After all the research and visiting prospective apartment complexes, crunching numbers and rental agreements, I have decided to stay in Chandler at my current address... (not only women have the right to change their minds). It's more about the timing than anything else... My current lease is up on November 30 (I will be out of the country then, sunning my bod on the pristine beaches of Aruba), so I would have to leave on the 15th, move everything to the new place, do all the address change stuff, unpack, repack for vacation, and still be at work every day in a 2 week window. My current landlord will renew my lease at the same rate I'm paying now for 6-12 months, so I am going to sign on for a 6 month term and re-think the move in May of next year. That will give me more time to search for a place...(although the one I found in Tempe was pretty sweet). It will also give me some more time with the new job. My 90 day "break-in" period ends just before I go away and they haven't said yes or no about putting me on the payroll full time (although I'm still employed as of this writing). I still get paid from the staffing agency for now. So I am saving myself the hassle of moving just for moving's sake and saving some money in the meantime... (I will get in touch with my feminine side and redecorate my apartment for the next six months or is it my gay interior decorator side? Not that there's anything wrong with that!)
With that potential monkey off my back, I'm relaxing on my night/day off after two loooooong shifts on Sunday and Monday (12 hours each). Nothing is worse than taking a break at 3:30am knowing there are still orders to pull... Going home at dawn sucks because everyone is up and the roads (especially around Phoenix) are clogged with traffic. Plus it's hard to fall asleep when it's daylight already but thanks to the long hours that doesn't pose a problem...
I am back on the adventure trail Saturday with a double header... A hike at Pinnacle Peak at 9 in the morning and horseback riding and a bbq Saturday evening with the E&A crowd. Haven't seen those peeps in a while, so that should be fun... (depending on what time I get out of work Friday, I may just sleep at the hike sight because the weather at night has been cool. Although they are calling for close to 100 degrees again by the weekend). Got to dust off the cowboy hat for the horseback trail (Yee Hah!).
Editor's note: I wish to make a correction to my last blog. Natalie, my god daughter, will be seven(7) this year and not six as was wrongly reported...(bad Uncle!) God bless them, they do grow up so fast.
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