Maeby Baby

This past week things have turned around. A complete 180. The only thing that could make it better is if I could get my car situation taken care of but it’s not a do or die situation so I’ll let it be.  I was getting so discouraged about this whole move that I was contemplating whether it was the right thing to do and the right time. Yadda Yadda. Too many tears and lots of prayers. I would like to think that everything changed by one simple act of kindness. Tuesday I had to go to the Dentist. The day before I had finally received the deposit back from my previous landlord. Yeah! Extra money. The previous landlord was actually pretty generous in giving me backing my pet deposit (which I swear in the lease said it was non-refundable) I decided to put that money to good use. Paying off some debt. So after my Dentist appointment I stopped by the bank. Paid off a loan. To celebrate this happy occassion I stopped the 7-eleven to get a treat. In waiting in line a girl came to the front of the line and something to the cashier along the lines of “I can’t find the 16 cents in my car. Can you cancel it?” I had my wallet in my hand and looked to see if I had anything. Typically I never have change but today I had a quarter. I reached out and handed the quarter to the girl. She started thanking me and gave the cashier the quarter. I thought this girl was just paying for a drink or something but it turns out she was getting a cashiers check. What for I’m not sure but it seemed like she really needed it. I than paid for my stuff and made my way back to work. Right when I got  to my desk I checked my email. There was an email from an employer that I had applied for a part-time receptionist position for. It was the typical “Thank you for applying but we have already filled the postion” but after that line there was an extra part ” but we have a position that just opened up in our personal lines department. Please contact me if you are interested” WHAT?! Someone was actually asking me if I was interested in a job. All I was getting back was rejection letters. I actually started crying I was so emotional and just over someone asking me to contact them if I was interested. Not an actual job. Needless to say from there she called me for a phone interview and than offered me the position. So excited. Prayers are answered and I kind of think it goes back to the incident at the 7-11. Maybe it’s just karma, but I think the Lord watches over us. He gives us challenges to test us. He won’t let us down as long as we put our faith in him. I’m getting all mormon-y now. Sorry about that.  I’m really excited now it seems like everything is falling into place. Wish me luck 🙂

Ahhhh. It will get it better right?! I had this great idea in moving to Idaho, but life doesn’t want to play nice. It’s constantly one thing after the other that either goes good one moment or the next moment turns to crap. 
Living Situation – I find this really cute place online. I liked it so much I completed an application and sent in the processing fee. I got a phone call from her asking me if I wanted to process the application. In my head “why are you asking me that? If I completed it and sent in the money do you not want to process it?” Should have been a red flat. Next thing she tries to get me to pay a “hold” on the location. I’ve never seen it in person. Why would I want to plunk down $200 if I haven’t physically seen it. She was really aggressive in getting me to pay it but I advised her to just process the application. Not even two house later she calls to tell me that the tenant has rescinded his letter to vacant the property and that the unit is no longer available. She than proceeds to get me to look at other properties that are $200-$300 more. What?! So the next day she calls again wanting to see if I still want to go ahead with the application for another location. I tell her no. Please cancel the application. As soon as I say that she says “Well the tenant has decided to vacant the property so it is still available” What?! I was so upset with her at this point I said no please cancel the application. You can’t seem to make up your mind on whether it’s available or not. I’ll go elsewhere. After reading complaints about them online I should have know better, but I learned my lesson. I have though applied for another place and so far the process has gone well. The girl that I am dealing with is exceptional helpful and answers all of my questions. So I’m crossing my fingers that it goes through.
Job – Right now finding a job is not existence. I’ve been applying daily to jobs and have never heard anything back. So this is really starting to scare me. I didn’t think finding a job would be this hard. Maybe that’s just me being naive. It’s getting to the point that I’ve gone through my resume ten times reviewing and changing things. Creating a separate resume for jobs that are more customer service orientated and a separate one for jobs that in the insurance industry. I’m really thinking I might need to go back to school. Maybe Burger King is hiring.
The BIG problem – So last week I went in for a root canal. It wasn’t as bad I thought it would be. I kept thinking oh it’s going to get worse and than all of sudden he tells me “You’re done”. Everything that I’ve heard from friends and family is that crowns are typically next day. If not a week. Well for my dentist it’s a 2-3 week thing. Huh? Where do you go for your crowns?My last day at work was suppose to be next Thursday. So do I stay here with a job that gives me insurance for the 2-3 or even 4 weeks or do I move up there with no job, no insurance and pray that I can get one so I can get this done. So frustrating. 
Than dealing with all of the emotions. I’m just wanting this whole ordeal to be over. I really hope this all works out. Say a little prayer for me.

