Friday, March 28, 2014

Back to Utah we go!

Ben's job interview in Williston was a joke but I kind of understand why it had to happen. The guy wanted to hire people who lived locally which is completely ridiculous because anyone who lives in Williston is out there because of a job. So basically he had no housing arrangements or plans we drove 7 hours for the interview that was 10 minutes. On the drive back home Ben called Staker and Parson and talked with them about a field tech position. The guy asked about pay Ben gave him a number and the guy said no problem. He called Ben the next day and offered him the job start date April 14th. I let my job know and they were awesome about it. They are even having a little goodbye party for me on Wednesday they are so sweet. So this weekend we are packing up as much as we possibly can I work Mon, Tues, Wed. My dad will be here Tues night. We will start driving Wednesday night Thursday morning. I have a job interview on Friday morning and have 2 tests for school to take this coming week! CRAZINESS! But what did you expect from us?! We are really excited and it's awesome the way things are falling into place so quickly. When I told my cousin and his wife we would be moving to Ogden where they also live they immediately offered for us to live in their basement until we get living arrangements figured out. They are amazing people and I'm actually really excited to spend time with them. Morgan, my lil sis, could not be happier and I am excited to be close to family again and close to Weber University where I am currently enrolled in school and would love to get into their nursing program. 

Monday, March 24, 2014

Small glimpse into my brain...

We have no idea what the hell we are doing! There I said it. It's been a stressful past weekish or so trying to figure out what we are doing. Ben was laid off for most of the winter then he was offered a job and that job sucked! They basically had it out for him before he even began. It was really ridiculous. So then we had a talk that went late into the night about moving back to Utah or even Arizona or somewhere besides North Dakota because really why are we even here? I started posting stuff for sale like crazy 1) so we didn't have to move it 2) to help pay for moving expenses. To add to all of this we are in the same amount if not more debt than when we moved up here and our biggest goal was to get out of debt moving up here where the pay is more and yada yada. Well then 1 week ago on Monday Ben got a call from a company in Williston,ND (3.5 hours away from Bismarck) they want to interview him and a guy is flying in from Maryland to do the interview. The interview is tomorrow. Here are some pro's and cons about this job though Pro: possibly very good money. Con:There is no where for me to live out there and if there was it would be ridiculously expensive. Pro: They can probably get Ben housing, best case scenario they can get a lil condo or something we can both live in out there. Con: if they don't then I have to stay in Bismarck all by myself and not see Ben for days on end. Pro: If it's good money we could pay off debt. Con: When we thought we were moving to Utah I applied for jobs in Utah at IHC and they could very possibly want to hire me soon. Which means we get our awesome insurance coverage back, plus IHC has their own nursing program, and it would either be in the Maternity unit or the ER which I would LOVE! In the midst of all this neither of us have a degree (I have my Associate's but it really doesn't help), Ben and I hate the winters up here in ND, when the hell are we supposed to be able to start a family and buy a house. UGH!!!! Yes I'm ranting and this is only a small glimpse into my brain. Thoughts,Comments are always greatly appreciated. 

In other news we went shooting on Sunday. Have a mentioned I love shooting the shotgun...Cause I do! I feel bad for Ben though because I really stink at throwing the clay pigeons. So I asked some people who were shooting near us to throw a few for him and then they let him shoot their semi-automatic shotgun...CrAzY but AwEsOmE!