plans as 2014 rolls in

a little "history" behind why i am still in good ol' storm lake:

spring of 2012, keifer and i were hoping to move to des moines so he could attend grad school starting that fall. 

we viewed a wide variety of apartments, making a number of trips to des moines on our weekends off, but he wasn't accepted due to the large number of applicants that year. so we got to stay in bv county, working minimum wage jobs, partying it up at malarkey's on weekends - whoop, whoop! 
(oh, and i can't leave out that we got to spend valuable time with my twin sisters and wonderful mommy!)

but no, really i am glad we got to stay. 

he got his car paid off. and we got our first place together that not only felt like our home, but it was cheap. so we got to save up some money... 

only so when march 2013 came along, keifer could get a job in des moines, leaving me in storm lake (little more to this part of the story, but we will just leave that part out - awkward and emotional). 

but good for him. he did just graduate from bvu with a degree in psychology, and was taking beatings and cleaning up shit (literally) at his job at the time - not really putting those thousands of dollars in loans to use.

but as the new year comes along...

...so do new plans.

and now that dillon has moved back to iowa (for good, we hope), those plans have been jump started into motion. 

something i have been wanting to do for almost two years now, but life throws those stupid curve balls, and well, those ideas, hopes, dreams, stay just that... ideas, hopes, dreams. 

so, thank you dillon for moving back - because now I AM MOVING TO DES MOINES... or so the plan goes!

i have been filling out job applications here and there for the past week now.

dillon and i have showed interest in a few rentals.

and well, i have already told everyone i am doing it, so i HAVE to (can't be looking like a liar or someone that fails to create their own path).

latest i want to be there is the first of march.

so hopefully my applications get looked at right away and i hear back from some places.

once i have a job set, i can really buckle down on finding dill and i a place to live - roomies:)

and for those of you wondering where school comes into play...

i suck.

i seriously just suck at the whole school thing.

that is, yet again, on hold until i can save up the money to pay for classes on my own - i no longer get any financial aid help (i have dropped too many classes).

i want to do it. so i am going to do it. i will just be going at it a lot slower than many others:/

once things start falling into place, you can count on hearing more from me - i'll keep you all posted.