Happy Holidays and all that jazz

I'm off work now until after Christmas! Hooray! A real vacation. It's been a while.

My first day off today was pretty good. Hung out with Jake in the morning, until he had to go to work at 11:30am and then I finished my christmas shopping. I just have a couple of things to do tomorrow, including mailing Maggie's Christmas present to her and getting a bigger bag to wrap a gift into. And then, I'm good to go. Super. :)

I'm also going to make the "Dirty Snowball" Candy/Cookies that I made for work a week or two ago and take them with us to GB. They were really really good. Basically, it's a package of oreo's, a package of cream cheese mixed together, formed into balls and coated with chocolate. They are really chocolatey. Just so we have treats, because Betsy did not make cookies. Of course, they have to start to move the day after christmas, so it makes sense that they would not have cookies to take with. :)

Schedule for the next several days:

Friday: Off all day, going to my Aunt and Uncle's house at 6:30
Saturday: Off to GB for the weekend
Monday (during the day): time not solid yet, but driving home to MKE again and possibly going to my Aunt and Uncle's business to see them and my cousin, his wife and their two kids. Depends on what time we leave and when we get back. Not sure what we are doing the rest of the night...
Tuesday: Christmas! I assume that we will be over at my parents for the day
Wednesday: Back to work... :(

I don't know that I look forward to all the running around, but at least we don't have to drive 800 miles in three days like 2005.

Currently watching Kitchen Nightmares on BBC America -- NOT the American version. I love this show. I LOVE Gordon Ramsay. He's so sweet.

SNOW'D!

View from the back deck.

It snowed all day. I got to leave work at 3pm, and I was glad that I did, because when I flipped on the TV at four, after I was done shoveling, there had been a three car accident on 45 south at Silver Spring, which is right on the way home, so that would have added extra crap to the already shitty drive.

But, I totally force my car up a snowy hill and it was completely awesome. My steering wheel was all over, my tires were burning and it was totally sweet. I just stayed calm and kept the car moving.

I'm glad it wasn't ice. The little cat is doing something, but what I don't know. I hear movement. Oh...she was finished eating her food and was trying to cover it up. Without success.

My dad was stuck in New York City this morning -- I think that he might be home now, but that really sucks for him. Sitting at La Guardia waiting to fly to Milwaukee.

In other news:


This was Merry Christmas for Jake and I. Now, I can run whenever I want to and I will probably have a much easier time training up until Jan. 12th. So, I'm pretty excited.

I'm currently watching the X-Files. Looks like Season 1. I used to know better, but I have lost my touch. There's dead chickens and it looks very early 90's. Gosh, I used to love this show. The 18 year old in me still does probably. Mulder (Duchovny...whatever) totally was just driving up to a house in the show and totally jumped the curb. Sweet.

Anyway, I suppose that I should go do something constructive...maybe. Wait. Now Chickens are pecking an old lady to death. Sweet.

I suppose that I could post more on here...but I'm soooo lazy.

I find that I just don't have much to say. But, since I'm here, I might as well waste the bandwidth.

Since I posted last...hmmmm.....

We got a Christmas tree, which was nice. It's by the bay window. The lazy-boy moved upstairs. The dining room table moved over where the chair was. It has worked out nicely. The tree likes to drop needles a lot, but it's still drinking water, so it's okay with me. Just get out the vacuum and all. I finished decorating the house and I made a few christmas cookies too.

Jake had a cold last week, so that kind of sucked. I didn't get sick, but it's not fun having someone in the house that was sick. It's just a bummer.

I think that I'm going to change my color scheme here when I'm done with this. A little more Chritmasy, I think.

I got a small kick in the pants from my dad last week about running, but I just can't get it going. I'm planning on doing a couple of miles on their treadmill today, when we go over for the game today, and hopefully, that will be the spark that gets me going. I had a plan written out for just getting miles in, in the last month before the race. I figure if I can get 10-12 miles a week in before we leave, I should be good. It's just a matter of not working 45 hours a week and then trying to stop somewhere to run before I go home. Most of the time, I just want to GO HOME! :)

I'll put down what I'm planning here

Sunday (9): 2 -3 miles
Monday (10): rest day
Tuesday (11): 2 miles
Wednesday (12): 2 miles
Thursday (13): 2 miles
Friday (14): rest day
Saturday (15): 3-4 miles

This basic schedule I am planning to repeat until we leave for Florida. The Race is on a Saturday, so it works out pretty well, I think. Rest on Friday while we're down there. and that schedule gives me between 11 and 13 miles a week. I think it looks good. I've really been lacking in the training area, but I've still been losing weight too, so that's good. I'm down 15 pounds since July. That's okay with me. I'm almost back to where I was the summer after we got married (which is when I started to gain all this weight to begin with). Go me! :)

I have not done a lick of Christmas shopping either. Not good. Oh well. I'll get to it eventually. Maybe.

Christmas Countdown begins...I guess.

I'm really going to need to explain why 28 is the second perfect number. I'm already 28, so I'm there. Explain.


Thanksgiving was okay. It's hard to have just a day off and then back at it. I wish that I lived in a life where I did not have to work to survive. Now, if I could work because I wanted to work, that would be different. But, I've never liked to be forced to do things, so I like to push against that. Don't work. Work sucks. Do something that you can do, just because you want to. Not because you'll lose your house and your life if you don't have the work.

I didn't have a very good weekend. I was crabby and touchy and flew off the handle at everything and snippy and tired and grrrr.....

Both days. Not fun. But, we did put up Christmas decorations and lights and things, so that was something. We also got my parents' "old" HDTV. My dad bought a bigger new one, so they very nicely traded us the old one for a different TV to put in their rec room.

We are also going to start our own rec room in the basement. We figure that we can get a 18 by 10 room down stairs -- good for TV and hanging out, I think. Hopefully, it will be warm enough when we are done. I think that it will be a good project for us this winter. Something to up the resale value as well. It will start right as you walk downstairs -- essentially creating what looks like a partially finished basement, but really is just a room built in the basement -- and there is a difference. If I showed you, you would understand. But, I'm looking forward to that after the New Year/Disney.

Disney -- there's another thing that weighs down on me. I haven't been running very much or well or anything. I'm not really sure how I'm going to finish the training for the running. I just have to drag myself out on the weekends, I think. I don't have time during the week anymore. But, another weekend went away here. I think that this will just be like the Discovery Run -- I will train right before I leave and just cross my fingers that I will finish. I did pretty well with 15k and the half marathon is only another 3.8 miles past that run. When you've done 9.3, 3.8 doesn't seem that much longer. I will prevail.

Well, I should go to sleep before I am up until midnight and I'm super crabby ass for work tomorrow...again...like Friday.

300! Just in time for Turkey...

The HeyerSouth (aka Team Heyerbrau) plans for Turkey Day are as follows:

Going up to GB (not sure where we are staying, J&K's or parents) tomorrow night, spending the night and most of Thursday eating and watching football -- GO PACKERS! -- and then back home. We have to work on Friday. And this is the very reason that teachers should not complain. ha ha.

Of course, I have 3 days off around Chritmas, so I am looking forward to that very much.

I haven't been running too much lately. Not on purpose, just have trouble getting out with working so much and it getting to be night very early now. I will probably have to start going out hardcore on the weekends and crossing my fingers during the week. I would probably go out when I get home, but it's been raining a lot.

I'm waiting for pie to get done cooking. Then I can go to bed. I guess we're coming home with a bunch of stuff for the house, from Jake's parents. Chest freezer is what I am most excited about. I would also like their treadmill too. That would make running easier in the winter too. :)

Anyway, that's about it. Too bad it's not more exciting for my 300th post. oh well. This is my blog not yours! :)

Weekend Round-up

So! It was an eventful weekend. Friday night was mostly sitting around. The Hertel's drove down, but by the time they were done with visiting family, we were too tired to go out...

On Saturday, we hung out in the morning and then Josh and Maria came over and we hung out a bit. Then, Jim Gornick stopped by, sans Loni, because she was busy with a musical, and we all hung out. We drove to Highland Memorial Park, to visit Branden, first. Jim has been several times, but neither the Hertel's nor us had been, so it was nice to go visit. His marker is a very nice one, and he is buried right by a nice tree. It was very nice to go there and just see where he is. Something happened while we were all there that was funny, but it was sort of dumb, and we were all laughing and Jim said "Sorry Branden, but we know that you would be laughing too." OH! I remember -- we were trying to figure out which way he was buried in ground, because it didn't seem like there was enough room, and Jim said "Somebody lay down and see how long it is." It was pretty funny. If you are down in the area, definitely stop by and visit him -- well, now you should wait until Spring, unless you can stop by before it snows -- but it is very nice and peaceful.

After that, we went to Lakefront Brewery and went on the tour -- which was very cool and you get a free pub glass out of it and four free beers (or two free root beers) for $5. Then we went over to Mongolian BBQ just north of Bluemound on Hwy 100. After that, we were ridiculously full and tired, so we all went back to our house and just hung out and played board games -- and we all discovered that "Urban Myth" is probably not the best game ever. We played some Cranium and then played what seemed to be the longest game of Trivial Pursuit Star Wars DVD edition EVER! But, we did have a good time. Then, we all crashed and it was time for bed.

Today, we drove up to the Aswegan's in Port Washington and watched the Packer game -- the Hertel's were there and so was G.Nate. They have a BEAUTIFUL house. I really would love their house, but it would need to be down here in the area. Oh well. The game was fun, they have a cool dog, and they made great chili.

Makes me wish that we would meet with everyone a little more often that we do. Oh well. We'll probably have kids soon and then it will all be moot. :)

Anyway, it is probably close to dinner time for me. Later!

Even after all these years...

I still love these guys.

This should probably go on the other blog, but...whatev.

So, what I have not written about in the beginning of my 29th year of life (now remember, we base our age on the past and not the future, so keep up with me here), was the fact that I did a 15k race on Saturday. Which was HARD. V. hard.

