Quickish Post

Oy, talk about a lot of nonsense & such. Am finally settled into my apartment. What a nightmare! All I can say is thank goodness for my family. Without them I'd probably be in tears and such still.

The day I moved in, I did a super-quick walk-through of my apartment. The one I saw originally got rented out from under me & I hadn't seen my actual apartment. It seemed okay, so I went in & signed my lease. We moved in on Friday night because everyone had plans for the weekend & all.

My SIL (who is an angel), stayed late Friday night to help me at least get the basics taken care of. However, as we were going thru stuff, we began to notice stuff. The smell was the biggest issue. The previous tenant smoked and had a cat. Blech! Also, they hadn't cleaned the apartment AT ALL, so we spent almost 2 hours just doing that. I won't tell you what I found, because it's disgusting, but suffice it to say...I was pissed.

Monday I went into the office and ranted. Made a big to-do about it. Apologies, etc, but I didn't get any satisfaction out of the deal. :( Boxes and bins were piled up to the ceiling (or so it seemed) and I admit I was horribly overwhelmed. My mom & SIL came over the following Saturday and helped me fully unpack and basically make my apartment into a home. I don't have any pictures at the moment because it's still not...perfect, but it's now liveable. Huzzah!

I got internet & cable this past weekend, which is great! I'm able to record and watch shows I haven't been able to see in a long time. I'm writing because I have a dining room table (that I got for free! yay!) and can sit here to write.

Work's been crazy and kind of unpleasant lately, but thankfully that seems to be calming down a bit. Overall, life is finally normal again. I have to admit that being in my own space is both good and bad. Good, because I make my own rules & don't have to worry about anyone else. Bad, because now I have to clean AND grocery shop. Blech! It's really hard to figure out what tastes good. I don't cook...at all. I've gotta learn how to at least use the crock pot. lol

And that's about it. I know, this is short & sweet, but there's honestly not a whole lot going on. I would like to paint somewhere in the near future and get some stuff for the walls. My poor walls are so bare. I have these great Euro shams, but need to buy the pillows to put in them. Bleh...obviously I have a ton of plans. Will they come to fruition? Maybe. :)