...ok so maybe it was three months ago, but still!
The one where I talk about blogging more, and cooking more, and pinning more, and dabbling in vlogging, and just enjoying my summer because I just got done working a big girl job and it sounded like exactly like what I wanted to do?!
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...yeah. Totally not how this summer went.
When I wrote that, this picture is what I thought of :P
It's actually been a pretty tough summer. So many changes in such a short amount of time...it's hard to keep up with them all! And unfortunately it lead to several personal issues that I tried to resolve...which then had its own successes and failures. Here's just a short list of some things that went on this summer.
My dad found out that his position was being terminated at the hospital he was working at :( So he was proactively seeking work and got offered a job in the price range he was asking for :) except this job is in Hillsboro, Ohio, approximately three and a half hours away from where we live now :| He had to move out there June 16th to start the job, so we've been separated since then dealing with everything else down here, like figuring out getting the house ready to be put on the market, tying up all loose ends, and figuring out what this means for my sister and I who are staying in Indiana.
I found out that I was going to be teaching at Perry Meridian High School this coming semester! :) My first day is actually tomorrow, and I have to be up in...five and a half hours. Oops! Oh well, blogging is worth it! :P I'm really looking forward to being in this school and working with this teacher!
One of the loose ends is just schooling in general. Rachel signed a contract for an apartment for she's pretty much leaving the nest essentially for good. Since I'm at a school that's in Indy, I'm staying at home until we sell the house, but even then I'll want to stay in the Indy area if possible.
Still working at the movie theater, although I now have a new title: Lead Supervisor! It's that awesome position where you do all the work of an assistant manager, but without the title, or the keys, or the pay grade. Although I did get a $0.40/hr increase, so I'm not complaining too much! The position is actually great because I'm still working with the staff enough to know what's actually going on with them, any issues or concerns get brought directly to me and then I get to work with everyone to solve them. I'm also in charge of the 12 supervisors we have, so it's pretty nice to have a nice semblance of power.
Last summer we bought a third car because the two that we had were both over a decade old. Well, that's the car that my dad took to Hillsboro when he left for his job, leaving us here with the two old cars. So about a month ago my mother bought a car so that she could feel safe driving around town. This gave us three cars for four of us living at home, things were working out great. Well then, my sister's roommate, who was planning to have a car in Bloomington while she was not, ran into some car troubles. My mother, brother, and I all needed cars in town to go to our jobs and/or schools, so there wasn't a car for her to take down to Bloomington. Well, after some lengthy discussions, I got to start car shopping! The second place we visited ended up having the car that I purchased, a 2008 Nissan Sentra. I fell in love with that care quicker than I dared admit to anyone. I was supposed to be looking at Hondas and Toyotas, because they were known for their reliability. But everything felt right driving the Nissan. It didn't feel like I was driving an old car, which the other ones I test drove did feel like. We were able to make the payments work, and in less than 72 hours I drove the car off the lot!
Pretty sure that's one of my favorite moments of the summer. The car is in my name, the loan is in my name, I am completely responsible for its well-being. Now don't get me wrong, thinking about paying for everything that may go wrong scares me, but I like this first step. I love being able to take care of this car, as weird as that sounds. Like, I've been itching to buy a tire gauge, to get a grease job and oil change, to make copies of my keys, all because I want to take pride in this vehicle and take care of it now to make sure it lasts me well into the future. It's a pretty cool feeling :)
But anyway, now we're that family that each member has their own car. And less than 18 months ago, we had two cars for five drivers. I feel like we're upgrading from dial-up to wifi all over again; the convenience is astounding!
There's so much more, really, that's happened. It's been absolutely insane, this summer. It feels weird at times, because I feel like I belong, and yet I don't at the same time. It's a middle stage where everything is changing expect for the big things (ie the house getting sold, me getting my own place, etc). We're in the middle, and it's weird, and different, and I don't know if I like it or not.
I do know that I'm ready for the school year to start and to start getting my own wheels turning so I can take pride in more aspects of my life, like my classroom and new living quarters :)
