Nick can't decide what "C" state to live in

Let me explain the school dilemma that poor Nick is dealing with.

The original plan was we would move to Fresno and Nick would take a semester off and resume college at Fresno state starting the winter semester. Seemed like a pretty fool proof plan, yes? No.
If you haven't already heard - California's economy blows. We traded Michigan's problems for Cali's problems. At least it feels like home right? haha. Anyways, the economy is so bad, that the colleges got hit with budget cuts forcing them to close admission until next fall. EEEk! Nick didn't want to take a year off!!! The solution? He had already been accepted to Western State in Gunnison, CO prior to moving out here....so why not kick school in the butt, move out there, and finsish school in 2 years rather than hanging out here and it taking 3. Although I was not thrilled about being alone - we decided we would make it work. So Nick left on a Wednesday morning.

16 hours later. Nick arrived in CO!!! yipee!! But wait - there's more. If you've never heard of Gunnison, that;s because there is NOTHING there. It's a tiny little mountain town about 3 hours away from any good civilized area. Nick had a revelation that (although enjoying small towns) he did NOT want to pay 26k a year to feel that secluded from everything. The new solution? Drive 16 hours back to Fresno on Saturday - work on getting residency in California while taking some time off and spend a lot less on school.

And we recently found some good news that we need you all to keep your fingers and toes crossed on. The university in Bakersfield (about an hour and 45 min south of Fresno) is still accepting applications for only a few majors - Geology being one of them! So if all goes well, Nick won't have to take this winter off and can get school done that much sooner! And then possibly easily transfer up to Fresno for the Fall. And also might be able to finish in less time then it would take in Colorado!

Phew - did you get all that? It's been a crazy week. So in summary. Nick came to California, Left California, and came back to California. I guess he loves that 105 degree weather -who wouldn't :)

We've been here a month already!

WHOA! We're way behind on this! First of all- welcome to our blog. An easy way for you all to keep track of what's going on since we moved far far away from the Great Lakes State. It's been a crazy ride so far. In short: There was a dog fiasco, a "Nick moved to Colorado and then came back" fiasco, waiting WAY too long for a couch fiasco, and the ever ongoing "holy crap - California is expensive!" fiasco.

I suppose before I go into the past and explain everything that's gone on during our settling in, I should show you around our new place. Finally furnished and lived in - this is our humble apartment in Clovis, CA.



Our Living Room and Couch we waited weeks for!

Le Master Bedroom. We need wall art still.

Master bathroom (aka Hannah's BR) attached to walk-in closet.

Our computer room

Dining Room (our table fits six... we need more friends) and kitchen

Check back soon - We still need to tell you all about Clovis/Fresno and about our mishaps and adventures!