Now that I’ve shown you the plan, I’m going to go…

And show the plan to somebody else. Well, I did it. Wednesday of this week I booked my airfare on Air New Zealand for 2 weeks. I will be headed to Anaheim on the 21st, and then late the 25th (11:30 pm!!!) I’ll leave LAX for New Zealand. I’ll get to NZ at 7:15 AM NZT on the 27th (Friday). Then, let the fun begin. I went out and borrowed a Lonely Planet travel guide from the library for both Auckland and New Zealand. I will be perusing them this weekend in between homework assignments to decide what exactly I want to do. I can not wait to get there and to see Rachel. It’s been far too long. I will be there till June 8th, then back to Minneapolis.

I still don’t have a summer internship, I have a job, but not an internship…go figure. I’m waiting to hear on some prospects, and will call next week to find out how those are going. In the mean time I have to finish this semester. It’s down to the wire. I have 4 more discussion postings for ethics, one more lab report for lab, a book report and a rewrite for my Applications class, a homework and design project for Ventilation, and then a smattering of presentations to do between now and next Wednesday. I plan on doing a good portion of it today and tomorrow. I have to have the book report done by Sunday at 5 because the library would like their book back. I had to beg to get one more week out of them. Picky picky, it’s not like any one has reserved the stupid thing. Who ever heard of writing a book report in grad school anyway?.

So, I plan on working my buns off between now and next Wednesday, and then celebrating the end of my first year of grad school by going out for a pint at Kieran’s Irish Pub.

Am I really doing this?

Yes, I do believe I am. I looked up airfare to New Zealand today, to Auckland. 684 roundtrip from LAX. I can't find it cheaper from here. When I call next week to set my airfare for the trip to Aneheim, I'll check to make sure I can fly out a week and a half later and from LA for my return trip. Then, From the 25th to the 6th, I'll be in New Zealand. Whee!!! There are still a lot of kinks to be worked out of this plan, but I can't help but be excited. Now I just have to focus really hard on the here and now and not on then. When will then be now? When I have finished all the shite I have left to do this semester. It is winding down, but I still do have a lot to do. And here I am blogging instead of working on said homework. I need to make a to-do list I think. Otherwise I'm not going to get it all done. Hm, and a "I need from my parent's house list" too. Ok, that is a good place to start - here I go!

Sunny CA here I come

I don’t post for a while and a whole bunch of stuff happens. I went home last weekend to pick up some things I need when Katie moves up to three. Dad was feeling kinda in the dumps all weekend and on Sunday decided to visit urgent care. He’s all better now, but they admitted him to the hospital for a few days because he was having a reaction to an antibiotic he was on. I’m just happy I was home so that I could help Mom out.

Monday I got an email about the internship I had applied for, and I didn’t get it. I was rather grumpy as I felt that I was deserving of it, but another classmate – also deserving – got it instead. No worries there, but I do have to find something ASAP. I decided to apply for a full time job, just to see if I’ll get it. It could make things difficult if I get it soon though, because I have about 3 weeks of time where I want to be traveling.

Thursday I got wonderful good news. I found out that I won the scholarship I had applied to. I haven’t been holding my breath because 1. it is not smart to hold your breath for that long, and 2. Only 5 people from the US (and one from outside the US) win this scholarship every year. Them’s long odds, as they say. Yesterday I got the call that I had been awarded the scholarship, and now I’m all giddy. There’s money for school of course, but there is also the opportunity to go to Anaheim, CA, for the national conference held by the American Industrial Hygiene Association. They pay for the flight, the hotel, the conference, and give me money for food. Yippee! Sunny California, here I come! I am not sure what I will be doing out there yet. I have the conference to go to, it’s a week long May 21-25, but I’m sure I’m not going to listen to every person speak about everything. I plan on going to Disneyland, since I’ve never been, and maybe doing some other sight seeing too. I’m not sure what else there is out there. I’ll have to do research.

I’ve also been meaning to visit Rachel in NZ about that time. Now I’m thinking, it would be convenient to link the two together. I could fly to Anaheim, do the conference, get to LA somehow (haven’t figured that part out yet), fly out of LA to NZ, spend a week and a half or so in NZ chillin w/ Rachel, and then fly back to LA and catch a connecting flight back to MN. That would mean being gone for 2.5 or so weeks, but that doesn’t bother me. I like to travel. I have to see if that is ok with the travel agent-y people that I get the airfare from for the scholarship. It is substantially cheaper to fly to NZ from LA than from MN though, so this works out quite well. I really do hope I can pull it off; I want to visit NZ before Rachel gets back to the states in July.

