This summer has been great but it has also been a little trying given the fact that I have been unemployed since the end of March. However, I prefer to save money than to spend money but ever since March that is all I have been doing. The money situation started to weigh on me a few weeks ago and so I decided to do something about it. I had decided that I would go into Express Personnel and see what would happen. I went through them 3 years ago right after I graduated from college and I was with the Medford Medical Clinic ever since so I figured that they might be able to help me with the current situation at hand. I walked in last Friday and did the application and the multiple tests and when I was in for the interview it was mentioned that they were looking for a front desk receptionist at their office if I was interested...which I was, since it was an opportunity to make money. So he said that he would be in touch when the branch manager came from vacation. So this Monday I got the call asking if I could come in later that day for the interview and so I met with Christine for about 45 minutes on Monday and she said that she would like me to come in for a second interview with the owner and she'd call me to let me know when that would be. I waited all day Tuesday for a call but nothing came, so I waited all day on Wednesday and finally at 3:45pm I got the call that they wanted me to come in on Thursday for the second interview so I set the time for 11:30. I was so nervous this morning but I got there on time and waited about 15 minutes for them to take me back for the interview. I ended up meeting with the owner and the branch manager for about 15 minutes and then they told me that they would be in contact later that day or on Friday but they were talking to other candidates and they'll let me what is going with that. So I walked away feeling even more nervous just waiting for them to call me back to let me know the news. I went down to visit with Brittany and Clay so that she could help me with my bridal bouquet (Great Job, Brittany!) and it was during that time that I got the call from Christine. "We have been talking it over the past couple of hours and we have come to a decision and that decision is....that you are the best candidate for the job" I was so excited, they asked me to start on Monday and they will be paying me $11.00 an hour which is great. It is professional attire so I will probably have to go and buy some more works clothes, oh well.
Last week I posted about that Sky Harbor loft that we really like but when we took in our application and paid the fees we found out that they had raised the prices about $70 so we decided not to take that one. Another apartment that we liked was Alta Pines and this one was 860 sq ft for $575 and we really liked the landlord so we started filling out the application and today we found out that the apartment she had told us would be available won't be after all since the current tenent decided to keep her current lease for another year. So we are going back to trying to find a place to live but now with my added paycheck it might make it easier to find a place in a better neighborhood or just a nicer place in general. Anyway, I think that is all that I have for now but I guess I will write more later...
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
I finally got to see Colors!!!
For the past 5 years I have regretted not going to Provo in 2002 to see the last performance of one of my favorite LDS bands, Colors. I didn't make it down then because my roommate didn't have the money to come with me and I didn't want to go on the bus by myself and I've felt like an idiot ever since. Even though Kevin and Nicole did get me their autograph that night, I've still regretted not being there. As fate would have it, they have gathered together one time a year to put on a concert. Last year I wanted to go but the day of the concert I was more than happy to be in London but this year I finally got to see them play and it was AWESOME! I'll tell you all about it in a minute but first, let me update you on everything else last week.
Sunday was our Regional Stake Conference and because I'm here in Salt Lake it was held at the Conference Center and broadcasted to several other places. We were on the plaza level and to the left of the podium but it was just really nice to be in there. We heard from Elder Richard G. Hinckley, Cheryl C. Lant, M. Russell Ballard and of course, President Thomas S. Monson. They were all really great talks and I got a lot out of it. The bad thing is coming out of there and having to deal with the traffic just walking back to the car but we were lucky enough to park somewhere where the traffic wouldn't be so bad to get back on the freeway. I don't think that I have anything else really to report but as always, I'll keep you updated on what's going on. Talk to you all later...
To be honest, there wasn't a whole lot that happened leading up to Saturday but on Thursday Jason and I went to check out some of the other apartments we didn't get around to the week before. We went to one that was kind of in a scary neighborhood so it was one of those we drive through the lot to check it out and promplty leave. The next one that we saw was our favorite. It's called Sky Harbor Apartments and it's near the airport but it's really nice. We drove through the parking lot and found cars that are a lot newer and more expensive than ours so we felt like our cars would be safe there. So we decided to go inside and check it out. We looked at the one bedroom first but it just seemed really small but right next door was the loft and that's the one that we are looking into. If anyone wants to see the place go here: http://www.apartmentguide.com/apartments/Utah/Salt-Lake-City/Sky-Harbor-Apartments/PropertyOverview.aspx?listingid=13052
This is just the floorplan but it has lots of cabinets in the kitchen and countertops which is what we wanted. Our favorite part is that it is $560 a month which is much less than the other apartment at the top of our list. Also they have one that will be available on November 15 so that will be perfect. We'll be able to move in our stuff on the 15th and then head off to Medford for the wedding so then we don't have to worry about moving the big stuff afterwards. On Friday, I went down to Orem to visit with Brittany, Clay and cousin Rachael, her husband Tyler and their son Jacob. It was nice to see them since I haven't seen them since I left Rexburg in 2005 the rest of the time was spent watching the movie Rocky with Clay and a little Will Ferrel SNL. Also this past week I have become obsessed with a show that my parents introduced me to. It's called Burn Notice on USA Network and it's just really interesting. They brought out copies of the shows for me to watch and I watched a few on my own and then Jason watched one halfway through and now he can't get enough of it either. I finished the DVD's on Friday but now we are having to go back to watch the first season since Jason missed all of those, but I'm ok with watching it again.
