No happy sunshine or nice big house for 75K. Matt has put out tons of applications both within Wells Fargo and to random other places. He did have a job offer in Carefree, but didn't take it because that's far away. They said to call at the end of March if he didn't have anything. He also had an interview in Surprise, but they never got back to him. He hasn't even heard back on the other applications. He called Carefree, but they hired someone. So there are no jobs to be had in Arizona.
However, he does have the opportunity to work for Monarch Honda doing actual accounting. So after a really rough weekend for both of us, he will probably go work there. It's a better job in lots of ways. He can do accounting (which is what he is studying) and not banking. It pays more. He gets to work at the motorcycle shop. He can wear jeans and let his hair grow back out. He doesn't have to deal with people. The hours will be more conducive to school. (Sounds perfect, right?)
However, this information hit the week before we were going to go down to Arizona and look at houses. I don't handle changing back and forth well. (I finally had to give him an ultimatum last time we looked into buying up here - one week it was yes, the next it was no. Just pick one!) I was really upset. I've worked it all out for moving at the end of June. It would have been a chance to reset some things. Matt could drive to rehearsal in five hours, meaning less work missed, and me not worrying about him driving alone. We could actually afford a house.
Matt still wants to buy a house, even though we're staying up here. However, we cannot afford a house in the Utah market. Anything available is the upper end of our limit, and not anything I feel is worth buying. He still thinks we're buying a house here (we're not).
Anyway, it's been a really rough weekend, even with conference.
Yesterday was so good! School was so-so. Mormonism was boring. In psychopharm, we learned about anti-depressants. That was kind of fun. Archaeology was cancelled cuz Dr. Klaus is out of town. I had a call from work during class, so I called back and they wanted to know if I could come up and help out with banking. I said maybe today (Friday). I went up and had lunch with Matt, then I went to Borders because I had a coupon and to see if they had what I wanted to get Matt for his birthday. (They didn't.) After that, I figured I could either head further south to look for the present, or head up to work for an hour to try to get stuff done so I could sleep in today. Work was closer to the RTC, so I went there.
I'm amazing. I cleaned a TON of surveys in the 1.3 hours I was there. Alas, I went in today after class for three hours too... but at least there was less to do! Then I headed up to the RTC. The road still sucks, btw. I got there early in order to tune bagpipes. When I got there, two of my boys came running out, shortly followed by the third. While we chatted, the fourth (whose milestone it was) came out. It made me happy they were still excited to see me. It's been almost a year since I quit. I got to meet all the boys there. I miss it, I'll admit. Not the bad pay and hours... and the CRAPPY road (yes, it had a factor in quitting), but hanging out with the boys.
Anyway, we chatted for awhile. Jared seemed a little annoyed they all came running out to meet me, but that's too bad for him :) After chatting for a bit, I went outside in the bitter cold (SO windy!) to tune and warm up a little. Around 4:30pm, we headed downstairs for the milestone. It was so nice. I'm so proud of him for coming this far. Now maybe we'll get to chat sometimes. That would make me happy too! We did a lot of crying.
By the time I played at the end, my reed had gone way flat. I shoved it in, but high A and F were ugly. I fixed the A a little, but it was being a pain even when I was tuning. My poor reed is dying - it needs to be retired. Maybe I won't bother. Maybe I will. Maybe I'll just see if Don has any. At this moment in time, I'll only be around for two more performances before moving.
Back to the story - it was just really great. AND I finally got a hug :D. On my last day, I got hugs from most of the boys, but as much as me and this particular boy would have loved to have given each other a hug - he was honest enough to realize it probably wouldn't be a good thing for him at that point. I was sad, but knew it was best. And I was proud of him to admit that and refrain. So to get a hug at his milestone was AMAZING! He has come a long way. I just hope he keeps it up and realizes some of the potentials I and others have seen in him.
