. Once I got off work on saturday, I went to a christmas food and fun festival which was held in denver last year- I went and really liked in Denver so I wanted to check it out here. It was not as large as the one in Denver, and there was not any really good booth so this one here was okay- but if there is another one next year then I will probably check it out. There is art and crafts festival next weekend so I will check that one out too. Sunday- I was able to go to church service for the first time in several weeks(I was able to attend one service in oct, but I slept the whole time, so I decided to wait to go back until I started my new job).

Now I have officially worked there a week, I really like it. The people are great and so far there has been no drama. Everyone seems to get along. I enjoy going to work and I enjoy meeting all the clients and pets. I am pretty worn out when I get home, and I am going to sleep pretty early. But thankfully, I am not waking up around 2 or 3am any more. Usually by 9pm, I am falling sleep. I am usually asleep by 10pm-which is so nice! I am slowly catching up on all the hours of sleep I missed working at PET. Now, with the time change it gets dark close to 5pm and for now the sun rises about 9pm. We will continue to lose about 4 minutes a day making the day(number of sunlight hours) shorter, until the winter solstice, then we will slowly gain minutes again until the summer solstice when on that day we will get 24hours of sunlight (and thus the cycle continues). We have gotten alot snow lately we got about a foot at the end of last week and we got about 8 more inches this week. So there is alot of snow!:) The temperaures have been in the steady 20s and teens for highs then dropping in low teens and single digits for the lows. So it is pretty cold too! I got my last paycheck from PET on friday(11/11/11) and I get paid this friday from this new job. So, we will have a little extra this month. We have been invited to a Thanksgiving dinner by some other members of the church so we have to figure out what to bring to that and now that I am no longer at a emergency clinic- I will have the day off. I think there is plans for a thanksgiving meal on thrusday and friday. Possiblely, some snow playing activities for the weekend too! I also will have Dec 24-26 off. I am excited about that. Today, I was able to go out and get more scrubs and few more long sleeves so I don't have to do laundry every week.

I am happy. I enjoy having free time to have hobbies again. It is also nice not to be tired all the time.

In the words of Porky the Pig.... Thats all for now, Folks!







GREAT NEWS!!!!!!

I have some great news to inform everyone of, I want to apologize for being late with this post. I was busy all day yesterday with no access to a computer. When Graham and I did get home, I was so exhausted. I fell asleep around 8pm. I finally woke up around 10am. But, I needed that sleep. Yesterday, I went into a working interview at Alaska Veterinary Clinic. I really enjoyed the people. They already knew my name, knew that I am working at Pet Emergency Treatment, and they knew that I worked nights. I was immediately impressed. This were things I had told the office manager last week at the sit down interview.  Of course, it was busy when I walked in at 9. Monday morning at a veterinary office, that's normal. So, it took me a few minutes to figure out who I was going to be following around that morning. But, once I was up to speed with everything. The morning went good. They were impressed that I knew how to work their computer system, they were kinda blown away I could do so many things on the computer so quickly. They repeated themselves so many times, saying, "man you are so fast," when they were showing me the computer system. I was introduced to several of the doctors, they were very nice. I think we can get along really well, once I get to know them better and I get familiar with their routines and how they like to work things. The whole office had a family atmosphere and everyone seems to like each other. Close to noon, when the interview was suppose to be over. The head doctor(aka medical director) said, "we want you to work here." they said they were excited to meet me and really want me work with them. So, we discussed when I could start and my pay. I will be starting on Nov.2. I will be working mon-wed and fridays-7am-6pm with a hr lunch break. Then about 1 saturday a month from about 9a-12p. I will get 14/hr. So 40hrs a week plus few extra hours a month for the saturday. So, no more nights for me!! I do have to finish my month at PET, but after that no more. All I could think after I left was, "thank you Lord and no more PET"
 I will be able to have my weekends back!
I am looking forward to having a normal schedule, getting to know my co-workers, and getting to know the clients that use this clinic. It will be so nice to be able to see a person walk-in and know them.
 Thanks everyone for their prayers!

And the story continues.....

So, Heres what happened today,
I had the phone interview for Alaska Veterinary Clinic. It went really well I think. The office manager wanted to set-up an in person interview for next week. We arranged it for this coming tues at 10am. She said that she was really excited to  meant me.

Last night, thrusday night,
 I was dwelling on all the events of the day and everything that happened at my working interview. I just had this strange feeling in my spirit that clinic(VCA Alpine) was not where i needed to go. I had this feeling once before when concerning a job back in Denver. God was telling me not to accept a position at a store, even though at that point i was trying to desperately to find a part-time job. Within, a week I had accepted a job at a veterinary clinic that was that best schedule a student could ask for. I stayed there for a liitle over a year while i finished school. I trusted God then and He worked everything out then. So why am i unsure now? I think God is trying to tell me to not accept that position. I was just in shock that I could have gotten a call from other clinic that very evening that I got home from a working interview at somewhere else. Even though, i think i made a god impression at my working interview at VCA Alpine and the people were really nice. The schedule would be alot nicer than what i have now. Something inside me is saying "no" that this is not the "right" place for me. I know I want to run from my current job as soon as i possiblely can.  i am trying my hardest to make october my last month at PET ER. The Alaska Vet Clinic has even better hours, better equipment, but the down side is that there are several doctors working there instead of just a couple.  But, I got a really good feeling in the phone with the office manager.
Just keep praying that God opens the right door for mr and gives me wisdom on making the right decision.

TWO Possible new open doors.....

Today I had a working interview at another veterinary clinic. It is called VCA Alpine. I was there from about 8am-3:30pm. I really liked the people. It was a much more relaxed environment. I think I made a good impression to the doctors and the office manager. They have their techs work 4- days a week, for 4- 10 hr shifts. Their office hours are 7a-7pm mon-fri and 8am-6pm on saturdays. They are not opened on sundays so I would always have sundays off. I really liked the way the schedule was designed. The only "cons" about the job would be that alot fo their equipment is out-dated including their computer system. They are running on a "DOS" based program. It is going to take me a while to really know how to truely work that computer system, but the employees are really great. They know that the computer system is very outdated and can be confusing on how to get through. All in all, it was a good day. I had a good time. They really sympathesized with me on working nights. They very impressed that I could work them in an ER environment. The office manager said that they had another interview with other candidate and that they were thinking of making "call backs" as soon as Monday!

