Day One

So I have decided to start this blog because so many of my family members, friends, and professors have asked me to send emails- this is an easy way to keep everyone updated if they are interested, as well as allow me to journal (since I am terrible at physically writing one).

So I left for Martin on Saturday morning with my friend Jennifer Bosch. I drove my mom's truck and trailer out here with Joe (my horse) in one half and all my stuff in the other half! Jennifer followed in my car. It was sad to leave the farm and my family, but I was definilty excited to take on a new job with lots and lots of learning included.

It took us about five and a half or six hours to get out here. We didn't have any trouble but the last few miles were definitly the worst. When you turn off the interstate to get here you take highway 73 south to highway 44- both are oil roads...but then you turn off on gravel, and proceed another 16 miles. Normally, this wouldn't be a big deal but since I'm pretty sure the road hasn't been graded or maintained in like two years it was rough! ...and when I say rough I mean 20-25mph pulling the trailer. But despite the extremely rough and slow last few miles we made it! When I unloaded Joe I notice that the spare tire that sits at the front of the trailer had shifted and he was standing on it! Poor guy- he seemed alright though, just a little stiff. We got him all settled in and went on to unpack stuff and try to get things all set up in the house. We ran to town at about six and made it to the grocery store only ten minutes before it closed...we managed to throw $180 into that cart in ten min- that's right we're just that good. :) lol While we were in town we stopped and parked on a hill to use the cell phones. While talking on the phone I believe we saw the best 'res runner' van I have ever seen. It was teal with lovely dents everywhere as well as no hub caps. But the best part...there was no back window and about four or five kids sitting in the back waving and sticking their heads out~haha it was pretty funny! This will probably always be my first, hillarious, memory of Martin.

So we made it back to the house that night and tried to get some sleep- Joe on the other hand was way to busy being nervous about this new place! We got up the next morning and tried to make some pancakes...but one small problem no frying pan! haha I think I'll have to work on that. After unpacking some more Jennifer had to head back home with the truck and trailer and I stayed here and kept settling in for the summer. Later I ran up to Phillip to see my friends up there, (Mark, Megan, Mick, etc!!) Mick graduated so I stopped by the party to congratulate him and say hi to everyone else. I got back around 8:30 and went to bed fairly early (for those of you who know me well you shoudl be proud) to get a good head start on my first day of work!