Poll #1424201 CHOOSE DAMMIT.
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what do you wantttttttt?

It's that time again... time to be reminded that I am horribly ignoring my journal these days. :P (I still do pretty well with reading, though! Not with commenting, but still...)

Yesterday, I went to this community market downtown with barbed_whispers. It was not at all what I was expecting, but it was unexpectedly awesome. I got some soap for my new place, that I totally admit is pretty much just for decorative purposes, but still. barbed_whispers bought me some really yummy fresh juice, and I think I will continue going to this market just for the juice. No, seriously.

There was also a set of coasters I really liked but didn't match anything I have well and also were kind of expensive, so I passed. Not sure I'll be able to pass on them if I see them again, though, tbqh.

Everything with the house is going well. The contractor should be done in there tomorrow or Monday, I believe, which is super exciting. When he's done I just have to get my dad to go through and do some minor electrical stuff, and then we can move in! I haven't gone to see it while he's in the process of painting etc, so I'm super excited to see what it looks like when he's done. Hopefully I don't end up hating the colors we chose, hahaha.

Ugh, I think barbed_whispers makes it her lifes work to nudge me WHENEVER POSSIBLE. I was even going to update tonight anyway. :P

I have pictures of my new house! Which I have closed on! And is MIIIINE!!! This is all pre-painting / getting minor work done, but STILL.

Hopefully these won't be ridiculously large...

( pictures under hereeeee )

There's more pictures here, if anyone is interested in seeing them. :) Of course I'll have even more pictures when the house is all pretty-fied with colors I actually LIKE.

Met with a contractor today about painting the place, getting new kitchen countertops, and doing the few minor repairs that need to be done. It's gonna cost almost exactly what we were estimating, which is good because it means it's affordable. :P
Actually, we were estimating high, because I was originally estimating cost without including countertops for the kitchen, so that's pretty much excellent.

But OMG I am exhausted. Closed yesterday, met with contractor today, had to get insurance/power/water set up, run to the post office about the mailbox key, fight with my bank (because they are OH SO excellent wtf)... not to mention closing at work both days. I just want to sleep for a week now.

Okay, so. imthelobster made a post about it, but now I'm going to, because... omg.

I AM BUYING A PLACE.

Do you have any idea how terrifying this is? I'm not sure I'm ready to be a grown up (even though my parents say I've been one for a while, psh.) I'm not sure I'm ready to own anything like this. (I'm not sure what this means about being stuck in Orlando, at least for a while longer than I originally thought/planned.)

vnsdkvkl ahhh.

I took the downpayment over this morning, and if all goes right I should be closing a week from today. Living there by the end of June / early July.

I'm just... so in shock, and so excited. It's close to work, it's nice, and... it's mine. Or, it will be. Really soon.

I CAN PAINT IT HOWEVER I WANT. (okay, no, seriously. I am more excited about this than I probably should be. COLOR SCHEMES, YOU GUYS. cndsjklvnklsdnbvl.)

I keep getting randomly spazzy. And I really wish I had pictures to post right now, but... I don't. Because I kind of fail that way, since I had a damn camera with me (two, if you count my cell phone as one) and didn't take a single shot of the place. wth, self.

So... yeah. omg. ::flails::

OKAY OKAY I HAVE UPDATED.

HELLO.

HOW ARE YOU GUYS?

So, I got nudged to post. Again.

I can't help it that I haven't been posting lately, I have nothing to post abouuut. I'm still working, and my job does not change, ever. I'm still playing a lot of WoW, whichhhh pretty much no one else on my flist plays (with the exception of one or two :P )

imthelobster and I are still looking for a new place. Bah. I keep getting tripped up -- like, last week we were supposed to go out and spend the morning driving around and checking out some places, and I ended up blowing a tire on the 408 (fucking again) and so had to spend the day getting that fixed instead. It's frustrating. I keep telling myself we have time, and it's true, we do... for now. Would rather not end up having to rush the whole thing, though.

Have I mentioned that change scares me? :/ I like change, and I think it's healthy and blah blah whatever, but actually going through change is still scary. Moving into this house wasn't, because it was kind of a wimp move on my part, since it's a house I'm used to and all that. But moving out of it, and not having the crutch of renting from my mother, is scary. Which is strange anyway, cause it's not like I wasn't doing that before. I don't know. I get too comfortable, or something.

Wow, that was a tangent. Not really sure where that came from. o.O

HOKAY ANYWAY, now I've posted. So there. :P

My stomach does not feel well today. :(
I think it's because of the coffee I had. I should've known better, honestly.

