30 days

Sigh. I am super sad tonight. I gave my landlord 30 days notice today. My lease is up and I will not be staying. I am having mixed emotions about the whole thing. Best case scenario is I will have a job in Logan within 30 days and will move there. Worst case scenario, I never find a job in Logan and I have wait around for John to get motivated enough to move to Salt Lake City where I will be forced to stay in my current job because I can't find anything else. My kind brother and his sweet wife are renting me a room in their basement in the event I don't find a job in Logan by the end of the month.

I applied for another job with USU. It is with the 4-H program, specifically their Youth and Families with Promise program that works with 10-14 year-olds that are struggling academically, socially, etc. I think 4-H is a great program and I am so impressed with the program goals of YFP. The great thing about the job is I would actually be using my degree! That would be super. They are looking for someone with a degree in Recreation or Youth/Child Development...which just happens to have been my major+minor. So it's basically the perfect job. All the benefits of working for USU (seriously, great benefits) but I would be using my degree+experience and working with kids, which is what I have always wanted to use my degree for. So please send all the happy thoughts you can spare my way.

The saddest part about leaving my little apartment is leaving my little garden. I have developed a love of gardening this summer and I am so sad I won't get to reap the full harvest of my efforts. I hope whoever rents this place next will appreciate my efforts and continue to take care of my little garden so at least someone will get to enjoy it and it won't be a complete waste. I did learn a lot though and have had fun, so I still think it was worth doing (and I knew going in to it that I might move before the end of the summer). So far I have been able to use cilantro and swiss chard and should be able to use the chives, parsley, arugula, and basil and hopefully some tomatoes will ripen in the next 30 days. I have several clusters of grape tomatoes that are getting bigger every day...now if they would just get red+ripe. I intended to blog the progress of my little garden, but of course I never did. I did take a couple of pictures the first day I noticed tomato fruit, so you can get a little idea of what I have going. The grape tomato plant is so big and is basically taking over the rest of the plants around it (cucumber, cantelope, which I don't think stand a chance).

The grape tomato plant...and this was about 2 weeks ago so it's actually bigger now

first fruit-so excited!

Cilantro and 2 kinds of lettuce

Swiss Chard, chives, arugula, parsley, and a garlic plant you can't see because the arugula is now growing over it.

In the end, I think this is for the best. I am so hoping I will be making a direct move to Logan, but I would love the chance to live with Matt+Debi and their girls too. It would be nice to save some money and get a little more on top of my financial goals.

I'm going to try and enjoy the next 30 days the best I can. John is working so much right now (even weekends) and will be traveling to Amsterdam, Massachusetts, and Missouri this month...so basically we won't be see each other much. Not to mention he has decided to change his hours to match the guys he his working with in Amsterdam, which means his work day will stat around midnight and he will go to bed around 3:00 each afternoon.

So this month is going to be all about me, about packing and sorting and de-cluttering and making big decisions and hopefully starting a new job. I just want to enjoy it because it could be the last 30 days I live by myself.

P.S. I feel like no one is reading my blog anymore, since I changed it to private. I know I am not the most exciting blogger, but if you read this you should leave me a comment so I feel loved and supported. Thanks. :-)