I hung out for awhile after while we waited for pizza, then ate with them. It was nice. I left so happy - and I was happy for the rest of the day! The timing was great, too. I left, and took Geneva down to Parkway just in time to meet Matt after his class. AND, band was cancelled because we didn't have the building, so we hung out... like we are now - we're in the same room but not really hanging out with each other. Oh well, I'm still okay with being in the same room. :)
Life must be good or something. So today while I was checking one voice mail, I got another. (Don't ask me why it didn't go to call waiting, because I don't know.) Anyway - one of my kids from Timpview RTC called - and he's having a milestone tomorrow! He left a number, and I kept trying to call, but it was busy. Luckily, he called me again - so we got to chat for a second. Yay for no work tomorrow so I can go see him and the rest of my boys who are still there! Happy day! Later, he called back and asked me to play my pipes for his milestone too. I can't wait to see them :D
The semester is drawing to a close (about time - now if only the homework were over), I have three major things left out of my four classes before I can truly feel at peace. 1- Poster symposium for Family Financial Management (easy, just time consuming and needs to finish). 2- Archaeology paper, and 3- Psychopharmacology paper. I have 2 weeks left before the Archaeology paper is due (kinda stressed!). My teacher is going on a "conference tour" for the next three classes, so he won't be around. I told him yesterday that I was having a hard time finding sources. He said he had a couple, so I stopped by his office this morning and he lent me a couple and printed of a list of books that would be useful. I was also able to ask if there was a source requirement (because I couldn't find one). 10-20 if anyone is wondering. I also told him that I will be out of town on April 9th and 14th (the paper is due the 9th). So I asked if I needed to turn it in earlier, or if I could just email him on the 9th. Luckily for me, he said he'd make the exception and let me email it! woot!
On the plus side, since the poster symposium is on the 6th, foods day (in place of our 3rd test in FFM) is on the 10th (but I'm bringing stuff on the 8th), and Archaeology paper is due the 9th - it will be smooth(er) sailing coming back from Arizona. It also means I can enjoy my vacation more without thinking, "I really should do some homework." (Just thinking because very little homework ever actually gets done on vacations, no matter my intent.) After that, I'll have almost two weeks to do the Psychopharm paper. After I turn that in, I'll have like 6 days to catch up on Archaeology reading for the final in that class. So things are spaced pretty well, but I just need to survive the next two weeks! Wish me luck... I hate papers.
I just registered for my LAST class of my undergraduate career! Now I just wish I were on the other end of it....
I haven't written in awhile. Mostly I haven't felt like I have had anything to say. Last week on Thursday, Matt and I had a day of doctor's appointments. I finally found a doctor. I initially called Dr. Anderson, but he didn't have any appointments for a few months. Next I called Dr. Dewey's office. He wasn't available, but the nurse practitioner was available on Thursdays :) and - she's a girl! I win! So I saw Kelli Parker (I think Parker...). I dragged Matt with me. It wasn't too bad. My uterus and ovaries are normal. She wrote me a scrip for blood work to check my thyroid, which I finally did today. No real indications of anything, just want to make sure - especially if I get pregnant. We decided that maybe my antibiotic could be screwing up my hormones (I didn't know they could do that), so she told me to just take it once a day instead of twice a day. Hopefully that will help. We had a break after that, so we hung out at Matt's parents' house until my dentist appointment at 1pm - then Matt went to his dentist at 1:30pm, then to his optometrist at 2:30pm. We mostly had a lazy day after that.
That morning, my Grandpa Wilson went in for a quintuple bypass. That afternoon, he was finally out and in ICU. We didn't go up to see him that day. Friday he was doing well enough they moved him out of ICU. We went up that evening after Matt got off work. He hurts - it's hard to breathe since they had to cut his diaphragm to get to his heart.
After we left the hospital, we hung out with some of Matt's co-workers. We went up the canyon, lit a fire, and had food... sort of. Bit of a mess and not well prepared. Oh well.
Saturday we both worked then went to Matt's parents' for the tail-end of a family get-together. It was nice to see everyone again :) Sunday we had church, then took a long nap before going down to my parents' to do laundry. My step-sister's family was over visiting, so we had a huge family dinner and talked a little.
