life.

1. Brent had an interview at Pizza Hut and has started working there instead of Arbys. I worked at Pizza Hut for 2 years, and always thought it was hilarious listening to the baby mama drama at that place, and Brent decided to give it a go. He is at work as we speak.

2. I am STILLL waiting to start working at my job. I go in for my "provisional" tomorrow, whatever that means, but basically it means that I haven't started making money and that I am waiting for this place to get a move on. Hopefully I can start by next week, but that's probably unrealistic.... So we will see how it goes.

3. Gettysburg just finished up bike week. Which basically means for the past 7 days, more motorcycles than I have ever seen in my life, rode as loud as they could at all hours of the night through town. I mean I get it, it's Gettysburg tourism blah blah blah, but I didn't enjoy not being able to hear myself think outside. I have already decided that I want to go on vacation next year during bike week.. HA.

4. School starts soon, so Brent and I are pretty excited.

5. SAM COMES HOME FROM SCHOOL IN LIKE 11 DAYS!! WOO.


thats all for now... love leah

catch up a bit.

Well I haven't been posting as much because we didn't get internet hooked up at our place yet. We figured until we starting working here, that was something we could go without. So I am posting at Brents parents house.
Updates:

1. We love our new apartment. Everything about it is what I wanted, its sort of tiny but its workable and it has all the features I wanted. Really our goals were to have our rent be in the 500 area, wood floors, and in a good area, and (NO BUGS). Our apartment is 525 a month and we only pay electric and 11 dollars a month for our gas stove, it has wood floors, and its a block away from downtown gettysburg... So it is a success.

2. I love being a phone call away from everyone I love. I have pretty much almost all of my family since I have been home at least on my mom's side. Brent's sister Julie got married the weeekend we came home, so he got to see all of his family in town. He llooovveeedd that. He missed them a lot when we were in Florida. And my aunt threw my mom a big 40th bday party, so that was fun to get to catch up with that part of my family.

3. Kitty has adjusted well. In our old apartment we had to close her in our room at night, because we had a roomate and she was forced to sleep. Now she has the whole apartment to prowl at night, you hear her galloping through the halls sometimes all night. And we have huge windows that she sits in all day and naps... She also gets a ton of attention from all the visitors, which I know she doesn't mind.

4. I found a job last week at Lutheran Home in Gettysburg. I used to work in the Lutheran Home of Hanover, but I interviewed for the one in Gettysburg last Thursday. I called them on Monday and she said that I got the job. I was so excited, she said the pay would be at least 9 dollars an hour, which is a dollar more than I made in Florida. And I am going to be a dietary aide like I was before. The only thing that sucks is that the process to actually START working in a nursing home is SOOOO LLLOONNNGG. Basically, the lady that hired me has to check on all my refrences. Then she passes me onto HR, then they run my background check.. Then they make me go to Hanover Hospital for a physical, then I have to get a 2step TB test, all in all I think it will be about 3 weeks until I ACTUALLY start making money.

5. Today Brent found a job. He had 2 interviews yesterday at Van Huesen and the Gettysburg Hotel... but neither one of them could give him the hours he needed. Then today he was set and determined to find something and he applied to Arbys. They told him to come back at 3 for an interview.... I know its not a super fantastic job, but none the less, its a job. It makes money, and the manager said that they are looking for shift supervisors, and if he works hard he would definetly be considered. He is such a determing guy, he just pounds the pavement until he gets what he needs... and I am very proud of him.

6. This is a very long post, so I think thats all for today.

Love ya === leah.

2 days.

Nothing really done yet today... still pretty early.

Just a few things on my mind. I hate fading away from friends. But i definitely need some new ones. The ones I had, I basically have nothing in common with anymore. Or they just don't call anymore. Or they just have other priorities. And the ones I made here I am leaving. Basically I am back at ground zero in the friend level, and need to start building it back up. I find that Brent has to fill the place of husband/girl friend (gossip buddy). And even though he won't admit it I know he gets a little annoyed with that ha.
And I decided something the other day that I have been thinking about for a long time now. I am going to try to be a vegetarian. As many of you know throughout my posts, I am an absolute animal rights freak and it seems every time lately I eat meat I feel bad. I mean in my mind I hold animals at the same exact place as I do people. I can't wrap my head around anything that endangers there well being or makes there life insignificant. So even though its a challenge, I have actually really started to enjoy vegetables. I know a lot of people just don't understand what I mean, but I really think that this is the right thing. I will still cook normally for Brent but for me, I just can't eat anything that had to be slaughtered to be on my plate. I know with just the taste part of eating meat, it will get challenging, and hopefully I can be successful, it not then I am just a fast food junky... but nevertheless I will give it my best shot.