Oh, and I have some tickets to go to Hawaii between May 31 this year and the 31 May next year. I have to book them by them soon though, so I have to determine when I can go. So, the bad and the good were intermingled this week, but I think the good won out. Big time. Now all I have to do is get serious about my exercise so I don’t feel like a dunce should I wear a swimming suit a month earlier than I thought I would be, figure out what the temp is in CA this time of year, and figure out what I want to pack. Oh, and finish this semester…yeah, not to forget that.

I went running last night with Katie. It actually felt good! I can't believe it. We ran down the road and to the lake, then all the way around the lake. It's about one mile to the lake, and 1.6 around. So we did a total of probably 2.5 miles or running last night. I started out saying, let's get in one mile and see how we feel. We were both in the groove, so we kept going, and going, and going. We were very much like the energizer bunny, passing people, rocking out to our music. I'm not even stiff today thanks to a excellent post-run stretching session. I am pretty tired today though. I have to decide if I want to chase my coworkers around the lake on my rollerblades, go to the Public Health film festival (showing sex ed films tonight), take a nap, or read my book out on the porch. I will have to see what people are up to. If I can't wake up soon the nap or exercise will win though, or I'll be worth nothing all night.

What a series of glorious days!!

I think that Minnesota forgot spring this year. Yes, we are having the grass change from brown to green, and the flowers are starting to bloom, and the bugs are unfortunately coming back, but the 35-50 degree days never happened. Usually in spring there is a series of days between those temperatures with either a chill to the air or a long day of rain. This spring, not so much. I swear we went form 35 to the 58-70s weather without a transition. Suddenly, I went from heavy jacket to short sleeves and capris. I don’t think I’m the only one who has noticed it either. After the strangest winter in my memory (with only one ‘snowstorm of 6+ inches in our area) I’m beginning to believe that there is a definite weather change going on. I can’t say for certain if it’s El Niño or La Niña, or if it’s global warming or global climate change, or just some X number of year pattern the weather in these parts sees. Or maybe it’s that we’re on the end of an ice age (well, we are) or going into another one. Who knows; I have lived on this earth for less than a quarter century, who am I to dictate patterns. The earth is billions of years old, and we’ve only been keeping weather data for 200-300 years. Oh, I know we have some information about what the climate was like from fossil evidence and tree rings and the like, but no one was really there recording it. There’s no oral tradition talking about the winter of 850 and how the snows were so bad that year that…

Still, after all that blathering, I like what I feel. It’s nice to have 70 degree days sans mosquitoes and other annoying little creepy crawlies. (I guess they will show up earlier this year though, since we are having the nice weather.) I’ve decided that I’m absurdly out of shape, and need to get into shape again soon. (Don’t ask what type of shape I’ve turned into, I’m not sure I have a creative enough name.) The weather is perfect right now for running (which I dislike but find very good exercise), walking, etc. I would add rollerblading, but the sticks-and-sands-of-death haven’t been removed from the road yet. Katie and I have taken to trying to exercise three times a week together, and I’m sure once Jenny moves in, she’ll be joining us. I really think that 5 days a week is better, so I’m going to aim for that. I’ll be running three days a week, and then ‘other cardio’ such as fast walks or blading or biking for two more. I still have to fit climbing in there somewhere, and I think I may take up softball. I really don’t know where the time will come from; maybe I’ll have to alternate my activities. I basically have 2 months until normal swimsuit season to magically return to normal woman shape (thought that time could be shortened with the current weather unpatterns). At least it’s much easier to eat healthy in summertime with the farmer’s market and such.

Because I'm tired, but wanted to post something, and it makes me laugh.

My pirate name is:

Iron Grace Bonney

A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. You can be a little bit unpredictable, but a pirate's life is far from full of certainties, so that fits in pretty well. Arr!

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I need a job!

Or at least, a different job. I have to do a field study/internship to successfully complete my Master’s degree. I thought I could complete said field study at employed where I am currently, but no such luck. Things move too slowly within government for the project I wished to work on to be ready. Oh, and there were some access issues to the substance I need to do air sampling for as well.

