Ross has a temporary job working construction for our landlord's company. Starting next Friday, he'll be operating a drill press for about 6 weeks. Hooray for income!
Edit to update: When it rains, it pours! Ross got a call back from Starbucks this morning and is meeting with a manager on Monday to discuss employment.
23 July 2009
22 July 2009
Update on the Job Search
People want to know where Ross and I are on the job hunt. Here we go:
Ross had a lead from church about a possibility of his dream job -- tutoring high school math nerds in college-level math. He hasn't heard anything back yet. He applied to 5 Starbucks locations and is waiting to hear back. Finally, we just got a call today from our landlord who might have about 6 weeks of construction work or something for Ross to do -- he'll find out more tomorrow.
I have now applied to (I think) 11 jobs. I interviewed for one at the beginning of June that I didn't get, and one place called me back the other day to tell me the posting I applied for was a formality for one specific person. So that leaves 9. In summary, they are:
- Laboratory research jobs similar to the one I had during college.
- Administrative jobs at clinics.
And the one with the most hope so far is pretty unique. It's "educational coordinator" at a private medical education facility -- from what I understand, I'd mostly be coordinating groups (of surgeons, mostly) who come in and use the facility and then in the summers running science camps for kids. I interviewed for it on Friday and should hear back soon.
We will, of course, let you know when we secure jobs.
Ross had a lead from church about a possibility of his dream job -- tutoring high school math nerds in college-level math. He hasn't heard anything back yet. He applied to 5 Starbucks locations and is waiting to hear back. Finally, we just got a call today from our landlord who might have about 6 weeks of construction work or something for Ross to do -- he'll find out more tomorrow.
I have now applied to (I think) 11 jobs. I interviewed for one at the beginning of June that I didn't get, and one place called me back the other day to tell me the posting I applied for was a formality for one specific person. So that leaves 9. In summary, they are:
- Laboratory research jobs similar to the one I had during college.
- Administrative jobs at clinics.
And the one with the most hope so far is pretty unique. It's "educational coordinator" at a private medical education facility -- from what I understand, I'd mostly be coordinating groups (of surgeons, mostly) who come in and use the facility and then in the summers running science camps for kids. I interviewed for it on Friday and should hear back soon.
We will, of course, let you know when we secure jobs.
18 July 2009
Friends
When Ross and I first began discussing marriage, he wanted to get married before I graduated from college. He thought it would make the transition from dorm life to living together easier. I think he was right.
Not to say it's hard to live with Ross. I like it fine, and we are not sick of each other or anything. But it IS hard to have moved to a new city where we know very few people. Very different from living with my dear mod. Ross, being an introvert, is taking it better than I am, though he's bored too. I find myself on social networking sites constantly, trying to fulfill the yearning I have for a good in-person conversation or even a mod Dawson's Creek marathon. The highlight of the past week was spending an afternoon with a Bethel modmate, Elizabeth, who is working in the mountains this summer. I can't wait for church tomorrow purely because it allows for social interaction.
I'm also becoming aware that I don't exactly know how to make friends in a non-school setting. It's so nice to just be plunked into a giant group of peers and sort through them to find some you like to spend time with. How do adults make friends? Work, I guess? Church?
Not to say it's hard to live with Ross. I like it fine, and we are not sick of each other or anything. But it IS hard to have moved to a new city where we know very few people. Very different from living with my dear mod. Ross, being an introvert, is taking it better than I am, though he's bored too. I find myself on social networking sites constantly, trying to fulfill the yearning I have for a good in-person conversation or even a mod Dawson's Creek marathon. The highlight of the past week was spending an afternoon with a Bethel modmate, Elizabeth, who is working in the mountains this summer. I can't wait for church tomorrow purely because it allows for social interaction.
I'm also becoming aware that I don't exactly know how to make friends in a non-school setting. It's so nice to just be plunked into a giant group of peers and sort through them to find some you like to spend time with. How do adults make friends? Work, I guess? Church?
13 July 2009
Life at the Apartment
Ross and I are busy looking for jobs, but as you might guess, that leaves plenty of time to sit around doing other things. I have 3 applications in for research tech positions at the CU medical center and am working on others. Ross is working on making connections with people in the Mennonite agency world to see what that might offer.
