We don't have a whole lot going on, and until last night, didn't have snow that lasted for more than a few hours. Well, we finally have some snow on the ground and it's starting to feel like winter has come. Oh well, it had to happen sooner or later and I'm grateful it took as long as it did!
As some of you might know from Facebook, I had a rough week with my back. I've had some back problems before in the past, and since I've been working out and doing yoga, they have stayed, more or less, at bay. But last week was a first for me. It was the worst pain I've been in and what is frustrating is that I am not 100% what even happened. Last weekend I had a busy few nights at work. Nothing out of the ordinary, just some big parties and running around busing and cleaning, etc. Just like I always do. When I got off Saturday night, I went to hang out with Zak for the last 30 minutes of his shift before closing. I remember he rubbed my back and shoulders a little bit. Then we came home, and I noted that my shoulder area on my right side hurt a bit, so I had him pop my back and rub it a little more. He had some plans to start networking for a job he wants this summer (more on that in a minute), so he went over to a friend's house for the night. I didn't mind, and decided to read on the couch for a few hours.
The bad part came when I tried to get up. I could barely move. And the pain was so bad I was taken aback. I had never felt like that before. It was like my entire right side of my back, and some of my side, has frozen up. It took me awhile, but I finally willed myself upstairs. And of course, Zak had forgotten his phone at work so I was on my own. I tried to brush my teeth, and even that was an ordeal. I took some pain killers, painfully and slowly change into my pajamas and crawled into bed. I remember a lot of crying, praying and wondering what had happened to make me some immobile, so defenseless. It was awful. I couldn't think of anything and started to worry that I had maybe done something that was irreversible. I don't know how, but I eventually fell asleep, half paralyzed and rigid on the bed. When Zak came to bed a few hours later, I woke up and told him how scared I was and he rubbed my back, put some icy-hot on it and helped me get into a less painful position to sleep in.
When I woke up the next day, he suggested I take a hot shower to relax my muscles. It helped immensely! I hobbled downstairs and found the Tylenol and Zak put some more icy-hot on my back and I tried to sit in a position that wouldn't hurt. The next few days showed slight improvement. I took a hot shower before bed and in the morning, went through almost a whole bottle of ibuprofen, and a lot of icy-hot. When I could bare it, I did several types of stretches. All throughout the week I talked to my dad about my insurance predicament. Since we live where we do, there isn't really anything Kaiser can do for me, short of treating me at the ER or urgent care. By the time we got it sorted, my back was considerably better and I was so frustrated I decided to not even bother. This is why we need simple, universal health care, people! But he sent me some of his pain killers to help me out, and they really improved the state of my back. It was a really rough week and now I am almost back to normal. I can move and do almost everything I used to do without it hurting. So I am thankful I didn't ruin my back, and that it eventually healed.
So that was my week.
Zak's week was more interesting. Well, like I said, he wants to get on one of the local fire crews for the summer. His co-workers have a brother and friends that are on the crew, so Zak has been networking with them lately, hanging out and the like. If he got the job, it would be a life changer for us: at least 2 times more money than he makes now, it would help with future job placement and for his major, and he would be doing something that interests him. We're crossing our fingers. He has to make an appointment for mid-February, when they start hiring. It looks like he'll have some of the guys' recommendations, which will be very helpful. He's really excited about it, and we both hope he gets it. It'll be nice for him to be out in the forest instead of behind a jewelry counter.
He also started school this week. He is taking: biology, economics of natural resources, forest conservation and physics this semester. So far, his classes seem interesting and comprehensible enough. His MWFs are stacked, and he has one of his two labs on T and TH. His friend from last semester's chemistry class is in a few of his classes, so that's nice for him, too.
That's been our life for now.
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Sunday, January 15, 2012
Monday, July 26, 2010
Quick update
Just a quick update about our lives for all of you. Zak & I have been working almost every day. Zak's had some trouble keeping the hours he's had the last few months. The new manager's hours come out of the store's hours, but not the store's paycheck, so it's been irritating. However, Zak worked it out so his hours wouldn't be cut in half, just slightly trimmed for the next month, until he starts school, and then he'll go to part time. Macy's is still fine, we had training for the new company-wide way of selling, which isn't too bad. My 'scorecard' has been steadily increasing, which is good.
