Residency

I've been meaning to write for the past few weeks but haven't found the time. Hopefully I'll remember everything that I wanted to write. lol

Anyway, a few weeks ago I finally changed my Pennsylvania residency for a South Carolina one. (sigh) Man, I fought doing it for so long that it seems silly now. But it needed to be done since this is where I will be living for the forseeable future. I always said that I wouldn't change until I knew where I might end up. The upside is that I don't have to drive up to PA anymore to get the car inspected. And since I waited so long to get everything transferred over, my car taxes were fairly reasonable. A heck of a lot less than driving to PA.

The only problem is that USC refuses to acknowledge me as a resident of the state for another year because I only just changed over my license. I plan to declare SC taxes and not PA ones for last year so that should prove residency. It shouldn't matter where my damn car was registered or even my DL because the farm is a legitimate address for me to be attached to. Whatever. So now I have to have Jessica write a letter for me stating that I have full-time employment at the bookstore so that I can get in-state tuition. Why don't they count the classes I teach? Because I am paid per class and even though I'm doing a workload <= a full-time professor, I am not listed as a full-time employee. I argued with the lady cause it's not like I'm changing my residency just to get in state tuition. I would have done that 10 years ago if that was the case. Sheesh

I did tell Mike that no matter how long I live here, I will be a Pennsylvanian. That is my mentality. Dunno if it's better or worse than being a South Carolinian but there you go.

The rest of January went by pretty quickly and well. Things have settled down in to a routine. The problems at the store seem to have been worked out for now. The regional manager stopped by last week while Jessica was on vacation. I purposely didn't tell her about it because she was supposed to be on vacation and therefore should leave getting ready up to us. We did a damn fine job last week and I am proud of my co-workers. The few complaints that were made were not major (one was my fault because I focused on getting other stuff done that I couldn't mention as an excuse -- but it was ok cause I owned it and apologized) and easily remedied. I think the RD was pleased. Most if the complaints were actually by the DM. Big surprise.

I did find out on Monday that our DM has turned in her notice. Jessica is very upset by this and insists that those of us who do not like the DM are going to regret her departure because she's the best. Ummm. . .ok. Whatever. Personally, I think it is possible that we will get someone "worse" than the current DM but at least the new person won't have personal attachments and agendas that some of us have to fight through on top of the normal corporate crap. So, I can't honestly say that I'm sorry to see her go. Will this be for the better? Who knows. Right now they don't have replacement ideas. So, we'll see what happens.

Well, that's about it for now. I have more to write about and will do so as I have time this weekend. Thanks to you all who responded to the last entry. Sorry I didn't get to email everyone individually about the engagement. But hopefully you all will get to come. Nathalie, you better start saving up! (grin) Miss ya, babe.