Allison’s blog

Well what to talk about today? I have come to find out that the Olympics are way more entertaining than the stupid court shows that are normally played all afternoon. I really don't care to hear a dispute about someone who keyed someone other persons car because they were mad that their boyfriend cheated on them. Oh brother. I was pretty excited watching the white water kayaking. Finally one of the small countries you rarely ever hear about scored a medal...it was bronze and it was awesome to watch. First I was excited that they had white water kayaking in the games, then I was excited that the underdog won a medal! I always root for the underdog...I think it's more fun watching them win.

On a completely different topic I had a job interview the other day for pretty much my dream job! I think the interview went well and I'm really excited to hear back from them. I mean I hope to hear back since school starts like next week! That's okay though I like to start out running, it's good for the motivation factor to get working. I'm hoping to find out more about the job soon.

Well that's all for today. 

Today was a great one here in Columbus; the sun was out and the temperature was hot: my favorite type of day. Jordan and I decided we needed to recycle the pop cans we had been saving. (To us Michiganders saving pop cans is the norm, but in Ohio things are a bit different) There is no incentive for people in Ohio to recycle their empty pop cans so they simply don't. I guess that 10 cent deposit is really a good thing. I am almost convinced that the reason the recycle deposit thing works so well in Michigan is because almost everyone there is Dutch and they all want their 10 cents back.
Anyway after a little google research I discovered that there are little recycling bins placed in different areas throughout Columbus. I guess this is the city's way of trying to "go green". As it turns out there is an aluminum can recycle bin at a Church not too far away from our apartment, so I guess we decided to save our cans and walk them over there.
Lukcy for me the bin is in German Village, I love walking through the place. I especially love walking through with Jordan. I feel like a dork saying this (but thats okay because I am a dork), but I love looking at the houses and thinking about what our first house will be like and what kind of backyard we will have and all that fun stuff. I guess I still have something great to look forward to. I'm not sure how recycling cans turned into talking about a future house, but I guess it works.

Oh dear today was a doozey! I don't know if I will ever learn where I am in relation to the cardinal directions ever again. I MISS LAKE MICHIGAN!!! That was my spot where no matter where I was I knew exactly where I was in relation to the big lake. Therefore whenever I needed to go to a different town or direction I knew that I either had to hop the high way going either North or West towards it or East or South away from it (probably in the winter).
I don't have a spot in Columbus...in fact I'm embarrassed to say this, but I don't even know what part of Columbus I live in (North, South, East or West). I tried to go grocery shopping today (doing my housewife chores) the only problem was I got lost on the way there...and on the way home. There are way to many highways I'm used to going north and south on 131 and east and west on 96. It is so much easier to remember just two highways then try to sort through a million of them all one big knot when you need to be deciding which direction you're going. Needless to say a 10 minute trip to the store ended up taking me 2 hours to get there. And of course, it would not be me if I got off at the right exit and didn't take an extra hour to find my way home. It would have been longer too, but I ended up giving up and calling my husband who then was able to google maps my way home for me. I wasn't that far off track the point was I was off track and totally freaked out.
I'm sure I'll get it eventually, I just need to remember my map when I leave the house.

Well, I got a letter in the mail saying I didn't get the one job I had an interview for. I'm disapointed, but I kind of expected this. The position called for a master's degree and 5 years of previous teaching experience: neither of which I have. I'm still looking and hopeful it's not the end of August yet...

On a happier note, I get to go to Chicago with my husband on August 5th. I'm excited for our little trip and maybe even see some friends that live in the area. Another good thing comming up in the near future (August 1st) is that my family is coming down to Ohio for the Dublin Irish Festival! I can't wait to see some familiar faces and catch up with my sister and nephews...and parents too. Needless to say I can't wait for August to come rolling around.

I think I started a blog one time on live journal early on in college, it only amounted to maybe 3 or 4 actual posts. We'll see if I can set a record with this new blog. I guess I started this blog today mostly out of boredom. A person can only vacuum our 2 bedroom apartment so many times in one day.
A little bit about me...
I grew up in between two very small towns in Michigan on a little farm about 45 minutes east of Grand Rapids. Although we only had 3 neighbors who lived across the road I was never very far from family and friends. (It's especially hard to get away from family when you have 4 siblings) Needless to say, there was always something going on or something that needed to be done on the farm.
Aside from picking strawberries in our fields in the summer and babysittig, I got my first job at Meijer when I was 16 years old. I worked as a bagger for about two months and decided I had enough of pushing carts through a parking lot, cleaning disgusting bathrooms, and bagging other peoples groceries. I asked for a transfer to work in the best part of the store which was the purple cow/cafe coppa/bakery! Lucky for me, someone was leaving in this area and I was able to make that transfer. That was a great high school job. I got to work with friends, goof off when the boss was gone, drink coffee and eat ice cream. 2 years later it was time to move on to bigger and better things...College.
I went to a small private college in Grand Rapids were I majored in Learning Disabilities and Elementary Education and minored in Reading. I earned a bachelor of arts degree and currently hold a Michigan Provisional Teacher Certificate. I love teaching and working with students who struggle with learning. All this is well and good, but apprently it holds no barings in Columbus.
I got married right after college (about a month ago) to my high school sweetheart. He got a good job which is what brought us to the City. It's a great town, but it's not Grand Rapids. I'm used to seeing family and friends on a regular basis and running into old friends all the time, but that doesn't happen here. I'm sure once I find a job the friend search may go a little better, but it might be hard to find as good of friends as we have back in the mitten.
I try to occupy my time by taking little walking adventures around the neighborhood, and going to the video store, cleaning, and looking at furniture I can't afford...but I think what I really need is a job. So far, my husband is doing all the work and I feel bad that I havn't been able to contribute financially yet. I always thought it would be fun to be a housewife...and it was for about an hour, but I can't remember a time where I havn't had a job...wheather it was babysitting, picking strawberries, or whatever. Oh well, I guess I'll get the job I meant for when it comes along...I just wish it would hurry up a little.
I guess that is enough jabbering for now, no one is going to read this anyway.