The boy's job change

The bid on and won a spot on a job building the new high speed rail in Illinois. He will be working an hour away, 12 hour days, 6 days a week with Saturdays off. This is slated to run till about the end of the year. Pretty harsh schedule considering he… more »

Still making lemonade

Matt has been bumped off his Salem to Dexter board and as of right now is on Salem to Chicago. I had hoped things were settling down for him but it seems not quite yet! I also heard some news yesterday about my job that is a little unsettling but nothin… more »

Cheating again

I had the worst dream last night that the boy was cheating on me again with GTMB. That he was lying to me all along and just staying with me because he didn't want to have to pay all the bills himself. When I found out he was very mean to me. The way I… more »

A year later

So its been a year (yesterday) since Matt and I split and he moved out. Where are we now? Better than we have ever been before I think. We have had a wonderful year bonding and just being together having fun. Being furloughed actually was a blessing in d… more »

Happy 8th anniversary Matty

I'm looking for to many, many more happy years together. We are so good together. I'm so glad you chose to come back to me baby. :luv::kiss: more »

What an amazing weekend!

Monday Morning: We are sitting in the airport in Kalispell with Brett waiting for our flight. Eileen and Renny left about 30 minutes ago. The weather was great all weekend but this morning it was much cooler and a storm moved in as we were driving to t… more »

Romantic night under the stars with music and fireworks

What could be better? :wub: Friday is the first night of Fair St Louis which is the annual fourth of July celebration in St Louis on the river front. It's all free (except rides, food and drinks of course) and they always have a great line up of ban… more »

False alarm

Okay so I totally worried for nothing about the meeting with the boss. It was just like he said. :shuffle: He took me to a great seafood place where he takes the CEO of Penta for lunch. I ordered shrimp enchiladas which were simple amazing. We had a two… more »

First day of orientation

So far I haven't written much about my work assignment because I wanted to wait until started my orientation. Now to clarify things I am now working for III which is an IT Consulting firm in the St Louis area. As their employee, I have been placed as a… more »

The dreaded finally happened

On Monday Matt was furloughed by Union Pacific. This means he is no longer actively working but can still be called back at any time. We are still trying to figure out our options and how to best survive this situation. We close on our refi tomorrow and… more »

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