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Soooo..... WE'RE ALL MOVED IN!

I'm so freaking excited! There's still unpacking to be done, but we're completely out of the old place, into the new place, and loving it! Being able to leave home 15 minutes before work instead of 35 minutes beforehand is just... amazing. That extra 20 minutes is awesome to be able to use that time to relax, or lately to unpack and organize. And the new place is coming together!

*sigh* Hm.... Haven't heard anything from the Assistant Manager position at Things Remembered. In fact, I've been kind of cut down to my regular Sunday shifts and one other day a week. I was approached by my Apparel Supervisor at WalMart to add on a few more hours over the next couple of weeks, so I'm definitely up for that. ^_^

I'm very excited for the weekend before my birthday! Shawna will be visiting for the whole weekend and then joining me at the Kelly Clarkson concert ON my birthday! It's going to be amazing!

Not much else to update right now... I guess. Um... Oh!

Travis and I are going strong! We celebrated our 19 month anniversary and Valentine's Day together on February 8th because we both had the entire day off... which never happens. lol What did we do with the whole day? Well, we started off the day by sleeping in a little bit. :P Then, we watched the last installment of Lord of the Ring - Return of the King. It was like 4 1/2 hours... I actually ended up enjoying the whole series. Definitely not something that I'll be 'needing' to watch again any time soon.... but it's still a good series. :) After that, we packed up the car and headed into our now-current apartment. By the time we were done with that, we got ready for dinner at Red Lobster. ^_^ That's where we exchanged our gifts. I gave him two cards (one for our anniversary, one for Valentine's Day) and a bracelet engraved with the Claddagh symbol (to match the ring that I have) on the front and a message on the back that said "You captured my heart <3" He loved it! He gave me two new beads for my Pandora bracelet. One is silver with swirls and blue stones on it. The other one has a little bit of a backstory. It's shaped like a D-20 (it actually only has 18 sides, but that's not the point) and represents my "Level Up" in nerdiness since I finished the LOTR movies. hehe I loved it! It was perfect.



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Getting down to the nitty-gritty....

Well, I'm sitting at the "old apartment" (in Dell Rapids)... alone. After midnight. Can't really get to sleep yet. Trying to make a mental list of things that need to be accomplished in the week ahead, but I'm too tired for any of it to stick for more than two seconds. I'll try that again tomorrow.

I'm in another bind at work... Okay, not a "bind" necessarily, but it's... eh. I've been asked if I want to transfer to the Toy Department and out out Apparel. I'm not sure how I feel about it.

PROS:

My 'work' will be seen more than it is in Apparel

More likely to move up to a Department Manager position

(in turn, I could wind up with 40 hours on a set schedule...)

CONS:

More critism

Higher expectations

More responsibility... (this one's kinda both)

Work alone more often than not

As you can see... it's about equal... One doesn't really out weight the other. And this is why I'm not sure how to feel about it. I don't want to be a "lifer"... If I were to move up to a DM position, that fate is more likely. Then, I start thinking about needed to look for a graphics job and how I'm wwwwaaaaay lacking on that... and it's just a downward spiral of thinking after that. 

Sooooo, we'll change the subject.

We're probably about 1/2 way moved into the "new apartment." Most of what's left is, of course, the furniture, dishes, and food. We'll have two trucks here next Saturday to get the rest of it out! I'm so pumped! ^_^ We just need muscle to help get everything down the stairs of the old place and into the new place. No stairs at the new place! Ground floor. Pretty sweet. 

So much to do for things... Main concern. Bridal Shower and Bachelorette Party for my bride, Britney... Here it's already February! She's getting married in June! Omg. After the move, I'm going to start up on that hardcore. I just don't think I can handle starting it right now. Plus, I already have it pretty much planned out... It's just a matter of contacting the other bridesmaids and confirming everything. A lot of it is in my head... I just haven't expressed it yet. haha

Okay... I think I'm able to get some sleep now. I will post again soon with pictures of the new apartment with everything in it! ^_^

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