Created a comm at Dreamwidth. getaway_machine. I have no idea what I'm going to do with it yet, and I admit I snagged it because, even though I changed my username on this site, I didn't want anyone else to have it, either. >.> What can I say?
I may use it for pictures, or something? If I actually start taking pictures again, heh. Which I should, so who knows?

On a random aside, I want more interesting tags on dreamwidth than I have on lj. meh.

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In a development that will be a shock to very few, I've been playing a lot of WoW lately. Guild is progressing through the new raid content, which is awesome. And I got my croc pet yesterday! WOOOHOOOOO! I've only been trying for that thing for months now. And the Argent tournament is so much fun. Hey, weesaw! I get to be a knight! So there :P :P

Now if only I could get that sea turtle to appear...

I dunno. WoW is a good escape from the real world for me, and I'm still enjoying it a lot. Usually I lose interest in games pretty quickly, but I think WoW keeps mine because it keeps changing, and because I'm interacting with other people, not just a computer game.

I guess in a lot of ways it's just another part of the internet to be addicted to. Lord knows I've been addicted to some part of the internet or another since I was, what, eleven years old? A damn long time, now.

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So, they installed Sonic Wall at work, to help with virus protection (since on of the computers here is completely fried with viruses) and to block a bunch of websites. When the boss left today I decided to see what I could get to and what I couldn't... LJ works, Dreamwidth works, my email works, guild website works, twitter works... Facebook and MySpace have definitely been blocked, but I never use MySpace and only rarely use Facebook, so I'm pretty set. I know BossMan said he wasn't done with the settings on it, but still, seems like it won't be too bad.
The other girls at work are crying over the loss of Facebook though, hahaha.

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Getting back into the groove of actually journaling is strange. I think I like it, though. :)


Gonna try crossposting this over to le olde eljay, and see how that works out. ::crosses fingers::

So, I got a Dreamwidth invite code! I'm now athra over there. It remains to be seen just how much I'll use it, but if they're able to make it so you can read your livejournal friendslist on dreamwidth, then probably all the time... especially with the lovely cross-posting thing you're supposed to be able to do. We'll see. In any case, that's me. :)

I already have a couple people I know want invite codes, and I have no idea how many I might get or when, but you can feel free to ask here, as well.

♥

ETA: Just in case I wasn't quite clear, I don't have any dreamwidth codes yet. I don't know when I'll get any, and in what sort of quantity, but of course I'll be more than happy to hand them out once I do... if I don't know you and you want to reply asking for one, I don't mind at all, just keep in mind that my friends will obviously come first. :)

I've been nudged to update!
This does not mean I have a clue what to update about.

So, a list:

+ The vacation to Vermont was amazing, and I want to go back so badly it isn't even funny. It was gorgeous up there, you guys.

+ I continue to work. A lot. With a boss I hate. I'm getting better and better about not letting this bother me.

+ I won't be able to go to FX this weekend, and I'm trying not to be upset about this.. and mostly succeeding. Mostly.

+ I'm trying to accept the fact that I might not be able to go to Dragon*Con, and mostly failing. See, I couldn't even type 'probably' there. I'm still trying to decide if I can wing it somehow, but I need to make a final decision, even if it's one I don't like, in the next couple weeks.

+ It's almost time for the open beta at Dreamwidth, and I am getting more and more excited!

+ This will keep barbed_whispers from being able to nudge me for at least another two weeks. :)

I never seem to post anymore. :(

( but now I am posting! ...mostly about wow. oops? )

HOW HAVE ALL OF YOU BEEN?!

imthelobster is evil. EVIL!

And also very, very awesome. Hee. :D

My life, you guys.

Hokay, so, let's go over my day yesterday:

I woke up and played WoW. Dinged 79. >.> Best part of my day rofl.

Had to work from 3-6 for a coworker... mind, not getting paid overtime (which those hours were) which, uhm... sucks. Yep, that's the word I'm going for. >:|

So okay, whatever. Finished at work and went to the work Christmas party. Woo? It was okay... about what you'd expect from a work party, lol. But there was a lot of food, so that was okay. We played a gift exchange game and I left with a $10 gift card to panera (and imthelobster got a $10 gift card to barnes & noble) so that worked. Also got a gift from the clinic... another panera gift card and a target gift card. Worth going to the party :P


BUT THEN.