Then, this evening- I got another call from another vet clinic. They wanted to set-up an phone interview for tomorrow morning, This one is called Alaska Veterinary Clinic. Their hours are 7:30a-6pm Mon-fri and 9a-12p on saturday. So, I'll give an update on that if everything goes well.
Just keep praying!

The light is growing brighter

I am sorry this is late, but I want to say first that we did get our car back the next day. It is running great. A new technician took over the next morning it "magically" started back up.. huh uh... I was at work all day that day so I didn't have to deal with the mechanic so I was happy just to have the car back. They didn't charge us for what they had to fix to make it "magically" start working. So I know this is really late, but here is our car:)

We are happy with it.

As for some other news

job wise: I am looking for another job. I am trying my best to make October my last month there at PET ER. I have gone by lots of places and dropped off my resume. I went by five places(one doesn't count because I went to walk-in and I saw a sign on the door that they were closing for business on sept 30.) So I went back to my car and scratched that clinic off my list. I did get a call-back from a clinic and set-up a working interview for next week. Which I thought was super great because, I am skipping a step, I have not had an actually "interview" with anyone there. I just went in and dropped my resume off. One clinic today seemed really interested, but could only offer my part-time. I said I would be interested in whatever they could offer. Anyway, we'll see what happens for that. Please be praying, God has to open up another door for me. I talked with my boss and she finally agrees with me that I am not made for emergencies.  I tried to tell her that last month but she wouldn't listen to me. She wants me to focus on findings a new job by the end of october. I honestly want to leave for even more reasons than i have talked about before. There is starting to be the beginnings of gossip and drama and back-biting. I don't want to be apart or around that. I will keep everyone updated, but just keep praying that God will open of the new "right" job opportunity for me. With the right people and right environment, and as a plus better hours. Unfortunately for me, I am going back to nights in Oct.

Church: As most everyone knows, I have been working weekends, so I haven't had a sunday off in months so church has been an impossibility for me to get to. But, by the hand of God working, I only have to work two out of the five sundays in oct(those two i have to go in at 9pm so church is still possible) The another three I will getting off at 9am and church starts at 10am- our church has breakfast so that will help me to stay awake. I usually can stay awake until about 12p on days that I get off at 9a when I don't have to go back in the next evening. I am excited to be able to go to church again! This past monday I went and checked out a new young adult group. It was really good. The people were really great. I plan on going back a few more times to really get a good feel for the group.

Graham just got a HP tablet today. We both have played with it. It is pretty cool. It is going to take a few more days for us to really understand how to use it.

I finally have a saturday off this saturday(oct 1st). I am torn on what to do. I know i have to get laundry done that day and i really need to stock up our food cabinets so i was thinking of going to the grocery store, But I dont' want to waste a good saturday by running errands and doing laundry.



A small light has began to shine........

I am happy to finally report that we have bought a car!
This post was suppose to be happy and up beat, and I planned to explain the whole car buying experience. I have planned on sharing pictures, but after the horrible day I had today. I need to use this as a venting ground and to compare the vasting different ways two companies conduct business.
It all started last thrusday when Graham came home saying that He had gone by a dealership that a co-worker had recommended. he had found a 2000 kia sportage under 75000 miles on it. He had already called the mechanic and was making arrangements to get in there. The dealership agreed to take it to the mechanic in the morning for us since we didn't have any way of our own to get it there. Graham was going to call the mechanic when he got off work around 2pm and go from there. I had to work on friday, so I told Graham to call me at work. I gave graham money he could use to buy the car if the mechanic said it was a good deal. So around 3pm while i was just sitting down to get lunch at work, Graham came by the office and said that the mechanic still had not looked and it yet. I was a little upset, but I had to get back to work. Graham went home and called the dealership to let them know what was going on. I don't know what happen nor when it happened, but a few hour later the mechanic finally called. The dealership gave Graham a ride to the mechanic so he could pick up the car and drive it back to the dealership. Graham called me at work saying that the dealership had to have a copy of my id since we were using a check to pay. The dealership was driving him over to my work to meet me and get a copy of it. So, they came by and a gave him the copy, I asked a few questions and thanked him fo rhis help. Then, a little while later Graham called my office again needing my SS#, I gave it. Then Graham came by my office again around 7or8pm saying that i had to sign abunch of a papers. He asked me if there was any way I could get off early since the dealership closed at 9, but I got of at 9. Graham called and talked to the dealership and they agreed to bring the papers over to my office for me to sign there. Unfortunately, we got busy at my office. I could not get off on time. I was trying my hardest to pass off everything to my co-workers coming on the night shift. Graham and the dealership salesman had to wait about 20 mins or so until i would break free and clock out. I apologsized up and down for making him wait. I thanked him over and over for going out of his way to help us out. He was so kind and he didn't  mind the wait. I was uber impressed with this guy and recommend him to anyone.
A vast opposite comparsion to what I experienceed today at the before mentioned mechanic. Because Graham has to work every day from 6a-2p and the shop opens at 8am. I had to wake up early and ride with graham to work so I could take by the mechanic to get a few minor repairs fixed. So, i got to the mechanic about 8:45a. I had an estimate that they had made for Graham earlier. We were going to get back wheel seal fixed and fixed the wheel bearing, then check for any oil leaks. I told the woman i was going to wait for it there to get done instead of leaving and coming back. So i sat down expecting to be there a few hours, but i planned on being able to pick Graham up from work at 2p. Finally, around 1ish, i was informed that they were trying to find the oil leak and was thanked for being patient after i starting pacing the small area(aka three chairs) they call a waiting room. So, then about 2pm, the tech finally gave the paper to the "desk person" who informed me that the oil was leaking from two places in the back of then engine. mind you, this is after i had spen 5 hours waiting-i was tired, hungry, and thirsty. The desk person informed me that it would be another so much $ to replace these things and that there was a discount if they were replaced at the same place. So, i said fine replace them, I asked how much longer i would wait- anohter hour or so i asked? No, the mechanic tech said around 4 or 5pm.(2or 3hours more!) So, i sad fine and sat back down, and gave them the "evil" one the best i could. When, i had finally defrosted a liitle, i went back to reading. Around 5pm, i got up and tried o get the attention of the desk person-now a lady. About 10mins or so, she reported back to me that the tech was not finished and did not plan on being finished by 5:30- when they closed. So, i stressed to her that i needed to get home and that i needed my car for the next day. So, then she when back to talk to the tech, she came back to infom me that the car would not start. I was taken aback. But, I drove it here this morning, it started then, I have been here all day- I have to get home, i need by car, I told the woman. She didn't seem to care. Well, it would start and there is nothing I can do, we close at 5:30pm was her response, oh and she said that I could call a taxi to get home. I was hot, all I wanted to do was cuss the woman out and make the tech fix my car that he had broken. I told the woman, so I have to leave my car here until he fixes the car that he broke and until then I am ou of luck. Her reply-yeah. Oh, my gosh, she tried to offer me a ride with one her male techs to give me a ride home. There was no way, I getting in the car with a man a had never meet before. So, i called myself a taxi and stormed out the building as soon as it got there. I paid $13.50 in a taxi fare to get home. Graham waled in a few minutes after i got home, i told him all about it. He was not happy. I told him that we are never ever going back there once we get our car back from them. I called my parents and told them want happen and they got upset too. So Graham is going to handle to the rest of the story-i am still too angry at these people! They are going to reimburse me for that taxi fare. On friday, hopefully i will have the rest of the story to inform everyone
to be continued........

