New Beginnings!

Some major life changes have occured:

• Graduated with my Masters
• Got a Job!
• Moved to Nevada for said Job

On July 27th, I got a phone call from my new library asking for a phone interview which was conducted on July 30th. They called me back the same day saying they wanted me to do an interview in person. My interview in person was on August 26th. August 27th, my new library called me and offered me a job :-D! My job starts on September 27th, which seems like alot of time to move unless you factor in the Army class September 12 - 24th.

So, I packed up all my belongings, loaded them up in my dad's trailer (with the help of Laura, Beth, Brian, Dave, Laura and Matt!) Everything was loaded by September 2nd!

September 3rd, my sister threw a Going Away Party for me at her place. Lots of drinking and playing with fire commenced.

September 4th, I went to the Michigan State vs. Western Michigan Football game to cheer my Spartans to victory one last time in person.

September 5th, Mom and I left Saline, MI at 5:30 a.m. and drove 1,200 miles to Cheyanne, Wyoming. Looooong drive.... even with 2 drivers... We stayed the night at a La Quinta which are pet friendly.

September 6th, Mom and I drove the rest of the way to Reno, NV (another 950 miles) This included a stop at Rubio's in Salt Lake City!!! The hotel we stayed at in Reno was not pet friendly, so we snuck Jake in and out of the hotel wrapped in a blanket. He was not amused! We went out to In n' Out for dinner and it was packed! It was filled with dirty hippies who apparently had just gotten back from Burning Man that is held out in the middle of the Northern Nevada desert. Mom tried to explain what Burning Man was to me; it sounds like a hippie art fair/orgy. The best part was that most of the hippies had their iphones, coach sunglasses and expensive, gas guzzling cars.

September 7th, Mom and I drove down to Y-town and checked out the town. We looked at 4 different places to live. 2 were very nice; 2 were incredibly scary. We settled on one and started doing the paperwork! Mom and I decided to try a hole in the wall Mexican resturant for lunch and it turned out to be amazing! They had sopapilla and they put carmel sauce on it. Heavenly. It was funny because the owner looked at us and said, "you aren't from around here... I know everyone from around here!"

September 8th, we snuck Jake out of the hotel for the last time. It is really amazing all the hiding places in a small hotel room that he can find... We drove down to Y-town again. I was in a suit and Jake practically insisted that he sit on my lap the entire way. Cat hair and nice suit is not a good look. I went in early and filled out all the paperwork for my new job with HR. Then I went into my library and met my boss. I am going to be working 4-10s! Then I went and signed my lease for the house I am renting. Its a really huge house! (Pictures coming soon... I swear...) Seriously, more space then I will ever need but it will cost me the same amount to rent this house as it did to rent my apartment in MI. And, my new house is 1.2 miles from work. Thats right, I can walk to work! And walk home for my lunch break. Granted, nothing is very far in a small town, but this is fantastic after my nearly hour long communte one way that I am used to. Mom and I moved into the house, with what little belongings we had. Jake spent the next couple hours hiding behind the refridgerator. For lunch, we went back to our Mexican find. The owner said "Hi strangers!" We spent the rest of the day getting all the utilites and whatnot switched and turned on. We had subway for dinner - I told mom that we shouldn't eat at our Mexican place for both lunch and dinner even though it is that good! I worked my way through some stupid online army classes until late. We slept on a blow up bed that we bought and froze all night.

September 9th, today, I woke up and went running in my new neighborhood. Came back to a really cold shower since the gas isn't turned on yet. Mom and I went up to Reno and ran some errands, including buying a new printer and a washer and dryer (for dirt cheap!) We, of course, had to have some sourdough jacks from jack in the box with mini churros. Tomorrow, Dad is coming with the trailer full of all my stuff (yes, I have way to much crap!) and David Pelletier is helping me unload.