Left the party and was driving home... and my tire blew out on the 408. vdbjsknvjks. I'm okay, the car is fine (other than, obviously, the tire) and I managed to get off the road and into the median without any further incident... but it freaked me RIGHT the fuck out. Yeah. I kind of panicked for a little. :/

So I call imthelobster and have her turn around and come back to me, and discover that my AAA membership had expired... uh, oops? Call her aunt to see if she could put on my donut (lord knows I have no idea how to do it) and so she comes out, cause she's awesome, only to inform me that one of my lug nuts is broken and a bolt is stuck or... something to that extent? In any case, tire can't be taken off without tools that she does not have. EXCELLENT.

Cue having to call someone else to use his AAA membership to call a tow truck out. Thank god people are nice and come to help, huh? So we wait around for a two truck, it finally comes, gets my car on fine and drives away...

And imthelobster's car won't start. W.T.F. Neither car still sitting there had jumper cables in the car. So we run to Wal*Mart to get freaking jumper cables, while the tow truck guy is calling bitching at me about why aren't we following and I'm wasting his money and OMG dude, I seriously did not ask the car to NOT START WTF.

Ugh, at least her car started without any real trouble, so we finally get going, get my car towed to a Meineke, and get freaking HOME to we can pass out.

Cue today... I woke up early so I could call my dad to hopefully help me out. Meineke took close to SIX. HOURS. to replace a freaking tire. Six hours! Granted they did a little bit of other work, too, but it was the tire we were waiting on. Apparently they had to order it from somewhere and have a truck bring it over. So I was late to work by about 2 hours... just a few days before christmas, which they SOOO appreciated.


I feel so ridiculous right now.

Yeah, I definitely missed a day... oops? :/
But here we go, things that make me happy today...

1. imthelobster, for being persistant and poking me to do things I know I should be doing anyway.

2. The intarwebs, for making things easier to do without actual human interraction, hahaha. I am teh lazy >.>

3. Clients who are super sweet and bring us front desk people candy for the holidays... even if said candy is way too good and going to make me fat, haha.

1. EPIC FLYING MOUNT, BITCHES. HELL FUCKING YEAH, AND FUCKING FINALLY! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

2. Chips and queso from Amigos. Mmmmmmm, cheese.

3. The new memory in my comp seems to have worked! YAY. I can now play WoW without it freezing every two seconds, have Firefox open too, and probably get back on aim again, too! AMAZING.

1. Caffeine pills. Sweet, glorious caffeine pills, which are the only reason I am still awake and not asleep at the desk where I am working.

2. Arcane Brilliance for giving me something to read in-between all the customers at work.

3. Let me vague this up for you: certain things are seeming better than expected, which is a somewhat-unexpected but definitely not unpleasant surprise. OOOOOOH, VAGUE, I AM SO COOL. Only, totally not, but whatever.

4. LIFE, Y'ALL. LIFE. URGH.

Hokay, things that made me happy today.

1. Buying more memory for my comp. Well, I am anticipating being happy about this, provided my memory was actually the problem with my comp in the first place. :P

2. The fact that imthelobster is awesome, so I don't have to pay to have said memory installed!

3. Well. And the fact that imthelobster is awesome in general.

sopdetly tagged me for this... I'm late with starting, but we'll see if I can actually manage to update. :P

Rules: For 8 days you have to post something that made you happy that day. Tag 8 people to do the same.

My coworker, Cheryl, for being generally cool and easy to talk to and, most importantly, understanding. Which is a huge plus atm.

Icicle lights that are twinkly and pretty in the kitchen.


Also, nummy brownies. :D Thanks, honkie_mcgee!

Omg this movie (twilight) is even more terrible than expected

I'm an idiot sometimes.

I don't give my dad enough credit, most of the time. My mom I sometimes give too much, but my dad... never enough.

And I worry too much, too, as I've been informed. Definitely a worrier. I should work on that.

Important thing: everything is good. :)

My mom has been very upset that it is, apparently, 'blizzarding' in Ohio. I have no idea what her idea of a blizzard is, but thankfully, as imthelobster and I do not live in Canada (:P haha) I do not have to worry about snow! :D However, it is cooling down quite nicely and I'm enjoying that. <3

You guys. I'm feeling all... ugh. I want to paint! The walls! Like a real home or something! And decorate. And... and. What is up with that? Silly.

I am ♥ing Wrath of the Lich King so far. It's slightly annoying how crowded everything is, but... whatevs. I wish I wasn't at work so I could be playing. :( sad times.

Other random things: I still don't like the new user info but I'm getting somewhat used to it, and I tweaked my journal a little bit today... probably not done tweaking, but it's something, for now.