Our transition to Heber has been good but also really crazy. Colton had a lot of different job offers and it really came down to who he was going to have to let down, and what positions worked best for our family. He was offered a great position at a really nice Assisted Living Facilty, and with his experience his pay was a lot better. He accepted the grave yard position, (it paid more and allowed him to work around my schedule) and started the night he was hired.
He LOVES it. They are going to pay for his schooling (and then up his salary when he gets certified) and he is finally doing what he loves full time. He is also working Walgreens part time, which is his play money, I am also working about 25 hours a week. The best part is that we have opposite schedules so Tai is always with one of us, and doesn't have to be with a sitter. If a sitter is necessary, my mom is five minutes down the road, so the situation is really ideal.
It was tough for the first couple weeks, we put in over 100 hours in the first week alone. I started to feel like I was never seeing Colton or Tai, but the routine is a lot better now.
Colton doesn't know anyone in Heber, and that has been hard for him, but he works so much and hangs out with my family, so I think it keeps him from being lonely. His family is only a 40 minute drive away, so that keeps him happy too. He wishes there was an MMA gym (of course) close by, but we are settling for something...similar. :)
I love my job. It's really easy, and I enjoy my coworkers a lot. I'm at the railroad, so we really only have people around for two hours in a 9 hour day. The rest is pretty quiet, and I like being out and having the time to myself. I like feeling like I am contributing and helping our family.
With both of us working, we are saving up for a honeymoon, and paying off debt, which is great! Hopefull in the next couple of years we can become debt free and get into a house. That is the goal.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
New Town
In May we decided that the best thing for our little family would be to move to Heber and be closer to both sides of the family.
We got approved for a brand new subsidized housing complex in Heber. YAY. That means new wood floors, walk in closet...our own bathroom. WASHER AND DRYER! A cute little porch :) We are so excited, Heber was just a little out of budget for us, especially compared to Cedar City, and this allowed us to move in. We thought there would be a huge waiting list, but apparently there wasn't because no one was passing the credit check to actually be able to live in the new apartments. They were shocked when our credit passed because they have had to deny so many people.
The bad part of the new apartment complex is that they are still building it. They told us it would be ready by June 1st. We moved up a week in advance so I could start working and Colton could finish interviewing and training for his job. I packed for a week, thats it.
We have been here now for a month, and still haven't heard anything from the land management people. It is so frustrating. They have paved half the parking lot (the half that has all the unfinished buildings by it.) Which makes NO sense to me. And it looks like this could get dragged on for a long time.
Meanwhile we are at my parents 3 bedroom house. With 9 people. Its really, really cramped. I haven't lived with my parents in YEARS, so it's hard to be here and add a whole different family to the mix. Not only that but this house is so small, when Tai wakes up and screams (his new favorite thing to do) it wakes every single person in the house. Add in a growth spurt and make it multiple times a night, plus different work schedules and it gets really hard.
So I hope that their promise of "no later than July 1st" is genuine, otherwise we might not be able to take much more. I love my family, we just need to get into a better routine and Tai having 4 mom's is not helping much. I would also like to be able to let him scream for more than 10 seconds without panicking about waking everyone. I know. Horrible mom, right?
I also would like to have more than 7 outfits, and his nursery and different rooms to sleep in.
We got approved for a brand new subsidized housing complex in Heber. YAY. That means new wood floors, walk in closet...our own bathroom. WASHER AND DRYER! A cute little porch :) We are so excited, Heber was just a little out of budget for us, especially compared to Cedar City, and this allowed us to move in. We thought there would be a huge waiting list, but apparently there wasn't because no one was passing the credit check to actually be able to live in the new apartments. They were shocked when our credit passed because they have had to deny so many people.
The bad part of the new apartment complex is that they are still building it. They told us it would be ready by June 1st. We moved up a week in advance so I could start working and Colton could finish interviewing and training for his job. I packed for a week, thats it.
We have been here now for a month, and still haven't heard anything from the land management people. It is so frustrating. They have paved half the parking lot (the half that has all the unfinished buildings by it.) Which makes NO sense to me. And it looks like this could get dragged on for a long time.
Meanwhile we are at my parents 3 bedroom house. With 9 people. Its really, really cramped. I haven't lived with my parents in YEARS, so it's hard to be here and add a whole different family to the mix. Not only that but this house is so small, when Tai wakes up and screams (his new favorite thing to do) it wakes every single person in the house. Add in a growth spurt and make it multiple times a night, plus different work schedules and it gets really hard.
So I hope that their promise of "no later than July 1st" is genuine, otherwise we might not be able to take much more. I love my family, we just need to get into a better routine and Tai having 4 mom's is not helping much. I would also like to be able to let him scream for more than 10 seconds without panicking about waking everyone. I know. Horrible mom, right?
I also would like to have more than 7 outfits, and his nursery and different rooms to sleep in.
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