I also went to the doctor, who recommended me to physical therapy. That wasn't too bad, the lady gave me several new stretches and exercises to do. So far they've been helping. Zak & I had a talk, and decided that I really need to get my act together to change how I feel about my body image. He drew up a workout schedule, which includes working on my core strength and walking/jogging in the mornings. Today we walked/jogged for an hour, and it felt great to come home to a cold shower. I've been careful about what I'm eating, and I consume water like it's a rare commodity. Things are looking good so far, Zak's been really helpful in keeping me motivated (like saying I can have ice cream on the days I work out harder).
The weather is finally hot, and it's been nice to have air conditioning at work, because we work out fans out at home. We bought a cherry tomato plant last week at the Farmer's Market and we're hoping it will do well. Our tomato plant has a dozen and a half tomatoes on it, with the early bloomer finally turning a beautiful red. Our pepper is getting larger every day; we are excited to soon eat our veggies!
That is about all that has happened lately. Our anniversary is coming up in a few weeks, but we are still undecided about what we'll do; we might spend the day in Spokane, who knows. Shortly after that, my sister Jenna is coming to visit for a week and we are getting excited to have her around. I've already started thinking about the meals I'll make, and where we'll take her.
More updates to follow, if anything else, I'll write one about our anniversary. :)
I also went to the doctor, who recommended me to physical therapy. That wasn't too bad, the lady gave me several new stretches and exercises to do. So far they've been helping. Zak & I had a talk, and decided that I really need to get my act together to change how I feel about my body image. He drew up a workout schedule, which includes working on my core strength and walking/jogging in the mornings. Today we walked/jogged for an hour, and it felt great to come home to a cold shower. I've been careful about what I'm eating, and I consume water like it's a rare commodity. Things are looking good so far, Zak's been really helpful in keeping me motivated (like saying I can have ice cream on the days I work out harder).
The weather is finally hot, and it's been nice to have air conditioning at work, because we work out fans out at home. We bought a cherry tomato plant last week at the Farmer's Market and we're hoping it will do well. Our tomato plant has a dozen and a half tomatoes on it, with the early bloomer finally turning a beautiful red. Our pepper is getting larger every day; we are excited to soon eat our veggies!
all three plants
our (hopefully soon to be red) pepper
cherry tomato
ready to be picked
Zak going in for the kill
oh Zak
Zak wouldn't let me take a good picture of it :-/
it was good!
That is about all that has happened lately. Our anniversary is coming up in a few weeks, but we are still undecided about what we'll do; we might spend the day in Spokane, who knows. Shortly after that, my sister Jenna is coming to visit for a week and we are getting excited to have her around. I've already started thinking about the meals I'll make, and where we'll take her.
More updates to follow, if anything else, I'll write one about our anniversary. :)
Sunday, June 6, 2010
More updates
We have been fairly busy around these parts, working almost every day. This week I picked up two extra shifts and boy, is my body paying me back for it. About two weeks ago, I woke up with my lower right back in absolute pain, it was worse than the pain I've had in the last few years. I did go to work (gotta get that paycheck), but it was a rough day. The next day I called out of a four-hour shift and stayed home with Zak, who introduced me to kundalini yoga stuff. I started doing 10-15 minutes every night and morning (and sometimes more, if needed) of a few stretching back exercises, and that helped. Every day I was still in pain, but it was lessening every day.
Fast forward to this week, where the pain is definitely smaller, but now it seems to have moved to my upper back, across the shoulder blades area. I've been sleeping flat on my back with a pillow under my legs, since sleeping on my side seemed to only make the pain more intense. So I have been trying and doing my best, but sometimes, I just gotta load up on Excederin. Most days after work I don't notice the pain, and I think standing and moving helped that, but now my feet are so burned out. I haven't picked up any extra shifts for the next few weeks, due to my body being angry at me, and because there weren't any that would really fit our schedule.
