Shayla vs. The World

I will be a project manager/designer for fire suppression systems. I definitely never pictured myself going into construction but this sounds like a really good job and I'm really excited. Otherwise I've just been hanging out with friends and family this fall, which I have zero complaints about. Trip to Michigan for a wedding Austin tipped his kayak Halloween. Dale Denton and Louise Belcher Austin and I carved pumpkins Lucy and Bear And of course this weirdo I start the new job in January. Hopefully it goes well!

It's been an uneventful summer spent mostly relaxing with family. The 4th happened... Parades are definitely more exciting as a kid. Her finger up her nose! Then of course the fair. These girls make me so proud of their care for these animals. The rest of the summer has been spent relaxing with family, usually outside. Jess got a puppy!! Buster <3 Baking with Zucchini from Jess's garden Kallie NEVER lets me hold her. I didn't dare to move once she was asleep Lucy I'm job hunting pretty aggressively, I'd be lying if I said it wasn't discouraging most of the time. I'm not even sure what exactly I want to do but I'm thinking it's something in the medical device industry. I'll take just about anything at this point though.

I got a cat. Teisha and I were talking about cats and next thing you know I'm at the humane society looking at all the wonderful kitties who need a home. I was honestly about to leave having not found the one yet when I saw one more kitty butt sticking out of the play tunnel in the middle of the room. I gave the kitty butt a little scratch and out popped a purring kitty and I instantly fell in love. Meet Snickers. She's 10 month old and still really shy of Lucy, but she snuggles up close to sleep with me every night. She's pretty amazeballs.

The nice thing about going home is how quickly you feel comfortable again. I don't have any job lined up yet and I'm not sure how long I'll be staying in Iowa so Teisha has so graciously offered to let me live with her for the time being. My weird accent I picked up is going away pretty quickly. Haha. Overall it's good to be back home for a bit. It's honestly surprising how this immediately felt normal again. At this point I've spent most of my time at the Cleveland's pool with the kids. We went kayaking And the rest of my time is spent chilling with these awesome girls and their Mother. I definitely hope I get a job soon though. This relaxed stress feel feeling isn't going to last long.

My flights from Sydney went without issue. Some gentlemen working for TSA gave me crap for having 4 bags with me when I had to collect them in LA to get through customs. It was a bit of a hassle with all of the bags but I made it. Next stop. VEGAS! Mom had just landed as well and surprised me at my gate I spent most of my time lounging at the pool and napping (jet lag this direction is always worse) and hanging out with family. Tim and Dad got the bikes out and we went for a ride through Red Rocks Canyon It was really hot I'm not stationary in this We went out for dinner a couple of times and had some fun at Top Golf.   Margarita shared by like 3 people Family, food, drinks, golf and the Cubbies on the big screen I am not good at this Back on a plane, Iowa bound It was nice getting to spend time with family and relax by the pool for a few days. But I can't wait to be home to see everyone else.