Today - there were threats of snow and icky weather not conducive to motorcycle riding. So I took Matt to work then went to the hospital to get my blood drawn. It didn't take long, so I figured I'd visit Grandpa. It was nice. He told me he didn't think anyone would come visit him today, so he was really glad I stopped by. It made me happy :) I love my Grandpa - I'm glad the surgery went well and he is doing okay. He should hopefully get to come home in the next day or two.
In other news, only like 2.5 weeks before we go to Phoenix and will get to actually walk through houses! I'm excited. Matt has already had a job offer at a branch in Carefree. He declined cuz it's far away, but they said to call if nothing comes up and they'll take him. Today he had a phone interview with a branch in Surprise. It would be nice because then I wouldn't feel bad about liking so many houses in El Mirage (at the moment we are trying to target Avondale, Goodyear, and Glendale). It's a very exciting time... now if only I could find some stupid sources for my archaeology paper (which... I've found 0 thus far, and the paper is due on the 9th.... I wonder how much of my grade it is.... I only need a C-....)
Yesterday evening, I drove Matt up to the airport. He is currently in California for another band rehearsal weekend. And I'm here. :( Last night was the first night we have spent apart. It wasn't too bad, but today has been pretty lonely. I got some cleaning done (not as much as I was hoping for, but it's much improved), finished watching The Bachelor finale and after the final rose. That's pretty rough stuff. I knew Jason and Molly were together because I watched ET last night, but I didn't know it ended the way it did. Sad news. However, exciting that Jillian is the next bachelorette! (Thanks, Gloria. I think I'm now hooked on this show!) Now I just need to make it out of the house to go buy bread and milk before tomorrow.
I have not done any homework today (major issue since I'm already behind in the one class, and we have a test on Thursday! eek!) My goal is to do homework tomorrow while I do the laundry. We shall see. I might not take the computer, because it has a tendency to be a major distraction. Like today :) I started my second scrapblog with the pictures from Queen Mary.
Scrapblog is wicked awesome. I have had the intent to blog about it, but I haven't yet - so I guess you just get a snippet right here. Go to www.scrapblog.com. It's free and way easy to use. I love it! Sometimes there are glitches, but the team is pretty good at working them out. You can check my scrapblogs at www.scrapblog.com/anikatrina, however, my wedding one is set to private at the moment. But you can see the pages I have for QM so far! I just finished page 8.
Matt did finally call me today. He was with the drum corps at Marie Calendar's waiting for dinner. Very loud. I was even more sad after hanging up with him. Being alone sucks. I suppose it will be good practice for if Matt moves to AZ before I do. At least tomorrow there is church (which Shawn pointed out will be really at like 8am because of daylight savings :p), then laundry, then Matt comes home at 9pm! I miss him so much.
Speaking of Shawn, he texted me not long after I hung up with Matt, so I called him and we talked for a little while. That was fun. He is home alone too (sorta... his parents are gone this weekend anyway), so he was at Blockbuster finding movies to entertain himself with.
In other news, our Xbox broke. Matt was downloading a demo, and it froze. Then when we'd try to turn in back on, it had three red lights blinking at us. Apparently that usually means there is a hardware problem. So today, I ordered a service repair. Luckily, problems of this nature are covered for three years. They are sending us a box with a shipping label within the next four days. Then we will send our little Xbox off - and they'll fix it. However, I don't know how long that will take. It's sad. And it means I can only watch movies on my laptop. :p
Last item of business - I'm still freaking bleeding. Matt has been begging me to find a gynecologist because he worries about me. I tried one day. The Utah Valley Regional Medical Center Women's Clinic didn't have any openings until May. That's retarded. I tried their midwife clinic in Orem, but it was a Friday, of which they are closed on. So now I've been gathering people's recommendations. So if you have a gynecologist you absolutely adore (or one you really hated), let me know. I've been referred to quite a few, but I like to hear testimonials, not just names. Besides, if more than two people really like one, that only makes me feel better about calling. So please, leave your suggestions.
