things I like:
our new friends (all two of them)
teaching Sunday School to the 12- and 13-year-olds (they are super fun and none of them are punks)
eating out on the company a lot (three times a week, usually)
Seth's company car (with company gas)
having carpet (it's more cozy)
things I don't like:
that Little Caesar's isn't quite as delicious (and that it's $5.99, not $5)
being one of only two couples in our ward without kids (as opposed to, like, ten in our old ward)
people littering a lot (they just throw stuff out of their car windows, and then when I stare at them wide-eyed and shake my head at them, they throw more)
living in an apartment (the novelty has worn off)
our neighbors downstairs yelling at each other all. the. time. (even the kids)
Sunday, January 20, 2013
Friday, January 11, 2013
how we ended up moving to Modesto
April 2012:
Seth's former pest control boss, Brad, calls Seth to offer us positions with the solar company he left pest control for. The jobs are in Boston. We kind of think about it for a day, but tell him no, because we really don't want to move across the country.
July 2012:
We go to California for a friend's wedding and meet up with Brad and his family for dinner while we're there. This time, Brad offers Seth a sales position and me a lead generation position at their office in California. We decide again not to accept his offer, since we had the exact same positions at home in Orem with another company.
Friday, November 2, 2012:
Brad calls again. He would like me to be a lead generator and Seth to be the sales team manager of California. Seth would have a salary with benefits plus overrides from the sales people in his office. We tell him this is actually something we'll think about.
Saturday and Sunday, November 3 and 4, 2012:
We talk to our parents. And siblings. And friends. And each other. Seth and I are both surprised how excited I am at the idea of moving to Modesto. I'm usually reluctant to try new things.
Monday, November 5, 2012:
Brad says they need to fill the position right away, and they really want Seth. Brad and Seth negotiate the salary. We tell him we'll give him an answer in the morning.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012:
We're moving in 2 weeks.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012:
I start packing.
Friday, November 9, 2012:
We finally find buyers from craigslist for some big furniture items that we had had listed online for a month. Just in time.
Monday, November 11, 2012:
We mention to our neighbors across the street that we are moving, and they tell us that they're lease is ending next month. We show them our house. We find great renters. Just like that.
Wednesday, November 13, 2012:
We haven't found any amazing deals on apartments online, so we just pick one that looks good and call the office to have them email us an application. Then we check a map of Modesto to see how far it is from the office. It happens to be just down the street.
Thursday, November 14, 2012:
We realize that our dryer runs off gas, and the hookups in our apartment in Modesto are electric, so we'll have to buy new machines when we get to California. But then we talk to our new tenants and discover that their machines are electric. So we simply swap machines. Problem solved.
Sunday, November 17, 2012:
I cry a little in sacrament meeting when I get released from the primary presidency. I'm serious for just a second when I tell Seth that I'm not going.
Monday, November 18, 2012:
The nicest people from our ward come and spend so much time helping us finish packing and cleaning.
Tuesday, November 19, 2012:
Seth drives off in a 26-foot moving truck hauling a trailer with our Mazda on it. I drive off in the car we're flipping. Our best friends, the Wests, drive off in their own car to join us on our trip. (See why they're our best friends?) We all drive behind Seth, even when he can only go 40 mph uphill. We stay the night in Reno.
Wednesday, November 20, 2012:
We arrive at our new home. Once everything is inside, I stand inside the empty moving truck and cry, thinking What am I doing here? I want my house back!
Thursday, November 21, 2012
The four of us go to see Lincoln and have Thanksgiving dinner at Hometown Buffet.
Friday, November 22, 2012
The boys are sick of unpacking, but Ari and I have an absolute blast decorating the entire apartment. It's so weird to see our stuff in different places in the apartment. Stuff that used to be in the living room is now in the dining room. Stuff that used to be in the dining room is now in our bedroom. We say goodbye to the Wests and feel lonely already. But at least we have a really cute apartment.
Seth's former pest control boss, Brad, calls Seth to offer us positions with the solar company he left pest control for. The jobs are in Boston. We kind of think about it for a day, but tell him no, because we really don't want to move across the country.
July 2012:
We go to California for a friend's wedding and meet up with Brad and his family for dinner while we're there. This time, Brad offers Seth a sales position and me a lead generation position at their office in California. We decide again not to accept his offer, since we had the exact same positions at home in Orem with another company.
Friday, November 2, 2012:
Brad calls again. He would like me to be a lead generator and Seth to be the sales team manager of California. Seth would have a salary with benefits plus overrides from the sales people in his office. We tell him this is actually something we'll think about.
Saturday and Sunday, November 3 and 4, 2012:
We talk to our parents. And siblings. And friends. And each other. Seth and I are both surprised how excited I am at the idea of moving to Modesto. I'm usually reluctant to try new things.