Situation Update

I know my last post was pretty heavy last week. I just wanted to give an update on my situation. I have talked to the head technician about what I was thinking and we talked. She says it is my decision and she was to make sure I make an informed decision. I talked and discussed with the doctor and the other tech I was working with last week. This doctor is one of the one's that I really love to work with. I respect her opinion and advice. I have thought about what everyone has said and prayed about it. I believe my next move is to look for a full-time job at a day clinic. I will work at my current one until I can find one that God provides for me. I got my resume all ready and I am going to go pound the pavement. I am going to go by one today. I am at peace with this decision. I feel like this is what God is telling me what I need to do. So, thats what is where I am now.

In better news, we are very close to getting a car of our own. Graham is calling a man back today about a car. I keep looking every day. Graham has a mechanic that he wants to use, so we will have one very soon. Then we can get some better furniture for our place. Within the next few months, we should make our apartment look more like a home instead of living place.
Thanks for everyone's prayers.

Honestly....

Something keeps eating at me for the last little while, but I was not sure if it was due to the fact that I have been kinda depressed. The thing is that I miss day practice. I feel like I am not happy at my job nor is there any job behind working. I miss routine and regular work hours. I am tired all the time. My sleep cycles have been totally screwed up. I have not been able to go out to any church meeting or outings because i am either working or too tired to go out. And not having a car does not help that situation. But I have kinda started in the middle of the situation. There is this doctor at the clinic Dr. A(names left out). She graduated veterinary school last year. She is high instensive and high maintenance. By her own words, she is type A personality. She gets stressed very easily when it gets busy. When she gets stressed, she takes it out by cursing, yelling, and screaming, at anyone near her. I have gotten my fair share of tongue lashings from her and so has everyone else. She keeps telling me that I am not doing things fast enough even though I am going as fast as I can. She can be cold, snappy, and gnarky at times. A few nights ago, during an laceration repair, I asked her if I could turn down the anesthesia gas level because the patients heart rate was decreasing. She snapped back that I was in charge of anesthesia, and in not so any words to leaver her alone and not ask questions.  On monday night, I was prepping for another laceration repair, we were discussing which suture material she wanted to use. The size she wanted to use we were out of so she asked for the size smaller and the size larger. During the surgery, she asked for the size that we were out of, I reminded her that we were out of that size and that we had the size smaller and larger. She huffed, sighed, and barked which one she wanted. She always complaining about something. She goes on raids at least once every time she works. She complains when the clinic is too slow, too busy, if we are out of anything, or anything else she can think of. I hate working with her. I always look on the schedule and see how many times I will be working with her. I dread working with her. I get to work stressed out and I wish for time to go by faster so I can be done working with her. There is two doctors I love working with. They have been out of vet school 10+ years. They get stressed and frazzled, but they don't take their stress out on us.
On Monday night, I had a " update on how I am doing" talk with the head tech. She said that "my technical skills are not where the need to be" Since it is an emergency clinic, things that I could learn over my first year out of tech school. I have to have down within 3-6 months of employment there. This is about the 2-3 time she has told me this. I think I have improved, and I asked her that if she thinks I hav improved and she said only a little. So, thought about what she said while I was at work monday and what has been eating me. I don't know if I was made for emergency clinic. I know that I never wanted to work at emergency clinic. Not only do I have to deal with emergency situations, high instensive patients, stressed owners/clients, but also aout 5 different doctors and what they want and like. So there is no consistency. I like consistency and routine. I don't know if there is some kind of reason that is causing me not to get to the point that the head tech wants me at. Or if God is trying to tell me that my time at this clinic is up and that I should look for another job. I have great respect for the head tech. She has been working in this field for a long time and has great patience with training new techs like me. I don't want it to seem like I am giving up nor do I want her to give up on me. But she can be scattered brained and weird sometimes. And even though she has a husband and kids, it seems like her own life is her work. I like to have a social life outside of work. I don't want work to be my whole life like it has been for the past few months. I don't want my job to define me. I am really stressed out about this. I don't know if I should like the head tech know what I am thinking. When I agreed to the job, I agreed to work up to 1 year. I have been thinking that I would stick it out at this clinic for a year and then look somewhere else. I have only been out of school 5 months and have been employed there 4 months. I know I am inexperienced and I am unsure if another clinic would hire me due to the fact of my inexperience. I know have to have a job. But i also know that God knows where I am suppose to be. I am praying that He will tell me what He wants me to do and that the right door will open. I know God has moved me to AK for a reason, and I don't want to make another BIG move AGAIN. I am updating my resume. There is a day pracitice about two blocks away that I have been wanting to check out ever since I saw it was there. I know my first 7 months of CO were very similiar, but once I found the right church and friends to connect with everything worked out. I am just stressed. I know God will take care of me, but I am not sure what to do.
Hopefully, my next post will be more positive