So, I have looked elsewhere. I applied/interviewed for an internship this past Monday, and I think the interview went ok. My interviewing skills are really rough though. I will have to make up my 10 most hated questions to be asked by the interviewer, and come up with answers ahead of time. I really hate the “what is the most ideal situation or job for you right now” question. I know I should have an answer, but I just don’t yet. I haven’t actually done anything remotely like what I’m going to school for yet. I have no experience in the field, and not enough in similar fields to say “I would like this type of job, and this type of company, working with this system…”

My hope is any internship I get will last past the summer and into the school year/through the school year part time. Not that I don’t like my job right now, but…I wouldn’t mind a change of scenery. Plus, I have to find a new job before the end of October because my student position ‘runs out’ then, and I can’t be rehired. Poo. I really would like to start doing a job in my field. This is kinda sorta maybe in my field, if I push it, but the work isn’t challenging – it’s student work. I want a challenge, something to tackle, a project of my own.

< style="font-weight: bold;">Two Bells and All is well

Yes, I’m a procrastinator. Yes, it’s 2AM. Yes, I just finished my paper (which I had three weeks to do, is worth 15% of my grade, and I started at 8PM this night). Why then, am I actually in a good mood, even though I’m exhausted, over caffeinated, and only going to have 4 hours of sleep? Because…I got brownies!!! Yes, my awesome roommate took the time (at 9PM in the nighttime) to purchase brownie mix, grab a pan, and drive to the place I’m housesitting where we could make brownies and study together. After studying for a bit, we took a break and watched the second InuYasha movie that Lance borrowed me. While that was going on, I finished writing my paper by hand (yes, I can still write a paper using an old fashioned pen and paper, with tables and everything). We ate the brownies, then popcorn, and soda. I feel very sugared, and very tired, and plan onheading to bed just as soon as this ancient printer finished taking it’s 30 minutes to print 5 pages. There, finished. I’ll just batten down the hatches, and throw myself into my bunk for four hours before the bell wakes me for my watch in the morn. I really hope that tea and chocolate can keep me going through class and lab tomorrow. Wow…how bad is it when you haven’t even gone to bed and you’re already contemplating how good tomorrow’s nap will feel?!?

Let it Snow!

Or, perhaps not. You know, the weatherpeople shouldn’t give such a buildup like they did yesterday and then not deliver. It’s maddening. We started the week with a chance of snow today, and by Tuesday it was an up to 6 inches storm. By Wednesday it was a foot of snow. Thursday, yesterday, they were back to a cautions 6-9 inches. By last night it was 6-9 inches in the south metro and 3-6 inches in the north metro. This morning I woke up to NO SNOW! Talk about your letdowns. I admit that I’m ready for spring. I want it to be warm and nice and flower-like outside. But, this was to be the great-basketball-tournament-time-snowstorm. It’s tradition. Also, we’ve only had one snowstorm that amounted to lots of snow this year. One! That’s unheard of. We had one other that had 4 inches of snow. The ‘big one’ was only 7-9. Wow. This has been one of the worst winters (for snow) ever. Oh, it was cold, and bleary, but it rained or iced more than it did the pretty white stuff. If I lived on the West Coast, where weather like this is expected, I’d be ok. I, however, live in the Midwest. I remember stories of the “storm of XXXX where 30 inches of snow fell in one day, and 45 in three, and schools were closed, and you had to build tunnels to get out of your house….etc…” I wanted a nice snowy winter. The Farmers Almanac said we were to have one. Where did it go?

I drove into work this morning and it started snowing halfway here. Little October sized flakes, for an piddley little storm. I’m disappointed, distraught, let down. I was looking forward to shovel money. Now all I get is a dirty windshield, sloppy shoes, and a wet dog.

I say wet dog because I’m house/dog sitting this week. Good fun, and I’m actually not dying of allergies. She’s a wonderful dog, though apparently believes that my legs make a comfy bed. I tend to disagree. Still she gives you those eyes… It’s kinda fun to pretend that it’s my house, and that I’m all ‘grown up’ with a real house of my own, and real furnishings that match. I like the house, it’s a style I wouldn’t mind having myself someday…when I have enough stuff to fill an entire house. Right now, I could furnish the kitchen, one of the living/dining/family rooms, and one bedroom. Sparsely. But, I suppose that is why we tend to work our way into real houses.

Last night Katie and Jenny came up and we went to dinner. We were celebrating Katie’s second interview for a real, grown up, permanent teaching job. Good luck today mi amiga! I am working today, and then hope to have something to celebrate w/ her later tonight (though I’m sure she’ll not know right away, she’ll probably have a good inkling.) So that’s that. Oh, and it’s supposed to be 50 on Wednesday next week. Yippee!!!

