Its been a loooooooong time

Lots of things have happened since my last post. I figured its time to post something now. I have started school in Bozeman. For 5 months I have lived in a dorm and at the same time tried to find a place to live. I am just simply too old to live in the dorm and I wasnt really having much fun in there. Just before I went back to Ocean Shores, I found an apartment building that was, well, somewhat mediocure (sp?), but it was the best I could come up with in such a short time. I went home, stayed for about a month, and then moved our family to Bozeman so I could be near the school. But the bad news is that I had to bring Timmyfan with me and I didnt want her to leave the coast, or more importantly, bring her to Montana. So far she couldnt stand being here and will do anything to get back to the coast. She's more of a beach person, I love the mountains. I am hoping she will get to go back to the coast soon. I never really expected her to like it here. After all, I'm the one who's a real big fan of this place, not TF. But since we have lived here, we have been everywhere. I got to take TF to Billings a few times. We even spent the night once at a real first class hotel there while we went shopping. Now that was really exciting. Then there was a few times we went to Helena too. Before we moved here, the only thing I liked about Helena was its name. But after being there a few times its not so bad, not as bad as I thought. We even went there twice to shop for food, which we shouldnt even be doing anyway. We have a Walmart here in Bozeman, and the point of living in a town like this is to have everything here, which we had no shopping back in Ocean Shores. We have even been to Butte for a soda or two, and even went back to Philipsburg to that candy store we went to a few years ago. Now TF liked that. That time I bought us each a BIG box of candy. Next time, I would like to take us to Virginia City, but thats gonna have to wait a while. I am planning something big this summer that will make TF happy...VERY HAPPY!!!! Then came my birthday and I finally got something that I wanted more than anything in the whole world....a trip to Idaho Falls. After over 7 years, my dream finally came true, and I LOVED it!!!!!! I had the best time ever and it was worth waiting 7 years for. The only thing that I didnt like about Idaho Falls was that the state charges tax on food stuffs. We went inside the Fred Meyer store and bought some very large potatoes that for some reason we dont find here in Montana (that sucks). I saw on the reciept where they added tax to the potatoes we bought and immediately concluded that Idaho charges tax on food. If it weren't for that, it be perfect. But I guess no place is perfect. We are going to the Oregon coast this summer and were gonna have fun. Were hoping to drop in on our parents too. I am trying to persuade TF to move to Oregon instead of back to Ocean Shores. I'm gonna be honest here, Ocean Shores was nice and being near the ocean was really cool. But as a full time town, it sucks. Its mostly motels and gift shops, but no shopping. Its more of a tourist and retirement location than it is for someone looking for work and raising a family, unless you own a business in town. At least the Oregon coast has more developed communities than they did back home. I dont know why we didnt move there in the beginning. I remember we talked about it, but were never serious enough. Probably because we had been wanting to move to Ocean Shores ever since before we left Lakewood and we wanted to know what it was like to live there. The main thing here is that TF wants to be on the coast, and I thought Oregon would be the better place for her. At first, she will have to live in Seaside or Warrenton, but I am hoping she will get to move to Coos Bay in the future. At least there, they have a super Walmart and she doesnt have to go far to go shopping. If I were to move to Oregon, I'm not sure where I would live at. But since TF will be in Coos Bay, I should at least be in the same part of the state. The only problem is that California is close by......OH GREAT!!!! Although I would kill to have a view of Mount Shasta if I could see it from southern Oregon. I did see it from there that time we went to Reno, and that was cool. It will depend on the availability of jobs and what they have there as far as shopping is concerned. Although Medford is a good size town and they did have a job for mapmakers there. But thats as of now, and I seriously doubt that job will be available when I graduate. I found the listing on a job site, but a majority of them were in the DC area. To be frank, I'd rather go back to Lakewood than to move to DC. Hell, I'll even settle for California or Great Falls, and I hate all of them. But DC is out. I hear the crime rate there is just as bad as LA, and I dont want to get mugged everytime I step out my door. I rather have no job than to move there. I'll just keep looking, but I may have to wait.