Actually, we're done being on the road, we've arrived.
Week before last, we made the decision to give up the sales job and leave Wisconsin. Let me tell you (briefly, because I don't want to think about it too much), it was so hard to leave my plants. Augh, starting to think too much about it! Crap...that's all I'm gonna say.
We packed up, returned things shamefully--television, microwave, and vaccuum, for heaven's sake--so we wouldn't have to transport them and could have extra moolah , bought the kitties a carrier, and headed out. We went down to Nauvoo first since we don't know when we'll ever be that close again. Close, my foot, though; it was supposed to take five or six hours, and it ended up being eight or nine. We got there just as the Pageant was starting, so we got to see that, but the next day was Sunday, so everything was closed! So we walked around for about an hour and a half, saw some cool stuff, but it wasn't the life-changing experience everyone says Nauvoo is. Hopefully we can go back sometime, better prepared, and have a more in-depth experience.
Then we crossed Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada, and visited my family for about five days in Nor Cal. It was so nice. My parents and even Rob spoiled us terribly, which felt great after being afraid to spend money even on groceries. I hadn't gone in three weeks when we decided to leave, which was a very nice blessing, because as it was we gave away probably a couple hundred dollars in food and miscellanious that we couldn't take with us. It SUCKED, but at least it wasn't more.
Now we're living at Jason's parents house, trying to find jobs and sleeping too late. But I do feel ready to work; I just dread the job search terribly. Hate, hate, HATE job searching.
Oh, and I cut my hair real short and got bangs. Not crazy about it, but at least it's different. I also dyed my hair since it was getting kinda faded and the roots were showing, so I feel more presentable.
And I'm on Chapter 21 of Harry Potter 7, afraid to talk to anyone for fear they'll give something away, especially since Samanth DID yesterday when I talked to her! Jason and his brother Justin are both done already. I forgot I was married for awhile yesterday, I saw Jason so litte. I feel like our relationship is unalterably different until I finish the book, too. He knows some "mysteries of life" that I don't.
Well, that's about as much typing as my wrists can handle. Wish I could do more than just the news, but it'll have to do for now.
