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Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Adjusting to life in Kansas!
Hello all! It's late Wednesday night and I have a lot on my mind. I've been away from Albuquerque for a month now, I think that's the longest I've ever been away from home! Everything is going ok, but there is no place like home. I miss Albuquerque so much! And all my friends and especially my family and my parents. I've lived with them my whole life. I feel kind of empty without you all.
In case you were wondering I've finally learned how to cook. Yay, go me! It's not hard at all and it's kind of fun. It's crazy how every kitchen utensil has a use and I use every last one of them. Even with my cooking Kenny still wants pizza at least 3 times a week. I don't let him get away with it more than that.
Kansas is pretty and the weather is really nice right now (But nothing beats the Sandia Mountains). The summer was unbearable to me, thankfully there is much less humidity now. There seems to be much more to do in Manhattan than here in Junction City, but JC is closer to Fort Riley. Manhattan is the home of K-State and the fans are crazy about the color purple. I kind of wish I was in college at K-State going to football games, hitting up Aggieville on Friday and Saturday nights. Lol jk, I'm glad I'm not in school anymore. I'd rather hang out with Kenny anyway. At least K-State football is better than the Lobos. You can tell just by the difference in ticket prices. Lol. I am really not looking forward to the winter. :( But I will be looking forward to Christmas decorations and holiday movies and sipping hot cocoa and snow. I don't know what we will be doing for Halloween. I wanted to dress up as a blue fairy but that costume is impossible to find! And costumes are so expensive, ugh! I'm sad I'll be missing Shelly's birthday and I'm sad I missed Lori and Jon's wedding. :( Oh and I'm also missing Catherine's daughter Emma. She's so cute and growing up so fast!
The job situation is frustrating. I have an interview tomorrow for a bank teller position in Manhattan. But applying online seems to be a slow process. I don't get many responses at all. Job searching is really challenging, you apply and apply, then never hear anything and it makes you just want to give up. Except being that I am unemployed I am more persistent than when I was in Albuquerque. Since I had two part time jobs already I would apply here and there and if I didn't hear anything I would stop for a while. Plus I think being in a long distance relationship and with Kenny being in the Army and not having much free time anyway I was pretty satisfied not having the obligation to work full time. If I needed to request time off to go see Kenny or for when he came into town, I could easily to that. Also I was thinking about the future and if I should wait and see if I would move to Kansas, which I ended up doing. Anyway, I did some research about bank loans and the bank's services to prepare for the interview tomorrow but the glass is always half empty with me, I probably wont get the position.
The first few weeks being here were difficult, even now I still feel like the apartment is kind of a prison. At first it felt like a mistake moving out here but I'm starting to adjust being here. They closed the pool at the end of August so my plan to make friends with Army wives didn't work out. I don't know that I would be able to relate to them though anyway because most of them have kids. Although I would not want to raise a family in these apartments, even with two bedrooms we barely have enough room for all of Kenny's Army stuff, I couldn't imagine having a baby or a kid in these apartments! We have been talking about getting a kitten. I would love to have one but when I go back to Albuquerque I would have to bring it back with me and I don't know how my dad would feel about that. And Cinder might not adjust very well to having another cat in the house especially a young cat because he is already nine years old. I wish we could have a dog instead but I wouldn't want to have a dog here unless we had a house, which we don't. There are a lot of residents who have dogs, big ones too. I would feel bad for it, dogs shouldn't be kept in apartments, they should have a big yard to run around in. Unless you were home all day and took it for a walk every day. I guess that would work.
I thought I was going to be more committed to losing weight once I got out here and away from my mom who loves to keep desserts in the house, but that is not the case. It may be that my head isn't in it and that I am using food as a comfort while I'm adjusting. Lol. I haven't gained any weight really, I've maintained my weight for ten months now, but I wish I was losing weight those ten months instead. I basically stopped following Weight Watchers the beginning of December when I got down to 157 because they changed the plan to Points Plus and I hated it. I've realized now that it's basically the same as the old plan just tweaked a little bit. I have been trying off and on for these past ten months to get back on the plan and lose another 20-25 pounds but I just can't do it. I have no self control and going to the meetings gave me accountability and that is what I need. Maybe if I get a job I will start attending meetings again because I think that really is what works. I think the lowest I got to was 148, now I'm at about 152. I wish I would push my self to exercise more. I'm a terrible runner and having breathing problems makes it difficult to keep my momentum going. Kenny encourages me to go jogging at the River Walk here in Junction City but I've been sleeping in every day. It's terrible, I need a job! Lol. And usually when he gets home he is too tired to go with me because he's already done PT and worked out during lunch. The bad thing is when it starts to get really cold I can't go to the River Walk anymore :( Maybe if I get a job I will join a gym. Lol.
We just finished watching three seasons of Breaking Bad on Netflix. I can't stand Jesse and Walt but I enjoyed watching it since it was filmed in Albuquerque. I miss seeing the Sandia Mountains every day. I'm sad I missed the State Fair and will be missing the Balloon Fiesta. I don't think I went to the Balloon Fiesta last year either. I will be going next year for sure. Gosh I never realized how cool New Mexico is until I moved away from it. Well at least Albuquerque is :)
Well it seems that everyone is staying busy with husbands, jobs and school but don't forget about me. No one has called me except my mom. I would love to hear from my friends.
