Mini Update

It seems like all I ever do now is little updates... Sorry, but we're still getting settled in. Malachi and I are looking for work. I might just start substitute teaching, or I may try to find some other regular job. I haven't actually decided yet. We'll see. Malachi is looking for work too. I don't know what he's going to get, but he's applying everywhere in the area. He doesn't really care what he gets as long as it pays! He's probably going to stay at CBU. It'll work out, but it'll be rough for a bit. The apt is nice-- better than I expected, so we're content. We're in the process of collecting furniture for the pad. We've got a dining room table, but no chairs, a couch, coffee table and chair for the living room, and a bed and one dress (we might need one more) for our room. We're short a few pieces, but we're managing. We were so happy to find that we left 75% of our dishes in AK. <- sarcasm. I've been buying things here and there, but it sucks because we don't have complete sets. We have the coffee cups and soup bowls from our Pfalstaph (sp???) set and the plates from our Arcoroc set. The end. It's pretty sad. I feel like I did in college, where none of my dishes or matched and I really didn't care. Except for now, I do care. It kinda sucks. I'm so thrilled to be down here, especially for shopping purposes. We did most of our first shopping at the 99 Cent Only store. I loooove it. We got half and half, cereal, chips, milk, bagels, bread, 6 packs of soda, and a ton of other stuff for-- you guessed it-- 99 cents each. It's awesome. Also, they sell artichokes for a buck fifty here as opposed to 3 fifty in AK. And I bought a bag of 5 avocados at the 99 Cents Only store instead of spending 2 bucks per fruit. I love it. It's so much easier to be frugal here. We're not pregnant, obviously, or I would have said something by now. We're still trying. I don't have much patience (duh) so something better happen quick like or I'll have to adopt. Malachi's friend Ron and Michele live down here and we're going to have erev shabbat with them tomorrow. Hopefully that will go well. We'll probably check out congregations this weekend. I think there are enough options in the area that we should be able to find something we like. Let's see... we went to the beach last week. It was fun but it took 4 days to get the majority of the sand out of my dreads. That sucked. Next time I'll wear a swim cap. We all had a blast. Erica and Malachi lathered up with sunblock and neither of them burned too badly. I got a bit pink, but the next day it was a fab tan. I love being half black. Muwahahaha. I had a weird dream last night that I was on a cruise and befriended Britney Spears and we wen't to the spa and got massages and mudbaths. It was weird... Not that that has anything to do with anything... We'll I have to get going for now. I'm going to do some job hunting and maybe some more unpacking. I'm planning to email you guys with my phone number and address, if you don't have it already. If you don't get an email from me (or you know I don't have your email) just send me a message and I'll send you my contact info.

Everything's Messed Up

I'm going to whine.
So, now with less than two days before we hit the road for CA, we realize that Malachi's financial aid is NOT going to cover CBU. Now we are thinking UCR would be a better bet. Great. No problem... Except for one little thing....
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LIVING AT CBU.
I looked at the apt. last week. It really blows, because school doesn't start until August or September, but the housing issue is going to mess everything up. I mean, can we get away with living there for a month or two and then leaving before school starts? I think not.
So now we're the same sad situation we were in at the very beginning- I have no job, crappy credit and we have nowhere to live. Grrr...
Seriously though, what would the ramifications be if we moved into CBU housing and them left before school actually started? Hmmm... I don't know. I wonder if we'd get charged a fat fee... I wonder if we'll even have to sign a lease. I can't believe I'm sitting here, with all my crap packed up, leaving in two days and I don't have a place to live. This is really not good.
K