And that's putting it mildly. My mom & I spent the day cleaning my room. A total of 28 bags of stuff went to Goodwill. About 5 bags of recycling (mostly paper) went out. 3 bags of garbage. Of the 28 bags that went to Goodwill, 15 of them were books. I probably should have taken the time to pack them all up & cart them to Powell's or something, but in all honesty...I didn't feel like it.
We have a realtor coming to look at the house tomorrow. She specializes in older homes that are sold "as is." Our house was built in 1912 and though it's got good bones needs a lot of TLC. Unfortunately with my dad working more than full time and my mom watching the grandboys 5 days a week; well, it just hasn't been kept up as it should have been. We're hoping she can figure out a decent price to sell it at. There are a lot of yuppy/hippy couples out there who salivate at the thought of rehabbing old houses like this one, so we're pretty optimistic. *crossing fingers*
Tomorrow was supposed to be a vacation day, but it worked out that if I gave up one of my vacation days, my insurance would be good thru the end of next month. Since I'm not an idiot, I said I'd work tomorrow. My last day of work is on Thursday. There are a lot of unknowns, but I KNOW I can't work while we're packing up and stuff. My brain just doesn't work that way. We're stressed out enough as it is. :(
Two my friends gave birth this weekend. I'm so happy for them and admittedly so glad it's not me. I like kids, but never enough to have any. lol. They exhaust me and I so do not have the patience to deal with them. Thank you, but no. :)
I got Netflix on my PS3. Why I waited so long to do it, I'll never know. I've been watching a ridiculous amount of Bollywood movies. I blame Nalini Singh and the Youtube videos she's played. They caught my attention & when I found them on Netflix, I had to watch them. Some of 'em are awful, but there are some that are amazing! I already watch TV with close-captioning on, so I'm used to reading as I'm watching. It's very surreal to be reading the subtitles and then all of a sudden being able to understand full sentences. They throw full English sentences into the dialog. It's very random and immediately switches back to Hindi or Punjabi, but still! lol
I've got an apple pie candle burning. It smells amazing & is making me VERY hungry. :)
Yesterday was...hmm...an exercise in chaos? Yeah, I think that's the best way to describe it. lol. But, I got money which will go in handy. I found this super, amazing, adorable purse that I'm salivating over, but I don't know if I can justify spending that much money. I get 25% off, but that'd still make it about $160 bucks. *sigh* If I'm being practical, I should just put it into savings. *sigh* I don't wanna be practical! *sniffle*
Only four more days of work. I can't quite get my head wrapped around that. It's crazy. I admit, I can't wait to get out of there. The job was stagnating to the point of ridiculous and I just need something new. I was given a questionnaire by HR to fill out. They say it can be anonymous, so I plan on being pretty blunt. Yes, there were good aspects to the job, but in all honesty there were some things that so weren't. So, we'll see what happens.
Have you ever tried to hide "toys" from your mother? Ha! Yeah, that was interesting. lol. Oy.
And with that, I'm off. I went to bed at 7:15 last night and woke up at 8 this morning. I was SO tired. Work last week wasn't very fun. The boys were crazy hyper yesterday. All in all, I just needed the sleep. I hope everyone had a great weekend! Ciao!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Phew! I think that about says it. lol
Oy, talk about going in a million different directions at once. Where to begin?
Hmm...well, y'all know about my move, so I won't go into that too much. I'll just say things are chaotic at best and leave it at that. :)
My last day of work will be the 30th of this month. We won't be moving until the end of January, but because of all the insanity, I thought it'd be a good idea to leave work a bit early to help my mom with the packing process. *headdesk*
Thankfully, we're not going to tackle that until after Christmas. Right now there's just too much going on with the holiday to try to tackle that as well.
I spent almost all of last week off work. I picked up that nasty cold bug that's been going around. It ended up settling in my vocal chords and I ended up with laryngitis for 9 1/2 days. Talk about crazy. Since my job entails that I be off the phone, I had to get a doctor's note to have me off work from last Tuesday thru Friday.
Today was my first day back and it wasn't pleasant at all. For one thing, my boss kinda threw her hands up and didn't let my two coworkers do ANYTHING, so I went back in to work to find that absolutely nothing had been done in my absence. Added to that I've gotta train my replacement in 3 days and I can honestly tell you...it's not going to happen. I don't think my boss gets it that this position isn't a walk in the park. There are a lot of things I've got to go over with him. Since she only gave me 3 2 1/2 hour increments to do the training... Argh! I told my replacement I'd give him my cell phone # and if he got completely stuck he could call me. My boss certainly won't have a clue. *headdesk*
Right now I'm just frazzled. I have a feeling that will be my normal mode until after we're moved and settled. I'm tired and we haven't even started packing yet. Ack!
