Job hunting

Well, the career fair was last week. Had a few interviews and got asked back to a second round interview for next week. Here's hoping I can find a job before graduation!

MIA...

Yes, I've been MIA. Classes started, DZ called with committee things to do, and life crept in! I've been keeping up with the book list, and I have to say I'm amazed at how much easier and faster it is to read a book with the new Kindle! I've always got my book, I never lose my place, and when I finish one, I have another ready to go immediately!

Headed Home...

I think I'm headed home this weekend with a load of stuff. This will mean less boxes, crates, clothes, etc to move when I move for good in 2 weeks. It also gives me a chance to see my sister for a short period of time before she heads back to IN for school.

Moving Prep.... Again

This week, this weekend, and next week will all be filled with re-organaizing the apartment I'm in in MO so that I can figure out how I can get it all back to Ames. We moved down with a single 6x10 UHaul truck and we're hoping to get back with a single 5x8 UHaul trailer. I just hope I can fit the rest of the random crap I've accumulated and brought with me into the 2 vehicles we'll be driving. Time to start packing the clothes I know I won't wear in the next 3 weeks into space bags. Time to start packing dishes into boxes and using paper and plastic stuff. It all has to be done by August 10, because that's when I leave for MN for the Intern Wrap Up. I don't get back to MO until Friday LATE in the evening and I will start moving Saturday when Dad arrives in town. He won't want to wait around for me to finish packing, so I need to have it done.

Ames... Cursed?

Does anyone else think that ISU is cursed this year?

July 21

Body discovered in university apartment; no foul play suspected

(And yes, I checked it wasn't my apartment someone died in!)

April 26

ISU student struck, killed by train

April 14

ISU student dies; bacterial meningitis suspected

March 15

New Mexico crash claims life of ISU student; others injured

Jan. 30

Iowa State University student is missing; police seek assistance (Later found dead)

Moving Stinks

I spent all last weekend packing up boxes and moving furniture out of my apartment in Ames and into a storage unit for the interval between moving out of this apartment and getting into the one I'm living in on campus this fall. As much as I love the fact that I'll be down to only paying one rent each month, it's still tough to drive the 3 hours to Ames, pack and move all weekend, then drive the 3 hours back. All this, while knowing I still have to go back one more time to clean it up. It's a mess, that's for sure. Furniture that hadn't been moved in forever and a day left fuzz balls on the floor. You can see where my computer was based on the mess on the wall where the fan blew dust. It'll take some time, but it'll be good to get out. I'll go back next weekend to do the cleaning and check out. Hopefully that means I'll be getting my deposit back in full and I'll be able to put it toward my savings account.

Ceiling Fans, Books, & TV

My ceiling is back in place. I'm so happy to be sleeping away from the front porch. I now have a ceiling fan in my bedroom and I love it. Having no AC in the bedroom makes the fan that much more enjoyable.

This weekend I plan to clean up a little. When I moved in, some things never made it past the floor in the living room. I'm going to try to put the rest of the stuff away. I also have to vacuum (which is now possible, since I didn't have my vacuum before). The vacuuming is necessary. The window air conditioner blew a whole bunch of black chunks onto the floor the first time I ran it and it's just been sitting there on the floor ever since.

My other goals for the weekend are to finish reading Wicked and finish watching Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. I started watching the whole series from beginning to end a week or so ago. With nothing to do in the evenings I've been watching several each night. I'm into season 5 out of 7. I think I can accomplish both of these goals this weekend, crazy goals though they may be.