Monday, November 5, 2012:
Brad says they need to fill the position right away, and they really want Seth. Brad and Seth negotiate the salary. We tell him we'll give him an answer in the morning.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012:
We're moving in 2 weeks.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012:
I start packing.
Friday, November 9, 2012:
We finally find buyers from craigslist for some big furniture items that we had had listed online for a month. Just in time.
Monday, November 11, 2012:
We mention to our neighbors across the street that we are moving, and they tell us that they're lease is ending next month. We show them our house. We find great renters. Just like that.
Wednesday, November 13, 2012:
We haven't found any amazing deals on apartments online, so we just pick one that looks good and call the office to have them email us an application. Then we check a map of Modesto to see how far it is from the office. It happens to be just down the street.
Thursday, November 14, 2012:
We realize that our dryer runs off gas, and the hookups in our apartment in Modesto are electric, so we'll have to buy new machines when we get to California. But then we talk to our new tenants and discover that their machines are electric. So we simply swap machines. Problem solved.
Sunday, November 17, 2012:
I cry a little in sacrament meeting when I get released from the primary presidency. I'm serious for just a second when I tell Seth that I'm not going.
Monday, November 18, 2012:
The nicest people from our ward come and spend so much time helping us finish packing and cleaning.
Tuesday, November 19, 2012:
Seth drives off in a 26-foot moving truck hauling a trailer with our Mazda on it. I drive off in the car we're flipping. Our best friends, the Wests, drive off in their own car to join us on our trip. (See why they're our best friends?) We all drive behind Seth, even when he can only go 40 mph uphill. We stay the night in Reno.
Wednesday, November 20, 2012:
We arrive at our new home. Once everything is inside, I stand inside the empty moving truck and cry, thinking What am I doing here? I want my house back!
Thursday, November 21, 2012
The four of us go to see Lincoln and have Thanksgiving dinner at Hometown Buffet.
Friday, November 22, 2012
The boys are sick of unpacking, but Ari and I have an absolute blast decorating the entire apartment. It's so weird to see our stuff in different places in the apartment. Stuff that used to be in the living room is now in the dining room. Stuff that used to be in the dining room is now in our bedroom. We say goodbye to the Wests and feel lonely already. But at least we have a really cute apartment.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
one time at the DMV
I had been waiting for 2 hours to register my car in California, and I started talking with the woman waiting next to me. We talked about movies and books and grumbled about how long the lines were. As the numbers being called got higher and higher, closer to ours, we were getting ridiculously excited, letting out audible squeals with each number called. When my number was finally called, the enthusiasm burst out of me. I jumped up, turned around to the many people seated behind me still awaiting their turn, and exclaimed,
"I did it! And you all can, too!"
Everyone laughed and probably thought I was an idiot, of course. At least it made a good blog post.
books
green light
Confession: this is the first non-fiction book I have read for pleasure. I finally learned that non-fiction isn't boring if it's about something fun. This book was written so conversationally, that Elizabeth Gilbert is now one of my girlfriends. And I want to do yoga. Also, don't judge a book by its movie.
yellow light
Sometimes even if non-fiction is about something cool, it's still a little boring. But not boring enough that I couldn't get through three-fourths of it. But boring enough that I didn't finish it. I have mixed feelings about this book.
green light
I feel smarter for having read three non-fiction books in the last 6 months. This one was very interesting. I plan to read more by this author.
green light
This series is The Boxcar Children of young adult fiction. I've sold you, haven't I?
green light
I've only gotten halfway through this book, but that is 250 pages, and I didn't want to have to wait until I was all the way done to write about it. So many reasons to love him even more.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
why we didn't make new year's resolutions last year
On January 1, 2012, Seth and I sat on the couch with a notebook to record our goals for the new year.
"But first," I explained to him, "we need to pick a theme, a motif. We need to have a word or short phrase that summarizes what we want to do or be this year. And it has to be clever. That's what all my blogging friends are doing."
Seth humored his new bride on our first New Year's Day together. We ruminated, threw some ideas around, and eventually got bored and turned on The Office. And went through 2012 without official resolutions.
Clearly, the idea of an all-encompassing word to guide our progress throughout the year isn't our thing. This year, we'll be skipping that step.
"But first," I explained to him, "we need to pick a theme, a motif. We need to have a word or short phrase that summarizes what we want to do or be this year. And it has to be clever. That's what all my blogging friends are doing."
Seth humored his new bride on our first New Year's Day together. We ruminated, threw some ideas around, and eventually got bored and turned on The Office. And went through 2012 without official resolutions.
Clearly, the idea of an all-encompassing word to guide our progress throughout the year isn't our thing. This year, we'll be skipping that step.
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