Good evening from chilly (okay, freezing) Hamilton, Montana! I am writing this from the library because somehow I have lived without Internet for one month now. One month. Every day I thank my lucky stars that I have an iphone because without it I would be a mess, sad to say.
But, things are about to change! I found a girl on craigslist who needs a roommate for her house (we will each have our own bedroom) and I am moving in this Friday! And joyous news, we will be getting internet in the next couple weeks! I think I might cry from joy. I have been without Netflix for FAR too long. And you can make fun of me all you want, but I love the internet and I love the convenience of it.
My State of Montana PTA license FINALLY came through on Monday. Guess how many times I had to take the stupid jurisprudence exam before I passed? FOUR TIMES. I know. When I got the email saying I didn't pass the third time, I think that was the most mad I have ever been in my life! The test is 25 T/F questions and so they didn't tell me which ones I miss. Okay honestly I'm sick of talking about this...basically, I'm just glad I finally passed. Ugh. So now I have been a practicing PTA for two whole days now, and I am exhausted already. Haha! But I love being busy and I love how tired I am at the end of the day because it means that I have done something worthwhile. It has been over two years since I've worked at any job, and this is my first post-college, big girl job!! And I LOVE IT. The people I work with are amazing and everyone is always looking out for each other. Oh and did I mention how nice the paychecks are? Woof. I am not used to making money at all so this feels reeeaaallly good.
What else...oh, I had to stop running because my left foot hurts so bad, and it doesn't even hurt near any surgery site so that is way confusing. Jocelyn (one of the PTs at work) thought maybe it was just added stress from working plus running, and my foot is not quite used to bearing the weight in that area of my foot yet. All I know is that I am highly frustrated but I guess it came at a good time because it is getting too cold to run outside. Once I get a gym membership next week (FINALLY) then I'll really focus on weight training and using the elliptical and stationary bikes. I have some elaborate plans for racing next summer so I better be able to run soon!
Thanksgiving is next week! Can you believe it!? I am driving over to Great Falls for the holiday to celebrate with Sydnee's family and I am beyond excited. Sure, it'll be my first Thanksgiving away from home but I'm going home for Christmas so I'll be fine. Here's to hoping the weather is good for the drive! This will also be the first year in a long, long time that I can go Black Friday shopping!!! And it'll be the first year I can buy presents for my family! Mostly I need to build up my winter wardrobe, as I have next to no winter clothes. That, and work clothes. I need to basically start from the ground up with work clothes because I don't really have any. How cool would it be if I could wear yoga pants every day like I did when I was in school? Alas, it is slacks and a nice shirt every day. No jeans :( which I fully expected but it still hard! Oh well, it's an excuse to buy new clothes which I haven't done in years anyway.
Well that's about the extent of new things that have happened in the last month. Here's to hoping the next month will be just as great! Who am I kidding, it's ALMOST CHRISTMAS!!