I thought that I was the very last runner/walker, but I found out at mile 8.5 that there were three people behind me.

I started out pretty good, considering that I had no energy or inclination to run that day at all...I did the first 4 miles in 56 minutes -- pretty good. I made it to 6 miles in an hour and a half, still pretty good. By the time that I got to 7.5 miles, my hip joints were hurting, my feet hurt and my back did not want to keep my body up right anymore.

But, I powered through and finished. 2 hours and 22 minutes of constant motion -- some of it running. I kept a pace of between 14 and 15 minutes/mile, which is perfect. I'm not trying to win the half marathon in January, just to finish. At that pace, I would have been done in 3 hours 15 minutes, I think. So, that's probably my goal. I think...hang on.

Okay, they had, until recently, points that you had to make it by a certain point in time -- like the first 3.5 miles in 1 hour and 12 minutes or something like that...now, it's 16min/mile or we'll pick you up whereever. Yikes. So, I guess that I need to finish in 3'15", just to be safe. Okay, good to know.

The thing that really slowed me down was the feet. I could have powered through the hip joints and the back if my feet hadn't been so painful. So, I'm going to get real insoles for my running shoes. So, hopefully, that will really help. I'm going to test it on Saturday, probably by going out for a long mileage and testing them. We'll see what happens.

4 hours later...

Well, I was going to go out and get the insoles, but then I didn't.

So, does anyone who reads this remember Mystery Science Theater 3000? Mike Nelson has a website called Rifftrax.com -- which is him and guests (usually other guys from MST3K, like Kevin Murphy and the second Crow...I can't remember his name), making fun of regular movies. They record the audio only file, and then you pay for that (it's like a couple of bucks) and use your own copy of the movie and play them together. It's fucking amazing! So hilarious! Highly recommended. Seriously.

Anyway, I'm off to finish out my night....by sitting on my butt. :)

"You can't be 28, I'm only 35"

Said by my father at work yesterday.


Send me presents. ha ha ha.


No, seriously.

*hangs head in hand*

I wish that I could give better advice to people

I wish that I were not so empathetic

I wish I could go into more detail here or anywhere

I wish life were simpler...or less complicated

I wish...I wish...I wish...

And they shall remain wishes.

I am done in.



I have tomorrow off, for the 28th anniversary of my birthing (as Josh Lee would say). I miss people. We need another sweet wedding to be held, so we can all get together again. I almost wish that I hadn't met so many amazing people in college, because then I wouldn't miss everyone so much now.

Anyway, I'm having a down moment right now. I'll go entertain myself another way and hopefully, I'll feel better.

Go to hell HandBrake

I had TWO movies that I was ripping to iPod format overnight, because it takes so GD long to rip -- my lappy takes anywhere from 5 to 6 hours to rip a 2 hour movie and Jake's lappy takes real time to rip, so 2 hours for 2 hour movie. You following this? Good.

Now, at the end of the ripping, it has to finish encoding. Apparently, if you look at the lappys the wrong way, they won't finish encoding properly. Jake's laptop: The movie played on the actual lappy, but wouldn't go on my iPod, because it "wasn't formatted properly". From my lappy: The movie just ended up a document that Quicktime couldn't open -- IT DIDN'T EVEN WORK RIGHT AT ALL!!!!!!!! GRRRRRRRR!!!!!!
alksjdflaksjdflkajsdf

And now my computer is really slow. I think I'll shut down and restart.

I did select the correct format for the movies, but sometimes it just doesn't want to happen.

I made treats for my birthday(tomorrow) for today at work since I AM OFF TOMORROW! YES! I guess I'll rip movies tomorrow. asldjfalsjdflkjsflkjs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I have to finish getting ready to go to work and grab my glasses from upstairs. I just wanted to vent. Stupid HandBrake.

Forge ahead

Nothing much to report that's new.
Have to feed Mom and Dad's cat (Bear) while they are in Arizona for a wedding. Jake is at work today.

I went for a long run/walk out this morning, which I needed to do. The Lakefront Discovery Run is next Saturday -- 9.3 miles. We'll see.

Jake put my new stereo, featuring front ipod plug, in my car on Thursday, which is totally sweet. It's basically the same stereo that he has, but a newer model. Well, and the plug in teh front instead of coming out the backside.

And we're going out to dinner with my folks at the Melting Pot on Saturday too! Sweet! I'm rul excited about that part.

I also finally finished the upstairs -- and by finished, I mean ran out of paint, so I have to wait until I get more to paint the final coats on things, but it looks pretty good. Just have to clean up the basement now, and I think that we'll be good to go.
But, I can work on stuff (like sewing) again, which I am happy about. I have many many projects that are all half finished and I really need to complete them...mostly so I can start new stuff. :)

Okay, I'm off to fix my hair and eat lunch.

..............................

Dear Branden,

I miss you. I still can't believe that you are gone. However, I think that you would get a kick out of the fact that there are people who "might be attending" the event on facebook that is to celebrate your life, which really isn't an event. It's just a stop -and-think-wherever-you-are event. I know that you would have laughed and made fun of them.

I know that you are making Heaven a sweeter place to be and probably hanging out with lots of cool people all the time. We continue on, in a world that is much darker without you in it.

Listen to me, what the crap? Now I know that you are laughing at me.

I wish that you were still here with us, but that is life. I will just look forward to when I can see you again at the end of all things. I heart you, and I will always have the great memories of things that we shared. I would get shitty drunk for you on your birthday today, just like your 21st, but, I really have to work tomorrow. So, I'll just remember the 21st birthday and reflect. Now, I'm going to eat this artichoke dip.

Love

Angie

Some changes

Different colors...another year older for me, some different colors are called for. Besides, I was tired of that Miami color scheme...or whatever it was.


I don't want this to be the required post as we cross over the two year mark, but still...I can't believe that it's been two years. Like everyone, I'm sure it seems like no time and all the time in the world. If I could take off tomorrow, I would have, but I couldn't. I really do have it in my mind to go visit his grave, since we essentially now live down the road from the cemetary. Maybe at some point, we'll get there. But, of course, I remember and will never forget.


I also went for a run tonight, and it was the best that I have felt in a while after going out -- Jake convinced me to run a bit slower and it has really helped. I even ran a whole 1/2 mile without stopping, which was a big achievement for me. I'm really feeling more optimistic about the long race at the end of the month.

I guess that's all for tonight. Just wanted to celebrate the new colors.

I got you these glasses...

They are missing an eye pad. Or whatever they are called. I got new ones, so now they are my back up pair. I have a stronger prescription in one eye than before.

I wish I had some chocolate. I wish I had more time to participate in SAI here in Milwaukee, but I don't. I wish that I could run away to Edwardsville, but I can't.


I had a LONG day today. I had to run my mom to the doctor because she needed to go and Jake had her car, because he's getting a new transmission in the Jeep. So, I had to leave work at 1 and then I didn't get back to work to clean up my stuff until 4:30. I'm not sure that my boss even knows how long I was gone for, or if she even cares how I make the time up. I know that I have to, but I'm drained.

My new glasses are sweet shit. They are a light purple/silvery color and they make me not so dark in the face region. Or the eye region. And I have fucking amazing insurance, so I got them for a song. A sweet song.

I don't know if I ever said this, but we got a baby gate to put on the stairs to stop the car coming up -- it works awesome. I sleep like a rock! Yesssss....

Unfortunately, that means that most of the time, when I wake up, I can't figure out why I am awake. And that sux. big floppy donkey dick.

Anyway, I think that I off to bed. I'm frickin' tired.

EDIT!!!!!: That should be CAT and not CAR. Those r's and t's being right next to each other are tricky. Especially when you're exhausted.

No, I don't have the patience

I'm done with school. Probably forever. I just don't want to do it anymore. I'm old and tired. I can't be out of the house 3 nights a week. One is enough. I miss free time and sitting and doing crafts and stuff.

Jake's parents are moving to the Washington, D.C. area by the beginning of next year. Crazy. It'll be nice to have some place new to visit. I've only been out there once and it was in high school and we were there for like, 6 hours or something ridiculously short. It'll be nice to have the time and inclination to be there for longer. It'll be pretty sweet I think.

Man, I wish that I could move. But, of course, I'd run away to Edwardsville if I were going anywhere. Le sigh.

The job is okay -- I'm content with it. I'm more content with life right now.

I got a sweet "official" pink Favre jersey from Betsy and Jack today. It's the most amazing shirt I've ever gotten. EVER. I love birthday presents. Yessssss....

Do I have the patience for this?

I'm starting to question whether or not I have the energy/committment/patience to work full time and go to school. See, what I liked about St. Mary's was that I could take one class at a time. I didn't have to take two for 16 weeks -- one was 6 and the other was 8...or something like that.

I'm so exhausted by the end of the week and of course, the class that I am really needing to pay attention in and get a good grade and UNDERSTAND everything in is the one that I have no more energy to sit through. Plus, the way that she teaches and has us do the homework, etc., is the exact opposite of how I learn. So, it's like extra frustrating for me. Maybe I'm just having a bad week. I'm on track with my other class, so I'm just thinking that I just need to sit and study more over this weekend -- I didn't get to do anything on Saturday/Sunday/Monday this weekend, because we were out of town.

Le sigh. It's not a good start.

But, I think that I'm just having a bad week. I think that once I get past the makeup work that I have to do and sit and study up the basic chapters from the first month of class, things will be a little smoother for me. But, I do have a test next week, plus homework due, so it's never ending. Blah.

I have decided to start getting out at noon time and walk around the lake at work -- it's good for me. To walk and to get out of the office for a half hour.

Okay, I have to register for a run and then it's back to work. I just needed to vent a bit. I feel better.

