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5月31日 TrafficCall me crazy, but I think I prefer the traffic in Salt Lake to the traffic here. I got used to the speed limits around Salt Lake and the fact that the majority of the people there, including police, don't follow them. Here the highest speed limit on "city" streets is 30 mph and believe me, they follow it to the letter, some even go 5 miles under. ARGH!!! It drives me crazy!!!! I have never been one for sticking to limits. The Boy says I suffer from LFS (lead foot syndrome). I don't like to lolly-gag on the road. I like to get from point A to point B and stop.
I know...I know...If I would take my time and slow down I might see something new. I think I have seen all there is to see of this forsaken town of 9,000 bodies. Don't forget, I delivered pizza here for nearly two years. There isn't a road in this town that I don't know. 5月21日 Back In WyomingWe have had a long week. Friday I picked up the U-Haul and we got it loaded. That took about 5 hours. We were going to toss some pillows and blankets on the floor and sleep at the apartment on Friday night and leave bright and early Saturday morning, but The Boy was anxious to get on the road, so we left Friday afternoon around 6 pm. That put us in Wyoming around 1 am. Generally,it doesn't take me that long to make the trip, but top speed in a U-Haul pulling a car transport is about 65 mph. At least when I am driving, it is.
Anyway, the truck is still sitting in front of Mom's house until I can get it unloaded tomorrow. Then I have to go through all of the boxes and find my high school diploma so I can send away for my Pharm Tech in Training license and get started on my Externship hours.
I will tell you right now that if you are planning on moving to Wyoming, I would start looking right now for housing. It is nearly impossible to find a place to rent around here and if you have pets...forget it. You might as well buy. There isn't any place that will knowingly rent to pet owners. Not even for an extra fee.
The Boy has been arguing with me all week because he would rather spend the day on the internet chatting than out finding something productive to do. Not that there really is anything around here to do. Wyoming, more specifically Riverton, is a sucking void. There isn't a lot to do around here, unless your into high school sports. Unfortunately, we are not.
We aren't big fans of the small town, country, cowboy culture here either, which generally consists of rodeos, demolition derbys-now that I can kinda get into-and county fairs. I have always said I was a city girl at heart. These small towns make me ill. That was one of the reasons I left in the first place. Riverton has a Super Wal-Mart and a K-mart. Ye-Freakin'-Ha. The nearest mall is Eastridge in Casper, two hours away, but it isn't anyway near the caliber of shoping that Salt Lake offers. Oh!! They do have a brand new casino right outside of town on the reservation. That might be interesting-for about an hour.
Now, you may be wondering what brought me back if I hate it so much. It was money-or rather a lack of money. I loved Salt Lake. I loved being close to great shopping, art galleries, the zoo, the mountains,music venues. Everything I wanted was right there. I just couldn't afford any of it. Between rent, gas, utilities, and food, we were sinking. I made nearly $2000 a month and we still couldn't afford everything we needed. It was either eat or put gas in the car and since I had to work and needed the car to get there, gas usually won out.
Here's to end of a long week. Hoping next week will bring a little more excitement as I get ready to start my extern hours to complete my degree. 5月5日 It's Over...Colorado was Defeated by DetroitFirst of all I just have to say that I wish there were more font choices on here. I think if you write your entries through Live Writer, there are a few more, but I don't think the school would appreciate me downloading something onto their computers. Oh, well.
So, Colorado is out of it. They were swept by Detroit. I didn't get to watch any of the games this year, but apparently they managed to get Peter Forsberg (The God of Hockey) and Adam Foote back during the last half of the season. However, the entire team has been plagued with injuries and it would seem that no amount of hard work could make up for that.
This may be Forsberg's last year as a player for any team. He can't seem to get healthy. Looking at his stats over the last 3 years or so, it seems he has spent more time on the Injured list than he has on the ice. And Joe Sakic, their wonderfully talented team captain and all around great guy, was sidelined a lot this season. Rumor has it this may be his last season and that it may be time for him to retire. Well, for the sake of the rest of the Colorado Avalanche team, I hope that isn't true, but he has to do what is right for him. If he does retire it will take some getting used to and fans will need to adjust to not seeing their hero on the ice.
Anyway, here's to a job well done!!! Even though they didn't make it all the way, they did the best that they could. It will be interesting to see how thing turn out next year. |
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