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May 21 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. TrackbacksWeblogs that reference this entry
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