It has been awhile since I updated this….again. haha. But here is something at least.
I have officially been accepted to the University of West Florida for their online B.S. in Oceanography. Most of my credits transferred, but I still have about 48 sem hours to take to complete the degree. All but two classes are available online. The other two I will have to take at a college local to me, then apply transfer it to UWF. Luckily the two classes aren’t ones I need to do my other courses, so I can still wait to get residency to take them. With the online program, they have a way to waive out-of-state fees. Turns out, it will actually be cheaper than University of Cincinnati was. Lol.
Sally has been getting along a lot better with Aestyn and the kittys. The kittys are actually able to be out and about and within a foot of her and been fine. Aestyn and Sally still don’t play much, but they do lay up on my bed together and run around together at the dog park.
I have a new job as an office assistant for a customs broker. We handle imports and exports and such and specialize in cruise ships and yachts here in port everglades. It’s a regular 8:30-5 job with an hour lunch so I have time to go home and let the puppies out and eat lunch at home which is nice and cheap. It’s a good pay with paid holidays and benefits after 90 days. It’s a small office at this location. There are only 5 of us. I work under one lady in particular and help her with a variety of tasks. Right now its been a little slow going, but I am hoping to be busier as I get trained to do more things.
I finally met with a recruiter for the coast guard, but due to time constraints it wasn’t very informative and I still have a lot to learn. Luckily with the program I am looking at, immediate residency is not as necessary. But I still want to get some info.
The car has been surviving, though the A/C is not working right. I will have to take it to get looked at this weekend. I am still working for the dive shop, but will be doing more shop work now that I have a steady job and can afford the gas. I did my first Florida dive down here a few weekends ago. The water was rough and made me sick, I only got one dive in. It wasn’t the best dive ever, but I did get to see a HUGE goliath grouper, and a ton of jelly fish everywhere.
I got to visit Tampa with the guy I have been seeing for the super bowl. It was the first super bowl game I have ever actually watched completely. Go me! Also went to the Miami Seaquarium with him the weekend before last. Its a small place but the shows were entertaining and upclose! Got a lot of great pictures. Check them out! I posted my favs on my deviant art!
Mom came to visit for a few days. That was very nice. I am finally starting to feel that homesickness everyone warned me about, but I am handling it well. Myka will be coming to visit in a few weeks!
I am going to start trying to go to meet-up groups. One of the ones I plan to start checking out is a writer’s meet-up group. There is also a photography meetup group and an outdoor meetup group I may try to start being active in, so long as the events are free or cheap.
Well that is all I can think of for now.
~Mary~