Better is Peace

Last night, Jake and I played in a concert with the Menomonee Falls SO and the St. Seb's and Milwaukee Archdioese choirs. We performed "The Armed Man" by Karl Jenkins. DESPITE most of it being a Marcone/Yo-yo Ma rip off (like, worse than John Williams), it was a pretty good work. I had fun. My playing is better. Maybe I'll start to work on horn a little more.

Today, I had an eye doc appt and I had to get dilated. I'm still all fucked up. And my eyes hurt. But, I can get sweet new glasses. Too bad that I didn't like any of the ones at the doctor's office -- I'll have to go somewhere else now.

More class tomorrow night. I don't know if I'm looking forward to it or not. I have to buy my book finally tomorrow and I have to (probably) do battle to get my money back from the seller at half.com. Guh.

I also have to do the remedial accounting work for my Thursday class. That will be okay -- but I should have just said that I would do it right away and never minded the test from last week. Oh well. I hope that class moves faster (both of them!) this week. We got through just ONE chapter in both classes (one each). Too slow...

Anyway, going to EC this weekend. It should be good. Oktoberfest and all that stuff. And I have Monday off, so I can just take most of the day to chill out. Finally. I haven't had a real day off in a very long time -- most of the time I am off, we are going somewhere else.

Well, off to finish my laundry -- sorry that I'm not more interesting. :)

Some kind of week

It has truly been a crazy week. Maybe not a crazy as some had this week, but it was more than enough to be going on with.

4 day week at work, which meant that Tuesday was super busy. Not fun. Some days I don't mind the grind and others...yuck.

Started classes at UWM this week -- which was okay, except for the fact that my book for one of them didn't come yet. another yuck.

Combined with other miscellaneous bad news from the week and I'm just...

Well, to say the very least about it, tonight has basically been random bouts of tears and general sadness.

I'm just trying to not think about things and stay cool...oh, and do wash.

It'll be okay.

I'm making it official

I'm under the big number. And I did it by the end of August. Basically. When you are busy doing other things, like having hobbies or reading or sewing or fixing your upstairs, you don't eat things. And then you lose the 40 pounds you gained in the past 5 years. But, I should say that I've only lost 10 pounds(ish) so far. 30 to go. But, that's just numbers. How I feel is more important. I've definitely had more energy since the 10 lbs have gone.


Hooray!


G.Nate is around (and by around, I mean that he is sleeping here for the weekend in a basic sense), but I haven't seen him since 9:15 this morning. So, hopefully, he found a place to live and is still alive.

Jake should be home from work pretty soon.

I have been working on my upstairs today, since it is essentially my room. It needs to be re-insulated rather badly, because I can feel the heat POURING in from above. It's yucky. I painted a bit more and I should probably paint more, because I basically just want to be done with the upstairs, so I can finish moving boxes around already and then actually start sewing things again -- I have many projects that I have started and I would like to finish them. And then start new ones. :)

I got my refund from UWM yesterday in the mail. I deposited it in the bank and UWM draws from US Bank, so my funds were immediately available to me. It is the only semester that I plan on taking my total amount that I am offered. But, it is good -- pays off all the cards and pays for Florida in January. I know that I have to pay it back when I am done with school (and I think that this will be it), but, at least the interest rates are not ridiculous. I'm also hanging on to some of the amount, in case school all of a sudden comes back at me and says, you weren't supposed to get that much, BUT, it DID disperse, so I think that I'm okay.

I really should study for my first Thursday class. I guess we have a comprehension test on the first day, which actually counts toward the grade. It's basically stuff that we should know already by heart, but it never hurts to review. It can take a while to get back in the swing of things.

The rest of my year is going to be very busy...I have rehearsals for the MFSO on mondays, and class wednesdays and thursdays. And, that's okay.

Well, off to do other stuff and wonder where Jake is.

So, I had these pants...

Not commonly know is the fact that I moved twice with two stacks of pants that I could no longer wear, due to my sizing out of them (you know, the nice way of saying that I fatted out of them). However, as of tonight, I am down to one stack of pants that I can't wear YET. YET!

I'll get there. I don't know that I'll reach the goal of being under the big number by the end of the month, but I am VERY close. Just have to forge ahead. Keep running and training. That will help lots.

Well, anyway, moving on...


Going to try to make it to EC v. soon. Possibly Oktoberfest.

End of the Summer

Okay, I don't really have a summer, so to speak. I mean, there is the summer season, but it's not like I have the summer to not work, etc. Maybe teachers should get paid more, but you sure can't bitch about having most of the summer free and random vacations and things. I work all day, every day. Someday, I will work my own hours -- I would rather work 5 to midnight. Okay, 3:30 to midnight. No, no, 5 to midnight.

But, we can't get to fall fast enough for me. I love fall. It's my favorite. Not only my birthday, but it's pretty, and I can be cool at night. V. good. However, it is storming here again today, just like all week and last weekend. At least it's warmish. It was so COLD last weekend. I forgot what it is like to be cold.

I'm starting classes here in a couple weeks. Apparently, my last foundation class for accounting, besides Income Tax accounting, is taught by a teacher who thinks that graduate students taking a night class are really undergrads living on campus and need to be constrained by an attendance policy. And not only an attendance policy, a PARTICIPATION policy. Part of the grade! 10% of the grade. WTF? I understand the importance of attending, and I won't try to skip unless I'm really just totally exhausted, but I do work full time and shit happens, especially in the winter. Le sigh. I already think the teacher is a psycho and class hasn't started yet.

I'm also still waiting for my books -- bought on half.com. Much cheaper than the used on the uwm bookstore site. I really need to head down to campus next week, so I can figure out where I am going...I have a general knowledge of where I am going, but I would like to know for sure. We'll see what happens.

I have been working so hard lately that I am always tired. Like I never catch up. I am really hoping that this weekend is good to me. Nothing to do, nowhere to go, and I have most of Saturday to myself. I will either do a ton or nothing. Most likely, nothing. Constantly tired. I really don't like it. I miss resting and screwing around at work as opposed to working my butt off all the time. Oh well. That's life, I suppose. July and August have been a nightmare there.

So, anyway, the training for the running thing hasn't been going that well. I had a pretty good week last week, but with the rain and my lethargy this week, I haven't done much. And I've been eating not good this week either. I've gotta get back on the train.

Well, I tried to be as upbeat as I could, but alas, I have failed. Oh well. I'm going to cross stitch and just chill out.

Nothing of substance

Going to the State Fair today. I'm looking forward to it. Actually, I should probably get in the shower, since my parents will be here in 45 minutes.

I think I've hit the first plateau in the whole diet thing -- which will happen when you build some muscles while you are still trying to lose the blubber. I think.

We'll see what tomorrow brings.

New job starts this week -- we'll see how it goes. I'm a little nervous. Hopefully, I will move my desk this week too. I really don't want to sit where I am forever. But, now I can focus on the new job instead of having it on the back burner.

Nothing much else going on. Oh well. If you're bothered by this post, see the subject line. And piss off. ;)

I have this cat...

he's laying on my arm, while I am typing this entry. He looks very happy. And fat.

I've lost some weight the past couple of weeks. It's not enough that anyone would really notice, but it's enough. The plan is to be under a big number by the end of August and I'm two pounds away from that. Yes, I'm not going to say the big number. I don't wanna. I'm trying to get to the point where I can wear the 20 pairs of pants that I was wearing while still in college. If there is one piece of advice I can give about leaving college, it is this: Exercise! Do something! Go on a walk every night, bike, rollerblade, SOMETHING! Because if you're like me, you will suddenly start a job where you are rather sedentary instead of active. Walking to and from classes is really a big difference. And to the bars. :)

Anyway...

Only 50 pounds to go. maybe. :)

My parents had to put another cat to sleep today. Bobo. I felt really bad for them. But, it's better that he's at peace now. I just know how traumatized I will be when that time come for mine. V. traumatized.

Bobo was a nice cat. He was fun to play with and he had some interesting habits. My parents only had him a year or two though.

Well, I should do something productive right now I think. Check on my wash. Clean something...you know. Jake and I are going for a walk at 8pm. He's nice and goes on walks with me. Until later...

Jebus

That bridge collapse is pretty horrific. I just think about how I used to drive in that general area -- I went over the I-94 Mississippi River bridge and not I-35 W, but still. Scary.

So, I'm watching CNN for now. I did just try to call Nims, but "all circuits were busy". Well, duh. I'm dumb.

Anyway, I haven't heard anything about anyone that I know in the area, so I'll hope that everything is okay for the people that I know directly.


V. Scary.

The Simpsons Movie

If you have EVER watched and LIKED the Simpsons: GO SEE THE MOVIE!

You will not be disappointed, I swear. :)

New Job'd'd'd

I'm officially promoted now. I just accepted the new position over the phone just this minute. My official movement is August 16th -- which will have put me at my job for 5 1/2 months before I was promoted to bigger and better things.

Well, okay, I don't know that they are bigger and better, but certainly I get paid more and I'll be busier.

Sweet.

Soon to go to the Simpsons Movie. Hooray!

The Movies

So, my mom bought the four of us tickets this week to see the Simpsons Movie on Friday -- opening day! At the Rosebud too -- they have sweet food there.


I love the Simpsons -- I really wish that I had the obsession to watch it every Sunday -- I don't watch TV obsessively like I did when I was in high school or college even. I watch what I watch and that's that. I catch it, I catch it; I miss it...oh well.

The Simpsons does one other thing, which is this: it reminds me, very much, of Branden. I couldn't even buy the sixth season and seventh seasons for months after he was gone, much less watch them. We would, when the occassion arose, talk about when the new seasons were coming out and so forth. I'm sorry that he missed all the seasons that are coming out now and I'm very sorry that he's missing the movie premiere.

Just reminds me of the fact that I can't believe that he's gone and how much I miss him.

Anyway, I'm very excited to go see the movie!! w00t.

The Final Book (and some other stuff)

was written too fast and not edited well enough. That being said, I really enjoyed the story -- I wish that she would have taken another 6 months to edit and possibly flesh out more of the ideas from the last book.

