Hi Everyone! So, the first of these mass emails I’ll be sending giving my updates on my Cali move. This one is much about nothing, as I just arrived. But excited to be here, so blabbering in true Caitlin style. Enjoy. Or just skim and email me back pretending you read it, and I’ll never know! :P
So the touch-down email! I made it! Flights were sort of… hell. First leg sat next to a crying- but very cute- baby. So no sleep. Next leg sat next to the MOST ADHD child I have EVER encountered. He and 2 siblings were flying- unaccompanied minors. FUN. The two people sitting next to me and I were ready to strangle them. They never stopped- for 5 hours. So again. No sleep. J Then got home late and spent the evening chatting with my roommate. More no sleep!
BUT, yesterday was great! Woke up, had breakfast with Derek and Katie, then we all went swimming. Katie and I got a little burned in just 90 minutes outside. Yeah Cali sun! Then Derrik and I took naps here at the house while Katie ran to an appointment. When she got home we all headed to Balboa park. It’s BEAUTIFUL. Katie has some images from it that I’ll send soon. We went to the dome theatre and the science center. Very fun outing with a 7-month-old! Everything was so exciting to him! I ended up getting really sick last night- threw up from a bad headache and went to bed super early. From the time-change, lack of sleep, and finally starting to relax, most likely!
Katie and I really seem to enjoy each other- we are very similar! I think we’ll make GREAT roommates- and friends! But our fridge will be exploding with leftovers and food that normal people might no longer eat, but we both will! J Gross. It’s nice to have someone to play in the pool with, and someone who will go to shows and eat dinner with me. Plus I get to play with a cute baby who loves to smile and finds everything entertaining. (For those of you who don’t know: Katie is 26, single mom, in a wheel-chair from a car accident a few years ago. She’s full of energy and has an amazing son. She has rental properties in Escondido that she cares for and was a foster mom for 3 years. Derrik her son is almost 9 months now.)
Tomorrow is my big day. I have a morning appointment with my new employers to fill out all my paperwork and get all that stuff started. Hopefully I’ll even get an idea of a start date! And then they’ll give me a paper showing intent to hire and anticipated wages, and I’ll take it over to the car ppl, and hopefully come home with my BRAND NEW CAR tomorrow! Then no plans for Friday yet, but Laurel (a college friend originally from Esco) told me about a fun car festival like thing that they have on Friday evening in the spring and summer in downtown Escondido that I think I’ll go to. Saturday I am going to an Art Therapy workshop on the beach! I’m so excited. Sounds really cool. Get back into doing some art! (Or at least pretending!) And meet some local women. A win-win. The lady doing the workshop is doing a work-study thing for me, so I’m only paying for art supplies. Yeah! So, in the Caitlin spirit, I’m go-go-going. Or at least trying. Today I was home alone all afternoon and got rather lonely and bored. Unpacked and organized, and then had nothing to do. :/ So trying to keep myself busy busy! Oh- and I did register for Fall classes. It’ll be great! I’ll either have a MW or TTH schedule, and will be considered a full-time student! (Good for aide and residency and stuff) So I’ll have 5 open days for work! Also means that I’ll save some in gas since I won’t be working and going to school on the same days. (Work is north of me, school is south. So only one trip per day). AND, I can go to the campus that is 10 minutes close than the one I was anticipating attending. So that all seems to work out super well. I’ll be taking one course online hopefully and 2 or 3 on campus. The days will be looonnnggg, but worth it I think! Then hopefully working 30-40 hours a week at the casino! I’m also looking for a part-time job at least for the summer until I get more steady hours at the casino. Something I’ll work on this weekend/early next week.
Well, I’ll stop my chattering and send more updates later!
Thanks to everyone for helping me get here! Couldn’t have done it with out all your help and support- and I mean it! Come and visit, I’m turning the guest room into my den eventually- with a fouton or Murphy bed for my company!
Love from Sunny CA!
KT
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