2 ddaayyysss till home.
Leah.

3days!

This is what packing looks like in our house. The kitty lovveess sitting in boxes and hiding. Our house has turned into a playground.

1. We sold our couch. FINALLY. so now we are trying to sell our loveseat.
2. Today was my last day at work, and suprisingly the past few days there have been reallly good. Today I got to say bye to all my favorite customers that I saw like everyday. And it was just a good day.
3. I have Monday and Tuesday to just basically pack and clean the rest of the place. Then Wednesday we are off!!


So theres an update.

8 days to go.

Well it has been a pretty good few days.
Monday I woke up, packed lunch and went straight to the beach. Then I had lunch with Brent at CPK. Then I went to the pool. At night I did basically nothing. A little dishes but nothing much. I have a lot to do, but it has to be done last minute. Like packing dishes, towels, the rest of the clothes.... etc. So I am waiting until the beginning of this coming week.
Today, same basic situation. Woke up, went to the beach for like 2 hours then I had some errands to do.My most UNFAVORITE of them all is the hardware store.
I want to get my security deposit back so I decided I was going to clean my grout because it was gross looking. So I cruise on in there and this nice lady showed me the stuff I needed and directed me in the general direction of the cleaning brushes. I grabbed one, and got stopped by some guy that worked there that said that brush was for stripping grout. Then I went back and was looking for a different brush when a guy said that I had the wrong cleaning stuff and took me back to the old aisle, where the previous person that helped me still was and those 2 employees got into an arguement. Needless to say I went to Home Depot. I mean I needed a cleaner and a brush, doesn't seem that complicated but obviously it was a dilemma.
Then I went to the post office/bank. Then to the pool. Now I am just hanging out with the kitty.

Thats my woohoo day.

11 days to go

Well nothing much new this weekend so far. Today was a better day at work. I opened at 5 am and worked with some cool people. Everybody was laid back, I wasn't grumpy, got out on time. All around good day at work... which is weird. Anyways, then me and brent went to the beach and got rained out. Then we came back here and watched movies. We watched Enough, with Jennifer Lopez... which was a pretty awesome movie i must say. And Doubt, which was a good movie as well... Basically we aren't doing anything today and it feels pretty good.

There is the update! ha.

oh yeah btw... the stupid people that were going to get the couch couldn't come get it after all. The main problem is a bigillion people like our couch, but don't have means to transport it is the overall story. Summary of the story is that, we are going to try to post pictures in our complex clubhouse so the people that see it are from gardens area and not lauderdale. Or.. if i have to I will bring it home and sell it for like 50 bucks. If anybody wants a sectional with a pull out queen sleeper... lettt meee knnowww.

stress.

Well there is always something i sware at my job. I have never had a job before in my life where people fight with each other so much, and I worked at Pizza Hut for gods sake, i didn't think that Panera Bread would be worse. BUT IT IS!!

Heres the story... There is one manager (Nanci) that nobody likes, because she always has these issues in her life that she has to share with everyone. And feels the need to reveal very personal details to all of us that are just plain gross. Like when she has diarrhea and all kinds of gross stuff. I mean nothing is personal to this lady. And she has this habit of repeating herself over and over and over with everything.
Today I had just about enough of her in general. Basically if you have ever been to Panera, you would see we have samples out all the time, and this sample basket is supposed to stay full. But this morning it was really busy and it was just me and one other girl at the time, customers where lined up to the door. While I was mid taking an order, she tells me to get samples when I am done....
Needless to say, 10 minutes later the customers are basically cleared out and she just keeps walking around telling me to fill the samples, AS I AM CUTTING THEM UP. So just being unnesseccarily repetitive. So I was like, Nanci you don't have to tell me 10 times, I am doing it right now. She said that she wanted to make sure I heard her. I told her that she said it out loud, and I'm not deaf. I obviously heard her all of the 10 times she said it.
Summary of the story, is she sent me home 6 hours early. She knows that she can't really write me up because I am already leaving in less than 2 weeks. But she also knew that I really need the money, so she took away my hours. And it rained on me the whole way home (I work a mile from work so I walk home).
Moral of the story is ... dont piss of fast food management. because it will backfire in your face. and go to school so you don't have to work in crappy food places.


On a different note, now that today I had all this time where I wasn't working. I packed up half of our apartment. Basically everything I could pack right now. Half of the dishes, all the barely worn clothes, shoes, furniture, cook books, etc.

And we are selling our couch, (i might have already said that)... because we have one waiting for us up there in our new apartment.... and i think we have someone who is coming to get it tomorrow... which is exciting!! woo!!

this is a long post.
im about done whining.
loveeee yyoouuu , miss everyone.
bye.