Whistle While You Work

Oh yes. ERIC GOT THE JOB! Woo hoo! I know some of you are going, "What job?" Well, some backstory. Eric was involuntarily discharged from the Navy on June 15th. So, he was unemployed following that.

Well, the night before, he did a phone interview with AK Steel. The phone interview went VERY well, and the man asked Eric to come in for a face-to-face interview. This was done about a week after we got here to Ohio. Well, since then we've been waiting to hear back from them. Today was the day! They called with an offer and he accepted! We'll get hardcopy of their offer tomorrow in email, but it's a GOOD ONE! Yay!

It's going to suck for Eric since the job is an hour and half from here. But, due to other issues I'm not getting into right now, he's going to half to commute for a while. Anyway, he'll be the Shift Manager for Casting. It's rotating shift work, which sucks. But, they offer medical from DAY ONE! Dental/Vision after 30. We're so flipping excited. We had set a base line on what the lowest we were willing to accept was and they offered well above that. So we're good to go! Yay. He has a few medical appointments there to finalize the hiring process, but that should go well and he should start working soon.

I'm going to miss having him around all the time, but him having something to do is great!

We're off! Bye Ohio!

I dont know when I'll have internet again, but I'll post when I do. Ciao!

A Ode to Ohio

Its winter in Ohio

And the gentle breezes blow

Seventy miles an hour

At twenty-five below.

Oh, how I love Ohio

When the snow's up to your butt

You take a breath of winter

And your nose gets frozen shut.

Yes, the weather here is wonderful

So I guess I'll hang around

I could never leave Ohio

Cause I'm frozen to the ground.

Back home again

Oh yes, our wonderful trip to Ohio. We were originally supposed to leave on Saturday, the 6th, but due to Hanna supposed to be heading in our direction, and with having to tow the trailer, we decided to leave on Friday afternoon as soon as Emali got home from school. So out we ventured. We drove to the halfway point where we decided to crash at a hotel for the night. We got up the next morning and drove the rest of the way to Ohio.



When we get to our house in Ohio, we find a mess. Plain and simple. They left trash and all sorts of crap everywhere. The counters even looked like they took food and just rubbed it everywhere. They left rotted food in the fridge. Oh yeah, the best parts, they stole stuff. They took the riding lawn mower, the thermostat for the a/c and heater, they took an air register cover, the dehumidifier and countless other things. Its so nice when your own family acts this way.


Yeah, oh yeah, they even left us a nice note admitting to the whole thing. Morons. So anyway, fast forward a week, and we got the entire house cleaned up and on the market. The realtor has it listed for $165,000 and they are showing the house either today or tommorrow. Here is to hoping it sells! I am just so glad that we finally dont have to deal with this anymore.



EDITED TO ADD:


So, just got off the phone with Eric. He had wonderful news. *groan* They switched his duty day from tommorrow to today. Wonderful. He took nothing with him so I have to go down to base today. Bleah.

We made it!

Sorry I havent been updating. We made it to Ohio and are cleaning up the mess left in our house. I am on a 'borrowed' dial up connection so I wont be posting much or any pictures until we get back home. But, we are doing well, and the kids are finally happy to get out of the truck. We put the house on the market today and the realtor is optimistic that we will sell it soon. Talk to you more later.