I wonder sometimes if I’m making the right decision or not. That decision is to move to Boise. I’ve been trying for the past two weeks to find a job. Still have not heard back from a single one. I’ve submitted my resume and applications to 15+ places and no call backs. Just emails letting me know that they received my resume. I find a job that I think would be fun or I would be really good at. I apply. Than nothing. Not sure what I’m doing wrong. I’ve gone through my resume multiple times revising it. Maybe I just need to set my expectations lower. It’s now getting down to the wire as I have two weeks till I move there. Which is also scary because I have no where to live. I can’t get an apartment since I don’t have an income. I’m trying to see if I can find someone who is looking for a roommate. I have faith that this will all work out I just keep getting discouraged my the little things that keep popping up that causes trouble. 
My luck seems to have changed as well besides the whole “changing my life with no real assurance of what’s to come”. Tuesday I called into this radio station for a promotion they had going on. I didn’t think I would get through but I tried anyways. Well I got through and was immediately put on the radio. The promotion was to give the phrase of the day. You had to listen throughout the day and they would give out a word at the top of the hour. I had every word but one. The last word. I would have had this word if it wasn’t for my boss who loves to just sit there and gab with you. So I took a stab at what the last word was and I was completely wrong. Not even close. So what did I lose you ask ? $2000 dollars! I so could have used that money. With my next trip to the dentist costing me a pretty penny. Than my car needing to be fixed in order to pass emissions. $2000 dollars certainly would have helped out, but on the bright side I did win a 10 lb bag of fingerling potatoes from the Idaho Potato Commission. That is the third item I’ve won from them. I think someone pays them to make it look like I won their contest so I would see it as a “sign” I should move there. hahaha

So just a quick one off on a post while I have this thought in my head. Yesterday I went to a Relief Society activity. Probably the second one I’ve gone to in the past 10 years. Not big into the whole Relief Society functions. I was the youngest there, excluding the young women who were watching a baby for one of the sisters. I’m sure a couple of the sisters are couple of years older than me but I guess without any kids I feel like I’m still in college. So anyways it was a really nice evening where we had a dinner with a jazz band playing in someone’s backyard. I sat at a table with three other sisters. One of them I know from Primary the other two I kind of know. One was the mother of a kid in a previous primary class from two years ago. She has always come off to me as this Molly Mormon type. Typical Mormon girl who got married at 19, 20. She has 7 or 8 kids. All of them are home schooled. Her husband is very straight laced. Hair is perfectly combed. So I had this idea in my head of what kind of person she was. At the end of the evening every preconceived notion I had about her was gone. I learned that she used to work for a congressmen up on Capitol Hill (while she’s telling me this I wanted to ask her if it was anything like Veep, but I don’t think she’s every watched the show). Very smart. Not uptight in anyway. I felt like the biggest jerk. Why did I automatically put a label on this person before I even got to really know her? After reflecting this over I came to the conclusion that I need to put myself out there. Get to know people. Talk to them. Don’t make a judgement before I get to know them. I don’t want people to do the same to me. Though I’m pretty sure what ever notion they have about me is probably true (except for my boss thinking I was mentally handicapped when she first met me. That’s for another story).
Also we discussed divorce and remarrying. I guess a lady in the ward remarried her husband after divorcing him 20+ years ago. Which I think to each their own. If that is what makes her happy more power to her. One lady than talked about a relative who remarried her husband 5 times. Why?! I would think after the second time you just buy two houses and when you’re on the outs one person move into the second house. But who would seriously get remarried to the same person multiple times. I guess love makes you do crazy things. Right?

