Tomorrow we leave for Washington! I'm so excited to get out of Ann Arbor and can't wait for the day to be over. We're leaving at about 6 am so hopefully, tonight I'll actually get to bed early. Despite our trying to get to bed before midnight lately, it hasn't exactly been working out that way. I blame the TV. I think that Patrick and I need to turn the TV off a lot earlier and perhaps study or read instead of unwinding by watching Adult Swim or Emeril Live. I think that once we are home this will be a lot easier since there isn't a TV in our bedroom.
We stopped looking at homes for a while because, for me at least, it is making me antsy and aggravated that we can't just buy and move in right now. Besides, we have at least 5 or 6 more months before we can even seriously start shopping. I really want to get my credit card balance down before we try to get pre-approved for a loan amount. Last night I sent my mom the information on the home builders we are interested in so hopefully she can shed a little light on which would be better to seriously consider.
At the end of March I will start applying to a couple of places in Albuquerque that will hopefully pay a decent salary. My first choice is TriCore Labs, they are affiliated with UNM and offer educational benefits (yay!) and flexible schedules. Other than that, I haven't really looked at too many university administrative positions because I really don't want to be behind a desk all day. I'd rather stare into a microscope and learn something useful.
Joanie turned 21 this past weekend. Her pregnancy is apparently going well and according to her, she is "huge". I think every mother to be feels that way though. Tia's birthday is on Tuesday, with Stephanie's a month from today. At least they aren't all during the holiday season - I'd go broke. Speaking of birthdays, Stacey's birthday is on Tuesday as well so Adam and I got her a gift card to a movie theatre as well as a bouquet of flowers and a fruit tart from Whole Foods. Patrick and I went to Whole Foods to get the tart and flowers and as is our pattern we wandered around the store, sampling some of the cheeses that they put out for sampling. We get to one sample station and Patrick backs off because, apparently, it really stinks. I, of course, don't know this. A man that was there eating the cheese says that it is "really good" so Patrick hands me a piece of the cheese and I put it in my mouth. Patrick throws his away (but makes sure I don't see that he does this). As soon as I bite down on the cheese I start to gag. It is absolutely AWFUL! It tasted rancid and rotten and so I spit it out into my hand and go in search of a garbage. In order to get the taste out of my mouth I start picking my favorite olives out of the olive bar and I eat about 5 before the taste goes away. Patrick laughs hysterically as I am shoveling olives into my mouth. Then, to top it all off, I stink from the cheese. But the fun part was that I got to chase Patrick around the store demanding a kiss on my stinky cheese lips.
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