July Update

I know I haven't updated everyone for several weeks. Like I said in my last post, we did have to give the car back that we were borrowing. So, Graham bought a bike so he could get to work. I walk the 2 miles to work from our apartment. We have been saving money all month to buy a car. We are finally getting close to having the amount that we wanted to spend on a car. Hopefully, within the month of August we will be able to find a car. We are very excited about having the freedom of a car again!
It has been kinda hard to get out and do "fun" things since we can't get there. We are struggling to find a church group and friends. I don't like asking for rides from people that I don't know or have good relationships with. I don't like feeling like a burden on people. I have had trouble getting to the church that is right down the road from us because I have worked every weekend. It is hard to stay awake at service when I get off  9am(usually closer to 9:15-9:30) and walk 2miles back trying to make before service starts @ 10am. Then having to go back to work later on that same night.
This past month, it has just been like it was when I first moved to Denver. I was living in Aurora, and didn't have a car nor friends. Thankfully, this time is going to be shorter than that point in my life which lasted about 6months.
I am still loving my job. I haven't really worked on any strange or exotic pets lately. It has mostly been dogs and cats.

Sorry, we are kinda in a mundane, boring part of our lives. We are working and saving money.
Hopefully, my next post would be more exciting

Going Back in Time

I decided this morning that I would catch ya'll up and what has been going on up here in the wilderness:8). 
The major development in the past week was that we had to give up the car that we were borrowing last friday. The church needed it back so they asked for the car back. It was kinda a blow. I don't really like going back to not having a car. It was not really fun for the few months in CO. It really limits the area that you have access to. And waiting for a bus forever is never fun either. Just trying to do to simple errands like going to the grocery store is a hassle. Thankfully, this time around, I live walking distance from a grocery store so that helps. I also can walk to work and walk to the new church I have been going to. Graham bought a bike so that he could get to work and back. We are looking to buy a car soon. I am looking a craigslist and looking around for cars for sale. I have found some that look like possiblities. Graham asked around and found some mechanics too. So, hopefully we can find something pretty soon.
We have not been up to any adventures lately, mainly because we have been trying to have money. I have been sick since last wednesday. I have been down and out since then. I went to work friday and saturday night. I told my boss I couldn't work sunday night, after seeing how sick I was she was not going to let me work sunday night anyway. I have a very bad headaches, fever, running nose, etc.. I got home sunday morning. I took a very long hot shower and took some medicine. I went to sleep around 11am. I kinda woke up around 7pm, but then went back to sleep and Graham came in and checked on me around 9pm. I woke up and ate some dinner. I went back to bed around 10pm. The last few days, I am feeling better but I still have a pretty bad cough. Right now, my ears feel like they need to pop. But, I am still feeling alot better. Graham has been making fun of me because I have just been laying around the apartment sleeping and watching tv/movies. He thinks i need to go out and walk and "sweat out the toxins." I don't believe that putting physical strain on already sick body is a good thing. But, i might go out for a small walk this afternoon if I am still feeling ok. Graham is excited because not only is he finally driving at his job(driving the Office Depot truck), but he is going to go on full-time next week. So he is happy about making more money. He has been talking that he does what to get back into the army. He says he doesn't like living like a civilian
In July, I am going to crack down on my studies for my board exam on august 1st. I don't want to have to retake the test. I have been studying for a long time. I only have to make a 70 to pass. According to rumors, the board exam is easier that the cpe I took back in dec at school and about 80% of the bel-rea students who take the board pass the first time.

Thats about what has been going on... stay tuned for hopefully more exciting adeventures to come

IN 25 Years....

With my 25th Birthday today, it has me reflective on my life thus far and my life yet to come.........

