Well, lets see, what has happened in the last 2 weeks? We have been praying pretty desperately for Caleb to find a job for the rest of the semester and summer. I won't mention names, but a particular golf course led him along in the hiring process for over a month and then rejected him. We took it pretty hard and have been working double time to find him a job. Last Wed. our prayers were answered and not only did he get one job, but TWO!
We are officially a Marriott family, because Caleb is now working facilities at the hotel with me 20 hours a week. My boss really went out of his way to help us out so we are really grateful. So, while that is only 20 hours, the professor that Caleb has worked for all year at the university asked him to stay on and do research for him all summer. His only condition is that he can't work past July 31, which is PERFECT since our lease is up then and we are moving to DC! Phew, what a TOTAL answer to prayer!!!
Scarlett's 1st birthday was on Thursday, and it was pretty eventful. As my mom says, she is definitely my dog. About 2 days before her birthday she started having an unusual amount of accidents in the house which NEVER happens because she is completely obnoxious about us taking her out. The final straw was when she actually peed on Caleb. We called the vet and they scared us into bringing her into the emergency vet at 11:30 that night. Two hours later they told us they thought she had kidney disease, diabetes or some other horrible disease and needed to see internal medicine which would cost $1500 on top of the $300 for keeping her in the hospital that night..... Caleb told me they were full of crap and he dragged me crying and the dog out of there. The next morning I took her back and they ran all sorts of good, expensive tests to tell me she had a bad urinary tract infection. She should be better after 2 weeks of anti-biotics. In the meantime, Caleb has renamed her puddles.... I am not amused.
Right now I am actually in Dallas sister-sitting for a few days while my parents are on vacation. It's nice to have a few days away from the hotel. Last night I had to bust up a lady's 50th birthday party in our lobby due to illegal outside alcohol being served to minors and they were being obnoxiously loud.... sometimes I wonder why I put up with some of that stuff. Ah, that's right, the bills. O well, it's only for a few more months. My only other hotel story for this week is a sweet one. A man and his two small children have been in the hotel all weekend. Last night about 9 they came to buy chocolate and sodas. The dad was striking up a conversation with me and the little boy (maybe age 8) got upset and wanted to hurry back to the game which he informed his dad was in the 19th inning. The dad scolded him and told him to quit exaggerating. Anyways, 10 minutes later the dad called the front desk to tell me that his kid wasn't lying that the Mets and Cardinals actually WERE in the 19th inning. I jokingly told him to call me and let me know how it ended up. A little while later I answered the phone and this precious little voice said, "hi, this is jake, the kid who bought the 3 musketeers. i just wanted to let you know that the Mets won." I laughed and asked him who he had wanted to win, and he said the Cardinals, so I wished him luck on the next game. Some guests are so fun!
Anyways, the last BIG news we have..................... (no its not a baby)....................... is that Caleb got his aggie ring on Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It is such a huge part of the aggie tradition and one of the greatest days as an aggie student. I had so much fun watching Caleb get so excited when they opened the box. His ring is HUGE! I'm so proud of him for working so hard and now the whole world will know that "we are the aggies, the aggies are we!"
Here are a few pictures from ring day:
Finding his ring
Singing his life away for his ring
The opening of the box!
Gig 'Em!!!!!
Congratulations!!!
His ring is so big that mine actually fits inside it!