Zak has been working a lot, as well. He has some pretty chill co-workers, which is good. Especially since they don't care if I spend my breaks and lunches over there--it's never super busy, so they don't mind. It's nice to have lunch dates with Zak almost every day-we try to make it work out.
Zak has been super productive the last few days. We noticed about 4 or 5 days ago that our betta, Richard, was looking kind of sad and sick. Zak took him out of the fish tank and put him back in the vase, and we noticed he had a kind of fungus on his tail. It was very sad. Zak bought some medicine for him, and so far he's been improving, but now we are thinking he might need a different medicine. Apparently the fish tank's water was fairly dirty, since we have forgotten about changing the filters, but Zak took care of that and bought like, 10 little snails for $1, to eat the algae and plaque that's been growing on the tank. We hope to return Richard to the warm tank in the next day or two.
Last week we used a gift card we had to Sears on a grill and I picked it up on Friday. It's a BBQ-Pro and charcoal powered. It took Zak a bit to set up, but he did it and we had homemade burgers that night. It was my first time making burgers, so they were a bit small, but they were yummy! We are looking forward to grilling this summer! :)
Also this week my computer decided to stop working. It had something to do with a corrupted file and it wouldn't boot up properly, despite the tricks Zak tried. Luckily, my dad had some of the Windows CD-Roms and sent them to us and Zak was able to get it all figured out last night. It's lucky I married him, huh? What a smart guy I have! I would never have known what to do, especially now that my warranty's run out. The next step is to fix my external hard drive, which might be a pain.
We are looking forward to our L.A. vacation very much, it is in less than two weeks!! We are also looking forward to coming back to Moscow and not to Rexburg, after an awful 4.5 bus ride from Salt Lake. I'm super excited to see my family and get tan again and not be on my feet all day!
That's about all I have for now; just wanted to let you guys know that we are alive and doing well.
Fast forward to this week, where the pain is definitely smaller, but now it seems to have moved to my upper back, across the shoulder blades area. I've been sleeping flat on my back with a pillow under my legs, since sleeping on my side seemed to only make the pain more intense. So I have been trying and doing my best, but sometimes, I just gotta load up on Excederin. Most days after work I don't notice the pain, and I think standing and moving helped that, but now my feet are so burned out. I haven't picked up any extra shifts for the next few weeks, due to my body being angry at me, and because there weren't any that would really fit our schedule.
Zak has been working a lot, as well. He has some pretty chill co-workers, which is good. Especially since they don't care if I spend my breaks and lunches over there--it's never super busy, so they don't mind. It's nice to have lunch dates with Zak almost every day-we try to make it work out.
Zak has been super productive the last few days. We noticed about 4 or 5 days ago that our betta, Richard, was looking kind of sad and sick. Zak took him out of the fish tank and put him back in the vase, and we noticed he had a kind of fungus on his tail. It was very sad. Zak bought some medicine for him, and so far he's been improving, but now we are thinking he might need a different medicine. Apparently the fish tank's water was fairly dirty, since we have forgotten about changing the filters, but Zak took care of that and bought like, 10 little snails for $1, to eat the algae and plaque that's been growing on the tank. We hope to return Richard to the warm tank in the next day or two.
Last week we used a gift card we had to Sears on a grill and I picked it up on Friday. It's a BBQ-Pro and charcoal powered. It took Zak a bit to set up, but he did it and we had homemade burgers that night. It was my first time making burgers, so they were a bit small, but they were yummy! We are looking forward to grilling this summer! :)
Also this week my computer decided to stop working. It had something to do with a corrupted file and it wouldn't boot up properly, despite the tricks Zak tried. Luckily, my dad had some of the Windows CD-Roms and sent them to us and Zak was able to get it all figured out last night. It's lucky I married him, huh? What a smart guy I have! I would never have known what to do, especially now that my warranty's run out. The next step is to fix my external hard drive, which might be a pain.