It all began while I was in high school. I started to work towards my goal of becoming a veterinarian. I was in a school program called YAP, Youth Apprenticeship Program. I was able to be in this program for the last two semesters of my high school career. Each of those semesters I was able to spend the time I would have spent in a classroom at a veterinary clinic. Because I was in this program for two semesters, I was able to shadow at two different veterinary offices. I graduate in the top 50 of my class in May 2004. In August of 2004, I started my first semester of college at ABAC in Tifton, GA(Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College). During this semester, my grandfather passed away. This is was really hard on my family and me.( This was four years after my other grandfather and my great-grandmother had passed away when I was a freshmen in high school) I was really close to my grandfather so hard to be away from home during the healing time. I just got some resolve that I wanted to make him proud and reach my goal. In Jan 2005, a month after my grandfather passed, my brother got married to the coolest sister-in-law anyone could ask for in life. So, I had alot of emotional and spiritual things to deal with during the next year while I lived away from home. In May 2006, I finished my last semester at ABAC and moved back home. I got my A.S. in Veterinary Medicine that month too. In August 2006, I started VSU(Valdosta State University) and I got a part-time job at a local veterinarian's office as a kennel tech. I was really excited to be getting experience that I knew would help me in my future goals. I spent the next two years working and going to school. I spent alot time working and studying and not alot of time hanging out with my friends. I was able to develop some friendships during that time. In March 2008, my first niece, Stevie was born. I was so happy to be able to be at the hospital to welcome her into this world. In August 2008, I submitted my application to VMCAS(veterinary medical college application services) to six different veterinary schools. In Dec 2008, I graduated with my B.S in biology and I also got my first rejection from one of the schools I applied to. Over the next few months, I continued to work part-time and waited to hear the news from the rest of the schools I applied to. Slowly over the course of about 3-4 months, I got my notifications from the remaining schools. I got wait listed for one and the last four I got rejected from. This last rejection letter came in March 2009 from UGA. I took it really hard. The door to my life's dream was shut and I didn't know what I was doing to do with my life. I had planned my life out, but I had not let God plan it out. I was in just a broken and shattered state. I remember after I read the UGA letter, I tore it into pieces. My dad hugged me for little while, and I went upstairs and cried on my bed for the next several hours. I keep asking God why He would do this to me, why He would close this door after I had worked for so long and so hard. I received that letter on a saturday and I was not able to verbalize to anyone what it said until monday when I told my mom. I scribbled it on a note and slipped it to my then boss when I was leaving work that monday. I knew she would let everyone at the office know since I wasn't at a place to tell anyone yet. It took a few days for the shock of everything to sink in. The devil was kicking hard and kept bombarding me with thought like I had let everyone down, that I was less of person, I was not good enough. I was ashamed and embarrassed. God brought to my attention to scenes from the movie Facing the Giants, The first is when the head coach asks his wife in the field where he is reading his bible, if she would still love God even if God doesn't give her any children. And the second scene is a little later in the movie, when she comes out of the doctor's office after hearing some bad news, she leans over the truck and tells God that she would still love Him. My spirit didn't want to give up on God, but my flesh sure did. I thought of some options that I could do, I could stay at my current part-time job and wait until the next year and apply again. I could just quit everything and abandon my dreams and goals that I had worked so long and hard towards obtaining, or I could just trust God and know that everything was going to be okay. On my day off the week after I received the letter, I went out for a walk which at that time I didnt really do regularly. God and I had a long conversation and I cried for most of time. Finally, I told God that I would still love him even if I never got into vet school. When I got back inside, my mom sat with me and we talked for awhile. After some more talks with my parents and lots of prayer, I started looking around for vet tech schools to begin applying. I started doing some research and emailing different schools. Most of the schools all told me the same thing that their application deadlines had passed for that year and that I would need to wait and reapply the following year. After a few days of searching, God placed in on my heart to look for schools in Colorado. I contacted several schools that I found. The next day I got an email back from an admission advisor here at Bel-Rea. She told me that I met and exceeded all the qualifications for enrollment, and that the deadlines for applications had not passed. I still had time to get all my application into the school. She sent me an application package in the mail. So, the next few days I got all my transcripts, essays, and all my other papers together. I went ahead and mailed them off to her and waited for the application package. I got in about a week later. I filled it out and mailed it off to the school the next day. Once she received it, she sent me a email telling me that I unofficially accepted into the school and that the she was waiting for officially confirmation. A few days later, I got a phone call from her telling me that I was officially accepted in the school. I was so excited! I hung up the phone and started dancing around. Luckily, I was housesitting for some family friends so no one saw me looking like a happy fool. I immediately called my parents who were out-of-town for some conference. I told them the news. I talked to them for while. I hung up the phone with them and immediately called my work. I told my coworker who answered the phone(It was a small office so everyone knew everyone else and at this point I had been employed there for almost 3 years). She was excited, and by the time I got into work that afternoon everyone at the office knew my good news. So I spent April 2009 getting ready to move across the country- finding a place to live, figuring out what I needed to bring, trying to look for a church etc. In that month, I got a letter from Bel-Rea telling me that they had a record number of applicants for the Fall 2009 in which I was planning to enroll. The letter asked for any applicants that if they could move to the summer 2009 start date, but the school had to know by April 30. I told me parents and they said that if I could find a place to live that it was okay with them. So, I went into a search for anything I could find. In a few days, I found a house in Aurora that owners rented out the rooms. I show it to my parents who thought it was ok. I contacted the owners and I had the room. I contacted the school and moved up my plans by three months. In May/June 2009, I spent my time working, packing, and saying goodbye to friends, family, and coworkers. The second week of June 2009, my parents and I cramped into my grandmother's minivan that I had packed full and set off to CO. It was hard to be so far away from home with no family, no friends, and no car. Luckily, my aunt was visiting some of her in-laws here in Denver the week after I moved here. I was able to spend time with her and see different sites of Denver. At the end of June 2009, I started my first quarter at Bel-Rea, because of all the education I already had I was able to skip about five classes and take second quarter classes. From June until August 2009, I got back into the routine of doing schoolwork and studying and adjusting to the quarter system from the semester system. I got to know some people at school. I was having trouble finding a church and all of the places I checked out just didn't really "click." I found one, and I went there for about a month or so since it was the only place I really could get to from my house on the bus. After that, I started going to another church that was over a hour bus ride from my house. I went there for about a month or so too. I went to their college group for a couple of weeks. At the end of August 2009, I started my second quarter here at school. At the end of Oct 2009, I was able to get a car. I was so happy to have the freedom of a car again! So from August 2009- Dec 2009 I worked on my second quarter. I checked out a new church right before I left for christmas in dec. It clicked! Once, I got back in Jan 2010, I checked out a college aged small group. Fast forward to Nov 2010, I was working on my 7th quarter here at Bel-Rea. In Dec 2010, I took my biggest test up to that point-my CPE(clinical profiency exam). Although, the test was pass or fail, I had to make a 70 or greater to pass. This test was an cumulation of everything I learned at Bel-Rea. If I didn't pass, I would have to repeat the latest quarter completely over and take the CPE over once more. If you didn't pass on the second go around, you weer dismissed from the program and could never re-apply. So, albeit, I was really nervous going into the test. I knew I that I understand the material, but I was scard that my nerves would get the better of me and I would miss read a question or misspell something. So the day of the test came on a thrusday, I woke up around 3 or 4 in the morning, I couldn't go back to sleep. I studied some more and make sure I had all my paperwork together. Then about 7 or so, I got ready to go to the school. The tests started at 9am. I had to be there at 8am. We had about two breaks during the tests after we got done with the first two rooms. I finally got done around 1 or 2pm. I went to my car and called my parents, my grandmother, and a few of my friends. I waited for a few hours on campus for the grades to be posted. Finally, they got posted! All, I had to make was a 70. I wanted a 90 so bad jsut so I could say I made an A on the CPE. Well, I made an 88. Two points shy! It still gets me that i was two points away from my goal. But I passed and that was all that mattered! I went out later on that evening with some friends. I was in a state of euphoria. I had done it and I had finished all the class work with a 4.0! In Jan 2011, I started by 10 week internship rotation at Kipling Veterinary Hospital in Lakewood, CO. I had a pretty rough schedule because not only was I at my intern site for 40 hours a week, but I also worked a my job at Special Friends Veterinary Clinic two nights a week for 3 hours. For two nights a week, I left my place around 6am and I returned around 11pm-12am. My fellow intern and I swayed schedules mid-way through the 10-week. After the swap, I had wednesdays and thrusday mornings off. I was so grateful for that. I could rest. My wallet also took a big cut during this time. I learned quickly how to have a budget and stick to it. I lived on about 90 dollars every two weeks. I would get so excited when I got exra money from different places because that meant I could go to the grocery store. I didn't love living like that, but it has helped me learn many things. During that 10-weeks, I started applying for a job after graduation. I started looking around Denver, then expanded to the whole state of CO, and then finally to other states. I saw on ad on the CACVT website(CO Association of CVTs) for a tech position in Anchorage, AK. I first thought no way, but God pressed on my spirit to apply. So I did, and through the next few weeks I apply to other places as well, I stayed in comunciation with the people from AK. In March 14 2011, I graduated from Bel-Rea. My parents came out to Denver for the weekend, we got to go do some fun things around Denver. Then, I found out about on March 17, that I had been accepted for the position in AK. I had about 2 weeks to get everything together so that I could get up here to get to work. I had to sell my car, get plane tickets, get packed up, sell/donate/throw away anything that I was not taking with me, and find a place to live. On March 31, I left CO and headed here to AK. I arrived here on April 1, 2011. I started working on April 5, 2011.  It was been a wild ride. I would have never imagined where my life has taken me. Here, I am 25, with a great job and a great apartment. I am still saving money for my own car. I have found one great church that meets in a the pastors house and it is really good. In the last 2 weeks, I have found another church that is about a 3min walk away. Graham and I have been to one of there generation meeting. I really liked it, even though these meetings invite people from middle aged kids to college age young adults. I have been in contact with the pastor involved, He has told me that this church plans on splitting the college-age group into there separate group this fall. I have been to two sunday services and I liked them as well. I am happy where I am and I am excited to see what God has for me in the future.

