Negative Nancy, Positive Polly

Negative Nancy Says

• Sometimes I wonder what the hell we were thinking quitting 2 good jobs in Utah to move to another state for a job that has laid Rick off 3 times, and the possibility of him getting laid off again is still there.
• We moved here to have a better financial future, and so far this is the most broke we have ever been in our lives. We moved here to get out of debt, and the act of physically moving here put us in more debt.
• I have worked since I was a teenager. I have been a manager, a trainer, and the person that had the answers. I have always loved my jobs and was good at them, no matter what it was. Here I am the new person who doesn't know what she is doing, isn't going fast enough, and is the weird Mormon girl. Didn't you read the employee handbook? Didn't you learn this in school? Why don't you know this?
• Rick has worked since he was a teenager. He's been good at every job he's had, and at his last job he didn't even need to put in a 2 weeks notice but would still be leaving "on excellent terms" because he was such a good employee and was so well liked. Here he is the new guy. Didn't anyone teach you this? Are you trying to get us all killed? Arizona has done wonders for our self esteem.
• It's already really really really hot here. Like I just barely took Meeko outside to go potty and just standing out there for a minute I was sweating on my face and my arms. And I never sweat there. That is so gross.
• You think people in Utah are nosy? You have no idea. Do you have any kids? Why not? Do you want kids? Why? Why not? When are you going to have kids? Are you pregnant? Are you trying to get pregnant? Why? Why not? Do you mind if I tell you every detail about how each of my children were conceived? How about all of my labor and delivery stories?

Positive Polly Says

• Since moving here, we have been tried in every way possible. Being tried either makes you or breaks you. I'm only assuming that "breaks" means "kills", and I'm not dead, so I think I've been made. Even if I do cry almost every day.
• We live really close to a Sees chocolate store. We always have chocolate in our house, and when we run out, Rick goes to get me more.
• Every weekend I look forward to going to church. The only other time I ever remember looking forward to it was for mutual when I was a teenager because all my friends were there. Now, I want to go, and I want to feel the Tickle Monster (last time I call it that, promise), and I want to watch children inhale water from their water bottles, and I want to watch the interesting lady stand up during Relief Society when she hasn't been called on to read a quote that has nothing to do with the lesson. But not only do I want it, I need it.
• Our marriage has never been stronger. I never realized how much I needed Rick or how much he needed me until now. The best thing about it is that everyday we make each other laugh. Even on the worse days.
• Rick only works about 2 times a week and the rest of the time he is on call, so he spends a lot of time at home. Back when he was in training and working a lot and I didn't have a job I spent all my time cleaning and organizing the house. Now the rolls have reversed and he gets to be the Housewife. He's not the best at it. Like if it was a job I probably would have fired him, but still he tries and usually I come home to a clean house and that is one less thing I have to do. Proud of him.
• According to the vet papers we have, Meeko turned 1 on June 6. Since it was his birthday we let him walk around the house with no rules and no discipline. He celebrated his birthday by tipping over the garbage can and licking out the pudding cups, eating qtips from the bathroom garbage, tearing up tissues and scattering them all over our bed, eating all of Rick's ear plugs, and peeing in his cage while we were gone and then rolling around in it. Awww, Happy Birthday Meeko.
• Arizona will always be known to me as the place with the best food in the world. Everything here is so good. Somehow even the food that I make is better. Like its the same box of macaroni and cheese that Utah has but it's better here. And I loooooove food, so that has really been a plus.
• Whenever our landline rings (and we know it's not Rick's work) we place bets as to who is calling. So far it's a tie. I would have won had I guessed that the last person to call would be the FBI saying that they were very sorry to inform me that the 5 million dollars I won in Vegas was actually a scam, but I just didn't see that one coming.
• I am coming home in September for 5 days. I don't care if we have to walk there, we are going.
• I can list more positive things than negative things. Some how that makes me feel better about life already.