Whirlwind updates

Where to start…

Today we went to the emergency room to follow up since Carrie’s pain increased again and she had a fever.  Turns out the antibiotic they gave her last week for the UTI wasn’t right, so they gave her a new antibiotic along with lots of morphine and more pain meds.  They also got her a medicine to open her urethra so she can pass the kidney stone more easily.  Yay!

Today I also gave my two weeks notice.  I told my supervisor last night, and put the letter on my boss’s desk.  Thanks to the ER trip, I didn’t have to see my boss today, and won’t until my last week of work, when my supervisor will be gone.  Crazy!

We have a tentative move date - March 18th.  The movers will come, pack everything, move it to Houston, put it in storage, and then move it from storage when our apartment is ready.  In the meantime we’ll be staying in an extended stay hotel, probably.  It’ll be interesting staying in a small space, but without our stuff it won’t matter much.  And at least Carrie has her computer so we’ll have the internet.

I submitted all my security paperwork today, so hopefully it all comes through and I’ll be starting March 24th!  They already have me on the list to get into some training the following week.

It’s going to be insane this month.  Thankfully I filed my taxes and expect my refund to hit next week or we’d be pretty tight on money.  Though, once I start work I’ll have tons of it thanks to my per diem reimbursement ($59 is awesome!) and my new hire bonus.  We’re going to get Carrie into the doctor and also save up for a new car deposit.  But, on my guilty pleasure list is a Kindle.  :-)   I also look forward to being able to eat all healthy and organic food when possible.  Oh, and buying clothes.  I have to look professional, so that means I need new pants and a few more dressier shirts and polos.  And shoes!  Oh that part will suck.  But it’s nice too.

Until this happens, we need to clean the house and start getting rid of what we don’t need to take with us.  For instance, I don’t think we need 2 tvs, or the fish tank even though it amused me for a while.  But we’ll see.  Carrie and I will discuss it later when she’s not on pain pills.

So that’s my week, skipping some of the crazy details.  I’m so glad it’s friday, though I have to work a few hours tomorrow.  This weekend I need to clean!  But man, I’m constantly excited/nervous to get this all going.  So fast!