Before I go to bed, I wanted to brag a little bit. I have had a fantastic day!! First let me start with a random chain of events:
-Ryan and I move to Houston into out third floor apt. and are estatic!
-Notice the VERY strong smoke smell in our apt and decide we have to move.
-After waiting for a month to move, we finally do, but have boxes everywhere due to no time to unpack and settle in.
-Hurricane Ike hits.....
-Boxes everywhere plus water damage
-Maintanence comes TODAY! (one hooray) to fix the drywall. They rip out a lot of walls...
-Findings: TERMITES!!!
Surprisingly, I am cool with this and actually laughing at the random chain of events that have brought us to this point. Honestly, who would have guessed all of these weird incidences coming together!? Anyway, we are unsure if the apt. knows about it (they have a contractor doing the jobs) but if the contractor does not say something....we definietly are!!!
On to the great day.......Yesterday was terrible. Horrible test, LONG lecture, got singled out in class for talking(I was NOT even talking!!!!). I decided to check the tracking on the wedding invitatinos though and it said they were delivered here on Thursday. Funny because it is Monday and I have no invitations! After a little freaking out and frustration.....I have wedding invitations!!! That started the good day today. Then, class this AM was pretty interesting and Ryan called me with GREAT news......He got the job!!! My fiance has his first job in his career choice! I am soo proud of him and estatic!!! I was screaming on the phone when he told me(mind you I was in the computer lab)! Next news he tells me is they are working on our apartment. This is great news because we thought it was going to take them at least a month to get anything done and also because we miss our puppies SOOO bad. They are with the grandparents now until the apartment is fixed, organized and people are done coming in and out. Yeah!! Job and apartment!! Ryan was so excited about his job that we decided to go to the mall and actually order his wedding band. Check that off the list to do! We were so relaxed though we just walked around the mall, browsed around and enjoyed spending time with each other and not spending time studying. Is it bad that lately all of our "dates" have been study dates!!? It was great having an afternoon, just him and I, together and laughing about little things that are important to us. Sooo sweet too! We walked past Build a Bear and Ryan asked me if I wanted one. So, Ryan and I made a bear for me for night when Ryan sleeps on the couch or when we are apart. He is so adorable. Came home then to cook supper together and to our surprise, one of the movies I have been wanting to see came in on netflix. Sex in the city. Ryan offered to watch it with me too! So to end our magical day, we ate supper and watched sex in the city, the movie. He didn't finish the movie with me, but it really was a treat to have him all day to myself!
Fantastic day and I hope you all have a chance to spend a day like this with the one you care the most about! :) Now I have to get some sleep so I can think tomorrow while I am interning!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
I am sure you can find a ton of pictures online of Hurricane Ike damage;however here is what Ryan and I experienced.
Shingles spread ALL over the property...gutters too. The one in the background isn't ours, but you will get to see ours in a later pic! I knew I heard something scratching and banging the side of our building. Apparently, it was the gutter coming loose!
One of many tress at our complex.
Weird right? How does water come in from an inside wall and from the electical switch. We noticed this and immetiately turned the breaker off and grabbed the fire extinguisher to be safe. Can you see the paint peeling up around the plug?
This is our gutter! It is also the first thing I saw when I woke up!
Ryan and I usually park our cars in the same area that this car is parked in...this makes us so glad that we put ours in a parking garage! (Can you see that his back window is smashed out?) We are thinking that our gutter might have been the culprit.
The poor dogs. They were so confused and scared. When the storm first started, Raider was barking at every little noise. Once he got used to the storm noises, he became my shadow. Star was so scared that she actually peed! Ryan and I layed down to try to nap when we heard a train like howling. We grabbed the pillows, ran into our safe room and started putting more pillows. I reached for Star to put her in and she peed all over!! Poor girl.
That is all for now. I have some more pictures that are of Houston and then even a couple more of our apartment. Perhaps tomorrow I will give you more to look at, but right now I am exhausted, out of words and confused as to what is going to happen next. I am going to get started on my big project that is due Monday in case I do have class first. As far as the test that I am supposed to have, I will study for that once I know for sure. :) Everything is just up in the air.
Shingles spread ALL over the property...gutters too. The one in the background isn't ours, but you will get to see ours in a later pic! I knew I heard something scratching and banging the side of our building. Apparently, it was the gutter coming loose!
One of many tress at our complex.
Every single tree in the courtyard behind out building was uprooted. Keep in mind, all of these trees were also newly planted and some were pine.
Another tree that did not make in through intact.
Uprooted...We are so lucky that we did not have any large trees around us. The only one close was about 15 feet infront of our bedroom window, but we were fortunate that it did not break or uproot!