Mexican food is worse than turkey ...

I spent the weekend doing nothing unlike the last post, where I said I’d be productive. Ok, I was kind of productive. I put some episodes of InuYasha in order on some tapes, so Katie could catch up. I cleaned up my room. I slept and read. I talked to people on the phone. Soon it will be time to get serious. Notice how I didn’t say “right now.” Yeah. I’m all about maybes and whithertos and whyfores. After the first half of this semester, I believe I have earned some leisure time. To bad I won’t be able to use it. I really do have too much to do. I will be house/dog sitting for a coworker for a week and a half, so I figure I’ll have time to do some homework while I’m over there – just me and the dog. Said house has a hot tub, so at least I’ll be able to soak out my aches and pains. I’ll be getting exercise too, as I plan on taking the dog for a walk every day. Maybe we’ll even go running! The most excellent of Thai restaurants lives up in that area as well. I will probably eat there at least twice (which is at least 4 meals…they make a lot of food).

I am really tired today. Another of my coworkers is leaving our section for a different job at the agency, and today was the Official Farewell Luncheon. We went to the Capital View Café – excellent food. They specialize in breakfast, but have lunch foods as well. Mexican American. My whole section is dragging right now. No one has the energy to move. It’s quieter in here now that it has been for ages. Plus, when we got back here, there was cake. I had to find some caffeine just to stay awake. Tonight I may go blading, otherwise perhaps for a walk or run outside. I can’t decide. It’s so nice out, it’s hard to justify staying inside.

What I really need now is a short nap.

Winter, Spring, or Fall?

It is that time of year when the weather really can’t discern one from the other. Today I woke up and it was cold and cloudy. I headed out, and it started snowing. Then it stopped snowing and the sun came out. Then, it got even colder and the wind started and it started to do that kind of wet snowing and blowing-the kind where the cold and damp knife into you and sit within your bones. I feel like I’m never going to be warm again. I’m sitting in a 72 degree office, with long underwear, wool socks, pants, a short sleeve shirt, a long sleeve shirt and a fleece on, and I’ve had a large cup of tea, and I’m still cold. I’ve even eaten, so it’s not because I’m hungry. I’m debating if I can drink another whole cup of tea, or if I should just go get hot water to hold onto in my mug.

I am so happy it is Friday. I don’t know if it’s the weather, or the fact that I know spring break has ‘officially’ started for me, but I’m exhausted. It’s a Friday night and I want nothing more than to curl up in my recliner with a blanket and my book, and to go to bed early. This weekend I have a lot to do, homework wise. I am going to pretend I have school next week and try to get most of the week-after’s homework done. Originally I wanted to go to the Halloween, Alaska and Whisper in the Noise show tonight(Food Team is also playing), but I don’t know anyone who would go with me. Not that I need company to go to a show, but I need the motivation today. I’m either getting old, or I’m just being a very boring person.

One more week…until spring break

I just love this time of year. You can have a 60 degree, sunny, gorgeous spring day and wake up to snow and bitter winds the next. I’m convinced the reason that most Midwesterners are fickle and can’t take a strong point of view on anything is that they grew up learning from the weather. If you don’t like it (or anything here) just wait 10 minutes. Chances are it will change.

Last week we learned just how annoying certain cable companies can be. I really do need to have internet access at home for school purposes…it was not useful to have six days of, “we’re really not sure what’s wrong, except that someone made an open ticket on your account, and until it’s closed, we can’t let you sign on. Terribly sorry about all that, why don’t you call back tomorrow morning and see if anyone has gotten off their high horse and pushed a button. Can we help you with anything else?” On top of that, my computer hiccupped. After a reformat, and some hacking, I managed to get most of my files back off my hard drive, but I had to spend 4 or 5 hours reinstalling programs and doing the nice updates to windows. Did I mention I had a cold? It was lovely, really. Despite all that, it really wasn’t too bad of a week. I managed to finish most of the organizational stuff in the new room, and Katie and I have settled into our new place. We’re set for the next two months, at which point she’ll be moving back up to Three and Jenny will be moving into Two with me.

At least next week is spring break. It should give me a chance to catch up on a few assignments, and prepare for the new class I start (accelerated, and lasts from after spring break until the end of the semester). I applied for an internship in my field for the summer, so fingers crossed that I get that. Now I just need to find that scholarship application I set somewhere safe so I wouldn’t lose it during the move. I just wish that safe places in my house were not also invisible.

