Un Petit Voyage

A Little Trip. Vacation. I'm not sure what right I have to go on vacation, but I'm going anyway! It's not like I just got back from a week-long visit to Florida, or maybe I did... My family is going away for the weekend. We are going to Asheville, NC..just a couple hours away. We are going to go tour The Biltmore Estate. We've never seen it before, but are really looking forward to it. It is the largest house in America with 250 rooms, 65 fireplaces, an indoor pool, bowling alley, and priceless art and antiques. It also has a winery (with samples), which I am really looking forward to visiting :-) You can find more info about the place at their website, included in my links. We are leaving Friday and plan to return sometime Sunday. We also plan to do some meandering around the city of Asheville, since none of us have ever really been there before.

I'll be sure to post pics when I get back, which will be much easier since Mom and Dad gave me my birthday present, a new digital camera, a couple days early. What a great place to try it out on! Thanks Mom and Dad, I love the present and look forward to capturing many wonderful memories with it!

On the job front...I got some encouraging news from Schwan. Or at least, didn't get discouraging news from Schwan. I talked to my inside source and they still have not hired anyone, or even interviewed anyone, or even called anyone, for the job I want. So much for "we definitely want someone hired by the end of February". I was starting to get depressed and beginning to feel rejected this past week as I thought of someone else working at the job I've been waiting on since August, while I didn't even recieve a call. It is still frustrating, however, knowing that right now, as I type this, there is somewhere at Schwan, the budgeted salary for the position I am waiting to fill. They have the money set aside, they have the office set up, now they just need me. Oh well, I guess I'll continue praying for patience, and continue applying for any other job I see.

Tonight my sister and I attended the Finale for the Greater Greenville Shrinkdown. The 8-week program resulted in both of us losing 8 pounds (each, not combined). It was actually alot of fun, and really helped to make us aware of little areas in our lives that we could change to garnish big results. It also got us alot more active, and resulted in our entire family getting a membership at the local YMCA. Greenville County had almost 5,000 participants that lost a little over 6 tons! J and I went swimming after the program concluded, then relaxed in the hot tub for a while, and then rewarded ourselves with a burger and a shake at Steak 'n Shake...okay, so we aren't completely reformed yet, but at least we exercised first, and everyday this week.

Today, instead of doing a proper 3-point turn, I happened to see a driveway that went across a corner, so I just drove through it. I'm sure the people that lived there, if they saw me, thought I was an idiot, but it was alot easier, and much funnier. J and I laughed for at least 5 minutes.