We are looking forward to our L.A. vacation very much, it is in less than two weeks!! We are also looking forward to coming back to Moscow and not to Rexburg, after an awful 4.5 bus ride from Salt Lake. I'm super excited to see my family and get tan again and not be on my feet all day!
That's about all I have for now; just wanted to let you guys know that we are alive and doing well.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Fire Alarms and Whatnot
Life has been flying for us in Rexburg. Today Zak went with me to pick up my cap & gown & other graduation things. I can't believe that I will soon be done with school in a few short weeks! Of course, I can't wait--each class is a slow, annoying torture at this point. It's hard to stay motivated, but I want to go out with a pretty decent finish.
S E V E N T E E N M O R E D A Y S ! ! !
We have also had an excessive amount of fire alarms this past week and a half. Like, 4 of them. The only other time it had happened was in November, around 11 P.M. where it was cold and I had just gotten out of the shower and was thoroughly frozen. Last week there was an alarm in the afternoon, which wasn't bad because it was delightful outside. Another alarm occurred a few days later. But last night was the worst.
12:40 A.M. the loud alarm goes off, and I immediately wake up. Zak is a pretty hard sleeper and didn't wake up until I patted his arm. Grumbling, we put on clothes, grabbed our phones and keys and walked outside. We waited about 5 minutes outside until the police, ambulance and fire department showed up. I am not the happiest person when I first wake up, and I'm especially not pleasant after being awoken to a stupid fire alarm and my neighbors all feel it is THAT important to laugh, giggle and yell at 1 in the morning. Plus, I was cold. I guess there was some small fire or something, because after 10 minutes, when we went back inside, the complex smelled a bit like smoke. I know fires aren't planned, but seriously--who was cooking or so inattentive that a fire was started so late at night? Really?? And today it's gone off multiple times in the last hour, but we were told they were all tests.
Let's just say we are thoroughly ready to be out of this place.
Also, I have started to do Pilates; my doctor asked if I was doing anything like that at my first appointment, but then I found this great little book at the D.I. for $0.50, so I figured I'd give it a shot. So far, I've been slowly working on the warm-up and introductory exercises. I haven't seen a whole lot of improvement so far, but I have noticed my abs or legs slowly strengthening again. And it usually calms me down and helps me sleep. My back pain varies every day; I went in for another appointment last Friday to get my prescription renewed. I have been doing everything right-the exercises, starting Pilates, having Zak massage the pain, taking the pills, sleeping with a pillow between my legs at night-but I was still in pain. Luckily, as I've continued the exercises and cohering Zak to give me massages every other day or so, my back is doing better, slowly. The doctor recommended physical therapy, but I don't think it'd work into my schedule or that my back is at that point yet. Hopefully I can get into better habits and be successful with all these exercises, etc.
It is also starting to get very nice around here, 80% of the time. It's usually in the 40s or 50s with sunshine, but sometimes it..snows...Blah. On Sunday Zak and I went on a 4-mile, 1 and a half hour walk around town. It was beautiful outside and we walked down to the nature park that I've never really been to. It was nice to walk with Zak in the sunshine and talk about everything. Luckily, just as we were nearing home, the sky turned for the worse, so we chose the best time to go out, it seems.
Tomorrow I am being forced to go to Provo, UT on a field trip for my American Humanities class. We are going to the BYU museum of Art, which I wouldn't mind, but the teacher is making such a big deal out of the assignments PLUS I was just down there on another field trip last semester and I hate driving down there. But I should hopefully be able to see some of my best friends, Amy and Anne, while on lunch break or something! So there is that to look forward to, plus I have a fun friend in my class and we are bringing movies in hopes that the suburbans we ride in will have DVD players. Although yesterday my teacher was talking about how he'd rather us not bring our ipods, etc. Yeah..no. There is minimal to see on the 4 and a half hour trip to Provo, UT and we are leaving at 6 A.M. and I don't want to really interact with some of the people in our class. Whatever, my teacher is kind of ridiculous, if you read my previous post. Hopefully it'll be an Ok day, especially if I get to see my friends.
