"Severe Weather" and a New Job

This week we went from 70 degree weather to 29 degrees with a wind chill. It was kind of funny to see how everyone reacted to the cold weather, people were freaking out. We got a notice from our apartment management that we needed to keep our faucets dripping at night so the pipes would not freeze. I guess it does not get below freezing every winter, we just got lucky. They canceled school and told everyone to stay off the roads because any moisture on the roads will freeze and cause accidents. Tyler's test was canceled so he stayed home today. They had crews out spreading ice melt last night because the forecast predicted freezing rain and snow. I heard that grocery stores were a mess because everyone had to go and buy necessities before the severe weather set in.

I was pretty disappointed this morning when I woke up and it had only rained a little bit, everything looked normal. Then I realized that the rain droplets on the cars and plants were actually frozen. The building next to ours had a spigot break and it was spraying water on the bushes and cars for a while, I thought it was pretty so I went out to take a picture. By the time I got there the leak was being fixed so I came back a bit later and got these. Luckily we did not get much rain or the conditions would have been worse. I personally thought it was a bit anti-climactic but hey, Tyler still got school off so I'm not complaining.

The past few weeks have been crazy with job interviews and such. Right after Christmas break I had an interview at a corporate fitness facility. They ended up hiring someone else but they told me about another similar position with a different company that actually paid better. So I put in my resume. In the meantime I also applied for a position as a personal trainer at a gym (that I won't name) even though it was pretty far away and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to be a personal trainer since the hours are weird. As life goes, I got a call back from the gym almost immediately and went in for an interview which of course went really well. I then heard back from the corporate wellness job and set up an interview. I got a job offer from the gym the day before I went in for my interview with the corporate wellness job so I was a bit stressed for a while because I did not want to burn any bridges. It all worked out though and to shorten my story... I got the offer from the job I wanted and I am really excited about it! I will start officially on the 14th of February so I will be able to tell you more about it soon. But so far I know that it is a gym located near several office buildings that is just for the employees there. I will be doing some personal training, teaching exercise classes, organizing rec tournaments, writing newsletters and all that kind of fun stuff. I am think it is going to be a perfect fit for me. The only down side is that we have to find another way for Tyler to get to school. We'll figure it out though.