Trip to the gym

I've been trying to get my workout routine started again. Its been a few months since I've worked out regularly. Luckily, my company has a really nice, free fitness facility thats open 24/7. Anyway, I walk into the gym today, get on the elyptical machine and look to my left and started squinting and making funny faces at this girl next to me trying to decide if it was really someone I knew or if I was blind. Turns out I'm not blind, the girl I was working out with went to Tech! I used to see her in the gym there all the time and she was in all my classes. I guess she works for UP too, but in Portland, OR. She was just in Omaha for a week for training. Such a small world! She says there are like 5 people in Omaha right now from Tech that all have the same job and are getting trained. Crazy. It's like a little reunion. I don't think we'll get together this week, we're all kinda busy. But maybe next time they come for more training we can all hang out. It'd be pretty sweet. On another note, Dave is here!!! He moved to Lincoln, NE last Friday, which is about 45 mins from here. Not too bad, since before we were about 13 hours apart! I'm happy, yay its a good week. Hope everyone else is doing well too! :)

I made friends...yay!

So I have some random stories to tell, but the bottom line, is I had some interesting social interaction this weekend. I got home from work Friday and my apartment complex was having a Luau (am I the only one who thinks this is weird?) There was this 60-year old DJ playing classic rock/britney spears, and all other crazy stuff. It was out by the pool and was decorated with Tiki torches and stuff. I thought LAME! There were screaming kids and their 3 different baby's mommas running around after em. I was like "no way am I going" I don't care if I don't meet anyone.....Then, by some stroke of magic I saw em there glistening in the sunlight....thats right, two nice cold kegs of BUD LIGHT! They were screaming my name after a long week of work. So I bit the bullet and wandered outside. I was going to just grab some free food and beer and run back to my apartment but I wound up finding two people my age and sat down and talked to em. I found out they were my neighbors and lived right above me. Six hours and two empty kegs later, I found out that I don't drink much anymore and am losing my tolerance...lol. Also, I made two more friends :) We went to a bar on Saturday night to watch their friends' band play. Come to find out this bar called "Connections" is really a lesbian bar. I was beginning to wonder where all the guys were at?.....then I figured it out. So Saturday was interesting for sure. Also, one of Cat's friends from Houghton just recently moved out here. I haven't met her yet but she's super nice. We might do something on Thursday. Then, Maria just told me Bradey the Delt Sig lives out here. I was like "no shit!" I swear I saw him last week at work! We both work for UP, and I saw this guy who looked super familiar, but I couldn't put a name with the face. Funny how small the world is, huh. Crazy. Well, anyway I'm excited, I'm having a good week. I discovered the company fitness center yesterday, its sweet! Also, my boy is coming on Thursday!!! Then I'm helping him move to Lincoln, NE, about an hour from here. Yay for things looking up! Ooh, I got a new phone today too, same phone number though :) Life is good...this week!

I live in the middle of nowhere surrounded by CORN!

Sorry I haven't updated this thing in so long. I just moved and finally after like three weeks, got my internet hooked up. So.... anyway, I moved to Omaha, Nebraska.... Don't ask me why, because I don't know. I work at Union Pacific Railroad, they're a huge company and have awesome benefits and opportunities and whatnot, but they happened to be located in the middle of the midwest, which means no water (lakes, rivers, not even ponds...), and it also means that once you leave the city all you see is corn fields. I'm still trying to figure out what people do for fun here, especially since it gets sooo hot (like 100) and there is no source of water except for the missouri river which is a big pile of muck! Oh, and the best part, I haven't made any friends yet. I know that sounds lame, but it sucks. I moved out here by myself and don't know a single person. I know the 20 people I work with in my department at work but they're all married with families, so thats no fun. It's not as easy as school where you are forced to socialize with people. And it sucks going to a baseball game yourself or doing anything remotely fun by yourself. So I've resorted to hanging out by the pool in my apartment complex in hopes that someone might talk to me, but the only people there are screaming babies and their parents, or really shady guys. What do I do? I need some advice, I've been here about three weeks and I can only clean and organize my apartment so many times before I start to get stir crazy. Luckily my boyfriend will be moving out here in a couple of weeks but he'll still be an hour away. Atleast we can visit on the weekend I guess. But if anyone has been in my situation and has any advice I'd really appreciate it. Its 4th of July and I'm in my apartment watching tv, how lame is that! Help! I love you guys!