We apologize for the hiatus, things have been pretty crazy around here. To the update!
The last few days up North were a blast. Right after our last update, the Ingham County Animal Control and Shelter called and offered me a job, and wanted me to start before we even returned from Torch. I explained that it would be a long commute, and they set my start date for last Tuesday.
In the meantime, Nate was randomly checking facebook and realized that our friend Duke was 20 minutes away, in Elk Rapids, visiting from Portland, OR. His father's family has a boat in the Elk Rapids marina where they stay during the summer, and he was here to visit. We called him up right away and made plans. Then he let slip that he really wanted to see our mutual friends Adam and Lauren Coulton, and so we secretly called and invited (begged, bribed) them up too! On their first full day there, we had to wait for Duke to be done with family stuff, so we went to the Hat store in Traverse City and had a very serious time.
Afterwards, we surprised Duke with unexpected friends, grilled out back at the cottage and then headed off to Elk Rapids. Elk Rapids is normally a small quiet tourist destination, but that day it was overflowing with people there to celebrate Harbor Days. There we met Duke's family, took a tour of their awesome boat, and were given tickets to ride on some of the carnival rides that had been set up just down the street. As it grew dark, we grabbed unhealthy carnival snacks and headed back to the boat to watch the event's fireworks. We had prime seats on the boat's bow and the show was spectacular. An amazing number of fireworks were shot off and the show lasted for around an hour. It was an excellent way to wrap up our trip to the north!
As an added bonus, during my morning commute I heard on the radio that Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was voted the most beautiful park in the USA this year. Very cool!
So, I am now working at Ingham County Animal Control and shelter, which will henceforth be referred to as ICAC (I say I-C-A-C and Nate pronounces it I-kak, so take your pick!). I am working full time, which is new for me, Tuesday through Saturday. I am currently in a temp position, which runs from the beginning of August to the end of October, so I may have to be job searching around Halloween, but for now it's just nice to have somewhere to be. Also, I get paid almost DOUBLE what I was making at HELP the Animals, and have a lot less responsibility, which is super nice.
This photo is one that I pulled off of my camera from work; this is Winnie, the Pekingese who was most likely a puppy mill dog. It is so rewarding and so stressful at the same time, working with animals, trying to preserve lives. I have spend the last few weeks just getting acclimated to the shelter environment and the computer system that they use, and am hoping to take on a few more responsibilities and do some grant writing in the new future.
In our free time, Nate and I are plotting and planning, looking at houses and trying to figure out where we want to live and what we want to pay for it. We are also enjoying our friends, including canning with Adam and Lauren, and playing games and having bonfires with Pete and Perkins. We keep remembering how nice it is to be near to family and to people our own age, and we are so happy!
Hope all is well with everyone! Love you all!
So, I am now working at Ingham County Animal Control and shelter, which will henceforth be referred to as ICAC (I say I-C-A-C and Nate pronounces it I-kak, so take your pick!). I am working full time, which is new for me, Tuesday through Saturday. I am currently in a temp position, which runs from the beginning of August to the end of October, so I may have to be job searching around Halloween, but for now it's just nice to have somewhere to be. Also, I get paid almost DOUBLE what I was making at HELP the Animals, and have a lot less responsibility, which is super nice.
This photo is one that I pulled off of my camera from work; this is Winnie, the Pekingese who was most likely a puppy mill dog. It is so rewarding and so stressful at the same time, working with animals, trying to preserve lives. I have spend the last few weeks just getting acclimated to the shelter environment and the computer system that they use, and am hoping to take on a few more responsibilities and do some grant writing in the new future.
In our free time, Nate and I are plotting and planning, looking at houses and trying to figure out where we want to live and what we want to pay for it. We are also enjoying our friends, including canning with Adam and Lauren, and playing games and having bonfires with Pete and Perkins. We keep remembering how nice it is to be near to family and to people our own age, and we are so happy!
Hope all is well with everyone! Love you all!
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