That is about it; we are trying to get Zak's financial aid and everything ironed out with U of I; it's been more of a pain than we hoped. Zak's past employers at Horkley's never got him his W2 and when he inquired about it, we were told it'd be sent to our apartment. It turns out that it was sent to the store and Zak wasn't called about it; he went in today and they had it. UGHHHHHHHHh. They are just so incompetent and it's always frustrated me, but now it's worse. I can't believe how poorly they've treated this situation. But, we only have one more form to complete, so hopefully next week it'll all be sorted out. My school work is actually lessening, which is strange. I got my capstone paper finished, but I need to format it, etc. Should be fine. Oh, the fire alarm went off again for 30 seconds. Gotta love it.
S E V E N T E E N M O R E D A Y S ! ! !
We have also had an excessive amount of fire alarms this past week and a half. Like, 4 of them. The only other time it had happened was in November, around 11 P.M. where it was cold and I had just gotten out of the shower and was thoroughly frozen. Last week there was an alarm in the afternoon, which wasn't bad because it was delightful outside. Another alarm occurred a few days later. But last night was the worst.
12:40 A.M. the loud alarm goes off, and I immediately wake up. Zak is a pretty hard sleeper and didn't wake up until I patted his arm. Grumbling, we put on clothes, grabbed our phones and keys and walked outside. We waited about 5 minutes outside until the police, ambulance and fire department showed up. I am not the happiest person when I first wake up, and I'm especially not pleasant after being awoken to a stupid fire alarm and my neighbors all feel it is THAT important to laugh, giggle and yell at 1 in the morning. Plus, I was cold. I guess there was some small fire or something, because after 10 minutes, when we went back inside, the complex smelled a bit like smoke. I know fires aren't planned, but seriously--who was cooking or so inattentive that a fire was started so late at night? Really?? And today it's gone off multiple times in the last hour, but we were told they were all tests.
Let's just say we are thoroughly ready to be out of this place.
Also, I have started to do Pilates; my doctor asked if I was doing anything like that at my first appointment, but then I found this great little book at the D.I. for $0.50, so I figured I'd give it a shot. So far, I've been slowly working on the warm-up and introductory exercises. I haven't seen a whole lot of improvement so far, but I have noticed my abs or legs slowly strengthening again. And it usually calms me down and helps me sleep. My back pain varies every day; I went in for another appointment last Friday to get my prescription renewed. I have been doing everything right-the exercises, starting Pilates, having Zak massage the pain, taking the pills, sleeping with a pillow between my legs at night-but I was still in pain. Luckily, as I've continued the exercises and cohering Zak to give me massages every other day or so, my back is doing better, slowly. The doctor recommended physical therapy, but I don't think it'd work into my schedule or that my back is at that point yet. Hopefully I can get into better habits and be successful with all these exercises, etc.
It is also starting to get very nice around here, 80% of the time. It's usually in the 40s or 50s with sunshine, but sometimes it..snows...Blah. On Sunday Zak and I went on a 4-mile, 1 and a half hour walk around town. It was beautiful outside and we walked down to the nature park that I've never really been to. It was nice to walk with Zak in the sunshine and talk about everything. Luckily, just as we were nearing home, the sky turned for the worse, so we chose the best time to go out, it seems.
Tomorrow I am being forced to go to Provo, UT on a field trip for my American Humanities class. We are going to the BYU museum of Art, which I wouldn't mind, but the teacher is making such a big deal out of the assignments PLUS I was just down there on another field trip last semester and I hate driving down there. But I should hopefully be able to see some of my best friends, Amy and Anne, while on lunch break or something! So there is that to look forward to, plus I have a fun friend in my class and we are bringing movies in hopes that the suburbans we ride in will have DVD players. Although yesterday my teacher was talking about how he'd rather us not bring our ipods, etc. Yeah..no. There is minimal to see on the 4 and a half hour trip to Provo, UT and we are leaving at 6 A.M. and I don't want to really interact with some of the people in our class. Whatever, my teacher is kind of ridiculous, if you read my previous post. Hopefully it'll be an Ok day, especially if I get to see my friends.
