Maryland

can i say how much i love this place? it's great!  ok- so lets start at the beggining. Dan came down to get me, and beth and i had our moving sale. the sale didnt go as good as i'd hoped, but oh well. dan and i got to packing our cars and as we started running out of room, we realized, we would have to make another trip. ha! thank goodness i technically have another month to store my stuff in wilmington (my lease doesn't end until august 31st). so we will be going back in 2 weeks.  We made the trip just fine. Rocky was not happy that he had to be in the car for so long, but we are back on speaking terms now.  We get to the leasing office, sign our papers and then head to our place. its so nice!!! it still smells new! it's a great place in a great town. I went and got myself lost (not really, but i went exploring) yesterday, i found a seafood market! yay! but i guess that makes sense up here. i also found the train station, not a bad drive from our place at all, i went into the station, picked up a map, and a schedule booklet. ill be studying that later. i went to the pier 1 at arundel mills mall, and talked to the manager, i should be on the schedule next week! that was SO easy! im really happy that i have some sort of income. now- today im going to find the US Green Building Councils office, The department of Energy, and the EPA, so i can HASSEL them into hiring me. i dont know if this will work, but i dont think it could hurt.... hopefully. if anything, i would just like to know where they are located. and you guessed it, that means that i'll be driving into DC! all by myself! i know it's a scary thought, but i got to do it sometime right? well- might as well give it a shot, and (in my head at least) it shouldn't be too bad, it is mid-day on a wednesday... right? whatever- im doin it! i'll let you know how it goes! wish me luck!

and say a prayer for my mother, sister and brother-in-law, as they head out to bring me my stuff. and a special thank you to all of them, my uncle john, aunt carol and cousin john, and pam and greg, everyone has been such a big help and Dan and i can not thank you all enough.