So, it hasn't and won't officially be announced to CUAA until Monday (longest weekend OF MY LIFE), but the times are changing. The McKinney 3 are moving BACK TO CALIFORNIA!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 will be moving to Simi Valley, CA and 1 may or may not move to Simi or Bakersfield, CA....we're all going back though.
The longest we've ever lived anywhere is 10 years in SV, CA, and we were approaching our 9th year?? here....so we were pushing it close.
The weather here(in MI) has gone from being lovely and sunny to being overbearingly hot and humid....it will storm the whole rest of the week, but IDGAF....I"M MOVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's time too!
My dad can retire next year officially and so to go from a full-time(sometimes 2 full time jobs it seemed) to a part-time job for a year, and not just stop working cold turkey is something that he and us all will enjoy.
Yes, it will be a pain in the rear trying to get to Newport Beach but hey, it will be a lot easier than flying there.....
looking forward to it!!!
California girl through and through!!!
The church will be awesome wherever I go and the small groups will be amazing.
Packing is going to be tremendously fun(not)....and those DVDS.....gotta get them to Eric soon....
and Eric is in Hong Kong, so......crap! Gah!!!
Can't believe that in approximately 2 months, we will be moving to CA!!!!!!!!!
Some exciting things planned in Sept. too! YAY!!!
And then my uncle is planning on having his family and my sister and I all go to Rio for the Olympics in 2016!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!! I can't wait! This next year will have some ups and downs but it will be great!!
almost 3 weeks until we move!!! AHHHH!!!
Friday, May 8, 2015
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
So this week is the week that my dad decides whether or not he will take the call that has been extended to him from Good Shepherd Lutheran School in Simi Valley, CA or stay and work at CUAA for one more year and then retire and move home.
Plus if he takes it: more free time(it's a part time job) so he will be able to be home more and work on more things. He will make the transition to retirement in one year easier because, instead of just working full steam for another year and then stopping cold turkey, he'll be able to cut back his hours and then, once he decides to retire, it will be much easier to go from part-time to occasionally rather than from full time (80+ hours some weeks) to nothing....
We(fam) get to go home. Dereem is in CA, James and fam, Pat, and Michelle and Steve are all in CA, while the only family that we have here is cousins.
We have to live in our house for two years before we can sell it and move somewhere else, and the deck needs a lot of work so that is another plus...we can move and get started on that rather than waiting for another year.
Getting out of MI and the winters and bad cars....
CONS: neighbors...Deni and LeAnn no longer have Lady(TTL) but they are still rather unpleasant...Deni was ok with mom(not with me) in Jan. only because Martina was there. For me and mom, finding a job and figuring out work...unemployment in CA?? BAH.
Dad leaving when he's already planned out things for CUAA....minor inconvenience but still...earthquakes and fires....eh....we'll deal
So, whenever he makes the decision this week(he wants to make it this week so that he can let the students know before they leave (finals are next week and graduation is the weekend after), we have a 24 hour waiting period to pray about it before telling anyone( that is going to be super hard because what am I supposed to say if someone asks me. LOL
Packing and deciding what stays and what goes is going to be interesting if we decide to move. I'm hoping that we get rid of our super large, old TV and just buy a new flatscreen when we get back to CA....that current TV is a bear....
and there is the fact that Dereem is in Bakersfield, if I want to live there I can move there and continue applying for jobs....
we'll see once Dad says go or stay......
COME ON MAN!!!!!!!!! DECIDE ALREADY!!!!!!! It's like everyone's been saying.....IT'S A NO BRAINER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Updates to follow......
Plus if he takes it: more free time(it's a part time job) so he will be able to be home more and work on more things. He will make the transition to retirement in one year easier because, instead of just working full steam for another year and then stopping cold turkey, he'll be able to cut back his hours and then, once he decides to retire, it will be much easier to go from part-time to occasionally rather than from full time (80+ hours some weeks) to nothing....
We(fam) get to go home. Dereem is in CA, James and fam, Pat, and Michelle and Steve are all in CA, while the only family that we have here is cousins.
We have to live in our house for two years before we can sell it and move somewhere else, and the deck needs a lot of work so that is another plus...we can move and get started on that rather than waiting for another year.
Getting out of MI and the winters and bad cars....
