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The Longest Day
Jan 26th
Well, today is going to be a really long day! I looked forward to yesterday because I got to go to the cities and visit Jared! I haven’t seen him in over a week and I was really happy to see him.
It all started the night before. I knew that sleep wise, the next couple of days were going to be difficult. I got to sleep at around 11:30 (really early for me). At about 1:30 I got a call from Kohl saying that he was really drunk and his friend got on the phone and said that they were going to be driving him home soon because he had thrown up all over himself and the car. I thought that was fine and went back to bed. at 1:50, I get ANOTHER call from his friend saying that Kohl would not let them drive him home and I needed to come and get him.
I got up, got in my cold car in my PJs and drove down 90 towards the northside ShopKo which is around where his friend lived. I missed the damn exit on the freeway because I couldn’t see very well and was going too fast and would have crashed if I took the off-ramp at the speed I was going. I had to wait until the next exit (on French Island) to turn around and get off the correct exit. I eventually got to his friends house and had to go in and get Kohl off the bathroom floor. It was not pretty.
I eventually got him in the car and we started driving home. I had to stop a block down the street from his friends house so Kohl could vomit out the door into the street. We drove another block and he threw up again! Then he started cussing at me and I was not happy about it. I almost kicked him out of the car and made him walk home. We eventually made it home and Kohl needed a bath. Long story short, he got in the bathtub, threw up more, cried and eventually made it into bed and went to sleep after trying to cuddle with me and being denied. This brings the time to about 3AM.
Here at last
Nov 3rd
Well, we finally arrived in Wisconsin on Halloween night at around 7:30 in the evening. The next day, we unloaded the U-Haul into Beth’s garage and got settled. I went to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT as opposed to the DMV in California) and applied for a drivers license. I was able to get my new plates (which are now on my car), but you need to sacrafice your first born to prove who you are to get a license. I will have to bring in proof of residency, my birth certificate and Social Security Card to get licensed in Wisconsin.
In other news, I interviewed and got hired at ShopKo, but am making way less than I would like and not in a department I would like. I am going to apply at a few other places and see if there is anything that I like that may pay better out here. We will see! Well, I am tired of being here in the library and need to go eat lunch. I will post an update again soon hopefully. Until then…
no phone
Oct 30th
dont have phone reception, but this hotel has Internet, and we are in Green River, WY. We hope to be in WI today.
Leaving the office
Oct 19th
Well, there are only 7 more hours that I will be in the office. 5 hours actually on the phones, 1 hour in a meeting and 1 hour for lunch. In the end, it will probably turn out to be 3.5 hours on the phone, 1 hour in the meeting and 1 hour for lunch. I have to meet with Jen (the Office Manager) to get some paperwork filled out so I can work in Wisconsin with Sonic.net.
I finally got all the VPN stuff working for Sonic.net so I can work remotely. It will be fun to do tickets from home and/or the library in Wisconsin.
I will miss working with all the good folks in the office here at Sonic.net. I liked giving Kavan shit over my cube wall, yelling yer mom jokes at Ryan and the all around tom foolery of working next to Kim, Jasper and John F. on the weekends. There are a lot of memories with the folks at Sonic.net, so I will miss them (as well as the Christmas Party and Birthday picnic in the summer time). Oh, well I need to move on and do what is best for me and my family.
It will be much easier to get a job and pay the bills in Wisconsin as well as move into my own place in a year or so that it would EVER be here in Santa Rosa – or ANYWHERE in California. I will get to see the country on the way there, which is something that I have been wanting to do for a long time. It will be a long drive (longer if it is raining, snowing or extremely windy), but I think this will be a great experience in the end and I look forward to starting my new life in Onalaska.
The route
Oct 9th
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Wiscansin Pictures
Sep 27th
To clarify from my last post; I did mean mamories (it is an inside joke with my friends Beth and Laura).
Now, on to some pictures:
Crazy Wiscansins!
Poor Shelia
I knew it!
Scary
More later!
Wiscansin!
Sep 24th
Well, it looks like as of the end of October, I will no longer a resident of California! We should be leaving Santa Rosa on October 28 and getting to Onalaska by October 31st (Halloween). I am SO excited to be moving. I have wanted to move out of this damn apartment that we are living in for like 2 years now! Not only do I get to move out of these apartments, but I get to move out of expensive ass California!
Yes, I will miss my friends and all the mamories that I have had here, but I do need to “start over” and move on with my life where I can actually make a living. It will be so much easier for me to be able to move out and get a place on my own in a year or so than it would EVER be here.
Well, there will be a packing party at my house sometime between now and October 26th (when we are getting the U-Haul). I think that I may start packing up some of my shit very soon. I just need some boxes and I will be set to go!
Almost Home
Sep 17th
Well, this is the last couple of days that we are going to be here in Wisconsin. We go back tomorrow night. On Wednesday, I have to have a chat with my mom about moving out here, but if I get a call from Beths landlord saying that we can move in, I am taking it!
More later including pictures when i get home!