That is about it; we are trying to get Zak's financial aid and everything ironed out with U of I; it's been more of a pain than we hoped. Zak's past employers at Horkley's never got him his W2 and when he inquired about it, we were told it'd be sent to our apartment. It turns out that it was sent to the store and Zak wasn't called about it; he went in today and they had it. UGHHHHHHHHh. They are just so incompetent and it's always frustrated me, but now it's worse. I can't believe how poorly they've treated this situation. But, we only have one more form to complete, so hopefully next week it'll all be sorted out. My school work is actually lessening, which is strange. I got my capstone paper finished, but I need to format it, etc. Should be fine. Oh, the fire alarm went off again for 30 seconds. Gotta love it.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Great news!
So we definitely have an apartment in Moscow! The lady sent us this huge packet of papers we need to fill out and send back as soon as we can and let us know the address, etc. We are SOOO excited!! We keep talking about planting things in the little garden area and how nice it'll be to have an extra bedroom (that Jenna would be able to stay in if our parents spring for the idea!), new decoration ideas...We are happy to be moving onto a new place and chapter in our life.
ALSO, Zak got accepted into the University of Idaho; he wrote an e-mail today asking, and they responded that he was accepted and to look for the official letter in the mail. Yay!! We weren't too concerned that he'd get in, he's a smart guy with good grades and is a transfer student, but it's just nice to have it finalized. He's pretty pumped about this school, but he's undecided about which cool program to go with: Environmental Sciences or Forestry Resources. I wouldn't know either, they both sound awesome. He is also planning on getting his teaching credential, which is something I may consider in the future...I still don't feel like I have the 'teaching gene' that the rest of my family does (1 grandma, 2 aunts, 1 cousin at the moment with a few more planning on it). But maybe I will, who knows what'll happen, and I'm sure it'll be a great resource, blah blah blah.
I've also decided that I should probably figure out what to do with graduation announcements. I was looking around on-line for a cheaper option, and it was a challenge to find anything that would work. But I went to the craft store we live across from (Porter's), and looked at their stuff. I got inspired, and think I will make my own with some card stock and basic scrap booking supplies. I'm actually really excited about it. Tomorrow morning my friend is going to take some 'senior portraits' for me, since I think it'd be an alright idea to include a decent picture in the announcement, since some people might not recognize my new name just yet.
Zak has been working long and late this week, the past few nights he's gotten home after 10:30 to a very lonely wife. It's been hard for both of us, but today he was able to get home a few hours earlier than that, so we were able to spend some time together. He sold another vacuum on Tuesday, so that is good news. Tomorrow is Sell-A-Kirby-Day, with extra incentive prizes, so hopefully it'll be a success. He is an excellent salesman, but it's often hard to be forceful in sealing the deal. My feelings are...the people probably didn't think they were going to drop $2,000 on a vacuum (it is worth it, though!) that day. I'd be a bad salesman because I can usually put myself in the customer's shoes. But Zak is getting better at it every day and his co-workers all really like him, so does his boss, so that is great. I decided to not work, since the hours are not only long, but pretty unpredictable. I have been able to get a lot accomplished with my school work, so that is good, at least.
I did hear back from a job at Macy's that I applied to in Moscow. I received an e-mail with instructions to set up an interview; however, the site only had a date in March for the interview. I called the store in Moscow and talked to the manager and explained that I wouldn't be able to interview until we were actually moved in. She was very nice and told me to keep checking to see if another date would show up on the site that would work for me. And if not, she said to call her once we moved in. So that is good, hopefully something will happen with that.
My back is doing a lot better in the last week. The pills have helped, I usually take them in the afternoon, when I start to notice the pain, and an hour or two before I go to sleep. I've been doing the exercises as well and sleeping with a pillow between my leg, and I've noticed a difference. I've been able to sleep better throughout the night and wake up feeling better!
