Brittany gets a job

Brittany got hired for a position working with pre-schoolers (age 4-5) with autism at a school in Santa Cruz. Woohoo!!
She had to do a Tuberculosis test and some fingerprints today, and once they get the results of that, or maybe before, she will start working with them.
Its not the best paid job in the world, but she thinks that she will really enjoy it, and that is more important than the money at the end of the day.

In other news, i got offered a job, however, the money wasn't right, so i told them to up the offer. I'm going to phone them tomorrow, friday, and find out if they have upped the offer, and then hopefully i will start either next week, or the week after we get back from palm springs.
I found out that i will be working for the first 3 days in Monterey (starting at 8am!!!) and then in Aptos. Monterey is about an hour and 15mins drive from here, Aptos is about 30 - 40mins.
Once we have a little money under our belts, we are going to start to look for a place to rent. We figured we would like to live ideally in Scotts Valley, cos it is only a 5 minute drive to Downtown Santa Cruz, but still pretty much in the country with the redwoods etc. And only 2 mins from Tim and Chesney, and 15 mins from Donni and Curt.

And because we will only be making around $55,000 a year or so (sounds like a lot though), we qualify for low income housing!! Its a system whereby the developer of a new housing development has to offer a certain percentage of the development at a lower rate of rent or for sale. It means you can live in a nicer house or apartment than your budget would normally afford. So we are trying to get registered for the scheme at the moment, and when we get sorted with jobs, will start to look seriously at houses.