This was our major problem of the night. Water was pouring into our apartment from around the windows. The office had a steady stream (not just drips) that you could hear. We really did think the window had a crack in it or that it was busted because so much water was coming from the top and the bottom. This picture is actually in the bedroom, where it was leaking from the same places, just not as severly as in the office.
Weird right? How does water come in from an inside wall and from the electical switch. We noticed this and immetiately turned the breaker off and grabbed the fire extinguisher to be safe. Can you see the paint peeling up around the plug?
This is our gutter! It is also the first thing I saw when I woke up!
Ryan and I usually park our cars in the same area that this car is parked in...this makes us so glad that we put ours in a parking garage! (Can you see that his back window is smashed out?) We are thinking that our gutter might have been the culprit.
The poor dogs. They were so confused and scared. When the storm first started, Raider was barking at every little noise. Once he got used to the storm noises, he became my shadow. Star was so scared that she actually peed! Ryan and I layed down to try to nap when we heard a train like howling. We grabbed the pillows, ran into our safe room and started putting more pillows. I reached for Star to put her in and she peed all over!! Poor girl.
That is all for now. I have some more pictures that are of Houston and then even a couple more of our apartment. Perhaps tomorrow I will give you more to look at, but right now I am exhausted, out of words and confused as to what is going to happen next. I am going to get started on my big project that is due Monday in case I do have class first. As far as the test that I am supposed to have, I will study for that once I know for sure. :) Everything is just up in the air.
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Recovery
Ryan, Raider, Star and I are both safe at our parents' houses now, but not without a few stories about our experience! Thanks for everyone who was so concerned! Just letting most of you know, yes we are fine, yes we are out of Houston, and I will be posting some pics and stories just as soon as I can figure out how to get my pictures onto mom and dad's computer.
Couple of things now: our power is still off at the apartment and the poor dogs literally were scared shitless(well pee-less). Be back soon! :)
Couple of things now: our power is still off at the apartment and the poor dogs literally were scared shitless(well pee-less). Be back soon! :)
Friday, September 12, 2008
Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Feels like starting from the beginning,..
Today ws my official first day as an intern with an actual preceptor, one on one. I have to say I am completely overwhelmed, exhausted, confused, nervous, scared, and all of those feelings that you get when it is something new and you feel like you are in over your head! I am positive I can handle all of the pressure and even learn a lot;however this first rotation might be hard due to my preceptor. He has a thick accent and I find myself trying to figure out what he is saying rather than listen to the information and direction he is giving me. I came home today just totally lost. Plus it seems that my mentor talks in circles. I asked questions today, but even right now I am puzzled if I even got an answer. Everyone has their own teaching techniques though and I am sure I will understand eventually. Just at the moment, I am left scratching my head and wondering how I am going to make it through the next four weeks with a suitable grade!
Otherwise, our move went smoothly. The new place does not smell like smoke, in fact it smells like apartment. Ryan says he can smell different foods from previous residents or neighbors, but I think it is just an older apt. smell. There is a problem with this place though and we both knew that this could be an issue when we took a first floor apt.....loud neighbors. They seem to have about a three year old that uses the apartment as a race track (literally) until about eleven at night! On top of him, the parents stomp like I have never heard and are just inconsiderate it seems. Monday morning, a sleeping in day, we heard banging at 6:15 that continued until 6:20. It woke both Ryan and I up and the only thing we could figure out is that their washer was off balance and knocking. Grr it made us mad. I fell back asleep but Ryan was up for the day.
Wedding plans have reached almost a hault, as I expected. As it is I am stacked with homework and reading for school, so wedding planning has simmered down. There are some major things we still have to do and soon, but getting school and interning started was a major priority.
I guess basicly at this point everything is new to me: grad school, interning, and wedding planning. Hence, the title. I feel like I have started undergrad all over again and have those freshmen eyes!
Otherwise, our move went smoothly. The new place does not smell like smoke, in fact it smells like apartment. Ryan says he can smell different foods from previous residents or neighbors, but I think it is just an older apt. smell. There is a problem with this place though and we both knew that this could be an issue when we took a first floor apt.....loud neighbors. They seem to have about a three year old that uses the apartment as a race track (literally) until about eleven at night! On top of him, the parents stomp like I have never heard and are just inconsiderate it seems. Monday morning, a sleeping in day, we heard banging at 6:15 that continued until 6:20. It woke both Ryan and I up and the only thing we could figure out is that their washer was off balance and knocking. Grr it made us mad. I fell back asleep but Ryan was up for the day.
Wedding plans have reached almost a hault, as I expected. As it is I am stacked with homework and reading for school, so wedding planning has simmered down. There are some major things we still have to do and soon, but getting school and interning started was a major priority.
I guess basicly at this point everything is new to me: grad school, interning, and wedding planning. Hence, the title. I feel like I have started undergrad all over again and have those freshmen eyes!
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