February and March 2018 -
Still working 6 days a week, 9 1/2 hrs a day. Not a lot of time for anything else.
April 2018 -
April started out pretty much the same (I did keep my promise to shave my head and die my hair lavendar though!) Since I was missing the change of seasons so much (one of the factors leading up this blog), I decided to look for a different climate for my next locale. We had saved up a decent amount of money, and I actualy got two really good job opportunities in the twin cities (one in St. Paul, and one in Richfield, Minnesota), and started looking for an apartment. Here is where life starts getting turned on its head.
I couldn't get an apartment. No explanation. Finally, I got an apartment manager in the phone, and she asked if I had any evictions. I told her I wasn't so sure, and explained the mess with my former landlord, where I refused to pay the $400/month increase, put everything in storage, and left.This particular management company made it a policy to file for an eviction on the 9th of the month if the rent wasn't paid. Since I refused to paythe last month's rent (like I said there were issues), I knew they were filing, but left prior to the date. She advised that I run a background check on myself (didn't know you could do that, but apparently you can), and there it was. The eviction was dated the day after I vacated the premises. The apartment manager told me that the same thing had happened to her sister, which was why she had me check. They still couldn't rent to me though, corporate policy.
Well, what choice did I have? There was one week left to the season, and I needed a place to land, fast! I went to Coolworks.com, the place to find seasonal employment, and found us jobs at a golf resort in Vermont. Oh, and I forgot to mention... I had my first ever serious kitchen accident. With all of the stress, I wasn't paying attention and managed to almost take a quarter of an inch off my thumb. That took six stitches (also a first for me), including through the thumbnail. April had started out fun and looking forward to a new adventure. The accident should have been considered an omen.
Phillip and I packed up and struck out. We decided to make a game of it as we traveled across the country. Caught a Psychduck playng Pokemon on a lake in Richfield, MN, not to mention meeting up with my awesome former Sous Chef Tripper at Pizza Luce, cheese curds in Wisconsin, (not to mention the Ghiardelli outlet in Kenosha, WI, the Jelly Belly Factory (tutti-fruitti is my absolute favorite!), also in Kenosha, WI and the great night's stay that we had at the Potawatomie Casino in Milwaukee, WI- geez, Wisconsin was fun!), the Corning Glass Museum, and having spiedies (an awesome marinated meat sandwich in Binghamton. We got ours at Lupo's) in Upstate NY. A few of my favorite pictures...
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| Look what I found in Richfield, MN! |
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| Ghirardelli's (Wisc.) |
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| Phil and Me at Jelly Belly (Wisc.) |
This is a video of the sculpture outside our window at the Potawatomie Casino in Milwaukee, WI
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| Lamb spiedie from Lupo's (NY) |
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| Chihuly sculpture in Corning, NY |
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| Me at the Corning Museum of Glass (NY) |
May 2018 -
Finally we arrived in Vermont, happy to be back on the East coast. I was excited to spend a beautiful summer on the lake, followed by an autumn in New England (truly a gorgeous sight). Had to try a Creemee (a delicious ice cream!! The cone picture was a combination of vanilla and black raspberry - yumm to the max!)
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| Vanilla and Black Raspberry Creemee, OMG!! |
Did you know there are more cows than people in Vermont? True. They joke that the state bird is the mosquito, unfortunately, also true (although I think it should share that title with Minnesota and Wisconsin.)
Everything was fine until we actually got to the resort where we would be working. Unfortunately, I can't go into any detail due to a Non-Disclosure Agreement that we all had to sign, but surfice it to say that this place was not a good fit for us. I started looking for a replacement, and was offered a great job in Washington, D.C. Less than a month after we arrived in Vermont, we were back on the road, little to know that even armed with the knowledge of that cursed eviction, we were headed into a journey of both nightmares and rediscovery.
I'm going to leave the story there for the moment. Before I go though, I leave you with a picture of the promised birthday 'do. The saga continues...
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