Hello Employment

Again, it has been a long time since I've blogged last. Really I think that was because I have been bored and didn't think that my life was worth writing about...Well November is full of changes!

I have a new job that I start on Monday the 2nd! I will be working as a one on one para educator in a school for autistic children. I have no idea what age level I'll be working with, but I'm really excited for this job. I don't think I've wanted a job more. And I'm excited for the challenge. Thank you to all who helped me get this job! Another excitement of this job is that it is the same school that my roommate works at so we will be able to carpool! I'm hoping we aren't in the same classroom, because our apartment isn't big enough for us to spend all hours of the day together, but we will manage!

Let me tell you about the new apartment. We moved from Jessie's studio apartment in DeKalb, IL to a 1 bedroom basement apartment in Sycamore (the next city east). Our friends (Jessie's friends) had just bought a house that closed at the beginning of Aug, and we helped them paint the main level, and brought us down here to the basement to see if this would be something Jessie would be interested in. It wasn't too long after that when I decided I was moving out here. Robert and Melinda couldn't get their antique bed upstairs so I didn't have to go buy a bed! I'm using that one and we set up Jessie's loft bed perpendicular to the queen bed I'm sleeping on. We have a good size living room with lots of books! and I love the kitchen! I'm the only cook in the apartment, but at least I've had that to fill my days with over the last two months. Our computers are side by side and I sit on the ottoman up against the wall to use as a desk chair. We also have a love seat to watch movies on or harbor guests for the night. We are getting another love seat as soon as we can find someone with a truck we can use. The newer love seat is at church in storage for us waiting. We also have the best bathroom in the house. It has a whirlpool tub with jets!. There is a little hallway that goes to no where just past the entrance to the bathroom and we built Jessie a closet unit so that us two girls could have separate closets! It was a lot of fun to build that together, and finally have all our stuff in place!

I can't believe that October is coming to a close already! I'm no where closer to making any friends out here, which is odd for me. I'm going to go to a new church on Sunday, I like working with the college group at Jessie's church but I'm not feeling like that is the right community for me, and it is time for me to start looking for some place new. This new church is large like UPC so I'm hoping that they will have a lot of people my age to connect with. I think I'm going to go check out the Lutheran Campus Ministries, and see if they have some sort of activity for graduate age level students. I'm tired of not having my own friends, and tagging along with Jessie, just to get out of the apartment.

What else...I've started running every afternoon with the dog, and that has been amazing...I'm hoping that the weather stays nice for a little while longer so I can keep this up. Halloween will be fun from my perspective. The rest of the house hold is going to a Halloween party and I'm manning the door and utilizing Robert and Melinda's TV to watch Ghost Hunters Live! It has been a tradition of mine for the last 3 Halloweens, and I'm looking forward to a 4th year. I look forward to being on my own that night, and will be great! I'm just not in the mood to try and find a costume at this point! That and I will get a lot of crocheting done.

With that, I think this entry is done. I need to do the dishes, and I'm stalling...Hope everyone is doing well! TTFN