alright, i hate to use my blog as a forum for pure complaining (though my last post was also a rant of sorts...), but i am having a rough week. to be brief: i hate pocatello--aka blowsville. it seems that every day in pocatello is the beginning of another disappointment. here is the abridged list of my complaints:
there is no target.
the winco (my hopeful replacement of target) here is tiny and totally sucks.
i have no friends.
my sweet nephews are almost three hundred miles away, and they are getting bigger and learning new things all the time without me. the phone just isn't cutting it.
jesse is busy with school all the time.
i still don't have a job.
there are spiders EVERYWHERE (one crawled out from behind my oven yesterday while i was making dinner!).
i know that technically eastern idaho is my home, so this shouldn't be such an adjustment, but i am totally homesick.
i'm trying to remain positive--really, i am--but i am reaching my breaking point. before i go crazy and chop off all of my hair in an effort to cope (i have already tried to schedule an appointment, luckily my stylist isn't returning my phone call--AH! add that to my list of complaints), does anyone have any words of encouragement?
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i dont know what to say other than- i bet there is a good program jesse can transfer to at university of hawaii at monoa!! (do it)
and mayeb this will make you feel even more homesick, but although i live far away i will always and forever be your friend. :)
At least Pocatello isn't on the path of two potential hurricanes. Did that help make you feel better?!
I don't blame you for being homesick. Even if you're in driving distance, the day to day crap is still going to be hard.
Find a friend and then try not to be overly obsessive when you meet new friend so they still like you (that's my game plan).
The "blog friends" help a lot because no matter how different your new life is, the internet is still the same "safe" (ha ha), familiar place it was before. Spoken like a true nerd, right?
Good luck. Change is hard. I miss my Mom.
You need to start a Target franchise and save the poor people of Pocatello.
I don't have any words of encouragement, but here is a hopefully uplifting link that will at least bring a smile to your face for awhile!
http://www.drhorrible.com/
Love you and hope things get better for you soon.
Well, first of all I understand you being very upset about Target. Although, if you ever get too bored, IF is only 45 minutes away. Things really will get better. Especially when you start going to church. Have you been to your ward yet? My sister endured four years in Pocatello. I remember the gigantic spiders everywhere. However, just like she made it through, so will you :)Good luck Becca!
Only two years and you can come back to the county of Ada! We miss you too! (probably doesn't help but..)
im not very good at words of encouragement! but i hope it gets a lot better!! i have some cousins who live there!! but theyre all high schoolers so i guess that wouldnt help!!
but my aunt works at the college!!
Look for the last name Ronneburg! shes really nice!
hope everything gets better!! :)
Oh man, Becca. I am totally feeling you. I discovered hobo spiders for the first time this summer and it is freaking me out! Although, I know they're way worse where you are. And I too have yet to find gainful employment. It's making me feel really cheerful. I do love that you've been thinking about chopping off your hair - because that's what I'm been telling Gary that I'm going to do. "That's it, I'm shaving my head!" That's been my battle cry the last week or so.
What's your new address? I think mail always helps these kinds of situations :) Send it to me on Facebook or gmail if you would be so kind.
oh i must say that haircut would look GREAT on you!
words of encouragement?! i should have many. i cant say grundy, virginia was my ideal place to live. no target ... oh wait no ANYTHING. church and walmart = 45 minutes away, family = miles and miles away, jake = way busy with school, wireless internet at our house = not a possibility, cable = non-existent, cell phone service at our house = nope. ugh. i guess the only words of encouragement i have right now are "i know how much it sucks" so hopefully it's some consolation that someone knows how you feel. i'll be thinking of some better words of encouragement for you though ... i'll get back to ya!
I have been loving the Kate Holmes bob for such a long time and I would definitely support your decision to emulate her (on the hairstyle front, and maybe the adorable offspring, but let's not go much further than that, yeah). As for a remedy for homesickness, I believe I offered Transformer Cake and my company this weekend! :) I hope we can hang out next week if it's no dice today.
And kick the crap out of those spiders!
I'm sorry for the sadness that you are experiencing. Once Jesse is done with school, you can move back to Boise. It really is a great place. Good luck with the job hunt. What are you looking for exactly?
yo! sorry "home sweet home" doesn't exactly apply to pocatello =( that spider thing is atrocious... why won't they just go away??? i actually killed my first spider in the bathroom because i was too stubborn and prideful to ask one of the boys to do it for me. i will send some bravery your way, dear one.
and WHAT to do about the no target situation??? buy everything online. do it.
Hello sweet Becca...
I didn't know you were in Pocatello! Missy hooked me up to your BLOG - but I just had to reply when you posted the first complaint on your list - NO TARGET?!!! That is so over the top WRONG. You have every right to complain!
We love you and hope things are looking a little bit better today -- remember there's always target.com
:)
i vote chop off all your hair.
i wondered if you'd have a hard time in pocatello because with the limited time i've spent there, i'm not a fan of it either. at all. and you're way classier than i am. so, sorry about the drag, but on the bright side, there are lots of bright sides.
um, i'm sorry i'm like a week late to jump on the sympathy train. i read the "no target," and was like
DUDE.
seriously, that hurts. pocatello also earns demerits for having a huge zoo banner that looked like a finish line at our marathon, not to make this about me...
on the bright side pocatello has a great zoo, complete with.....deer, and donkies----can't see enough of those two species.
also, when i want to cut my hair sometimes i settle for dying it, or highlights. and be comforted that costco is coming in like a month or so. we tried to get gas there but they said, "not yet."
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