The fourth of July :)

Monday was fourth of July so we got up early and headed down to Plymouth to watch the parade. On the way we went to Einstein's bagels and had a delicious breakfast. I am in love with bagels now and wish we had an Einstein's at home, they do these cute little blueberry donut things, they are amazing. The parade was really good and there were lots of bands and cheer leading squads. After this we returned home and Kyla, Cory and I went to to a place called Dollar World which is a thrift store which was full of lots of corny July 4th t-shirts which we bought and wore for the rest of the day. We went home and had a barbecue with Cory and his family and played croquet. After this David and his family came round and we had desserts and then went to Plymouth to the coffee shop and had coffee and walked around the town. Cory and I went to visit our old school and look for the bricks that we had engraved when we went to school there. Most of the bricks had rubbed clean which was really sad but we found our old class brick in the paving which was good :) We also ran around the playground and played on all the toys even though we are way too big for them now and struggled to fit on some of the play structures. We finished the fourth of July by watching Monk and I fell asleep part way through.

On Tuesday Cory and his Dad went to play golf so Kyla, Cory's Mom and I went and got tasty frozen drinks and went to a couple of shops in Plymouth. I also completed some more job applications. Kyla also made me some beautiful earrings :) We went to a delicious restaurant for dinner called Seva and then to get an ice cream after. It was possibly the biggest ice cream I have ever had and probably had about 3,000 calories in it! Cory drove us back to East Lansing Tuesday night as he had to work on Wednesday. On Wednesday I filled out yet more applications and handed them in. I also went to the fitness centre and once again discovered how incredibly unfit I am!

Today we went to the social security office so I could apply for a social security number just incase I do manage to get a job! The guy was really really nice and wished me luck in finding a job in such a difficult climate. Cory then went to get a haircut and I got a pedicure using the voucher which I received when I had my hair done. I've never had one before but it so relaxing! And you get to choose a bottle of nail polish and they use it on you and then you get to keep it! Amazing!! Now I am just chilling out and trying to decide what I'm going to do if I can't find a job. It is a depressing thought that I may have gone through all the visa applications and job applications and won't end up getting a job anyway.