What a Day!

I know I have been a laxed about keeping everyone informed of my activities in the last little bit. But, to be honest I have not done anything,  but work and sleep.  I was working from sunday night to wednesday morning. By thrusday night, i was still very tired and didn't want to go out. Plus, with Graham working nights it was hard for me to go out when he had the car. This month I have moved to working from Fri night to monday morning. I will be able to be more awake during the week this month. Anyway,
today Graham and I went out to the downtown market that is held every weekend til about Sept. It was fun. It is fun to look at all the vendors and sample some of the food. Then, we went to the frozen yogurt shop in the downtown mall. I got a milkshake and Graham tried out the King Bowl. I did get a picture of it, but I haven't uploaded it yet. It was a waffle cone shaped in a bowl with the top dipped in chocolate and sprinkles. We then went on the renassiance festival. It was really fun. Graham was wearing his batman jacket so all the characters were attracted to him. We played some of the games-we go prizes for just playing. I got Graham a funny mask for a one game where he tried to toss bean bags through cutouts. Then another, we both tried to throw darts to pop ballons on cutouts. I got to pick out a bracelet for that one. We watched some of the shows, walked around the "living village"-information area about how the peasants of that time era actually lived- In this village, there was a candlemaker, blacksmith, metal worker, surgeon, house builder, ale maker, and etc. They explained their tools and how they would make their livelihood.-and we walked around the other booths. We talked to the othe characters and "town folk." Graham got a giant turkey leg which he couldn't finish at the fair so we brought it home. It tasted really good. It was a really fun day to be outside even though it was overcast, a little cold, and drizzled a few times. It was nice to get out of the apartment.
Now, I am planning on some fun things to do for my birthday in a few weeks. I know, i am going to go to the special screening of The Lord of the Rings extended editions in theaters. See fandango.com for more info, but it is a three week event started with the 1st movie on June 14th. I am thinking of possible going hiking but that depends on the weather and Grahams schedule. I am hoping to meet some new people in the nex few weeks as I am able to go and investigate churchs and church groups. So maybe I can get ideas from them. I have also started to ask around at work for fun ideas too.
Anyway, I need to get some sleep before I go to work later on tonight.