Welcome to the K&T B&B

Within the K&T B&B you will find the Rose Room, the Azure Room, and the North Room. The kitchen is always open, though the cook’s hours vary. The water is always hot. Linens are provided. Newly furnished, the K&T B&B sports turn of the century woodwork, buffet, mantles, and fireplace with a quiet and comfy furniture selection. Both the Rose and Azure Room will sport cable-internet connections in the near future. The North room features direct access to the spacious front porch overlooking the Yard and the Street. Hot tea and hot chocolate as well as a selection of pastries are always available from the kitchen. There is a quaint bar serving choice selections for those desiring evening cocktails, and the dining room is decorated with trinkets form travels around the world. Going somewhere? The Back Porch offers storage space for that extra luggage. Need to fix something? Find the tool you need in the utility closet.

The K&T B&B is conveniently located near many attractions within the City, such as a free zoo, a large park, a golf course, a lake for boating and fishing, a swimming pool, and the fairgrounds that holds many events throughout the year. The Rose and Azure Rooms are reserved well in advance, but the North Room is kept available for drop in guests. Please, visit the K&T B&B for your next vacation getaway.

Ah, the joy of moving.

I really do like the new place. I just wish I had some way to magically bob my blond hair or wiggle my nose and make the stuff from Three move to Two and go where I wanted it to without the pain and struggle of moving. I do mean pain, too. Yesterday I was moving some stuff in a crate downstairs (ok, I admit, I was doing it stocking feet) and I slipped on the step. It was classic feet out from under you; box in the lap, sliding down the stairs to the door. No one saw me, but I bet it looked pretty funny. I keep finding bruises today that emanate from that little debacle.

Still, organizing a new place is fun. I love deciding where things are going to go and Katie and I accomplished most of the kitchen and bathroom last night. The best part is, for at least a day (hopefully much, much longer) the place will be organized and we’ll be able to find things. Ok, we’ll be able to find things if we remember where we put them.

Tonight is the rest of the kitchen, the rest of the bathroom, small parts of the living room, and dining room, and small parts of our bedrooms. The bigger parts, things that are bulky and heavy, will be moved on Saturday. Hopefully (fingers crossed) we’ll have bribed some strong, tall, male (and/or female) determined types to help us with that endeavor. Anyone want free pizza?!? All you have to do is help us move bulky furniture (and put up with us moving it ten times as we decide where it fits “just right”).

Katie started putting up her window scarves yesterday, which makes me want a curtain or window scarf of my very own to design. I have nice blinds, but this time I want something more ‘homey’ for the room. I think I’ll, like Katie, actually hang some pictures this time. I want the place to look like home. Maybe we’ll go to a few garage sales this spring and see what else we can scare up for the place.

Anyway, I’ll be out of touch all weekend and probably through Tuesday. The nice cable man can’t come until then to change our cable. We’ll be hooked up upstairs still, but I doubt we’ll be running up the stairs every hour or so to check the email. So, wish me luck on the move, and hopefully I’ll manage not to fall down the stairs again. I’ll update and maybe add some pictures of the new place next week.

Snowdays, snowmen...

An entire winter has almost swept itself through this northland. It has snowed many times, but there has only been that one biggish snowstorm in our area. This past Sunday evening however, we had our first packy snowfall of the season (this late, I know.) It was 54 degrees F on Saturday, gorgeous and not typical for February in Minnesota. It rained all day Sunday, and we lost any snow cover we had. Then, latish sunday night, it began to snow. Big fluffy flakes that just begged for a person to run outside and stick out one's tongue to catch a falling snowflake and let it melt in the mouth. Katie and I looked at each other late that evening, roughly 11PM and thought about the fact that enough snow had fallen to shovel. (we like our snow-income) On went the snowpants, the boots, the hats and mittens. On went the jackets, and down the stairs we went. We grabbed a shovel each and headed out into the snowflakey wonderland to shovel our walk. The snow was water underneath and made that satisfying 'scrinch, scrunch' noise that all good packy snow makes. Well, most of it did. Remember the rain? Some of it was slush under the snow on the walk, and really quite heavy to move. We shoveled just as quick as we could, and I did take the opportunity to stick out my tongue and taste the wintery precipitation. Towards the end of our shovelling, Katie and I had an idea. This was the first packy snow of the season, and while it was WAY to wet for snow angels, it was just right for snowballs. The first one flew, and the second, but the third...began to grow into a bigger ball. Then another followed it. A third made up the head of our little snowperson, who was really the size of a snowhobbit. He was only about 2.5-3 feet tall, and fit just wonderfully on the end of the stone walkway by the stairs that lead up to our home. He was quickly outfitted with rock eyes and nose and mouth, branch arms, and a pot for a hat. I don' t have the picture on this computer, but here is a link to Katie's picture of Frosty Appleseed. Very quickly on the other side of the stairs, a one foot miniature snowbrownie (for those who have seen Willow) was errected. He received no rocks for his face, our rocks were way to big, but we did add some branch arms. The next day (Monday, and the day of being nicked in the arse) was 40 degrees F, and very quickly in the warmth of the sun both our snowhobbit and snowbrownie went the way of all snow on a warm day...melt-splat down onto the sidewalk. But at least I can still say that I have gone all my walking years of winter without missing the chance to make at least one snowperson. Our two snowpeople were not as big as the one a few years ago; Katie and I required special leverage devices to make that 8 foot tall snowgiant, but they were just as important. Here's to hoping that we have at least one more chance at snowpeople this winter. I would greatly like to try to make a snowman, or even a snowelf.