Saturday was the Colors concert so after Jason got off work we waited for Brittany and Clay to head up to Midvale so that we could go to dinner. We went to Chilis and then headed for the Sandy Ampitheater for the concert. It was outdoors and a little chilly but at least it wasn't raining or anything. They played a lot of my favorite songs and then a few more that I hadn't heard before. It was a lot of fun although where we were sitting we had the bars from the stairs in our way at times and people ended up parking in front of us but they left and went more towards the middle so it made it easier to see.
Sunday was our Regional Stake Conference and because I'm here in Salt Lake it was held at the Conference Center and broadcasted to several other places. We were on the plaza level and to the left of the podium but it was just really nice to be in there. We heard from Elder Richard G. Hinckley, Cheryl C. Lant, M. Russell Ballard and of course, President Thomas S. Monson. They were all really great talks and I got a lot out of it. The bad thing is coming out of there and having to deal with the traffic just walking back to the car but we were lucky enough to park somewhere where the traffic wouldn't be so bad to get back on the freeway. I don't think that I have anything else really to report but as always, I'll keep you updated on what's going on. Talk to you all later...
Monday, September 8, 2008
Busy days ahead...
Hey everyone!
I know that it has been awhile since I've updated (thanks Brittany for pointing that out). On Aug. 30 Jason and I went up to Preston, Idaho for his cousins wedding. It was nice to meet with more of his family and he apparently had kept the engagement a secret to his extended family until he could introduce me in person. I like to think that they liked me, but then again who wouldn't? (That was rhetorical, so I better not get any comments on that). We were only there for a few hours before heading back down to Provo for the BYU football game. We were making good time until we hit Pleasant Grove and then the traffic started which was not fun to get through. It took us about 45 minutes to get to the stadium from there...plus we had to walk about 2 miles to get to the stadium...parking was atrocious. We missed kickoff but that's ok, it was pretty warm out there and after walking 2 miles it wasn't feeling too good. Oh well! It was a great game and it was Jason's first college football game and he enjoyed it a lot. One thing we did find out that day was that our wedding...is the same day as the biggest rivalry game BYU vs UTAH...so hopefully people will still come to the wedding. Dad even thought maybe we could have a tailgate party or something and watch the game at the reception, Jason liked the idea but I'm still not sure how I feel about it. He's still trying to sell me on it we could have the colors be blue and red and have a football cake and cook hamburgers and hotdogs and nachos and candy...Yeah, it sounds good and all but that will cost a lot of money and frankly I'm not willing to spend that much. We'll see how it goes but I'm kind of hoping that I get my way on this...if not, I'll compromise and we can set up a room at the church for the game or something.
This past week hasn't been too eventful, we did go apartment shopping on Wednesday and we had 19 places on our list that we wanted to check out. Four of them we scratched off just by driving through the neighborhood (gang members, scary people...you know the usual). I think the first one we saw was our favorite, it had a nice layout and were really nice looking apartments. It ranges from 600-675 a month with most utilities paid but we would be responsible for heat and electricity. We looked it up on apartmentreview.com and there were a lot of complaints about the managment and one about the neighborhood but you can never tell if the people that write on these things are just bitter or not. There were a few that the management seemed nice but they didn't have any apartments for us to look at. So we will have to go back to see if we like those ones or not. I'll keep you updated as we go along. Other than that I don't have anything else to add to this blog. I'll talk to you later...
I know that it has been awhile since I've updated (thanks Brittany for pointing that out). On Aug. 30 Jason and I went up to Preston, Idaho for his cousins wedding. It was nice to meet with more of his family and he apparently had kept the engagement a secret to his extended family until he could introduce me in person. I like to think that they liked me, but then again who wouldn't? (That was rhetorical, so I better not get any comments on that). We were only there for a few hours before heading back down to Provo for the BYU football game. We were making good time until we hit Pleasant Grove and then the traffic started which was not fun to get through. It took us about 45 minutes to get to the stadium from there...plus we had to walk about 2 miles to get to the stadium...parking was atrocious. We missed kickoff but that's ok, it was pretty warm out there and after walking 2 miles it wasn't feeling too good. Oh well! It was a great game and it was Jason's first college football game and he enjoyed it a lot. One thing we did find out that day was that our wedding...is the same day as the biggest rivalry game BYU vs UTAH...so hopefully people will still come to the wedding. Dad even thought maybe we could have a tailgate party or something and watch the game at the reception, Jason liked the idea but I'm still not sure how I feel about it. He's still trying to sell me on it we could have the colors be blue and red and have a football cake and cook hamburgers and hotdogs and nachos and candy...Yeah, it sounds good and all but that will cost a lot of money and frankly I'm not willing to spend that much. We'll see how it goes but I'm kind of hoping that I get my way on this...if not, I'll compromise and we can set up a room at the church for the game or something.
This past week hasn't been too eventful, we did go apartment shopping on Wednesday and we had 19 places on our list that we wanted to check out. Four of them we scratched off just by driving through the neighborhood (gang members, scary people...you know the usual). I think the first one we saw was our favorite, it had a nice layout and were really nice looking apartments. It ranges from 600-675 a month with most utilities paid but we would be responsible for heat and electricity. We looked it up on apartmentreview.com and there were a lot of complaints about the managment and one about the neighborhood but you can never tell if the people that write on these things are just bitter or not. There were a few that the management seemed nice but they didn't have any apartments for us to look at. So we will have to go back to see if we like those ones or not. I'll keep you updated as we go along. Other than that I don't have anything else to add to this blog. I'll talk to you later...
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