I have been busy with work or too tired to write a blog lately. But, I am finally found time to update everyone. My work is going very well. I assisted in CPR of an animal, but that story ended sadly. Sometimes it is hard to keep up with all the paperwork, but somehow I am able to get everything done before the end of my shift. I am getting to know my coworkers and become friends with them. Because next monday is Memorial Day and I am working I will get time and half. So more money is always nice:)
I do really enjoy that fact that I only work three days out of a 7 day week. In June, though, I will be working fri-sun so I won't have any weekends free. But, I will be able to check out more college-age groups because I haven't be able to check them out this month just do to schedule conflicts. We haven't found one that works with both our schedules that we both really like.
The weather is great up here. It has been mostly in the 60's during the day and in the 40s at night-but we haven't had much night. The sun rises about 4am and is setting close to 11-11:30pm. Next month during the summer solstice the sun will not set. It is called the longest weekend of the year. After that point the length of sunlight will decrease until the winter solstice when we won't get sunlight for a while. So, with all this sunlight, sleeping at night really has not been a problem for me on the nights I dont work. Because I sleep during the day on those days, the sunlight doesn't bother me. Sometimes I do have a problem waking up and having a problem going back to sleep because I have been awake during those times before on previous nights. But, I have found a way to help that problem so i am getting enough sleep on the nights I am not working and enough sleep during the day when I am working. I am studying for my national exam for my vet tech license. I should be able to take the test in July. I think I will get a pay raise after I get my license. I am ready to take it and that will be the last test in this area for awhile.
I am looking for  a car, furniture for our apartment, and a desk and a bookshelf for my bedroom. I am waiting for the best deal on everything, and gathering up the money for those things.  I want to be wise and use my money wisely.
Life is going well and everything will fall into place.

A Week of Many Firsts

This week at work I had lots of firsts. I helped/assisted in a c-section on a yorkshire terrier. I rubbed the puppies. She had three puppies-2males and 1 female. I rubbed and suctioned until the puppies were whining and squirming around. Everything went well, and about a hour or so after the surgery which included a spay-the whole happy, healthy family went home. It is good when the story has a happy ending.The next night, I helped assist the doctor with porcupine quill removal. It was a very scary sight. I wish I took some pictures, but I didn't have a camera. But, the dog tried to eat the procupine, because the whole roof of the dog's mouth, the lower jaw, all the lips, and the tongue were covered. I was so scared to intubate the animal because I was afraid of pushing a quill down as I pushing the tube down. I couldn't see pass the quills down the throat, so the doctor having done lots of quill removals, intubated the dog. It took the doctor about a hour and half the get all of them out, and she couldn't get all of them out to prevent further tissue damage. But, the dog did well. He went home later on in the morning. That same night, we also did an anal gland abscess cleanse and drainage on a cat, and we bandaged a golden reterievers pads which were torn. So, we were pretty busy that night. On tuesday night, my boss let me and other tech use her cats as "pin cushions." We placed catheters, drew blood, and attempted to do a cystocentesis(place a needle through the skin directly in the urinary bladder). I learned how to work the ultrasound and position the scope. Then, I tried to poke the needle in, but I couldn't hit the bladder. But, it was fun to see the bladder on the screen, plus we got to see the arteries pulse on the screen. My work week went well this week.
Tommorrow, I am checking out a big festival/ market thing downtown while Graham is at work.
Next friday, me and Graham are going to check out the midnight showing of the new Pirates of the Carribean. Things are going well. Our favorite store, Fred Meyer, which we can walk to has been having a super big sale this week. So we have gotten several things a great sales prices.
I am going to check out some more college groups next week on my days off so hopefully we can meet some new people.

I know it has been a little while since my last post. So, heres the update so far. We have moved into our new apartment last friday. We really like it. It is in a good neighborhood in the good part of town. We went to church last sunday and the pastor gave us a air mattress and a pad to use since we were sleeping on the floor until we could find our own beds. The pastor also gave us two chairs and a table. They are in good quality and pretty nice. Then the next day, another member of the church gave us a microwave, and gave me a queen-sized mattress and boxspring with sheets, and a dresser. I was thinking to myself that this week I was going to the store and get some more pairs of scrubs, but the God provided me with two free pairs. My boss gave me two pairs of official work scrubs that have the office logo on them. SO now, I have almost enough scrubs to get me through 2 weeks of work. That way, I don't have to do laundry every week after only working three days. We had to wait until wednesday to get our mailbox key so I could pick up my debit card from the new bank account I opened. So yesterday, Graham and I went to Fred Meyer and went shopping. I got mixing bowls with lids(which I am excited about!), cookie sheets, other small kitchen things, plus- we were able to get groceries to fill up our cabinets. Oh, and speaking of cabinets, There are some many cabinets in the kitchen that I am actually having a hard time figuring out where I want to put everything. I was able to go back today and find a few more things on sale and some even on clearance. I found some really cute dish towels a small tv tray, and a small bath rug all on sale. I stopped by Safeway and found a toaster, and ice trays on sale too!
On sunday, we stopped by a thrift store and found a nice older tube tv for a good price so we got that. But we are looking for a flat screen but that will be after we get more on our feet.
We are still need of a couch, tables, lamps, and other furniture, but we are slowly getting that. We are in no real rush.
We did get our internet, cable, and home phone service up and running on Monday so it is nice. I found a home phone at a thrift store a few weeks so we are able to take advance of all the services.
 At the same thrift store Graham found a working Nintendo 64 with a remote, and a Playstation with a remote. Then, he found a game for the playstation at another store we checked out. He was really excited!

Last week, we went hiking along the Turnagain trail. It was really nice day, and it was a nice hike. We got some really good views of the mountains and the ocean. It is called Turnagain because it is where Capt Cook the explorer tried to get through, but had to "turnagain," to turn around.

I started working nights on sunday. It is an adjustment, but I actually kinda like it. It slows down and there are not people and animals running around like crazy. It is kinda nice. I can practice all my techniques for the procedures and not feel like I am in a rush. I can learn from the doctors and the other technique in a more relaxed way. I am not stuck on nights for the rest of my work career with this office.

Graham was able to start working at Office Depot today after a long wait on a background check was delayed in getting here. So, he is pleased to be working again and be able to have a paycheck again.

I think that is everything, so heres a few pictures

I am still enjoying my job. It is an adjustment to get used to working 12-hour shifts, but I am slowly getting there. I like everyone there and I am getting to know them. We are getting along. I am going to be moving onto night shift within the next month or so. It is going to take a little while to get use to working 9p-9a, but I can do it. It is also let me have alittle bit more "set" schedule. I will work three days in a row and have four days off. Right now, I have been spread out since I am new and still in training. But, everything with my job is going great.