I'd gotten my laptop "fixed" a couple of months ago, but the person who "fixed" it didn't put any security on it. So, I got online and within a few minutes had acquired a virus. Thankfully one of my bestest friends' boyfriend is an engineer. He took my laptop and my mom's desktop and fixed them both for $50 a pop. I had to download a couple of free security things, but it's working great! *knocksonwood*
So, I still won't be around much, but wanted to give you all a basic head's up. I'm gonna be a basket case here for awhile. *whimpers*
Oy, talk about going in a million different directions at once. Where to begin?
Hmm...well, y'all know about my move, so I won't go into that too much. I'll just say things are chaotic at best and leave it at that. :)
My last day of work will be the 30th of this month. We won't be moving until the end of January, but because of all the insanity, I thought it'd be a good idea to leave work a bit early to help my mom with the packing process. *headdesk*
Thankfully, we're not going to tackle that until after Christmas. Right now there's just too much going on with the holiday to try to tackle that as well.
I spent almost all of last week off work. I picked up that nasty cold bug that's been going around. It ended up settling in my vocal chords and I ended up with laryngitis for 9 1/2 days. Talk about crazy. Since my job entails that I be off the phone, I had to get a doctor's note to have me off work from last Tuesday thru Friday.
Today was my first day back and it wasn't pleasant at all. For one thing, my boss kinda threw her hands up and didn't let my two coworkers do ANYTHING, so I went back in to work to find that absolutely nothing had been done in my absence. Added to that I've gotta train my replacement in 3 days and I can honestly tell you...it's not going to happen. I don't think my boss gets it that this position isn't a walk in the park. There are a lot of things I've got to go over with him. Since she only gave me 3 2 1/2 hour increments to do the training... Argh! I told my replacement I'd give him my cell phone # and if he got completely stuck he could call me. My boss certainly won't have a clue. *headdesk*
Right now I'm just frazzled. I have a feeling that will be my normal mode until after we're moved and settled. I'm tired and we haven't even started packing yet. Ack!
I'd gotten my laptop "fixed" a couple of months ago, but the person who "fixed" it didn't put any security on it. So, I got online and within a few minutes had acquired a virus. Thankfully one of my bestest friends' boyfriend is an engineer. He took my laptop and my mom's desktop and fixed them both for $50 a pop. I had to download a couple of free security things, but it's working great! *knocksonwood*
So, I still won't be around much, but wanted to give you all a basic head's up. I'm gonna be a basket case here for awhile. *whimpers*
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Twists, Turns, & Upside Downs
Hoo-boy, when I said life's been complicated, I wasn't kidding.
Here's the main story. About 6 months ago, an opportunity made itself known to my family. At the time it was an idea, a wish, a something. Basically, it would change my entire family's life.
Things have been extremely unsettled and stressful for these last few months because we didn't know if it would happen or not.
Yesterday it finally became for certain. After all these months of stress and uncertainty, we now know we're going to do it. It's still stressful, but it's also a relief.
What's this thing that's been hanging over our heads? We will be moving across the country to Livonia, Michigan. My family (parents, brother, and SIL) has been given the opportunity of a lifetime and it's a blessing.
It's also unbelievably scary too. I've never lived anywhere but Oregon, so it'll probably be a bit of a culture shock as well. But, I'm looking at as an opportunity to start over. To have a clean slate. The cost of living is about half of what it is in Portland. I'll actually be able to afford my own home, which trips me out.
So, as this is going on, I'm probably going to be pretty scarce online. We'll be moving in mid-January, so now it'll be a lot of packing and purging. I can't wait to quit my current job & move on...finally.
And that's what's been going on. Ack! I admit to being a bit freaked out right now. Hold me! Lol
Here's the main story. About 6 months ago, an opportunity made itself known to my family. At the time it was an idea, a wish, a something. Basically, it would change my entire family's life.
Things have been extremely unsettled and stressful for these last few months because we didn't know if it would happen or not.
Yesterday it finally became for certain. After all these months of stress and uncertainty, we now know we're going to do it. It's still stressful, but it's also a relief.
What's this thing that's been hanging over our heads? We will be moving across the country to Livonia, Michigan. My family (parents, brother, and SIL) has been given the opportunity of a lifetime and it's a blessing.
It's also unbelievably scary too. I've never lived anywhere but Oregon, so it'll probably be a bit of a culture shock as well. But, I'm looking at as an opportunity to start over. To have a clean slate. The cost of living is about half of what it is in Portland. I'll actually be able to afford my own home, which trips me out.
So, as this is going on, I'm probably going to be pretty scarce online. We'll be moving in mid-January, so now it'll be a lot of packing and purging. I can't wait to quit my current job & move on...finally.
And that's what's been going on. Ack! I admit to being a bit freaked out right now. Hold me! Lol
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