last monday, i finally decided to make it official and announce it to my work that the move is definitely happening. i can't tell you how scared i was. i waited until the end of the day because my boss was in such a bad mood the whole day. [sidenote: when i refer to my boss these days, i'm talking about the one i like/respect, kevin... not jeff. jeff is still here, but my like/respect for him deteriorates a little more every day.] we had a presentation dinner at work last monday and surprisingly, it was on the differences between generations in the workplace. go figure they'd talk about generation Y, which i supposedly fall right into... and how we're transient and expect to have many careers over the course of a lifetime or how we expect our work to be more flexible... yada, yada, yada...
and then i drop the bombshell on my boss and say, "by the way, we are moving. end of may. yep, it's decided."
good news is he is definitely working on the transfer to austin for me. bad news is, it can take up to two months to even know if that can happen and the economy is just horrible. G-austin only has 10 employees. they're small like my current office and work is so slow here that they've fired 10 people over my 9 months here and are now asking people to go part-time. the chances are slim-to-none that i'll actually get transferred.
better news is that we have booked our movers and signed a lease on an apartment. we gave the movers the date of may 26th so dustyn can officially be back to work on june 1. we found a 2/2 apartment at san marin, which is located right behind NI. there's a gate where dustyn can literally walk into the apartment complex, hop on the NI walking trail, and walk for less than 5 minutes to work. it'll be a huge help that we won't have to purchase a second car. if i do have a job, i'll be able to utilize the car since he'll be in close proximity to work.
to explain the 2 bedroom / 2 bathroom part. my brother is actually going to transfer to acc / ut and live with us for a little while. he isn't very well acquainted with austin and needs a change of scenery from college station and high school friends. to be honest, i'm quite scared about the situation, but in the end, i think it's the best thing for him and us right now.
this is going to sound very selfish, but i think the absolute worst thing about this move is doing it all alone. we had friends to help pull us through it last time, but now it'll be very different. you see, this whole "economy" thing is pushing everyone out of san diego. nicole got fired from G, and jennifer got fired from AVRP. jennifer's lease ends here on april 28th, so she's moving back to chicago before then. nicole has decided to move back to new hampshire for a little while to help her save money until the economy gets better. she's leaving may 15th. and misty... well, she won't even talk to me because she's upset about the possibility of us moving - it's more likely she found out on facebook that i'm moving because the most i've gotten from her lately is pathetic cancelation excuses when we make plans. it's like everyone's fleeing from here.
on to happier things...kind of.
before we leave, we've committed to seeing/doing different things every weekend. when my family was here, we got a 2 day pass to disneyland and had to use the second day before 30 days was up. we went to the sister-park, california adventures on sunday. i have to admit that i feel as if i've completely outgrown amusement parks somewhere down the line. i was pouting and didn't want to go (i wasn't going to ask dustyn not to go, but i sincerely didn't want to be there). my allergies were making my eyes so red and teary that i looked like my dog had just died. i tried using that as an excuse, but still, we went anyway.
we rode a few rides, walked around for a while. even saw the high school musical show (which was kind of a disappointment). but can you believe what made the whole day turn around for me? what did we see/do that made me excited to be there?
we saw the pixar parade! seeing all of the characters and costumes and actors singing and dancing was so much fun. it brought back all of the good memories of the movies and made me really appreciate them. and being at the park. i felt pretty pathetic for not wanting to go. we were able to enjoy the rest of the day and have a really good time together. i learned that although it's fun to be at a park with all of your friends, going with your husband is pretty fantastic too. we'd never been to an amusement park together. usually we like being around people so much, that i suppose we take it for granted when we're alone.
the evening came to an end with the 2 hour drive home and dustyn surprising me with a stop at one of my favorite restaurants - the olive garden. they're not as popular here, so when the gps located one, we darted right over. we both decided to have a very light dinner - dustyn only wanted salad and bread sticks. i opted for soup and salad [and bread sticks].
a fairly simple dinner, wouldn't you say? would you assume that one of us would get food poisoning that dinner?
no, probably not...but i woke up at 5:30 am monday morning running a crazy fever. 30 minutes later, i was racing to the kitchen and the "exportation" of everything i've eaten began. i wouldn't wish food poisoning on my worst enemy. it took all of my energy. it felt like i was lifting a 75 lb weight when i was merely trying to lift my arm. my fever was so high [probably should've gone to the doctor, but that would've made FIVE trips in less than two months to the doctor] that my dreams were on the verge of hallucinations. i can vividly remember them - i can't really explain them because they were so out there, but i can see them. i was afraid to take any medicine because it was all just coming right back out. i missed work monday and tuesday, needless to say. i went back to work today and i'm doing better. i still felt like i didn't have enough strength to hold my body upright, but i worked through the pain.
i am quite nervous right now because i just had a side effect common to kidney stones. please pray that i wasn't completely misjudging this as "food poisoning" and avoided a bigger issue.
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