This week has been both eventful & uneventful. As most of you know, Jonathan got a job working at REI, and this week was the store's soft opening. Thus, every employee was required to work more shifts than usual, Jonathan included. He's been completely swamped trying to manage his heavy load of schoolwork & working at REI. When he's not at the store working, he's in the library or at our stud desk working; luckily, this coming week seems to be much less REI-related work, so hopefully we'll actually get to see each other!
Parisa's godparents came to NYC this week on vacation, so she spent the majority of the week hanging out in Manhattan. She also had an interview with the New York Foundling organization in Staten Island, & a phone interview with an organization called New Leaders for New Schools. Both interviews went very well, & Parisa was offered the social work job at the New York Foundling organization. The position is only 1-2 shifts a week, so she is continuing to look for a full time position. However, the work she'll be doing there is extremely rewarding & she's really looking forward to working in a hospital & gaining some social work experience working with adolescents. Parisa is waiting to hear back from a couple of other job possibilities this coming week, so please pray for good news!
Aside from working, cleaning & studying, this weekend we got to hang out with some great Drew friends. Parisa spent some time at a yard sale with a small group of great Drew girls that go to school with Jonathan & really enjoyed getting to talk & get to know them better. Saturday night we double dated with Leena & Adam at a delicious burrito place in a nearby town. It was SUCH a great Saturday! We're really looking forward to spending more time & getting to know Leena & Adam much better. What a wonderful family they are! :) We did get a chance to hit the local movie theatre & see The Informant, which we found to be pretty disappointing. (Side note: the theatre here only has 4 screens! Crazy.)
Overall, it's been a great week. Looking ahead into this week: We're (finally!) getting a nice, big, comfy couch tomorrow, & moving some boxes into a storage unit. The finishing touches will be put on our apartment after all that is done, & then we will post pictures of our humble abode. We're so excited to have this major project finally completed, haha! Parisa is also really looking forward to going to a party on Monday night for one of our neighbors that's getting married next weekend. Our neighbor, Julia, is getting married in Philly next weekend & a bunch of the Drew girls are getting together to give her a fun send-off! Weddings are so exciting :)
Well, we miss everyone terribly & hope you're all doing well. Please email us & let us know how you're doing! We'd love to hear from you all.
Hoping that Texas is warmer than New Jersey,
Parisa & Jonathan
Glad to hear y'all are doing so well!
ReplyDelete(Texas is still pretty warm...though there were a couple days last week where the weather was chilly enough for a light sweater or long sleeves in the evening!!)
The theaters in Austin only had 4 screens. Except DT, that one had 2.
ReplyDeleteHey Parisa! I loved the pics of your new apartment :-) Looks just like a little NJ place. Plus I love all the red accents - when we got married, alot of my appliances were red too :-)
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We'll have to come visit if we are in NJ.....not sure when that will be