It was a very different book from the first 6.


Off to a work party for Jake today. Should be fun.

Not much else going on.


EDIT: I DID forget something. Jake and I are playing with the Menomonee Falls Symphony Orchestra on Saturday at 6:30pm. So, we have a dress rehearsal tomorrow at 7. I'm totally looking forward to it, because it's going to be total pops music, I'm sure.

I also have the vacant horn spot next year. I'm pretty excited. I can't remember if I said this already here, so if I did, here it is again. TAKE THAT!!! :)

Harry Potter Mania

It's OC now. Two days to go and everyone is creaming themselves thinking that the book is leaked and then there's this OTHER one that is REALLY the REAL book and dah dah dah...

I read the leaked so-called "carpet" copy (or part of it). Because I could. I will say that if it IS the real deal -- it's got a complete crap ending, but the story was pretty good until I stopped reading. I think that it's fanfic photoshopped into something that sort of resembles what the real book would look like...

I like all the people who say "I look in a library and I've read it and everything that is said is totally true"...well, forgive me if I think you're full of shit. Especially when the supposed "real" copy has a SWEAR WORD in it!!! PEOPLE! THINK! While millions of adults read these books, they are FIRST and FOREMOST a CHILDREN'S BOOK!!!!!
(OVEREMPHASIS'D'D'D!!)

Well, I guess in two short days, I will have the book in my possession and I will know if I am talking out my ass here or if I'm justified. I am enjoyed all of the freaking out and general craziness that is going on however. And I have every intention of driving down to Pick N Save two blocks or so from the house and buying the book at midnight and reading until I'm too tired to get up. And then I go run in the Sausage Race.

And hey, if there's anyone out there who knows already, feel free to call me a jerk. But, not anonymously. Because that would be rude.

Anyway, not much else to report. Until later...

New Link

I added a new link on the side -- it's just a new blog for me to keep track of my running, so I can have a more accurate picture of what I am doing and how I am progressing.

Hey, what can I tell you?


I was (accidentally) told that I job the promotion at work that I applied for, which is totally sweet, but I'm waiting to hear the "official" word, hopefully tomorrow or Friday.

Also, my dad bought me new golf clubs today!! Yes! Nike Ignite - Women's clubs; they are pretty sweet. I have 2 hybrids and 6 irons, brand new. Next on the list I think might be a new putter. And then a new bag. And then new woods/driver. Woot.

I'm pretty excited to go try them out. We're currently trying to get both sound channels working and have the TV stay in color. Now I'm being accused of breaking said cords. Whelp, I'm going to practice. See you later.

O mio face

It's finally not hot and muggy out again. I have the windows and doors open. Oooh. I should go upstairs and open up there. Hang on, we've got pizza.....

Okay better. I got to have two cavities filled tonight. It was so amazing. *roll eyes*
I love having my face still be numb in opposite quadrants for the entire night. Makes everything so much better. I had enough novicane OR novicane in the right spot that my face was numb right up to the bottom of my eye and my left nostril was numb. And now my face hurts. And I get to do it all over again next Tuesday. hooray. le sigh.

Dang it. I forgot to shut off the oven. Grrrr....

And I have silver fillings now. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but oh well. It doesn't really matter that much to me. They aren't that iron grey color of old timey fillings -- more light colored.

Old Man wedding was good. I was drdunk if I talked to you. Plus, I got Nims to drink beer. Which I should probably remind him of very soon. He was GESHTROYED. I was just drdunk. Seeing the people who own babies now was good. Playing was good. I enjoyed it.

Getting see hang out with Maggie and Ryan again was very sweet. But, on another level, it makes me realize how much I miss them, so it makes me sad too. We spent the weekend at Ryan's parent's house in Hastings, which was nice. They have a really nice house and they are very cool. And they bought us breakfast on Sunday morning. Finally, Jake and I spent most of the drive following Maggie and Ryan on I-94/I-90, and stopped in the Dells at the outlet mall for 45 mins before Jake and I kind of took off ahead of them to get home. We were very close, while they were still over halfway back, so it made sense.

But, I'm not sure when I will see them again. Makes a girl troubled.

Anyway, I should really shut off the oven and eat my pizza. I can feel my face unfreezing a little bit more here, so maybe I can actually eat something. Here goes nothing. :)

Happy 4th and other things

Feeling much much better. Can breathe and everything like that. Not too much coughing left. Work has been busy busy this week. Even with the days off for Old Man wedding. I have a half day tomorrow and then I'm done until Monday.

I think that the playing will be okay. I've been practicing and stuff, so I'm good. Looking forward to everything. Not totally sure where we are sleeping tomorrow night, but we'll play it by ear. Hell, if we have to sleep in the car, I guess we will. There has to be SOMEONE in EC for the night that we can crash for a bit.

I updated the old blog. Gives it more of a Miami feel to it. BRIGHT COLORS!!!!!

I thought that I would have more to say but I don't. Oh well. Bye bye

EDIT: We're staying with Adam Boll, but I am so looking forward to hanging out Thursday night. With everyone, all the time! :)

We're also staying with Ryan's parents in Hastings Friday and Saturday night (i think...yikes, we'd better be staying there!!!!), so it will be good to see them again.

Finally, I practiced again...I think that I will have the notes that I need on Saturday. Now, if I actually have a part for "DeLovely", that will be a scary proposition. Giving a horn player (and more importantly, me!) a "jazzy" tune and trying to make her sight read it...I'm slightly concerned. :) :) Okay, not really.

Feelin' Fine

Well, I'm better that I was. Still coughing and sniffling a bit, but nothing to be worried about. I'm just glad that it's just a bad cold, and not something worse.

I think that I'm excited to go to Summerfest tomorry -- that and I only have to work a half day! Woo! I'll be glad to be done by 12. I need to sleep a lot this weekend. I've just been so tired. The Joe and Yakob are coming with. I'll probably try to go on Sunday too.

Nothing else to report really. Been practicing and stuff, so that's good. I didn't tonight, but I was tired. Anyway, just thought an update was in order. Getting pretty excited for the next HP movie and the last book. I can't believe it's almost over.

So sick...

So, over the weekend, I get the worst cold that I've had since December 2002. No joke. I had to work graduation and I probably looked like crap. I barely remember anything that happened, and you'd think that I would remember a little bit. But, I did get sent home from the ceremony early. And then, instead of being able to head home, like everyone else for Christmas, I spent the REST OF THE DAY in my bed in my room. The only other time that I was super sick like that was when I was still in the dorms. I had the flu for 4 or 5 days -- chills, fever, crazy green waves passing through my vision. I also had the flu when I was in the house too -- a cold followed by the flu a week later. Guh.

So, I hate being sick. Actually, I HATE having a sore throat -- that's the worst -- and a stuffy nose/sinuses. I don't mind the coughing. It's usually not that bad. It just sounds bad.

Anyway, I'm at work. 2 1/2 hours to go. And thanks to Sudafed (the meth kind), I really haven't been noticing the day passing by. I just want to be well enough to go to Summerfest on Friday. That's all I really want.

Then, after the worst of this goes away, I HAVE to start cracking on the horn -- I played a couple of days, but Jupiter has A flats in it. I can squeak them out, but they're really sharp right now. Blah. Oh well, a week of steady practice and I'll be good to go. I hope.

laters

WELL!

So, my mom just graduated from her self taught Medical Transcription course -- and by "just", I mean, the ink is still drying on her diploma, and she already has a job! Working for an outpatient children's clinic in Boston (she works from home, of course), and gets pretty good pay. But, she's an independent contractor, so that means, you pay your own income taxes, etc., all that jazz that HR would take care of for you at a regular type job.

Then, today at my job, I found out that one of the girls is leaving her job -- which is the same job that I applied for WAY back in September and didn't get. I am going to be taking over some of her duties, and then when the position opens officially, I can apply for it! It would be a promotion, which should mean more funding for the Heyer household. Which would be amazing. And I think in this job, if I would get it, I could justify getting my tution refunded by work (that's if they still have such a policy when we find out who has purchased us). So, that's pretty exciting! I would love to do that job (even if it meant more frequent overtime). I don't know how fast it would move, but my guess is pretty swiftly. :) The team lead of that section is going to work over with the group that my dad works in actually, so it's just funny.

Anyway, I'm going to be working on the old resume, updating and such. And WAITING FOR THE CABLE MAN TO GET HERE!!!!!!!

Posting from work

I'm a rebel.

So, if anyone in the Milwaukee area/vincinity/whatever is interested, Jake and I are going to Summerfest on June 29th to see the Silversun Pickups at 9pm at the US Cellular Area (or whatever bullshit they call the stage nowadays); I, myself, will probably stay and hang out all afternoon and evening. So, come on down and party with me! :) No seriously. The Silversun Pickups are pretty sweet. Just send me a message or call me. We have a house to crash at and there are plenty of places to sleep, including the basement. :)

We get cable tomorrow and I'm SO excited! I can't wait to start watching TV until it comes out my ears again.

In conclusion, come down to Milwaukee and visit Jake and Angie and come to Summerfest with us.

EDIT: I forgot: 30 days until Book 7! Get...your...drinking...shoes....on?

I can't get to sleep...I think about the implication

I really love the acoustic version of "Overkill" from Men at Work on the Scrubs episode entitled "My Overkill"

I could watch that episode all the time.

Came home sick from work today -- but it was only one hour. And 15 mins.

I had a purpose for this entry, but now I don't remember what it was.

OH! I really need to jump on the practice train tomorrow. I don't know where to practice even. Probably up in the bedroom, or down in teh basement, because the spare bedroom is crammed full and the back office is just crammed full of stuff n things.

But, Old Man's wedding is looming on the horizon, so I really need to get up and go. The music does not look too hard, so it's just a matter of getting my shit together and having a good couple of run throughs with everyone else. Looking forward to it. I miss playing. Everyday.

Okay, I really need to go to sleep. I can't have another day like today tomorrow. Blah.

