Adventure #1

Tonight Martin made dinner which was magic until the fire alarm went off. But all in all, it was great.

We decided to look up the free events in the city and found out that the Nelson Atkins Museum has free events on the second Friday of every month. They were playing music (my kind of music) and serving drinks, which of course we did not partake. But we got to walk around for an hour and only pay five dollars in parking which we could of avoided if I had thought ahead.

But still! Free art work at night with beautiful views of the city and constantly changing exhibits? Amazing.

Help Wanted....

Determined to find a job and having no luck on the internet I decided to go to the hotel where my parents were staying to apply for a job there. As luck would have it the entire road was blocked off preventing me from getting inside. This was numerous setbacks from the day. Woke up late (thanks snooze button), waiting for the gas man to come and hook up our gas, waiting for him to come back and fix the shower so I don't take anymore ice showers, losing my keys (in an apartment with eight things total) and getting caught by the friendly but talkative maintenance man. Once I saw the flashing lights blocking the hotel I knew I couldn't apply today because the the interviews ended at three.

So I drove around trying to look for "help wanted" signs and finally found one. They asked me to come back at five forty five and by seven I had the job! I'm really excited. They make handmade ice cream, like students and are super busy.

From having nothing to do all I am suddenly super busy. I found a promotional work job for Martin and I that takes place Saturday from 9-4 (and pays well) then we have to figure out where our classrooms are, Martin has to go drop off his applications and I start work on Sunday!

The part about the job is they close down during December because nobody eats ice cream when it's freezing outside. So that means I will be able to come home for Christmas!!!

Happiness!

Sleepless in KC-eattle

Before/After.... Minus the After

I guess my little apartment is not photogenic. It looks small and ugly in photos. Here is the "before"...

First Night In My New Apartment....

Very strange. Creeks and stomping. Let's just get the horrible stuff out of the way. The neighbors above me have a dog that must have parvo by the way it drags it's body around the floor and I saw the owner of the dog get out of the car today and he stomped the lawn and up the front stairs. Which explains the loud thumps at night.

But at least it's not haunted! Other than that, the floors creek, the smoke filters through our vents and I now have a creepy middle age man who wants to holla at me the minute Michael and I break up. Watch out baby, he almost won my heart today when he coughed cookies on my face as he asked about where I am from.

Now that the venting is done... the apartment is shaping up. We have food. We have locks and we have beds! But we don't have anything to do. So Martin kept me company tonight while I put away books, clothes and artwork.

I can't wait for school to start.

Tomorrow night we are going to go out and explore the city. Many free events on Fridays and I can't wait to go see some more of this city.

And I am going to find a job in T-minus one week.

I really miss everyone in California and you are all on my minds.

On the Road Again....

It feels like I have spent the last month traveling all over the state and country. Frogmans in South Dakota, San Fransisco and Kansas City all within a month. It's pretty tiring but beautiful none the less. The best way to learn about your country is to go out and experience it. But I would recomment avoiding New Mexico because it's lame.



The weather is absolutely insane! There are never storms in California so it's shocking that people carry umbrellas around with them in August. Casie was amazing and drove through a severe thunder/lightening storm! It took us one day, two hotels and a couple of tourist traps longer than we thought to get here but we made it!

Goodbye Party!

Thank you for everyone who came to my going away party. I wouldn't have had it any other way. Friends, family and my friends who are family. It really means the world to me that everyone came and said goodbye.