So here is what a typical day looks like for us these days:
Morning, starting anytime from 7 to 10 a.m. - wake up, drink coffee, check the Internet to see what's happening in the world, figure out what we're doing today.
Noon-1 p.m. Lunch.
Afternoon - work on job searches/run errands/make meal plans/start cooking dinner/exercise
Evening - eat dinner, then watch TV on DVD. It's been The Office, Weeds, and Battlestar Galactica.
Around 11 - Go to sleep.
I was going to wait to post photos of the apartment until Jess moves in, as he will bring plenty of decor and we'll decide then how to decorate our barren walls, but I've had enough requests for pictures that I decided to go ahead and share them. We've pretty well settled in by now.
This view captures most of the common area of the apartment. I'm sitting in the far corner of the couch that you'll see in the next picture. On the right is the kitchen, and just out of the frame on the right is the door to Ross's and my room. In the upper left, near the lamp, you see a closet next to an open door. The open door is Jess's bathroom and across from it is the door to his room.
The living room seen from the entryway (L) and the bar stools in the kitchen (R).
Here's the kitchen. Over on the left there is our little "coffee station," which contains a coffee maker, French press, and espresso machine (thanks, Grandpa Leo, Aaron & Caitlin, and Aunt Sallie & Uncle Kenn!). It's a veritable coffee shop, although the espresso isn't as good as the professional stuff.
Finally, these two pictures are of Ross's and my room, which you can see is right off the kitchen. We like that it has a little hallway with a walk-in closet and bathroom all in the same suite.
So here is what a typical day looks like for us these days:
Morning, starting anytime from 7 to 10 a.m. - wake up, drink coffee, check the Internet to see what's happening in the world, figure out what we're doing today.
Noon-1 p.m. Lunch.
Afternoon - work on job searches/run errands/make meal plans/start cooking dinner/exercise
Evening - eat dinner, then watch TV on DVD. It's been The Office, Weeds, and Battlestar Galactica.
Around 11 - Go to sleep.
I was going to wait to post photos of the apartment until Jess moves in, as he will bring plenty of decor and we'll decide then how to decorate our barren walls, but I've had enough requests for pictures that I decided to go ahead and share them. We've pretty well settled in by now.
This view captures most of the common area of the apartment. I'm sitting in the far corner of the couch that you'll see in the next picture. On the right is the kitchen, and just out of the frame on the right is the door to Ross's and my room. In the upper left, near the lamp, you see a closet next to an open door. The open door is Jess's bathroom and across from it is the door to his room.
The living room seen from the entryway (L) and the bar stools in the kitchen (R).
Here's the kitchen. Over on the left there is our little "coffee station," which contains a coffee maker, French press, and espresso machine (thanks, Grandpa Leo, Aaron & Caitlin, and Aunt Sallie & Uncle Kenn!). It's a veritable coffee shop, although the espresso isn't as good as the professional stuff.
Finally, these two pictures are of Ross's and my room, which you can see is right off the kitchen. We like that it has a little hallway with a walk-in closet and bathroom all in the same suite.
10 July 2009
Honeymoon
Our honeymoon was short -- just three days in Keystone, CO. We moved into our apartment in Denver and then promptly left for another new and exciting place where all we had to do was hang out with each other, so both of us felt a little underwhelmed. But hey, we like the mountains, so it was nice to be there. We spent a fair amount of time on the internet, since our apartment was without internet. Apparently June is the offest of the off season for ski resorts, which meant a great deal on the condo and also not much officially-sponsored stuff to do. We wanted to go mountain biking on Keystone's ski trails, but that wasn't open yet. So we found places to go hiking. The Arapaho National Forest a few miles down the road made for an easy and picturesque hike. Not much else to say, so here are photos.
Obligatory posed photo with mountains in the background.
Ross was excited to find snow and promptly threw some at me.
It was nice to be in the mountains as water was flowing. The rivers and creeks were all flowing, as were lots of little impromptu springs like the ones in the road that produced this image:
Another sign of early summer in the mountains:
And finally, this was the view from our vacation condo's window in an early-evening storm. The light was amazing, and the photo didn't quite capture it but approximates it as well as can be expected from an untrained photographer with a point-and-shoot camera.
Obligatory posed photo with mountains in the background.
Ross was excited to find snow and promptly threw some at me.
