Left: Dan & Me with the triplets I used to nanny for (they'll be 5 this month)
Right: Dan & Me on the bluffs behind my parent's house
Bottom: Dan & Me at my parent's house
We traveled for Christmas (again) this year. We've only traveled for Christmas 2 years now, and I'm already looking forward to the day when we can put up decorations (because we'll actually be home to enjoy them), have our own tree, and have everyone at our house.
We spent 2 days in Klamath Falls (OR) with Dan's parents, then a week in Santa Barbara (CA), then another 4 days in Klamath Falls (over New Years). It's a 4 hour drive from our house to Klamath Falls, then an 11 hour drive from Klamath down to Santa Barbara. We used our rafting dry bags to keep our luggage, etc. dry on the drive to/from (snowed/rained a lot of the way). On the way back from Santa Barbara to Klamath Falls we had a run-in with some ice. Luckily we were only going about 35mph, there was a guard rail, and no oncoming traffic. We slid around, slammed into the guard rail, and ended up facing the opposite direction in the opposing lane. We were a bit shaken up, but we're fine (and so are the ferrets, who traveled all over with us). The bumper needs work (but the brand new headlights I got Dan for Christmas were unharmed)...
Being in Santa Barbara for the week was awesome - it was the right amount of time, we got to see all our family and most of the friends that we wanted to see, and the weather was nice for us several of the days. Being in Santa Barbara also has made me really homesick, which is something I haven't experienced before.
As soon as we got back I started applying for RT jobs in the area. There aren't really any. I have applied to 10 jobs this week, and only 1 of them was an actual RT job. The rest are jobs branched off an RT license (such as, working in a sleep study lab, doing home health care, etc.). Job hunting is frustrating. No one ever emails to say that they've chosen someone, so move on. It's an employers market. I'm trying to be positive - I know the right job for me will come along. The lack of human interaction (besides Dan, who's at school half of each day) is really getting to me. I've been out of school for 9 months, we've been here 6 months. I need to get back into a routine (besides laundry, cooking, taking care of the house, the truck, our ferrets - that's all fine and good and I enjoy doing it, but I need to interact with people).
In other news, Dan started school again on January 3rd. He did really well his first term (3 As and 1 B) and likes his new classes, so far.
Happy Day!
~Jen~
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