#266 (for what it's worth)

We are pretty much moved. 90%. JakerJosh are going to get the remaining stuff from the apartment tomorrow, after they take a bunch of crapola to the dump.

It is pretty sweet. I like it much better than being in an apartment, I'll tell you what.

However, right now, I'm very tired and ready for beddy. It's only 9pm. I've been going non-stop all weekend, it seems. V. tiring.

I should really take the cookies off the sheet pan, change the wash in the basement, and make sure that I have clothes for tomorrow. But, I'll probably just sit here and do nothing until I have to go to bed. We are trading Josh and Kristine a TV (big for little one), which will be awesome.

The house looks amazingly different from when we bought it. I am really hopeful that when we try to sell in 5 or 10 years, we can get a good price from it. At the very least, try to have our mortgage under $100k. I figure we can last one to two children here, and then we'll have to give up and buy a bigger place.

Josh is sitting with his arm around Jake right meow. It's pretty funny. Brothers have to hug apparently. Josh is "tipping over" and to counteract it, he has to put his arm down.

I'm ready for some kids I think. I mean, I want to go to school and get a Masters degree and my CPA (i think) and find a better, more meaningful job; but, at the same time, I'm already pushing 30 here. I'm ready to go. :) I've got names picked out and everything. :)

Anyway, I'm off to do that stuff that I said before.

Time for an update (but, only because it's been awhile)

Well, my ankle turned out to be just fine -- I iced it at work, took some drugs and by the next day, I was fine again. Well, if I step on it right, it twinges a little bit, but that's not a super big deal.

The trip to Saint Louis was good too. It was nice to see Maggie and Ryan and they kitties. My friends' wedding was really nice and it was nice to see him again -- I probably hadn't seen him in 10 years, maybe. If not longer. His wife is nice too.

Saint Louis was hot and muggy most of the time. I got tired of being hot.

May 28th was our 2nd wedding anniversary! Jake really liked his gift. A Lot. Ask him if you really want to know what he got. I got to pick out a necklace from Kay Jewelers -- it is one of those journey pendants with diamonds and sapphires in it. It's not a big necklace, but it's pretty. New got our rings cleaned and polished too, so that was nice. I also got some chocolates from Godiva (the dark chocolate kind) and I plan on getting the GhostHunters DVD's when I get a chance to go to Best Buy.

Finally, we plan on finishing the move this weekend. We're tired of being between places. So, I'm going to spend most of the day tomorrow boxing up the remaining crap in the apartment and pulling all the stuff out of the bedrooms, so I can haul some of it over to the house and what ever is left will go over in the truck that Jake is going to borrow from work tomorrow night.

So, hopefully, by Sunday, we will be all moved over. I will come back this week to the apartment to clean it and turn in our stuff to the apt manager and be done with this place.


Then, we can finally have that party that I was so actively talking about months ago. Maybe. Maybe I'll just have a Harry POtter Book Seven Party instead. BAH!

Until later....

EDIT: Plan B for move: Whatever...

I'm really a klutz

We did a lot of stuff today on the house -- took a bunch more boxes over to the house, and I'm going to pack up some more stuff tonight I believe -- Just keep moving it on over.

The bedroom is coming along good and I'm feeling a little more optimistic than I was last weekend. I have every intention of moving June 2nd and just letting things fall as they will. Even if we have to do it ourselves, at this point, it's just like, whatever. I want it ended.

So, anyway, I was walking out to my car with my huge laundry basket and the path curves a little bit and I actually stepped off the side of the cement and twisted my ankle a little bit. Ended up flailing around and dropping the laundry and scraping my other ankle and knee a little bit. My dad and Jake were both like, "Did you just fall?!"

Oh well. My ankle hurts a little bit, but it's not sprained or broken, so I'm totally good.

We get the fridge on Wednesday -- which is awesome. Then, 5 fabulous days in Saint Louis, to visit Maggie and Ryan and to see a childhood friend get married. Oh and celebrate our 2 year anniversary. I can't believe that it's been two years. Crazy.

Anyway, just wanted to share. That's all I've got. woot.

EDIT: It is now 4 am on Monday morning and I have been awake for the past hour because my foot hurts pretty badly. I'm trying to ice it a bit and I took some ibuprofen, but it's difficult to walk on said foot. I wish that I had iced it a bit before I went to sleep. But, since it's not really swollen, I don't know what effect (affect?) the ice will have. And I can NEVER remember how to use those two words. Dang it.

Burned out

I'm offically burned out from working on the house. I give up. I hate moving. I will probably only do it once more, to move to a slightly bigger house in a slightly better neighborhood, I think. Or I could just get rid of a lot of the crap that I have collected.

The bottom floor is still not offically complete either, because we don't have curtains up and the bathroom is not finished. But, the upstairs bedroom is coming along. It will not be done before Saint Louis, but that's okay. I didn't really expect it to be. We have taken quite a bit over to the house, which is good. Jake, Josh, and The Joe moved the basement cage last weekend to the house, so that was good, because then I didn't have to do it. I've packed up a lot of stuff and we've run it over, but now it's in boxes and just sitting at the house.

I'm just hoping that we can get everything done soon. Jake and I are getting very tired from living this strange inbetween life at this point.

Plus, it's early now and I'm tired. ugh.

Anyway, off to eat breakfast and then to work.

Me =

not having a baby. Not on the music baby train.

I can tell you who is, but I am not.

Just in case that needed clarification.

Since it's now on my wall on le facebook.

now, me = work.

I had such a good title thought up, and then I forgot it

The main floor of the house will hopefully be done after this weekend:

The new floor in the kitchen just needs the tiles put down and it'll be ready to go. The window/door trim needs a second coat everywhere and that will be done.
Vacuum and clean the carpets once more and done.
The back office is done

We got a free oven from Jack and Betsy (they found one for free)! It's fairly old, but it is really clean and works good. Electric.

Had a new washer and dryer delivered today and installed. We need to get some boards to put under the dryer to level it out, but otherwise, it's a - ok.

New adventures upstairs then: There were/are mice living in the fiberglass insulation behind the paneling in the upstairs (re: main) bedroom. I have to take off all the stupid decals, which are probably going to just take the plaster off the wall and will have to be filled in a bit. Definitely need a new window at the top of the stairs.

We'll have to plan carefully though. Not much money to do some expensive things. And we already have our first payment coupon for the mortgage. Goodbye $1230. OH, and the $597.50 that we'll owe for rent too. So, I'm trying to save as much as possible so we're not struggling at the beginning of June. I moved my student loan payments to the middle of the month, so we're good there.

Anyway, I will post pictures when it is looking more complete. It looks totally sweet now, but I'll probably wait.

Okay, well, I'm just waiting for my lunch to be done. 3 1/2 mins to go. Watching Dave Chappelle and then back to work for 3 1/2 hours. Then, probably running, since I've been slacking the past two weeks and have only run once. But, I did work my butt off last weekend, so that must count for something. And then to get drywall for the upstairs.

I sort of had an inkling about this...

The defense pretty much mopped the floor with the DA in the case. I could see this coming in day one, when I realized what the defense strategy was. And maybe in some small way, what the defense says is true. The bus driver should have been able to see and to stop the bus.

But, to me, that still does not negate the fact that the truck driver was the one who didn't sleep the night before, dumped the truck over across a major freeway and set off the chain reaction. He has to be a little responsible for some of this. Maybe the civil trials will clear things up as far as culpability for this whole horrific scene.

I'm also mind boggled by the seemingly unpreparedness of the DA on the case. It was like he was saying, the whole time: "It's my first day"...I could tell on the first day of testimony and cross examination that this was not going to go the way that I would have liked (and in my mind, should have gone).

It's all done and over. Double jeopardy and all that stuff.
The only other thing that pisses me off is the fact that the jury went through EVERYTHING in what, 3 hours, and decided. Something that has been in the works for a year and a half, and they sort through everything in 3 HOURS? AND make a decision? Mind boggling as well.

Just my analysis of what I saw. I gave up watching online, because I knew where everything was going.

Okay, off to change the laundry and then to Menards and food.

Busy Week

Spent most of this past week working on the house. It helped that it was cool and raining most of the week. Made it easier to be inside.

All the parents were over today, to finish the painting of the main floor, fixing the electrical and change the kitchen floor. It went well. We have to finish the second coat on the ceilings, and then that is done. Jack fixed the electrical as best he could and added a switch for the lights in the basement at the top of the stairs.
Also, we have a FREE oven! It is from 1987, but it is totally sweet -- really clean and works good. It's awesome.

So, after this week, we could potentially start moving stuff over, but we'll have to wait another weekend, because we're going to re-drywall the upstairs bedroom and I think that will be a project for next weekend. But, we're going to go get the drywall tomorrow, I think. We'll see what happens. It would probably be best, so we can work on it anyway.

Slow boring week otherwise. Work = boring; Jake = tired; Me = only ran on Wednesday and it wasn't very long. It was just enough to try to stay in the game.

Anyway, congratulations to those of you who now are the owners of children; and to those who will be the owners of children later this year. Are we old enough to be having kids? Very strange. To me anyway.

Bedtime.

No clever title today

So, I ran this morning. Well, ran and walked. It wasn't too bad. I finished 3.1 miles in 43:17, so that was pretty good. For me. Of course, I was being passed by the people who were running 10k in that same time period, but, you know. That's not my style. I was under 15 mins a mile, which is well under the pace for the 1/2 marathon, so that was pretty exciting.

Man, did my muscles ever cramp up though. I don't know what the deal is. Just not used to all the movement, I guess. But, I was running/walking by this guy who got a stitch in his side probably after a half mile. You could just tell by the way he was walking.

Also, they didn't have water until after the 2nd mile. What is THAT about? Aren't they supposed to do water every mile? That's what I would do. Plus, the sun was out. So, by 1.5 miles, I was pretty dehydrated and it was hard to keep moving quickly. But, I kept on going.