It was nice to be in the mountains as water was flowing. The rivers and creeks were all flowing, as were lots of little impromptu springs like the ones in the road that produced this image:
Another sign of early summer in the mountains:
And finally, this was the view from our vacation condo's window in an early-evening storm. The light was amazing, and the photo didn't quite capture it but approximates it as well as can be expected from an untrained photographer with a point-and-shoot camera.
Our First Real Meal
Pretend that I posted this about three weeks ago. Our internet hasn't been working until last night, so it's time to play catch-up.
Since Ross and I don't have jobs yet, we have been cooking much more "real food" than I anticipate will be part of our lives in the near future. Case in point: Indian food. This was the first meal we cooked, so I documented. Cilla and Nance gave us the wonderfully thoughtful gift of a homemade cookbook of their favorite recipes, so we used the chicken tikka masala recipe from there.
Here's Ross checking the rice, only to discover that I had stirred it. Little did I know you aren't supposed to stir rice. But the slow cooker works very well as a rice cooker!
Here's the chicken tikka skewers. These things were spicy! We have a silly little electric grill on our balcony that came with the place.
Here I am cooking the masala sauce... mmm....
And here is the finished product! It was a little too spicy for us (especially me).
Since Ross and I don't have jobs yet, we have been cooking much more "real food" than I anticipate will be part of our lives in the near future. Case in point: Indian food. This was the first meal we cooked, so I documented. Cilla and Nance gave us the wonderfully thoughtful gift of a homemade cookbook of their favorite recipes, so we used the chicken tikka masala recipe from there.
Here's Ross checking the rice, only to discover that I had stirred it. Little did I know you aren't supposed to stir rice. But the slow cooker works very well as a rice cooker!
Here's the chicken tikka skewers. These things were spicy! We have a silly little electric grill on our balcony that came with the place.
Here I am cooking the masala sauce... mmm....
And here is the finished product! It was a little too spicy for us (especially me).
28 May 2009
House-hunting is exhausting
Ross and I are in Denver for the week, staying with his wonderful cousins Anna and Brian, who were kind enough to put us up (put up with us?) at their apartment. We're looking for a place to live.
We've checked out five places. Two were definite "no"s. One was two floors of a house that were hard to access and smelled weird. One was a house which had about three square feet of floor space in the kitchen and, though fairly clean, had decades of built-up living in it that just made it a little gross. The bathroom and kitchen really could use some remodeling.
We just came back from a row house that would be perfect for the two of us, but since we'll be living with Jess, it just wasn't big enough.
We did look at a house yesterday that we liked quite a bit. It was adorable, nice kitchen, had a great yard, and was decently located. The only drawback was really that it had only one bathroom.
BUT today we found the perfect place. It's a condo (yes, for rent) that's a 5-minute walk from the church we'll be attending, which is also where Anna and Brian live (yes, in the church -- they're the caretakers). It has two bathrooms and a nice kitchen and sufficient space for three people. It's in an AWESOME part of Denver -- easy access to an arts district and a park, across the street from a grocery store, and biking distance to downtown. And since it's a condo, it has free access to a fitness center and a pool.
The best part? It comes furnished for NO EXTRA CHARGE. We wouldn't have to rent a moving truck! Or buy furniture!
Let's hope we get it.
We've checked out five places. Two were definite "no"s. One was two floors of a house that were hard to access and smelled weird. One was a house which had about three square feet of floor space in the kitchen and, though fairly clean, had decades of built-up living in it that just made it a little gross. The bathroom and kitchen really could use some remodeling.
We just came back from a row house that would be perfect for the two of us, but since we'll be living with Jess, it just wasn't big enough.
We did look at a house yesterday that we liked quite a bit. It was adorable, nice kitchen, had a great yard, and was decently located. The only drawback was really that it had only one bathroom.
BUT today we found the perfect place. It's a condo (yes, for rent) that's a 5-minute walk from the church we'll be attending, which is also where Anna and Brian live (yes, in the church -- they're the caretakers). It has two bathrooms and a nice kitchen and sufficient space for three people. It's in an AWESOME part of Denver -- easy access to an arts district and a park, across the street from a grocery store, and biking distance to downtown. And since it's a condo, it has free access to a fitness center and a pool.
The best part? It comes furnished for NO EXTRA CHARGE. We wouldn't have to rent a moving truck! Or buy furniture!
Let's hope we get it.
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