I wonder how hard it would be to add pointy elf ears to a snowman?

On getting nicked in the arse...

Today has significance to many people in the US of A. It is the day of buying candy (especially chocolate), flowers, and cards for that significant person in your life, and generally being sweet and nice to them. This raises the question, however, what do you do the other 364 (or 365 on a leap year) days a year for this person? Why is it that a day needs to be specified in order to remember and be sweet to your sweetheart? Isn't that for anniversaries, and just generally everyday? I am wondering, do other countries carry the custom of Valentine's Day the way it's carried out in the US? I remember when I was little it was St. Valentine's Day, but it seems in the recent years people have decided to shorten the name. I remember giving out candy and silly little cards to all the people in my class, even the ones I wasn't particularly fond of. We'd put the valentines into a brown paper bag taped to that other person's desk. Mom made sure you had one for everyone.
Now, as an adult, it's a holiday full of chocolates and roses and come-hither glances. At least, that's what mainstream American Corporations would like you to believe. I know the truth, though! This day is actually a celebration of hundreds of thousands of people getting nicked in the arse. Yup, you heard it here. You see, I am no fool, and I've seen the cards. Thousands of tiny cherubs who have forgotten their apparel lay-in-wait for unsuspecting arses to shoot pointy little sticks at with their toy bows. If this is indeed a reference to Cupid then I say, "Zeus, come and rein-in that miscreant youth!" Seriously, though, I feel no need to be shot in the arse. I've survived 24 + years without it, and I can survive at least that many more. This isn't to say that I don't ever want to fall in love...I just prefer my backside the way it is. I don't need a day to tell me when I should be nice to someone. I don't need a designated day to tell me when to feel romantically inclined either. (Though, I should warn you, I do indeed enjoy the idea of a day specifically devoted to chocolate - Dark Chocolate especially - Yum!) Nope, cherubs, keep your bows pointed firmly at other’s backsides. As for St. Valentine’s Day, while it’s cute watching the couples all out in their splendor and seeing girls riding home on the bus with roses in their hands, I really do wonder what the world would be nice if we adopted the ideals of Valentine’s Day during everyday. Just think, people being nice to each other…and all that CHOCOLATE!

Yup, this sounds about right...

Pink, or Blue?

No, I’m not having a baby. I’m trying to pick a color for my new bedroom. I get to pick the paint color and it is quite the decision. Katie and I think the bedrooms should match, and probably the Landlord would agree with that, so we’re in the process of narrowing it down. We have it narrowed to a classical color, that will look good with beige carpet and dark woodwork…perhaps a vintage rose or something. Otherwise, the rest of the place is being repainted a khaki color. We’ll see how it looks when they’re done. Katie and I are still not sure of the move in date…and there is lots to do before hand. I would like to go through my clothes and find out what I can give to Goodwill. I have papers and such that need sorting, and the ‘attic stuff’ that accumulates and noone ever really knows what it is or what it’s for.

Did I mention the homework I’ll be doing in the meantime? No? It’s probably too scary a story for this late at night. I will have to leave it for another time. Right now I think I’ll have some tea and get ready for bed.

Comments are back. yay.

I decided on a whole new look. The things I'll do to procrastinate from homework! Anyway, I took the time to place my comments back on the page. (after remembering my password to said comment website). I will probably change a few more things about this template...but not just yet.

I'm trying to add a picture to my profile, here it goes.