CONS: neighbors...Deni and LeAnn no longer have Lady(TTL) but they are still rather unpleasant...Deni was ok with mom(not with me) in Jan. only because Martina was there. For me and mom, finding a job and figuring out work...unemployment in CA?? BAH.
Dad leaving when he's already planned out things for CUAA....minor inconvenience but still...earthquakes and fires....eh....we'll deal
So, whenever he makes the decision this week(he wants to make it this week so that he can let the students know before they leave (finals are next week and graduation is the weekend after), we have a 24 hour waiting period to pray about it before telling anyone( that is going to be super hard because what am I supposed to say if someone asks me. LOL
Packing and deciding what stays and what goes is going to be interesting if we decide to move. I'm hoping that we get rid of our super large, old TV and just buy a new flatscreen when we get back to CA....that current TV is a bear....
and there is the fact that Dereem is in Bakersfield, if I want to live there I can move there and continue applying for jobs....
we'll see once Dad says go or stay......
COME ON MAN!!!!!!!!! DECIDE ALREADY!!!!!!! It's like everyone's been saying.....IT'S A NO BRAINER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Updates to follow......
Friday, May 1, 2015
So in case anyone was wondering, and I know that NO ONE reads my blog...lol
My dad has a call to California to serve in Simi Valley at my old elementary/middle school as the principal part-time. I could not be more excited about it(the call) becuase that means we might be leaving Michigan.
For my fellow Michiganders who are crying foul, please, this is not a reflection of you at all. I love you and the friends that I have made while in MI have been awesome awesome people. I greatly value and cherish each and every one of you. Moving to Michigan enabled me to go to undergraduate and graduate school for nothing(because I got all of my degrees from the same school where my dad was working). It provided me with opportunities to play a variety of insturments (organ, viola, horn singing) and try new things(swing dancing, bible study, Japanese food, going to Mackinac Island).
Michigan also provided me with many firsts. It provided me with my first car(awesome Nissan Maxima), my first full time job, my first lay-off and first unsuccessful venture into the unemployment agency. It also provided me with my first successful dealing with the unemployment agency. It was the place where I got my first smartphone. It was the place where I did my taxes on my own and got them in WAY ahead of time(so that when April 15 came, I had already gotten my refund....YAYS). I truly loved the Fall. I loved the changing leaves and when spring/summer finally arrives and it stops raining.....it's beautiful. Honeycrisp apples are a gem! They are wonderful and I'm honestly going to miss them, because CA has some stupid ban on fruit from other places....i think but I'm not entirely sure.....those MI left turns were kooky but great!
Now, MI has been great in that way. Michigan has also caused me to toughen up(a little) about some things. The winter.....yeah, um, no thanks. Unfortunately,or fortunately, I got really good at driving in it...I wasn't one of the people driving 70 when it was blizzarding but I didn't get into any accidents because of the weather( knock on wood). It was where I first learned about the term "windchill". Maybe they had that at Mammouth Mountain and we just ignored it....but seriously, some of the winters have been BRUTAL!!!!!! Ann Arbor taught me a lot about driving...people say CA drivers are bad....have you tried driving in AA??! And about no turn on reds....I get why you have that rule, but seriously it is the most annoying thing EVER! Also, the tornadoes. We never had one in AA while I lived here (THANK U JESUS) but there was one about 20 minutes up the road....scary. We've had sirens and hail and thunderstorms....but no tornadoes....yet. I get that space is limited but if you miss your exit in MI, then you can wait the 10 miles until another exit shows up...grrr
Things I miss about CA: The freeways. in general, as long as you have more than one person in the car with you, you are pretty golden...if not, you're fucked. Never mind the fact that 3/4 of the time, those were packed and trying to get anywhere not in your town almost always took at least 2 hours....AT LEAST. Also, the lovely person who invented overpasses, separate on ramps and offramps, and carpool lanes.....THANK YOU!!!!!!!! Now, I know, California is wayyyy bigger than MI and as such, has more room to build separate onramps and offramps....but seriously, who thought that it was a great idea to have people speeding up to match the 70MPH posted limit with people slowing down to match the 25 MPH exit limit??!?! not to mention the lane changes and merging??! My family. Granted, I do have some relatives in MI and OH, the majority of the relatives that I am closest to almost all reside in CA or TX. The WEATHER...because DUH! THE BEACH AND AWESOME MEXICAN FOOD!! CARLSBAD.....amazing place
Things I'm not looking forward to in CA: Fires....they happen fairly regularly because of the Santa Ana winds and stupid people....earthquakes....they don't happen too often but sometimes they are scary
my old neighbors...history.....let's just say "We'll never be friends" at least they don't have a dog anymore....
my old room...sooo small.....oh well.... and the fruit trees.....at least we don't have the loliberry bush and the apricot tree is dead.....almost all of our trees are dead or dying...doesn't help that we (CA) hasn't had rain in a long time....a decent amount of rain.
