wow! Long time!

Geez, friends! I have left you alone for two weeks now! In the words of Jodie Sweetin (aka: Stephanie Tanner) "How Rude!" :)

I am sorry though. The past 14 days have been quite the ride. I'll explain it all to you.. let's start at the beginning. Well, we last spoke on February 6th.... on the 8th, I had my second interview with a perspective job opportunity in the Minneapolis area. On the 9th... I got the job!! So, you are now reading the typed words of Tempa Haines, Therapeutic Recreation Specialist at Martin Luther Manor, a nursing home in Bloomington, Minnesota! I am really (really!) excited about this opportunity. I will work on a team with four other recreational therapists... all with different specialties (Anna is a geriatric exercise therapist, Hailey is a certified Activity Director, and Jason is the head of the therapeutic recreation team. I, of course, am a music therapist) and when I talked with them on the phone it was like I was talking to my friends. A very surreal and unexpected thing. Surreal and unexpected, although Amazing and awesome at the same time! :) Is that even possible??!? Anyway, I accepted the position and the next day (the 10th) I drove out to Iowa for my best friends Bday AND a gig that my old band had somehow conjured up out of nowhere. I was at Wartburg that weekend and last Sunday, my good friend Betsy (she's the one who got married last July, you may have read about her previously) and I drove up to Bloomington to look for apartments. Miraculously... I found one!! I discovered very quickly that I was envisioning myself living faaaar more poshly than I could afford :) But the apartment I will be living in is cute and I can most definitely make it "home". So... this past week (after driving the 10 hours back to Ohio on Valentines Day) has been filled with last minute pre-move details and packing. How exciting is that?!?! (the answer is VERY!) So... that's the scoop. I got a job, a house, and a good start on my adult life all in the past 2 weeks. I'd say that's a pretty sweet deal!

Honestly, I am tempted to end this blog once I move up to Minneapolis. It would be a logical stopping point and I fear I won't have the time (or the energy) to keep up with it after an 8 hour work day. BUT... in talking to a few friends last night, I was persuaded to keep up this internet journal as much as possible. I think that's the best choice. I kinda do like sharing my life with the endless electronic void we know (and love) as the internet. :)

I hope you all are having weeks as exciting as mine have been! I'll write more tomorrow!

Peace out,
Tempa