The move.

I haven't really talked much about this whole moving situation...

I honestly don't know where to begin though!  So I guess the begining is a good place, right?  Well Chris had his interview at Savage on December 9th, I took the day off and we drove out to Vernal.  He thought the interview went really well, and we were both hopeful.  I think it was the next Monday, maybe Tuesday, he got a call saying that he got the job, and they wanted him to start Monday, the 20th!!  He told RC Willey that the 17th would be his last day, and it all began. 

We started thinking about who could take over a lease, where will we live, all the good stuff.  So Chris drove to Vernal on the 19th and, as you know, has been staying with my parents.  Which I think is a good thing.  I think that it has helped his relationship with them a lot!  They seem to be getting more comfortable with eachother now, which makes me very happy! :)

So Chris spent the week in Vernal... A lonely week for me!  I spent the week cleaning, packing, anything to keep me occupied!  During that week I also tried to find someone to take over our lease.  We originally asked David, Kimmy and their significant others, but they decided that now wasn't a good time.  So I posted the apt on KSL and started asking around.  Our neighbor, Jessica, said she had someone that was interested and they went and filled out an application and everything.  We found out that they were approved, and I am just hoping that it really goes through!  This lady, apparently, doesn't work.  She is planning on paying rent with student loans that she gets on Jan. 5th.  So nothing is really set in stone, which makes me nervous.  I really hope this lady doesn't bail on us and completely screw us over.  I really don't think she will though, I mean, she is getting a pretty sweet deal!  We are paying her deposit for her (which should be enough right there) and we are also leaving a sofa and a love seat for her.  She gets our price for the apt, which is a pretty good deal!  We are paying at least $100/month less then each of our neighbors.  So she is really getting a good deal, and would be stupid to flake on us.  But there is still that chance that it could happen, so I am just hoping that it all works out. 

My last day of work is tomorrow.  :-S  I am scared.  I really don't want to be unemployed again.  It is not a fun thing for me. So I am also hoping that I can find work fast in Vernal.  We won't need the money, but we will be able to pay off so much debt, and I would just go crazy sitting around doing nothing all day!  It will be good for me to get out of the house.  So that's another one of my worries.

The next is finding a place to live.  It has been really hard for me because there is so much to do... And I can't really do anything yet.  It's been hard to find a place to live because:
#1  None of the apartments out there have a website, so it's kind of hard to look when I'm still in Salt Lake.
#2  It has been the Holiday Season.  Last time I was out there was Christmas Eve, everywhere was closed.  Next time I will be out there will be New Years Eve, everywhere will probably be closed...

I will be going to Vernal Friday morning (New Years Eve), and I am really hoping that I will be able to walk through some apts, and that they have something available, like, immediately!  I want to be out of our apartment in Salt Lake ASAP because the sooner we are out, the more money we get back.  So what I'm hoping will happen, is we will find a place on Friday, sign all the paperwork, and be able to move in that weekend, or the begining of the next week.... BUT those chances are very slim.

That is why I have a plan B:  if we can't look at apartments on New Years Eve, or if they don't have anything available ASAP, I would like to move everything out of the apartment in Salt Lake, and put it in storage in Vernal.  Then, we stay with my parents for a little while.  I will have all of next week to find an apartment and, again, hopefully they have somthing available ASAP.  So we move everything from storage to that apartment and we're good. 

Plan C:  I don't really want a Plan C... I want A or B to work! LOL But worst case, we can't move out of the apt in Salt Lake when we wanted.  We leave our crap there, I go stay with Mom and Dad, and try to find somewhere to live.  Then, just move everything from apt to apt and skip the storage unit phase... And hopefully it still only takes like a week to find a place...

I am hoping to finish all of the packing by Thursday night, so Plan A can work... I have most of it done... I think... Ok, maybe not most of it... But some.  All I have left to do is the kitchen (which is a big job in itself.. I haven't even started on the kitchen yet), the linen closet, some blankets, my clothes, and bathroom stuff... I really think that's it, but it probably isn't lol.  I'm going to work my butt of tonight to get it all done, so I can go to dinner with some friends tomorrow. 

I am hoping that everything will fall into place and just work out!  But I am really scared that it won't.  I'm scared that it will take forever to find a place, I'm scared of our money situation... Chris' last day at RC Willey was the 17th, right?  They were supposed to mail him his last check.  Today is the 29th and we still have no check... We  had to bust into our wedding fund to pay rent for January.  I'm just scared that we're going to run out of money.   Renting a truck is freakin expensive!  Plus the gas, the deposit and rent for the new place... Ugh, money... I'm scared that I won't be able to find a job out there.  I'm scared that I will hate Vernal.  I'm scared to leave what I know.  I'm just scared... And I'm sure I will be until it all falls into place.