Anyway, I did that and now I'm going to eat lunch and decide what I want to do. Jake is at work. I should probably go and work on cleaning up the house some more. Some of the walls are pretty ridic.

Brewer Game tonight. They may have the roof open, so I'll probably have to take a jacket. But, I'm looking forward to a hot dog. And finding that shirt that says "Party like it's 1982.".

EDIT: My offical time was 43:31, which equaled 14:01/mile. But, since I ran over the start line about 15 seconds back of the "gun" time, my unoffical time was 43:18. Which is 13:56/mile. Woot.

HOORAY!!!!

We FINALLy closed on the house!!! We've got the keys and everything!

We're going to start cleaning and painting right away, so we can move, HOPEFULLY, by May/End of June

We DO need applicances for the house, so that's something that we need to find pretty quick, but that's a-ok with me.

Our agent and our broker each gave us $25 to the Home Depot and we have $150 to Menards (for paint!). I'm pretty excited. I can think of a laundry list of things that we need to do to the house, but I will probably sit and write down everything that I can think of. I'm going to wait for Jake to get home to go over, because I don't really want to be there alone, and he'll want to take EVERYTHING over. At least there is electricity and whatnot in the place.

I'm pretty excited! :)

We're also going to a Brewer Game tomorrow night and I have to run my first 5k race in the new regime tomorrow morning. We'll probably end up doing a lot of work on Sunday, maybe even start painting on Sunday and stuff. I'm also happy, because it gives us something to do at night now. It's so strange to own a house, but not have to move right away. Crazy.

We'll definitely have to have a get together this summer. It will be amazing. :)

I have to know, because I can't be there

Against my better judgement, I am trying to listen/watch the trial at work, since WEAU is streaming it over the web -- I mean, some parts are blocked out, because the judge says so, but some parts you can see and hear. Well, you can generally hear, just not always see.

But, I have to know. I HAVE to. If I could be up there everyday for the next two weeks, I would be, sitting and listening.

However, I have found that parts will probably be overhelming. Like this morning. I was listening and watching part and I just began to tremble and cry. Just like we were back 18 months. Then, I had to leave to go to a training thing, so I couldn't watch anymore.

I don't know how I would be able to sit there and listen to it all, if I were a relative. It would be very very difficult.

That being said, I'm going to keep going, because I have to know. It's important to me.

And now, lunch.

Running

I know that it comes very naturally to some people, for me, it's pretty difficult. I have several problems:
1. I can't shut off my brain. I can't just run. And run and run and run. Which is what I plan on doing in 7 months.
2. I can't get my legs to cooperate. They are used to me playing soccer, where I only really needed short bursts of speed and then you stand around a lot. And then I played goalie and you REALLY didn't need to run much for that.
3. I really want to go FAST right away and I can't seem to find a pace where I'm comfortable in my brain and my body.

Gosh, the cat is smelly tonight. Yuck.

Anyway, I know that I have these problems, and I don't know how to tackle them. I'll admit, the running IS getting easier day by day. I ran close to a 1/2 a mile outside without stopping and walking (other than to stretch out my legs), which is pretty good for me.

I think that my first thing that I am going to do is go on the elliptical machine at Cardinal Fitness tomorrow for an hour. I really have to get my legs used to the constant motion of running, even if elliptical is more low impact that actual running. Since Jake is going to be at work tomorrow night (per usual), I've got the time. I might even try to run a mile afterward. Then, we'll see how doing that once or twice a week will help.

The other two problems are mental and since I'm kind of crazy, those might take longer to work out. Listening to music helps, though. We'll see about #1 and #3.

I'm running in just a 5k on Saturday (3.1 miles for those of you not in the know). We'll see how that goes. Based on times now and the pace that I need to set for the 1/2 marathon, I'd like to try to get in under 36 minutes, which is probably just under 12 minutes a mile. We'll see what happens.

Anyway, I'm going to change my clothes and probably watch some TV. Woot.

V Ball

I wish I were going for the mere fact that I love to dress up.

But, alas, I am not going. However, I think that we are still planning to be up there. Just not celebrating VBall.

I COULD still dress up, but that would make me crazy. And I'm not crazy.....


Well, maybe a little.

The weekend was too fast. Luckily, for as boring as my job is, the time does seem to pass pretty quickly. I have plans to go out and buy some warmer running clothes, so I can actually run outside in the chillier air. You know, like now.

I have had these stomach pains for 5 days now. I've had this happen before, when I took too much Excedrin and my stomach rebelled. OW, MY STOMACH LINING!
MSG'D'D'D! Sidebar: The cat just hiccuped really loudly. So, I went to the doc (on Sept. 11th, 2001, no less) and they just told me to take Zantac and I'd probably be okay, because I was probably just overboard on the stomach acid.
So, I assume it's the same thing this time, but I've been taking the Zantac and it's not really helping out that much. Oh well. I continue on.

I have to go eat with Jake now. He's starving.

Tra la la

Oh Saturday. I love you.

The new job is not an exciting as I thought it would be. They told me that it was entry level -- well, that's fine, I don't care, especially if you're going to give me $30,000 a year -- but, they failed to mention that it's really "seasonal" work, as it were. The beginning of the months are very busy and the end of the month is very dead.

I really hate having nothing to do and just sitting there, but until I have all the access to computer programs that I need (which I STILL don't have, and I've been there two weeks now), but not really comfortable saying, GIVE ME MORE TO DO!!!! The girl that I work with, whom I like, is one of those people who doesn't do any more than she has to, to get by. I don't roll like that. I prefer to learn new things, so a) maybe I can move on sooner than a year and b) they give me more money. woot.

Nothing new to report on the house front. I got the loan application that the broker filled out and now she's on vacation, so I have to ask the other broker that she works with to explain it all to me. But the other broker has been MUCH more reassuring and helpful in the past 48 hours than ours has in the past two months. I will probably not recommend ours when all is said and done. But, the other girl is very good. :) All ours does is tell me not to freak out. Which, it is hard NOT to do when your questions are not being answered. grr...

But, I think that we're still trying to close on the 16th. I should really email my agent and ask, so I don't take off that day for no reason. I am really looking forward to being in the house and having something to do on the weekends and at night.

I really need to go run today. I went on Monday night and I haven't run since. I can't keep taking these huge breaks. I'm just moody and when I feel tired and crappy, I don't really want to do much. Plus, IT FUCKING COLD! I don't have clothes to run in when it's below 50 out. I should probably do something about that, because I don't think that it will be warm in Florida in January. It will probably be chilly that morning, especially when the race kicks off at 6am.

But, when I went out on Monday, I did almost 2 miles in 25 mins (or less), which is above the pace for the race, so that was good. I don't know how much I ran. Maybe a mile of it, but not all together. It's SO hard to go outside. The other thing that I read on the race was that headphones were not allowed for safety. Screw that. I'll get a fanny pack (!) and hide my iPod mini in there until after the race starts. I need the music or I'll die. :)

I am going to try to run everyday for the next two weeks (run/walk/whatev), because I'm trying to run a race in Brown Deer on the 21st. The Deer Run. It's a 5k, so it'll be good for me just to finish, even if I have to walk a lot.

Anyway, we're going up to Green Bay tonight when Jake is done working today for Easter lunch tomorrow at Jake's grandma's house. Despite the serving of ham, which I flat out refuse to eat at this point, I am hopeful that there will be stuff for me to eat. We'll see. I can eat about 3 bites of ham before the overwhelming urge to throw it all back up overpowers me. I can only eat some kinds of pig, and ham is NOT one of them.

With that, I say, adieu.

....Volkswagen....

guh.

We ate with my parents at The Chancery last night, which involved a lot of beer and a ton of food. Jake and I ate artichoke dip, which was pretty good, but you don't get enough bread with it. le sigh. Then, I had the "French Kiss" burger, which is a burger featuring mushrooms on top and ARTICHOKE dip stuffed in the middle of the burger. It was amazing and I ate the whole thing. Mostly because I was drunk. It's like order toppers when you got back from the house parties. Or the bars. You just eat because it's there to eat. I didn't eat all my onion strings though.

I was stuffed. Then, I feel asleep at like 9, because I was tired and drunky mcdrunk. So, when I woke up at 1am, I thought it was 5am, because I'd been asleep for so long.
It was kind of a long night.

I tried, for the first time, in a long time, to run outside, instead of on a treadmill. Running outside is SO hard for me. The cold air just hurts my lungs. So, I don't know if I can do this half marathon thing. I just don't know. After my experience today, being outside for only about 20 mins. and being more tired than I am when I run on the treadmill, I might have to push as far as I can on the treadmill first and then head outside. That and, I'm not going to be able to run when it's chilly out. I could do it rollerblading, but I'm pretty much gun shy on the rollerblading now. It would probably take a summer of living in EC and roller blading on the bike path everyday for me to recover.

So, anyway, we're off to the home and garden show today with my dad. And probably some basketball tonight. on tv.

Tomorrow, if it's decent out, I'm trying to get my dad to go golfing. It's his birthday tomorrow. I have to go out to Hartland for 9am, but I am just going to show up and tell Becky that I have to leave at 1pm. I don't really care what she thinks either, because I'm just trying to be nice and do them a favor. Plus, I have stuff to drop off/pick up out there too.

The water inspection was good and my parents got to see the house finally. They liked it. It needs work, but it's nothing that we can't handle. I'm looking forward to being able to clean that place and paint her. It's all stuff that I consider minor and if we decide that we want to fix up some stuff, then I don't think that it will be an issue.

After all my bitching and complaining...

We FINALLY have the house. For sure. Okay, well, our side of the financing could fall in, but I don't think so.

So, in about two weeks, we should have a house. I want to close April 10th. And then we can start working on her. Which I am excited about. Because I am fucking sick of the two kids upstairs. Two weeks can't go fast enough.

And since we're aiming for April, we will only have one month of double payments, which is not too shabby.