My dad has a call to California to serve in Simi Valley at my old elementary/middle school as the principal part-time. I could not be more excited about it(the call) becuase that means we might be leaving Michigan.
For my fellow Michiganders who are crying foul, please, this is not a reflection of you at all. I love you and the friends that I have made while in MI have been awesome awesome people. I greatly value and cherish each and every one of you. Moving to Michigan enabled me to go to undergraduate and graduate school for nothing(because I got all of my degrees from the same school where my dad was working). It provided me with opportunities to play a variety of insturments (organ, viola, horn singing) and try new things(swing dancing, bible study, Japanese food, going to Mackinac Island).
Michigan also provided me with many firsts. It provided me with my first car(awesome Nissan Maxima), my first full time job, my first lay-off and first unsuccessful venture into the unemployment agency. It also provided me with my first successful dealing with the unemployment agency. It was the place where I got my first smartphone. It was the place where I did my taxes on my own and got them in WAY ahead of time(so that when April 15 came, I had already gotten my refund....YAYS). I truly loved the Fall. I loved the changing leaves and when spring/summer finally arrives and it stops raining.....it's beautiful. Honeycrisp apples are a gem! They are wonderful and I'm honestly going to miss them, because CA has some stupid ban on fruit from other places....i think but I'm not entirely sure.....those MI left turns were kooky but great!
Now, MI has been great in that way. Michigan has also caused me to toughen up(a little) about some things. The winter.....yeah, um, no thanks. Unfortunately,or fortunately, I got really good at driving in it...I wasn't one of the people driving 70 when it was blizzarding but I didn't get into any accidents because of the weather( knock on wood). It was where I first learned about the term "windchill". Maybe they had that at Mammouth Mountain and we just ignored it....but seriously, some of the winters have been BRUTAL!!!!!! Ann Arbor taught me a lot about driving...people say CA drivers are bad....have you tried driving in AA??! And about no turn on reds....I get why you have that rule, but seriously it is the most annoying thing EVER! Also, the tornadoes. We never had one in AA while I lived here (THANK U JESUS) but there was one about 20 minutes up the road....scary. We've had sirens and hail and thunderstorms....but no tornadoes....yet. I get that space is limited but if you miss your exit in MI, then you can wait the 10 miles until another exit shows up...grrr
Things I miss about CA: The freeways. in general, as long as you have more than one person in the car with you, you are pretty golden...if not, you're fucked. Never mind the fact that 3/4 of the time, those were packed and trying to get anywhere not in your town almost always took at least 2 hours....AT LEAST. Also, the lovely person who invented overpasses, separate on ramps and offramps, and carpool lanes.....THANK YOU!!!!!!!! Now, I know, California is wayyyy bigger than MI and as such, has more room to build separate onramps and offramps....but seriously, who thought that it was a great idea to have people speeding up to match the 70MPH posted limit with people slowing down to match the 25 MPH exit limit??!?! not to mention the lane changes and merging??! My family. Granted, I do have some relatives in MI and OH, the majority of the relatives that I am closest to almost all reside in CA or TX. The WEATHER...because DUH! THE BEACH AND AWESOME MEXICAN FOOD!! CARLSBAD.....amazing place
Things I'm not looking forward to in CA: Fires....they happen fairly regularly because of the Santa Ana winds and stupid people....earthquakes....they don't happen too often but sometimes they are scary
my old neighbors...history.....let's just say "We'll never be friends" at least they don't have a dog anymore....
my old room...sooo small.....oh well.... and the fruit trees.....at least we don't have the loliberry bush and the apricot tree is dead.....almost all of our trees are dead or dying...doesn't help that we (CA) hasn't had rain in a long time....a decent amount of rain.
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