I can't believe I live in BROOKLYN!!!

How surreal is this? Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be living in Brooklyn!

For the past month I was packing every day and little by little the apartment was packed. On Wednesday night we were up until midnight doing the final packing, took apart some furniture, our bed being one of them and slept on the couches in the living room. Thursday was the moving day and we got up at 6am, got some Dunkin Donuts and waited for the guys to come and help us. Our new landlord Chris, T's brother Johnny and T's friend Calvin were our work horses. We took a load of stuff to our storage place...it is now packed from floor to the ceiling. Then we packed the van and headed to Brooklyn. I was driving T's car, T was driving Chris' car, Johnny his own, Chris Calvin's and Calvin drove the van. I have never been so nervous in my life as I was on the turnpike. Tractor trailers sandwiching you on both sides passing you 70 miles per hour, trying to follow Johnny's car so I didn't lose him as I didn't know where I was going and here if you miss your exit the next might be tens of miles away. I also had to go to the bathroom badly so that drive was not fun. And then we hit Staten Island and the traffic was barely moving. Can you say good times?

We were moving until about 6pm so the whole deal took almost around the clock. After the guys left we went to the deli across the street and got sandwiches. We were up until midnight again unpacking and made some progress. On Friday the cable guy came to hook up the TV, Internet and phone...Woo Hoo, we have TV! Some more unpacking and the place started to look like home. On Saturday we had Chris' birthday bbq, did some shopping for the new place and did 3 loads of laundry. On Sunday for Eagles game we went to a local pub that shows all the games, had a few ciders/beers and some chicken wings. For the rest of the day we finished up the apartment and watched some more football. We are done now. It was a bit a bit challenging putting our stuff in the closet space here as there's a LOT less available space but we managed. It looks really nice and cozy. We like it. Now we kinda hope that we will stay here for longer than a month. Or not. I can't decide. It's really nice place and the neighborhood is awesome and moving is a bitch but at the same time I want this job in DC. So lets hope they call me...later this week, early next week...

Since we moved here, on both days this week I've gotten phone calls about my resume. Yesterday someone called about a Environmental Engineering job in Morris County, NJ. She said she will give my resume to the hiring people to set up a phone interview...will see if that happens. My visa status might be an issue even though she said it might not. This morning someone called me about an Environmental Manager job placed at Merck in NJ. After I told him about my visa status he said they were not sponsoring visas right now so that did not work out...but it looks like I am getting noticed at least.Can't do anything about the visa status...

I gotta eat some lunch and take a little walk around the hood but I will post some pictures and blog more in the days to come...or later today...

Later!

September

This month has been great so far. Especially the 3 first days. Wanna have a job in Kazakhstan? No thank you but thanks for the interest! Wanna interview for us for a position is DC? YES, absolutely! And then Happy Birthday!

I spent my birthday with my 3 girls. T was home "sick" for my birthday and it was awesome. The cats had saved from their allowances again and Bailey got me 4 "Jaws" DVDs and Sox got me the Miss Congeniality DVDs. T took me to Red Lobster which might be an annual thing...LOVE Red Lobster and bought me a waffle maker. Before you say anything bad about my waffle maker you should know that it makes COW and duck shaped waffles! Isn't that awesome??? I saw it the day we took the cats to see a vet and now I have one! Woo Hoo! I'm so excited but I won't open it until we move to Brooklyn.

My birthday was very low key, just the way I like it. We walked to Dunkin Donuts, spent an hour by the pool, and watched 2 of the Jaws movies. Few weeks ago was Sharks week on Nat Geo channel and we got talking about the Jaws movies and how great the shark was for movies produces in the 70's...Sox picked up on that but didn't have enough money so B got them for me. that night was the last Eagles preseason game and Michael Vick was playing a lot so we stayed home and watched the game and ordered a pizza.

We went to Red Lobster on Friday and then on Saturday we went to T's mom's for dinner. We were playing around with Carly who can now say my name and is just talking mile a minute. She's like a little parrot, repeating after you. I asked her what her name was and she said "me". LOL! She is the cutest little girl ever! We might see her again on Sunday for the Football season opening...Make her an Eagles fan...

For the rest of the weekend (It was a long weekend, Monday was a Holiday) we laid by the pool, sat outside, packed a little and went to a street fair in Nutley. It was a nice little walk and an preview of things to come when we move to Brooklyn. Speaking of Brooklyn...we are moving in 2 weeks and still have a lot of packing to do. I better get to some of it today.

I had my interview 2 days ago...it was a phone interview with my future boss should I be hired!hehe...It's an Environmental Scientist position for a company in DC...they are doing the phone interviews this week and then will get back to the people who they wanna meet face to face at the beginning of October. Interviews in DC would would be at the end f October and I don't know if the job would then start in November...I am really excited about this opportunity and hope to get a call back. I thought the interview went well, obviously there is always improvements to be made but who knows...Unfortunately I am not making the decisions! But She sounded really nice and I just hope that I am what they are looking for. This was my first real big time interview so even if I wouldn't get the job at least I have some experience now...

What's next? More job hunting, more packing and a move in 2 weeks. Keep your fingers crossed for a call back!

Today is the 8th anniversary of September 11 terrorist attacks. I am so grateful that T got out of the city that day alive. I love You baby.

Hope

I think I might not be a lost cause after all...After months and months of silence all of a sudden I have 2 interested parties asking about me! First yesterday I got an e-mail about job opportunity in Kazakhstan...Needless to say I am not interested in going there unless they offer like 10 million dollars per year! Then this morning I woke up to an e-mail from a possible employer from DC wanting to do a phone interview next week! YAY! I will try to stay calm and not get overly excited so that I don't jinx myself but...YAY!

I also made an appointment with my career counselor at MSU to do an mock interview next Tuesday. He told me when I saw him that as soon as I hear something, to contact him and he can help me prepare for it. So next week should be interesting.

Sox is feeling much better. After last Thursday's Doctor's visit when she got an injection of antibiotics she had trouble going to the bathroom and was having diarrhea. After the initial problems she did not poop for 3 days and then when she finally did, it was on a bathroom rug! Now she is ok but not too happy about the diet she's on. Sox is eating the same food she was on before but smaller portion. Bailey is on a diet food and is actually enjoying it. They are going back for a dental appointment on the 16th and for booster shots on the 19th.

Tomorrow's my Birthday! YAY! We are going to Red Lobster for dinner, which is my fave restaurant here...Seafood is SO YUMMY! Other than that I don't know if we have plans. It's a holiday weekend here, the end of the summer so hopefully there will be a party somewhere. We also have a lot of packing to do so that will take some of our time.

Now I must go back to job hunting. Later!