Totally sweet.

We'll have to have a kegger this summer! :)

Apple's newest product.

Fin

All done with teh other place. It was not bad actually. I was really busy on my last day, which was weird, because I think that it was the busiest that I had been in a couple of weeks. Oh well.

Angie and Jennifer and Dale all gave me a hug good bye, wished me luck and all that stuff. I mean, I'm sure that I'll be back there sooner rather than later, because of the house and stuff, so I'll see them around. I'll try to stay in touch, because I didn't hate them. I just disliked the job and the girl. And I could have dealt with teh dislike of the job, if I didn't have the psycho controlling person trying to do my job for me constantly, under the guise of her just being helpful. Half the time, I just wanted to yell "get the hell away from my desk and don't touch my stuff" at her. Every time I was gone, she would go through EVERYTHING that I had sitting at the desk, which meant that stuff that I MIGHT have been doing something with disppeared.

I'm still pissed about her.

Starting a-new right away on Monday. No breaks for me. I don't think that we could afford it.

Things are moving on the new house. Hopefully, the water gets turned on early this next week, so we can FINALLY have it inspected all the way. Since it's been close to a month. I really want to close April 10th. It's a Tuesday, so Jake won't have to take off in the morning, and it just works for me. I would prefer it. And, that's really only a couple of weeks away at this point.

Then, we can spend a couple of weeks cleaning, painting and fixing up things before moving out of this fucking apartment. With the now out of tune piano upstairs.

Probably going over to Mom and Dad's tonight. I should call my mom and ask her if she wants us to bring dinner with us for her, or if we should just stop and eat something and then come over.

I love these Saturdays when Jake works. I mean, I will hate him by next Friday, I'm sure, but I do like to hang out by myself sometimes. I can just laze about in my pj's, unshowered for hours. woot.

Okay, well, I've really got nothing else. Same as always. Thoughts and rants about the house and work and I'm out.

Now, please me me for to set up an interview.

Totally sweet!

So, today, I'm walking around the office and the phone rings. Per usual when I am wandering, I answer the phone from behind and I can't see who's calling. It's Dawn (the mortgage broker) telling me that she just got the preliminary title policy/loan policy for the house!!!

It made it that much more real and I'm super excited because it means that we are almost for sure going to close. If they are doing the title work and all that stuff. I'm very happy about it. So, hopefully, at the very latest, we will close April 16th and I would like to try to close sooner than that, but we will see what happens with that.

I'm just glad that everything is falling into place. I also cannot wait to clean that place. It's so DIRTY! Yuck. And paint the flesh colored trim and the walls and put up drywall in the upstairs to get rid of the scary wood paneling. Everything all the time. New applicances.

And finally: Having a big ass party will all our friends! :)

Coincidence?

Hmmm....

It doesn't seem like that many people, but it is weird. A friend from HS in currently in London with her boyfriend, while at the same time, the UWEC kids (and frankly, I only am sure of 5-6 people that are over there that that I know, but there's way more than that).

Makes me wish the following:
1. I wish that I had gone in 2002 with everyone. I don't know why I didn't. It was stupid. Actually, the major factor might have been crazy bitch horn player being in the horn section -- she hated me. And the feeling was mutual. But, I should have gone. And I didn't.
2. I was able to go now. Man, if we would have been in EC (which is where we were headed back to if Jake hadn't found a job in Tosa, because I would have decreed it), I would have been all over that shit.
3. That I could live over there, even if just for a little while.

Needless to say, I really want to go back. Having two days to wander, when you're jet-lagged and 16 years old, well, you don't get much sightseeing done.

Anyway, I should get going. I have to stop and get gas in my car on the way to worky work. 6 more days. I really want to call in sick tomorrow. That would be sweet. :)

Changed'd'd'd

Okay, so I copied Yakob, but when I saw his crafty black background, it made me want a black and pink blog. So, here we are.

Perf.

I think that I'm getting Jake's cold, because I definitely don't feel that good. I have just been laying in bed tonight. Which is pretty sweet, but I just feel all funny, so I guess it's not THAT great.

I'm starting to wish we were going up there for V-Ball (EC, I mean), but I don't really feel that bad about it. Just looking at pictures makes me miss it, but I know that it's not the same as that anymore, so I don't miss it at the same time.

I sort of miss the party crazy girl I was last year. She was fun. Even if she hated being married. :)

They say it's the first year that's the hardest, but I give you this bit of advice -- just live together (unmarried) for one year. I promise you that that first year of marriage is difficult because you are trying to figure out how to live together and it's really nothing more than that. I know that there were so many difficult things that we had to pass through that year as well, but the biggest was just figuring out how to live together and stay sane.

Anyway, I'm going to read some internet-y stuff and then probably will fall asleep. I'm ready to try now and, while it's 9pm, it's really 8pm to my body. So me = pwobabwy sick. guh.

Second one today

So, now I am officially caught up on my BSG to this past Sunday's episode. And to that I say, Pist. PIST.

Plus, I got SO upset at the last episode (you know, more than the Billy episode), that I just said "what? WHAT?" for like a minute and then just sat like I didn't know where I was.

Pist.

Even though I know that everything will be fine and it will all turn out to be all right somehow.

Anyway, I'm going to hit the shower and take some ibuprofen. My head hurts.

I love these lazy Saturdays....

Jake is still sick, but that's okay, because he's going to work, so he can be miserable while he's miserable at work. He seems better today, actually, so maybe that's a good thing.

I, on the other hand, am getting ready to start my own private BSG marathon, since I basically haven't watched an episode since December. As far as I know, Adama was getting ready to nuke the planet to keep it from the Cylons. But, after I watch the 6 episodes that I need to catch up on, I will be totally sweet.

I should probably run or do DDR today too, for some sort of exercise. I guess that I could run on my parents treadmill too. I figured out my problem with running too. To run the Disney Half marathon, you have to keep a pace of 16 min miles or they will just pull you out. Completely out of shape and totally walking most of a mile, I can keep a 15 min mile pace. So, I figure my problem is this: I like to run fast, but I'm too out of shape to run fast (like, 9 or 8 min miles), so I get frustrated and give up.

Well, I'm not doing that this time. It's getting better. I'm pretty proud that I am able to run a quarter of a mile without stopping. That's pretty good for me. I'll get it up to a half and then a whole, and then keep going. Just have to make small moves. Small moves.

Nothing new on the house -- hopefully, we will hear what the decision is next week. That's what we were told.

Well, Jake is getting ready to leave, which means that I can transfer to my iPod and start watching. woot!

Probably the most amazing week ever...EVER!

So, I had a job interview today at eFunds, where my dad and uncle both work, for an entry-level position in a different area from where my parents work. The interviewer was very serious about the position being entry level and would I be happy doing it, etc. etc. and making sure that I understood that the position was entry level and that I would have to be there a year before I could try to move up in the company to a new position. Which, I understood all that, and my biggest thing was this:

I'm currently stuck in an entry-level position with no hope of advancing or growing and I have to drive 30 minutes on a good day to get there and 30 minutes home. So, that being sad, the job that I did prior to that was another entry-level position where I was getting paid less, having to drive close to 1 hour each way and since I knew that we were leaving, there was no hope of growing anymore. Plus, that year, I was so fucked up and depressed that I could barely keep my head on straight.

I didn't say all of this, of course, but I was thinking it. I did say the first part, which I think won the manager over. The manager and my direct manager were both really nice ladies. I didn't feel that confident about the interview when I left and I was super concerned when I got to work and found out that they had hired a replacement for me and she was starting March 28th.

However, while I was driving home from feeding my parents cats, I got a call from the recruiter and I HAVE A NEW JOB!!!!!!

I make more money, get better benefits, more time off, and will have to drive less and just...gosh! Everything is better. Way better. I'm super excited.

To top the day off, Jake FINALLY got a raise at work, so it's been a good week for two people who, at this point, are extremely motivated by money.

I have to take a drug test and get a background check and all that crap, but it's all good! I'm just very happy. Things are looking up for us. Now, we just need to hear back about that house. Then, everything will be amazing. :)

Anyway, I'm off to print out some stuff for the new job. Hope that Band tour and everything are a-ok. :) Later!

Oh Weekend...

I love you.

We went out early yesterday and bummed around a bit. Then we sat a bit and went to the Golf Show at the Wisconsin Center (or whatever it's called), which was pretty disappointing overall. Way not enough vendors selling stuff. I really wanted some new irons, because mine are WAY too short, but no deal. I wanted a pink golf bag too, but I got rejected by my husband. When to my parents for dinner, watched a couple of eps of Flip This House and then watched the Marquette game, which was pretty sweet.

Today, just hanging around the house. I have yet to shower in fact. But, I will soon, because I need it to live...or feel normal. It's almost 3pm.

Tomorrow: Groceries, cancelling the membership at the Fitness place (more on this in a bit), and interview. Not necessarily in that order.

I made the decision today that I'm going to try to run the Disney Half Marathon next January with my dad. I have 10 months to work up to being able to run 16 minute miles for 13.1 miles. I think that I can do it. However, I'll be borrowing my parents treadmill or running outside, because we can't afford to pay for Cardinal Fitness, considering that we NEVER use it.

I've never set a goal this big for myself (i mean, you all know me. Do I look like I can run that long?), so it will be a challenge. at least I have iPod to keep my brain company. Jake will probably start running with me, so that's cool. With the added bonus that I will hopefully lose all the extra weight I've put on, plus more (maybe?), I believe it is a overall worthy goal.

Anyway, I'm going to go back to being a bum.

Frustrated weathermen...jackasses

'Member that time that they called the blizzard on the wrong weekend? I distinctly remember no blizzard last weekend and blizzard-like conditions right now.

