Since I don't want to become a citizen, and I don't especially want to marry, I hope there's an easier way :P I know there's an easier way. If you end up staying with your same company, I'm sure there's an office somewhere that helps you get those things straightened out.
How close are you to Houston. I just went and looked it up, and the office *is* in Houston. 9999 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77038 Oh, wow. I figured the office would be in downtown somewhere, but you would actually be really close to me. The thing about Houston is that it's huge. All Texas cities are the sprawling kind. We don't do compact. Where I work (Conroe) is considered to be part of the Houston Metropolitan Area. If I told someone unfamiliar with Texas where I work, I'd tell them it was Houston. The very outeredge of Houston, but still Houston. Everything you've heard me reference (except College Station) is along I-45. Huntsville (school) is farthest north, Conroe (work) is middle, The Woodlands (night school) is unmistakabley Houston. When I Mapquested that address, it is about two miles off of 45 a little further south.
I'm not sure how similar Canadian and American roadsystems are (I assume fairly similar, but you never know), but the exit number is based on what mile markers it falls between. To get to that part of Veterans Memorial looks like you take Exit 60. Maybe 58. To get to where I work, you take Exit 91. Sam Houston is Exit 114. Where I take night classes is Exit 77. Basically, everything is within about 50 miles of each other. Depending on traffic, that can take anywhere from a half hour to an hour to drive.
Cool. I'll take another look at what they're offering, and maybe look into a budget or something. Cool. I haven't really looked at the hotels around there, but keep in mind that I work at LaQuinta and I can get an employee discount. I assume you'd be cool to room together?
And I'll keep the temperature thing in mind. How cold does it get in your area? Ah, the vagaries of Texas temperature. The thing that we always say about Texas weather is, "If you don't like it, wait 5 minutes and it'll change." No joke. First weekend of Spring Break, it was snowing as far south as I am. Middle of the week, we were at 89 F in College Station and Austin actually hit 95. But the weather's weird right now even for Texas, so don't take that as total norm. Winter temps do get below freezing. Most winters we have a couple of hard freezes. It's not uncommon to get into the teens, but single digits are rare. But usually we stay around the twenties. Day time temps in winter average in the 40s. Does that help any?
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I know there's an easier way. If you end up staying with your same company, I'm sure there's an office somewhere that helps you get those things straightened out.
How close are you to Houston. I just went and looked it up, and the office *is* in Houston. 9999 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, TX 77038
Oh, wow. I figured the office would be in downtown somewhere, but you would actually be really close to me. The thing about Houston is that it's huge. All Texas cities are the sprawling kind. We don't do compact. Where I work (Conroe) is considered to be part of the Houston Metropolitan Area. If I told someone unfamiliar with Texas where I work, I'd tell them it was Houston. The very outeredge of Houston, but still Houston. Everything you've heard me reference (except College Station) is along I-45. Huntsville (school) is farthest north, Conroe (work) is middle, The Woodlands (night school) is unmistakabley Houston. When I Mapquested that address, it is about two miles off of 45 a little further south.
I'm not sure how similar Canadian and American roadsystems are (I assume fairly similar, but you never know), but the exit number is based on what mile markers it falls between. To get to that part of Veterans Memorial looks like you take Exit 60. Maybe 58. To get to where I work, you take Exit 91. Sam Houston is Exit 114. Where I take night classes is Exit 77. Basically, everything is within about 50 miles of each other. Depending on traffic, that can take anywhere from a half hour to an hour to drive.
Cool. I'll take another look at what they're offering, and maybe look into a budget or something.
Cool. I haven't really looked at the hotels around there, but keep in mind that I work at LaQuinta and I can get an employee discount. I assume you'd be cool to room together?
And I'll keep the temperature thing in mind. How cold does it get in your area?
Ah, the vagaries of Texas temperature. The thing that we always say about Texas weather is, "If you don't like it, wait 5 minutes and it'll change." No joke. First weekend of Spring Break, it was snowing as far south as I am. Middle of the week, we were at 89 F in College Station and Austin actually hit 95. But the weather's weird right now even for Texas, so don't take that as total norm. Winter temps do get below freezing. Most winters we have a couple of hard freezes. It's not uncommon to get into the teens, but single digits are rare. But usually we stay around the twenties. Day time temps in winter average in the 40s. Does that help any?