I am guilty of committing a deadly sin. Gluttony. Oh I am soooo guilty of this it makes me sick. I’ve been working on packing. Going through some of my stuff I thought to myself “When was the last time I wore this or why do I need this book” I ended up taking two garbage bags full and a box to the local thrift store. Some really nice shoes that I’ve worn probably three times, books that I purchased but never read, clothes and jeans that are too small but I seem to think I’ll lose the weight in order to fit back into them, games I don’t play, etc. Just stuff that I buy and never use again. I didn’t see a purpose in trying to take it with me in my journey to a new place so I got rid of it. Makes me see how wasteful I am with my money. Lately I’ve been trying to avoid that. I’ve been trying to be resourceful and not go to the mall. If I grab something at the store I try to go through my head of reasons why I need the item. If I can’t really justify the purchase than I put it back. I wish I would have learned this lesson in life a little bit earlier. My piggy bank would thank me.
My poor puppy had to go to the vet the other day for a teeth cleaning. I high recommend this. I know it’s expensive but it’s well worth it. I’ve never taken my dog to the vet before for her teeth. She ended up having to have a bunch of teeth removed. Now her little tongue hangs out the front of her mouth. She no longer has her cute little under bite (well you don’t notice it since there are no teeth protruding there anymore). I actually cried myself to sleep because I’m a horrible pet owner. This whole thing could have been prevented. Ugh. So please take care of your pets. They’ll love you for it. 

Moving sucks. I’ve moved four times in the past 7 or 8 years. Can’t remember really. I’m sure there are people who are like “Yeah whatever.” but moving is moving. It sucks no matter how many times you move or where you move to. Problem right now is I have 26 days till I need to find somewhere to live and I have no idea where. I can recall being in this position before just hoping it gets resolved sooner rather than later.
To top it off my dog is having problems with her teeth. I need to take her into the Vet to get a teeth cleaning and some teeth pulled. My mom loves to give her these Jumbone chew treats at night. Since she stayed with them this past weekend she received one each night. Even if they are bugging her teeth when she’s chewing them she is bound and determined to finish it. Even breaking a tooth in the process. Ugh Dog!
So what happened to giving people directions? I understand there is GPS on basically every phone out there now, but how hard is it to give someone directions. Why do we rely on technology so much? I was thinking the other day about if I needed to could I call anyone in my contacts without looking at their number? Practically the only person I could remember is my mother. That’s horrible. Well at least I think so. I disabled my Facebook profile the other day. Kind of an experiment to see how long I can go without it and also a kind of detox from being online. It’s really weird but kind of liberating. Well see how long this can last.

Sorry I’ve been neglecting you. Life just gets in the way sometimes. I can I tell you how much I hate seeing school supplies in stores. It reminds me how fast the summer goes by.  Though I would greatly like a summer without 100+ temperatures. Today was a nice break from the heat. I went to the mall the other day for the first time in months. I was severely annoyed by people walking while looking at their phones not paying attention to where they were going. It didn’t happen once, not twice, but multiple times.  It’s was especially sad when there were two people walking together and instead of being engaged in a conversation with the person they were with they were both busy with their phones.
So I really like my bishop. Very genuine, easy to talk to and doesn’t come across as this stern church authority figure but there is one thing I would greatly appreciate that he stop doing and that is asking me if there is a ring on my finger and than proceeding to cross his fingers when I say no. Is that really my purpose in life to be married and have children? Not that I wouldn’t want that but I find it annoying that is the only thing that he discusses with me. We could talk my callings, talk about my family, and lots of other things but no he talks about whether I’ve finally persuaded my boyfriend to put a ring on it. I’m going to have to think of some witty comment to make to him next time. If you can think of one please share.
How cool is this video? (You’ve probably seen it before)

I love watching/hearing stories about celebrities that don’t let fame go to their head. I was listening to a podcast, The Nerdist, and they were talking to Matt Smith. He had an allotted time that he could speak something like 40 minutes but he ended up staying longer because he was having fun with the audience and enjoying himself. It’s just awesome to know that there are actors that appreciate their fans and want to give them something back. There needs to be more of them.
I really need to start running more often. I was pretty much stupid and decided to run in the Deseret News Classic 10k. I’ve done it the past two years and figured it would be fun to do again. I don’t know why I thought that since I had not run since May, but in my head I kept thinking “It’s only 6 miles. You can do it” So I got up early and made my way down the route. During the day I felt okay. A little sore but nothing terrible. Next day though I felt like I got run over. My legs would not bend. It was horrible. Took me a good four days to finally feel normal. Never again.
Speaking of Matt Smith I love Doctor Who. Just had to mention that and get it off my chest.

Is it fall yet?