That being said, I survived my first little fender bender unscathed. I was pulling up to the stop sign at 116th and Center (like, 1/4 mile from the apartment and mind you I work 30 miles away) and I could not stop. I know what you're supposed to do in that sort of slid-y situation, but none of it happened, because there were cars EVERYWHERE! So, I just sort of slid and hoped for the best. Like the woman turning right would finish turning and then I could just slide into the curb.

No deal. I hit her back bumper, but I kind of bounced out and half way into the intersection. I turned and pulled over and got out of the car and said, I'm sorry and we traded names and numbers, just in case. Turns out the inital hit was my TIRE on her bumper. Mostly paint damage and no big scrapes. And black and dark green paint? You can't really tell. So, I told her to give me a call if she needed, but she didn't think that she would call. I'm insured anyway, but I would probably just pay for the repairs, if they were less than the deductable, you know?

Dodged a bullet there! However, I'm not going back out all night. And the City of Wauwatosa sure needs to get off it's ass and start salting, because it's not good out there.

I'm a little cranked up right now from the minor bumper cars on the way home. I'm just glad it wasn't worse.

Anyway, happy weekend! Happy 3 day weekend! I have a job interview on Monday at US Bank in West ALlis (which would be like 3 miles from the house)...not that I WANT to go back there, but if they will pay me the same, they have good benefits and it would be close to home. So, that's why the extra day off. I know the culture there and it would be a steady job while I'm continuing school. I just hope that there is some flexibility with the schedule, because my night classes will start at 5:30 and I don't think that if I worked to 5 that I could get there in time.

Okay, I'm going to change into jeans and wait for Jakie.

I've really got to get my shit together

So, I just played my horn for the first time since mid-November. whoops.

I think I played four Kopprasches before I had to give up. Not because my lips were tired, but my body is tired. I forget what a physical act playing a musical instrument truly is. When I'm tired, I have a tendency to engage my stomach muscles more to get to the top of my range...so, in conclusion, my stomach hurts.

I've started playing DDR for at least 20 minutes everyday, just for activity AND now, I'm going to try to play my horn for at least 20 minutes (I can hear all you college kids cringing...and maybe wishing a little bit?) I really want to try to get a spot in the MFSO when the third horn player leaves next year, and I might try to get into a few other things. At least get my name on the list. Just something a little more permanent.

So, I'm trying to set goals here.

I also had a job interview at Kohl's corporate office. The position is the College Relations Assistant, and the position is much more HR than I first realized, BUT, that's okay, but HR is an area that I have wanted to get into. Even in college, I was trying to work out a way to do a minor or something. I think/hope the interview went well. The other college relations manager is flying up from Texas in two weeks for the final round of interviews. I was the first one today. I don't know if that's good or bad. We'll see. I tired to be enthusiatic about the position, but I don't know if I came off that way or not. If I don't get called back for a second interview, I will probably ask what I could have done differently to be more successful. So, I'm hopeful that they liked me, because I definitely liked the girl that would be my boss, and that they will call me back. I've GOT to get a new job. I really wish that we weren't buying a house right now for the mere fact that I would have probably just quit as of Friday and taken a breather. Or I would have just worked at some goofy job and went back to graduate school full time.

I'm pretty certain that there is a mouse in the apartment, because I found a packet of oatmeal bitten open and the little cat has been sitting and staring at the oven all night long every night, but I can't find any other evidence of one. Nothing else has been broken into, so.... I don't know.

I wish that we had that house right now. Because I'd be over there every night, painting or cleaning or whatever to fix it up all shiny and nice. And then we would move the heck out of here. *roll eyes* STUPID PEOPLE EVERYWHERE!!!!!!

Okay, that's all I've got. Until another day. :)

I wanna get out of this place....

if it's the last thing I ever do.

Due to the snow today, the people across the hall forgot that they only get to park in one parking space and parked in theirs and part of ours. Jake was pretty mad. I wrote "you suck at parking" in the snow on their rear window. If it were the first time this happened, I'd probably go knock on their door and ask them nicely to repark their fucking car...but, since we've been jamming their doors and I scratched their bumper, it's better this way.

The people upstairs are making a fuck ton of noise too. Gosh, I wish we had found a house that we could have moved into immediately.

We spent the day at my parents, since the blizzard was really not. Watched the Badgers lose to Ohio State because one guy tried to be a hero and drive the lane, which was a) unavailable, as there was a guy there and b) the badgers had basically nothing in the paint all day. So, instead of kicking it out to someone who had the shot, the drive was stopped, the shot blocked and the game ended. Oh well.

Watched Serenity in HD, which was some sweet action.

Watched some of the Oscars.

Have no desire to go to work in the morning. Work can pretty much go to hell. If I didn't have to work because we needed the money, I would probably just have worked until Friday and said, well, I'm done. I kind of want to call in sick. Oh well. Then, I left my cell phone at my parents by accident, so I have to run and get that in the AM and THEN go get gas and THEN go to work. BLAH!

Anyway, that's all that I've got. Nothing to fancy or fun. :)

Things that have happened this week

Monday:

Worked only 3 hours, it was warm AND I had a job interview at The Equitable Bank, which is about 2 minutes from the apartment.

Tuesday:

Found out that they think that I'm pretty much crap at my job, and to be honest, the way that things went down at that job, I never really had a chance to be successful at it and I had no support at it. So, I'm currently looking for a new job, but they didn't terminate me. We have just determined that that it not the job for me.

I had a pretty crappy day and crappy night. But, I turned in the $500 Earnest Money for the house.

Wednesday (being today):

Set up the home inspection for tomorrow morning at 8am. I will take pictures tomorrow morning and post on the line. I'm pretty excited to get back in there. However, it's $275 for the inspection which sux.

So, the deal with the house is that it is essentially accepted, but the seller's bank (who owns the mortgage that they are close to foreclosing on) has to decide that it is what they want to do. So, we proceed like we are definitely getting the house, but there is an outside chance that we might not get it.

So, that's all I've got. Until later


EDIT:

I updated the ole bloggy links, because I had some people on there that haven't updated in a while. And while I care about them, they just don't update enough. OOoooo, that reminds me. I have to go back and add another.

However, Colin's stays because I personally like to click on his blog link and see "Welcome to Indiana!" I can still taste the sarcasm dripping off the title.

Anyways, that's really all I've got. Soon, Scrubs will be on the CW and then I will probably head for bed, since I have to get up earlier tomorry.

The one where time passes very quickly

The weekend is already over and I feel like I didn't do shit. I still have to go and put all the clothes away in the bedroom because I sat on the lappy for the past two hours, doing absolutely nothing.

I should probably get on that. My head is starting to hurt, so I really should put the compy down.

The little cat drinks out of the bowl that we have set up for them by dipping her paw in and then licking the water off. If she finds said water to her liking, THEN it's okay to lean over and drink.

Weekend: Jack and Betsy (the in-laws) came down Saturday in the morning and we drove them past the house that we have the offer down on and then to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory, where I had the most AMAZING lunch -- Orange Chicken -- it was SOOOO good. And a piece of cheesecake, of course. We walked around the mall and Best Buy a little bit and then went to the apt. Later on, we went to Potawatomi Casino, which is really kind of sucky. Then, we ate a really late dinner at Uno's and we ALL crashed and went to sleep.

Today, Jack and Betsy left real early and Jake and I drove out to Johnson Creek and did a little bit of shopping. I got some shirts and a pair of cute yoga pants. Then, we came back, watched the Dayton 500 and here I still sit. I did all the laundry...well, most of it.

I have a work only 3 hours tomorrow and then I have a job interview at 3pm, but really nothing else going on. and that's okay with me.

I feel like I had another reason for writing or I was going to say something else, but I really don't remember and my head is starting to hurt. So, adieu.

EDIT: I remembered as soon as I hit publish.

July is going to be OC! July 4: Jakey's birthday/holiday, July 7th: Playing for OMB's wedding (i think), July 13th: Nancy's wedding (maybe -- I'm not fishing for an invite here, it's just an event that I am aware of) and the 5th Harry Potter movie comes out (look, we ALREADY know that I'm a big HP dork), July 21: Last HP book is out! and finally, July 27th: THE SIMPSONS MOVIE, which I'm sorry, looks fucking amazing. I'm really excited for it. I don't care if people think that it's lost it's charm or whatever, it's still funny. I rarely catch it nowadays and I remembered how funny it still is after all these years. Plus, it's something that I connect very strongly to Branden still (you know, like when I couldn't even OPEN my copy of Season 6 or 7, much less WATCH right after he passed away), so it makes me happy that they are still trying to do a sweet job.

So, in short: July = OC. I have to feed the big cat now. Adieu, part deux.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, we have an offer that has been accepted by the seller, but we are waiting for the final approval from the bank, but everything is looking really really positive.

I'm very excited and I'm hoping that it's not too long before we know for sure. My mom and dad took us to Saz's tonight for din-din, which was sweet.

I'm just glad that we can stop looking for a house and that we'll have one that we both liked, a lot! There is a sweet deck in teh back too. If we win the game, we'll have to have a party in the summer to use the deck and so forth.

I'm just so glad that things are looking so good for this. It's really exciting for me. I'm going to be so happy to have my own home and I don't have to live below and across from the psychos....

YEAH!

Because I gave up

So, because I said that I didn't want to look anymore, a house dropped in price to something that was manageable for us. So, we have another offer out there. It's supposed to take five days for the bank to make up it's mind, etc., so there. It's almost in foreclosure, so the bank is involved and the seller's so there's lots of people to please.

It's a pretty cute house. It's also the first house that Jake and I have both liked and haven't had to discuss it for a while first or say, it's got this, it's got this, blah blah blah to convince each other that we are doing the right thing...or something like that.

There are definitely things (if we do get the house) to fix up, but it's not a terrible amount of stuff. And we would have to buy all new appliances, because there are none with the house. Which doesn't bother me.

I'm trying not to think about it or fret about it right now, so I'm not so disappointed when we lose again...but, that will probably not be the case.

Well, I'm off to pack my stuff to go to work and then I'm headed to work!