Kenny has a four day weekend starting Friday and we may or may not score tickets to a Nascar race in Kansas City, but even if we don't get them we might go there for a day anyway.
In case you were wondering I've finally learned how to cook. Yay, go me! It's not hard at all and it's kind of fun. It's crazy how every kitchen utensil has a use and I use every last one of them. Even with my cooking Kenny still wants pizza at least 3 times a week. I don't let him get away with it more than that.
Kansas is pretty and the weather is really nice right now (But nothing beats the Sandia Mountains). The summer was unbearable to me, thankfully there is much less humidity now. There seems to be much more to do in Manhattan than here in Junction City, but JC is closer to Fort Riley. Manhattan is the home of K-State and the fans are crazy about the color purple. I kind of wish I was in college at K-State going to football games, hitting up Aggieville on Friday and Saturday nights. Lol jk, I'm glad I'm not in school anymore. I'd rather hang out with Kenny anyway. At least K-State football is better than the Lobos. You can tell just by the difference in ticket prices. Lol. I am really not looking forward to the winter. :( But I will be looking forward to Christmas decorations and holiday movies and sipping hot cocoa and snow. I don't know what we will be doing for Halloween. I wanted to dress up as a blue fairy but that costume is impossible to find! And costumes are so expensive, ugh! I'm sad I'll be missing Shelly's birthday and I'm sad I missed Lori and Jon's wedding. :( Oh and I'm also missing Catherine's daughter Emma. She's so cute and growing up so fast!
The job situation is frustrating. I have an interview tomorrow for a bank teller position in Manhattan. But applying online seems to be a slow process. I don't get many responses at all. Job searching is really challenging, you apply and apply, then never hear anything and it makes you just want to give up. Except being that I am unemployed I am more persistent than when I was in Albuquerque. Since I had two part time jobs already I would apply here and there and if I didn't hear anything I would stop for a while. Plus I think being in a long distance relationship and with Kenny being in the Army and not having much free time anyway I was pretty satisfied not having the obligation to work full time. If I needed to request time off to go see Kenny or for when he came into town, I could easily to that. Also I was thinking about the future and if I should wait and see if I would move to Kansas, which I ended up doing. Anyway, I did some research about bank loans and the bank's services to prepare for the interview tomorrow but the glass is always half empty with me, I probably wont get the position.
The first few weeks being here were difficult, even now I still feel like the apartment is kind of a prison. At first it felt like a mistake moving out here but I'm starting to adjust being here. They closed the pool at the end of August so my plan to make friends with Army wives didn't work out. I don't know that I would be able to relate to them though anyway because most of them have kids. Although I would not want to raise a family in these apartments, even with two bedrooms we barely have enough room for all of Kenny's Army stuff, I couldn't imagine having a baby or a kid in these apartments! We have been talking about getting a kitten. I would love to have one but when I go back to Albuquerque I would have to bring it back with me and I don't know how my dad would feel about that. And Cinder might not adjust very well to having another cat in the house especially a young cat because he is already nine years old. I wish we could have a dog instead but I wouldn't want to have a dog here unless we had a house, which we don't. There are a lot of residents who have dogs, big ones too. I would feel bad for it, dogs shouldn't be kept in apartments, they should have a big yard to run around in. Unless you were home all day and took it for a walk every day. I guess that would work.
I thought I was going to be more committed to losing weight once I got out here and away from my mom who loves to keep desserts in the house, but that is not the case. It may be that my head isn't in it and that I am using food as a comfort while I'm adjusting. Lol. I haven't gained any weight really, I've maintained my weight for ten months now, but I wish I was losing weight those ten months instead. I basically stopped following Weight Watchers the beginning of December when I got down to 157 because they changed the plan to Points Plus and I hated it. I've realized now that it's basically the same as the old plan just tweaked a little bit. I have been trying off and on for these past ten months to get back on the plan and lose another 20-25 pounds but I just can't do it. I have no self control and going to the meetings gave me accountability and that is what I need. Maybe if I get a job I will start attending meetings again because I think that really is what works. I think the lowest I got to was 148, now I'm at about 152. I wish I would push my self to exercise more. I'm a terrible runner and having breathing problems makes it difficult to keep my momentum going. Kenny encourages me to go jogging at the River Walk here in Junction City but I've been sleeping in every day. It's terrible, I need a job! Lol. And usually when he gets home he is too tired to go with me because he's already done PT and worked out during lunch. The bad thing is when it starts to get really cold I can't go to the River Walk anymore :( Maybe if I get a job I will join a gym. Lol.
We just finished watching three seasons of Breaking Bad on Netflix. I can't stand Jesse and Walt but I enjoyed watching it since it was filmed in Albuquerque. I miss seeing the Sandia Mountains every day. I'm sad I missed the State Fair and will be missing the Balloon Fiesta. I don't think I went to the Balloon Fiesta last year either. I will be going next year for sure. Gosh I never realized how cool New Mexico is until I moved away from it. Well at least Albuquerque is :)
Well it seems that everyone is staying busy with husbands, jobs and school but don't forget about me. No one has called me except my mom. I would love to hear from my friends.
Kenny has a four day weekend starting Friday and we may or may not score tickets to a Nascar race in Kansas City, but even if we don't get them we might go there for a day anyway.
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