I think that is it for the news update, we've actually had a pretty decent week around here. I started a blog selling some of my old jewelry and clothing--not because I hate them, but because I don't wear them (I hardly wear jewelry anyways), or some of the shirts don't fit either because I've put on some weight, or garments restrictions now, etc. But I've been able to make about $30 off ($60 once my friend's check gets here) of it this week. I'm really hoping to sell as much as possible before we move, because I want to get it sold off to people who will love it and love wearing it, and the extra money certainly wouldn't hurt.
Tomorrow should be a success--senior pictures, helping out a friend, hopefully finishing the rough draft of my capstone paper, hopefully a sale or two for Zak--wish us luck!
ALSO, Zak got accepted into the University of Idaho; he wrote an e-mail today asking, and they responded that he was accepted and to look for the official letter in the mail. Yay!! We weren't too concerned that he'd get in, he's a smart guy with good grades and is a transfer student, but it's just nice to have it finalized. He's pretty pumped about this school, but he's undecided about which cool program to go with: Environmental Sciences or Forestry Resources. I wouldn't know either, they both sound awesome. He is also planning on getting his teaching credential, which is something I may consider in the future...I still don't feel like I have the 'teaching gene' that the rest of my family does (1 grandma, 2 aunts, 1 cousin at the moment with a few more planning on it). But maybe I will, who knows what'll happen, and I'm sure it'll be a great resource, blah blah blah.
I've also decided that I should probably figure out what to do with graduation announcements. I was looking around on-line for a cheaper option, and it was a challenge to find anything that would work. But I went to the craft store we live across from (Porter's), and looked at their stuff. I got inspired, and think I will make my own with some card stock and basic scrap booking supplies. I'm actually really excited about it. Tomorrow morning my friend is going to take some 'senior portraits' for me, since I think it'd be an alright idea to include a decent picture in the announcement, since some people might not recognize my new name just yet.
Zak has been working long and late this week, the past few nights he's gotten home after 10:30 to a very lonely wife. It's been hard for both of us, but today he was able to get home a few hours earlier than that, so we were able to spend some time together. He sold another vacuum on Tuesday, so that is good news. Tomorrow is Sell-A-Kirby-Day, with extra incentive prizes, so hopefully it'll be a success. He is an excellent salesman, but it's often hard to be forceful in sealing the deal. My feelings are...the people probably didn't think they were going to drop $2,000 on a vacuum (it is worth it, though!) that day. I'd be a bad salesman because I can usually put myself in the customer's shoes. But Zak is getting better at it every day and his co-workers all really like him, so does his boss, so that is great. I decided to not work, since the hours are not only long, but pretty unpredictable. I have been able to get a lot accomplished with my school work, so that is good, at least.
I did hear back from a job at Macy's that I applied to in Moscow. I received an e-mail with instructions to set up an interview; however, the site only had a date in March for the interview. I called the store in Moscow and talked to the manager and explained that I wouldn't be able to interview until we were actually moved in. She was very nice and told me to keep checking to see if another date would show up on the site that would work for me. And if not, she said to call her once we moved in. So that is good, hopefully something will happen with that.
My back is doing a lot better in the last week. The pills have helped, I usually take them in the afternoon, when I start to notice the pain, and an hour or two before I go to sleep. I've been doing the exercises as well and sleeping with a pillow between my leg, and I've noticed a difference. I've been able to sleep better throughout the night and wake up feeling better!
I think that is it for the news update, we've actually had a pretty decent week around here. I started a blog selling some of my old jewelry and clothing--not because I hate them, but because I don't wear them (I hardly wear jewelry anyways), or some of the shirts don't fit either because I've put on some weight, or garments restrictions now, etc. But I've been able to make about $30 off ($60 once my friend's check gets here) of it this week. I'm really hoping to sell as much as possible before we move, because I want to get it sold off to people who will love it and love wearing it, and the extra money certainly wouldn't hurt.
Tomorrow should be a success--senior pictures, helping out a friend, hopefully finishing the rough draft of my capstone paper, hopefully a sale or two for Zak--wish us luck!
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