The Hunt Continues

We continued our search and found a decent place.  The lady in the front office was even from Mississippi.. and went to State! We couldn't see the actual apartment we would get, but we did see the floor plan.  It wasn't the best layout, but we liked it enough to fill out an application.  We decided to call and tell them whether or not to process it.

We then went to another place... and well, it was the clear winner.  The kitchen is HUGE! And y'all know how much kitchen stuff we have.  And it has a gas stove, which I am pumped about.  We will be on the ground floor, woot!  So we filled out all the paperwork and they would call us and tell us when we were approved. *Spoiler alert* After me calling numerous times and leaving several voicemails, J calls once and gets a person- and we are approved. Move in date- Dec. 2!

We had a busy morning, so we headed to explore Marietta.  It has a cute downtown and we ended up eating at The Marietta Diner.  It was not really what you think of as a diner, but it was good! We then headed back to Midtown for the afternoon.

Sunday, we went to church in East Cobb.  It was fine, probably a little too progressive for us though.  We then went the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area.  J had been by this area called Sope Creek, so we decided we would picnic there with the leftovers from the diner.  I somehow managed to forget my tennis shoes in NC, but we decided to do a little hike anyway. The leaves were too pretty not to!

Old Paper Mill

We enjoyed a lazy Sunday.. well, I did. J worked.  And Monday, I drove back to NC. This would be our last stretch of being apart!

Hunting

Been too busy to update lately, although pretty much everyone who reads this knows what's going on anyway! So this is mainly for Sophie. :)

John is really liking his new job, although we have not been loving the long distance. Thankfully that is coming to a close in 5 short hours when J gets home (to NC). :)

Let's back it up a couple of weeks.  I had Veteran's Day off, so I took the Friday before off.  I headed to ATL Thursday after work. Man that drive is no fun! (I have done it three times now since J started!)  Friday morning, I had employee processing and I got my fingers printed and everything! They also made my badge.  The badge will even unlock the school doors! How cool is that?! Hope they don't expect me there after hours too much though.

For supper, we ordered take out from The Vortex.  Mine was pretty good, but J's was SOOO good. It lived up the the hype I read on Yelp.

Saturday, we set out to find an apartment.  3 bedrooms apparently go pretty quickly, but thankfully we found one!  It was a beautiful day to be outside though.

 

 The apartment we chose (not the one pictured above) is only 2 square feet smaller than our house! So hopefully we will have room for everything.

To be continued when I can keep my eyes open... :)

 

Views, Paint, and New Jobs

Things have just been crazy around here! However, things are falling into place.  It is amazing how God answers prayers! Sometimes it can take a while, but He knows what he is doing!

I have repainted the guest bathroom.  Bye bye red-orange, hello Builder's Boring Khaki.

J moved to ATL this past weekend.  Since we are renting a furnished condo, he just took clothes.  I went and got him groceries and got the lay of the land.   On Monday, I got a call from a school district that I applied to.  They wanted me to come in for an interview, and since I was in town, they wanted to schedule it for while I was in town.  I was so not expecting that! I didn't have any interview clothes or anything.  That just meant shopping!

Buckhead Skyline from Lenox Mall

Beautiful Drive!

The condo we are renting is tiny.  But the views from the parking garage is pretty nice!

     I had the interview Wednesday and it went really well.  Then I came back to NC.  It was weird going back to work since I felt like I had been on vacation.  Today, the principal and the supervisor called me and told me they picked me for the job! They had interviewed someone else, but they picked me!!! I had to wait on the official call from HR though.  HR must have been having a party, but it took me calling the supervisor and her calling HR to get the call.  I then turned in my resignation. I am now going to try to talk my current director into releasing me from my 30 day notice early... we'll see.  The latest day I will start will be Dec. 3! Crazy! God is good. All the time!

Here's to our next adventure in GA!