New Job and Other Musings

Man, I have got to update my blog more often. And with more pictures, too. Not that anything too exciting happens in our lives, but I suppose the purpose of blogs is not to write only about the highlights, but the everyday, mundane occurences of life. So here goes.

I found a full-time job around the middle of September; my first day of work was the 14th, actually. I am a teller at a bank called Washington Federal Savings; if you haven't heard of them either, don't worry -- they're an exceptionally low-profile bank. But I work at the Foothill Branch, which is about ten minutes from my house up Emigration Canyon. 8:30-5:00 with an hour for lunch, no weekends, no holidays. It's fabulous. I can't say I'm getting paid as much as I would like, and after they deduct money for my 401(K) contribution, health insurance, and dental insurance, I'm sure I won't even be making minimum wage. Welcome to life, I suppose.

David is still plugging away at school. We've been begging IZOD, where he works, to give him less hours for several weeks now, and only now as the company is facing the possibility of going under do they cut his hours. He still has to work 4-5 days a week, but now for just 4-5 hours at a time. David hates short shifts; he thinks they're a waste of time. He has a point, though, at least in this instance -- he has to drive half an hour to Park City and then half an hour back. It does seem like kind of a waste to drive an hour only to work for four hours. Oh well, whatever pays the bills. The good news with him working less is that school will be a little bit easier to manage. I wish he didn't have to work at all and could just focus on school. Maybe when he transfers to the U or to Westminster he can get some sort of scholarship that will take care of school and perhaps some of the income he would have to earn otherwise. But he wants to go to medical school, so perhaps we should be working as much and saving as much as humanly possible.

The trees are changing colors up the canyon, it's so beautiful! I'll make sure to take some pictures of the gorgeous colors and post them soon. I love living up the canyon, where it feels like fall when it's supposed to. Although it's supposed to be 40 degrees and snowing tomorrow in the mountains; it's much too early for snow. That's one of the disadvantages of living in Utah: all of the seasons come earlier than they're supposed to. There's snow by Halloween and there's still snow at the beginning of March when a certain someone wants to wear all her new spring clothes for her birthday. You learn quickly here as a child that you shouldn't set your heart on wearing any Halloween costume that you would object to covering with a winter coat. No Jasmine, no Ariel, no Tinkerbell, although I suppose all of those characters come either from tropical climates or tropical waters. Mulan knows how to handle snow and cold temperatures, but by the time that movie came around, I was a little too old to be dressing up as Disney leading ladies. I think Halloween improves as you age, however; now you don't have to worry about your costume being weather-appropriate -- you just throw an indoor party and stay inside and eat candy!