When we first got to town, we met with our State Farm agent to get all of our insurance switched over to Texas. After talking with him for a bit and telling him that I was looking for a job, he said he would be happy to try and help me. Well, he has been super helpful and put me in contact with many people. I have met with him several times and he said he had a few things that I could help him with to make a little spending money while I looked for a job. Today, I drove around downtown to different businesses dropping off marketing materials about his company. It was kind of fun! He and his wife took Grant and me out to dinner on Wednesday night to a local place and although it was probably the most unhealthy meal I have eaten in a really long time, it was so much fun!
I had an interview at Baylor yesterday in the Psychology and Neuroscience department. I received a call today that I was not selected for the position but I am not discouraged. Just got to freshen up on my interviewing skills :-)
I also spoke with a dental office earlier this week (I was given the dentist's wife's name from a realtor we spoke with) and she and I spoke earlier this week and she asked if I would be interested in doing something similar, going around town and getting their name out there. I was planning to meet with her next week but she called me today and asked if I wanted to work four days in their office next week while someone was on vacation. I am excited to actually have something to do next week!
Grant had his first of four orientations on Wednesday. He came home on information overload. This was the HR portion so they talked about insurance, benefits, 401k, etc. He also found out this week that he has his own graduate student so he met with him yesterday. He is pretty excited about that. He said it felt a little strange because for so long he has been the student, and now he has students of his own. His classes start in about two weeks and I think that he is ready to get things going. We are going to a dinner next week for all new faculty so we are hoping to meet some people that we can be friends with.
We have also met with our realtor several times this week and looked at a bunch of houses. We found one that we loved yesterday but found out the the huge corn field behind the house is zoned commercial and for sale so that was the deal killer for us. This was the kitchen in one of the houses that we both loved! I am in love with this kitchen. You can't see the whole kitchen in this picture but trust me, it is fabulous!!
In other news, it is still HOT HOT HOT here! We got a little bit of rain Wednesday but that is the only time that it has rained since we got to Texas. I miss the South Carolina summer thunder storms :-( Here is our weather for the next few days. . .
Grant before dinner last Friday :-)
I will leave you with a picture of our sweet girl. I think she is really liking having us both home most of the time lately. I'm just glad she isn't spoiled ;-)
Have a good weekend!!
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