Job Hunting

When we decided to move to Chicago, I was hit with the realization that I was going to have to interview outside of Target for the first time in over a decade.  While I have enjoyed my brief stint of unemloyment, I have quickly come to find that I need something to occupy my time!  I'm out there scouring the internet and following up on leads.  I'm looking forward to having a job again and getting back to the workforce.  

We're headed back to MN next week for Micah & Jason's wedding and will be staying the following week to catch up with friends.  We're going out with friends this weekend, so we finally seem to be getting back to normal.  

Finally connected to the world again!!!!

After several weeks sans internet and cable, the Comcast installer has successfully reconnected us to the world!  Not having these two staples in my life has given me the unique perspective of a life without technology.  I did not take to it!  In the past several weeks, I have drained my little cell phone battery in a vain attempt to read my email on a 4" screen, resorted to rabbit ears antenna and watched all of the TV shows that we own on DVD.  I could have kissed the Comcast guy!

We are settling into life in Chicago.  Slowly, we've unpacked our apartment and to our dismay discovered that we own WAY more stuff than we thought we did (I know, who would have thought that I would have a lot of stuff).  After at least 10 trips to the Good Will (they know Steve by sight now) and 5 closest FILLED to the gills with storage, we are beginning to see an apartment materialize where towers of brown boxes once stood.  We've ventured out a couple of times when exhaustion did not sink its usual post-dinner claws into us and have found some good places to eat, a library and rode the El to downtown to attempt to shop for birthday gifts.

We'll be back in Minnesota for Micah and Jason to get hitched in a week and are looking forward to seeing you all when we get there!