So-so news for the day: I turned in my keys to my old apartment. Felt strangely nostalgic.
Good news for the day: I got my Texas drivers' license in the mail!!
Bad news for the day: I've moved so I need to go get a new one with the new address.
Even worse news for the day: I have a pile of work about the size of the Eiffel Tower left to do...
Therefore - time to make dinner
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
Awesome news!
So my apartment complex has released me from my lease and I'm moving out later this week!! I can't wait to get to my new place and get settled in! Moving is a serious pain in the rear, but once it's done it'll be such a relief.
One thing really peeving me is the fact that Suddenlink charges $50 for a moving fee! Really?? I'm going to be so broke after this move :( I tried to call the utilities company but they're closed so I'll call this morning. I hope to goodness they don't have a huge fee too!
However, this is fabulous news because now I don't have to rush back to the States after working overseas this summer in time to move at the end of July. I'll leave my car at my parents' place of course, and I miiiiight bring my acoustic guitar back with me.
Spent last week - spring break - eating, sleeping, and writing. Only got 4,000 words written and not nearly as much I wanted done of my paper that's due next Monday. Going to have to bust my rear to get it in order on top of this move! That's what you get for working on two papers and two presentations at once though. Not to mention I have a CPR class this Saturday! Still, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
I need to get back to work. Sigh. Can't wait til this move is over and I've gotten that paper and presentation done!!
One thing really peeving me is the fact that Suddenlink charges $50 for a moving fee! Really?? I'm going to be so broke after this move :( I tried to call the utilities company but they're closed so I'll call this morning. I hope to goodness they don't have a huge fee too!
However, this is fabulous news because now I don't have to rush back to the States after working overseas this summer in time to move at the end of July. I'll leave my car at my parents' place of course, and I miiiiight bring my acoustic guitar back with me.
Spent last week - spring break - eating, sleeping, and writing. Only got 4,000 words written and not nearly as much I wanted done of my paper that's due next Monday. Going to have to bust my rear to get it in order on top of this move! That's what you get for working on two papers and two presentations at once though. Not to mention I have a CPR class this Saturday! Still, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
I need to get back to work. Sigh. Can't wait til this move is over and I've gotten that paper and presentation done!!
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Seriously irritating
Just one more week until Spring Break!!
February was a horrible month, and this month isn't looking too much better. In the good news department I managed to spend $15 LESS than what I earned last month despite having a ton of ridiculous expenses. Is that awesome or what? (Until you consider that next school year I'm going to spend $65 more a month on rent than I do now, and probably at least $40 on my phone...sigh.) Still, it was a very difficult, expensive month and hopefully things won't be like that again for a long time...I wish I could say "if ever" but I know better than that.
The weather here sucks. Yesterday it was nearly 80, last night it was 70 and hot enough I kept my window open while I slept, and then the temperature has been plummeting all day, and is now 28F ("feels like" 14!!!) and raining and spitting and the stairs and walkways have iced over in my complex.
In today's news I'm going to find a laundromat, I've had ENOUGH of this complex's laundry room! Two of the four dryers are broken, and, as it turns out, two of the four washing machines are too!!
I was doing three loads of laundry today - darks, lights, and all the towels I own (mistake #1). Put the darks and lights in the two left hand washers that I usually use, and then I was going to put the towels in the rightmost one because it usually works, but today it was half full of stinking water so I used the other middle washer and when I went to put the towels in the dryer, they were SOAKING because it hadn't drained properly (AGAIN).
I wrung them out as best I could, but it was cold and nasty, and it's damn difficult to wring out full-sized bath towels.
So my towels are hanging up all over my apartment with the fans going and they're all damp as can be except for my gym towels which I fortuitously forgot to wash, and which are reasonably clean.
I'm seriously considering showering at the gym tomorrow, only the temperature is going to be freezing then too, so I must weigh the pros of having a warm shower for once (the water heater here STILL hasn't been fixed despite my repeated work orders about it), with the cons of biking home after a hot shower through freezing wind and misery. They do have hair dryers at the gym...seriously feeling like it might be worth it. I so hate cold showers!
