Lucky Thursday

Today was a whirlwind kind of day. I drove up to Ryan's hotel last night. It's a long drive and I came up with the following poem as I drove past Tallahassee: Seminoles are ay-holes. I think it's worthy of an award.

Anyway. Ryan and I woke up bright and early to enjoy a lovely continental breakfast together. Afterward, I went to my interview with Target. I had a first, second and final interview across about an hour and a half. Before I realized what was actually happening I had a job. I'm considered a seasonal employee, though I am pretty confident I will prove my worthiness of a full hire fairly quickly.

We had planned to spend the rest of the afternoon checking out places to live. We visited one place, but the leasing agent was so busy that we decided to come back later for a tour and discussion of prices. Based on a billboard (advertising works!) we visited another place that we both fell in love with. Completely against my usual over-planning, over-researching habits, we applied for the apartment and gave them a deposit. All in one day, I have a job and an apartment. I am so thankful for how smoothly this process is going. To be honest, I'm still sort of in shock.

Depending on when my orientation is and when the moving truck will be collecting our belongings to move, I may or may not even be going back to Orlando at all. It doesn't make a lot of sense to drive 300+ miles, pay for gas and tolls, just to work a couple of days then drive back. Especially since Ryan will have to drive back separately to meet the moving truck and help me finish cleaning/packing. It looks like the best plan is for me to stay here until we can both ride back to Orlando together (a trip which Ryan's job will pay for gas and tolls), meet the moving truck, load things up, clean up, check out of current lease/apt and head back. We'll be living in a hotel for a couple of weeks. We're going to think of it as an extended vacation. I love staying in hotels anyway. The only glitch in the plan is that I didn't pack enough clothing for myself. Not exactly the end of the world.

In other news, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO DA CHEZ AND ISAAC.