Graham and I have explored downtown Anchorage over the last week or so. It is pretty cool. There are lot of neat shops and stores. We were even able to go see the coast. Right now, it is mostly ice. It doesn't look very picture worthy. But we plan on going back once all the ice has melted and the trees are green. We went down to the coast today, and I touched to water. It is really cold! I did find two rocks that look really close to a kidney beans. Graham found a rock that is totally smooth and round. I also found these really tiny pine cones. I will get pictures of these up soon. We found a really nice ice cream shop that we both liked.

Last week, we checked out two different college/young adult groups. We really liked one and plan on going back next week. It reminded me alot of the NCC group. There was a great pastor who is the leader. Everyone was genuine and there was a tangible sense of welcoming and unity. I had to work this week the night that they meet. The other one we checked out, we really did not like. It was just terrible-There was no leadership or even unity within the group itself. We were extremely uncomfortable for the entire meeting. As soon as it was over, we left without talking to anyone.

Graham has been looking for a job. He had an interview last friday at Office Depot. He almost has the job. They are just waiting on results on a background and then he is hired. He is being offering full-time with benefits, so he is real excited about that.
Yesterday, he went to the dentist and had to have a tooth pulled, but he is really better. He had a upper molar removed. He has to go back next week to remove the sutures.

I opened a new bank account here and I got a free lunch tubberware. I got pretty excited about it. This bank looks pretty cool. Hopefully, it will be good.
Today, we went down to the DMV to get AK licenses. We had to take a 20 question written test. We could get 4 wrong and once we got 16 questions right we were done. I did get 4 wrong, but I passed. So, I got my AK drivers license(pics up soon), but Graham got 5 wrong. He can go back tommorrow to retake the test. But, in his and mine defense the questions were not really cut and dry questions. They were more questions about what things were implied, and they were worded very weird. For example, we both had two similiar questions
 The question was what does the posted sign of 55mph mean?
a-you can go 55mph
b-you can go less than 55mph
c-you can go greater than 55mph

So, you think the correct answer is A, but actually what the computer said was the correct answer was b.

But, everything is going great. We are looking forward to moving into our new apartment a week from sunday. We can't wait to actually be able to cook again.
Everything is going well.

In one week.....

This past tuesday, I started my job here in Anchorage. I love it already! The people are really nice and genuine. It is weird because I am being introduced to my new co-workers and clients as a "tech." It just going to take some time before my mind gets used to hearing that. I work three 12-hr shifts a week so I get 36 hours a week. I have to do a double-take when I am looking at the timeclock because it is still a shock to see so many hours. Because I am still in training with until the end of the month, my schedule is kinda spread out throughout the week instead of having three 12hrs back to back. But, I really like my job! People are respecting my degree and actually listening to my opinion. I am not having to have everything I do check and double checked. Most of the other techs have heard of Bel-Rea, and they are kinda impressed when I tell them that I graduated from there. In fact I thought it was kinda ironic, I saw a commercial for Bel-Rea here in Anchorage a few days ago. Here's the website for the clinic-http://www.petemergencytreatment.com/. I have to type out a Bio and get a pic for the website and for "the wall of pics" at the office. I found out I get paid on the 15th. I am excited about getting money! I have also found a bank that I like.
On other aspects, we have put down a deposit on a nice apartments about 2 miles away from the clinic or a 5min drive away. It is within the budget we wanted and very worth it. It is very nice with covered parking with plug-ins, there is laundry on site on every 2nd and 3rd floor, private patio/deck, and cable is included in the rent(thats just a plus). We will move in about May 1st. It is right down the street from a Fred Meyer. Fred Meyer is the greatest store very created. It is a walmart, target, home depot, and a lowes all in one! It is pretty much the coolest store. And it is in the Kroger family, so my King Soopers card works there! Another plus:) We also were about to borrow a car from the church we visited last sunday. It is paid for and insured. We got the car yesterday so today we are taking it on errands.
Yesterday, we went to the big 5th avenue mall. It is pretty big. It is bigger than any of the malls in Denver with four levels. Graham put in some applications to some of the restaurants and stores. We also went into the Anchorage Museum and He put an application into there too. He really wants to work at the museum. The museum was pretty cool. It had alot of art work and the history of the natives that lived here in Alaska. I got some pictures before my camera batteries gave out. So I will get them uploaded soon.
So we are off to explore the town in our "new" car:)

My first attempt

Here's my first attempt at blogging. I figured it might be an easy way to keep everyone updated on all my new adventures here in Alaska.
Graham and I got here in Anchorage around 12:30-1am on friday Apr 1st. We are staying in a temporary extended hotel until we can find a more permanent or semi-permanent place. We are looking for apartments and are looking for something as soon as possible. Also, we are kinda starting to look for a car, but we want to find the apartment first.
I am trying to get used to the new time difference and the higher altitude. It seems that the days are longer here. I know that the daylight hours are longer here and will continue to add more hours until sometime in June. But, what I mean is the day seems to go slower. That the hours are longer and the day seems to move slower. But, that is just more adjusting I have to do.
It is still snowing and pretty cold here. The highs are in the 30s with the lows being in the 20s.
I don't think that the idea that I have moved here as really sunk in yet. It kinda feels like I am on vacation.
It may have to due with the fact that I have not started work yet or the fact that we are staying in a hotel.
But, the reality of the move is slowly setting in.
I start work on tuesday, Apr 5. I can't wait. I am very excited to get to work in my first "grown up" job. I also can't wait to put to practice everything I learned in school.
I think once we get a apartment and I can have a bedroom and a kitchen again. I think I will be more settled in, but for now, we are making do.
Today, Graham and I went out to the Alaska Natural History Musuem. It was pretty fun. It was amazing to see all the different kinds of wildlife that live in Alaska. I was excited to find out that there are flying squirrels and penquins. Maybe one day, I can get to see one in wild.
So thats what we have been up since we got here.