Wow has it really been almost two months since I last posted? Sorry about that - I really thought I would be a bit better at posting than I have. I promise to be better about it from now on...
2015 has gone super fast so far. I cannot believe its been just about 3 months since we moved up here. In some ways it feels like we lived in Colorado only yesterday, but in others it feels like an eternity since we left. Life has been really busy up here between work, taking care of a household, spending time with new friends and going to Zumba! I've made a bit of a routine for myself up here and I'm loving every minute of getting to see my husband every day. My only real complaints are the FREEZING weather that I'm still not used to, and the cabin fever that is sneaking up on me steadily. Working from home and yet being in every night is driving me crazy slowly. My only real outings are to the store, to the ARC for Zumba and to my friend Rachel's house. The latter two are super fun, the grocery store... not so much. I'd switch it up except there isn't much to switch it up to. Friends and family back home tell me to "go to a spa" or go "shopping in town" and honestly I just have to laugh. A spa!? In Williston!? HA! Shopping isn't exactly done here in Williston either... you have to go 2.5 hours to Minot to just go to Target.
A girlfriend of mine and I made that trip a couple of weekends ago before she went on her trip to Aruba and completely stocked up. Even just going to Starbucks made us ecstatic. Imagine that... Starbucks are absolutely everywhere, in some cities, they are basically kitty-corner from one another. Not here. We do have a McDonalds and a Subway though so we aren't completely barren... there's even a Hardees (not that anyone really cares too much about either of those three). No, there's no Chipotle, there's no Home Depot, Massage Envy, Mattress King, or any other chain type place you would expect to be in every town. We DO have a Walmart. A very busy, overwhelming, highly-picked-over Walmart. You know how stressful your Walmart is? Times that by at least 3 and then add some mud and the smell of oil. Welcome to Willi Mart (my nickname for it).
That same girlfriend and I have become very fast friends through this time in our lives, and make a habit out of watching Chris Soules kiss every girl on his season of the Bachelor. Much to our husbands' chagrins, we drink wine and yell loudly at the TV while her husband minds the kids and mine tries to steal his focus with talk of work. We sometimes order chinese, other times we eat healthy salads, sometimes we even go to Zumba before we watch... though that turns into a very late evening what with all the chit chat that occurs as well. I'm grateful for her friendship, because without it I'm sure to go a bit crazy.
All in all, Williston isn't anywhere near as bad as people said it was... its just lacking in things to keep a city girl's attention for too long.