Next time I do laundry I'm going to Harvey Washbanger's, where you can do your laundry and eat because it's a laundromat and a restaurant. It'll cost more, but I think it'll be worth it, because I just can't bloody stand my clothes and towels being dirty and/or damp AFTER I wash and dry them! Of course this also means I'll need a new laundry basket (mine is practically disintegrating)...costs just keep mounting up!!
It's so frustrating to not have a dry towel around while you need one. I also washed all of my dish towels, so they're draped everywhere too, drying.
Got a grant due Friday. Hope I can get it done sooner. The sooner I can kick back and enjoy my spring break, the better! Of course, I'm dedicating it to writing my thesis, so I'll work a good few hours a day on it (hoping I can force myself to doing between 6-8 and not die)...and I'll need to work on my New World Seafaring final paper too. No point in leaving it for the last minute...that'll make life suck to an epic degree when the end of the semester arrives. Got a long to-do list too, but I've spent this weekend just doing some reading and letting the rest of my work slide because my body has been giving me some serious warning signs that I've been overdoing it. Got a nasty headache right now too, even though I've been wearing my glasses and not been doing much writing/research.
I bought a pineapple today. It was on sale for $2 and smelt delightfully pineapple-y, so I bought it. Won't be ready for a few days at least though, so it's sitting on one of the sets of drawers I have in my "kitchen" looking beautiful.
Bought a full chicken too - it was $4, and yet four thighs was $5...gotta keep an eye out for the sales! - and with the roasting juices I'm making apples n onions. Bought some new apples for it, the "jonagold" but tasted one and it was so good I used the pink ladies instead and am saving them for my lunches.
Had a horrid day today between the cold and the laundry being wet and I cut my thumb, luckily not badly, but still irritating. And of course now I have a headache.
Going to lie down with my apples n onions and a Midsomer Murders. Hope things start improving from here on out!
February was a horrible month, and this month isn't looking too much better. In the good news department I managed to spend $15 LESS than what I earned last month despite having a ton of ridiculous expenses. Is that awesome or what? (Until you consider that next school year I'm going to spend $65 more a month on rent than I do now, and probably at least $40 on my phone...sigh.) Still, it was a very difficult, expensive month and hopefully things won't be like that again for a long time...I wish I could say "if ever" but I know better than that.
The weather here sucks. Yesterday it was nearly 80, last night it was 70 and hot enough I kept my window open while I slept, and then the temperature has been plummeting all day, and is now 28F ("feels like" 14!!!) and raining and spitting and the stairs and walkways have iced over in my complex.
In today's news I'm going to find a laundromat, I've had ENOUGH of this complex's laundry room! Two of the four dryers are broken, and, as it turns out, two of the four washing machines are too!!
I was doing three loads of laundry today - darks, lights, and all the towels I own (mistake #1). Put the darks and lights in the two left hand washers that I usually use, and then I was going to put the towels in the rightmost one because it usually works, but today it was half full of stinking water so I used the other middle washer and when I went to put the towels in the dryer, they were SOAKING because it hadn't drained properly (AGAIN).
I wrung them out as best I could, but it was cold and nasty, and it's damn difficult to wring out full-sized bath towels.
So my towels are hanging up all over my apartment with the fans going and they're all damp as can be except for my gym towels which I fortuitously forgot to wash, and which are reasonably clean.
I'm seriously considering showering at the gym tomorrow, only the temperature is going to be freezing then too, so I must weigh the pros of having a warm shower for once (the water heater here STILL hasn't been fixed despite my repeated work orders about it), with the cons of biking home after a hot shower through freezing wind and misery. They do have hair dryers at the gym...seriously feeling like it might be worth it. I so hate cold showers!
Next time I do laundry I'm going to Harvey Washbanger's, where you can do your laundry and eat because it's a laundromat and a restaurant. It'll cost more, but I think it'll be worth it, because I just can't bloody stand my clothes and towels being dirty and/or damp AFTER I wash and dry them! Of course this also means I'll need a new laundry basket (mine is practically disintegrating)...costs just keep mounting up!!
It's so frustrating to not have a dry towel around while you need one. I also washed all of my dish towels, so they're draped everywhere too, drying.
Got a grant due Friday. Hope I can get it done sooner. The sooner I can kick back and enjoy my spring break, the better! Of course, I'm dedicating it to writing my thesis, so I'll work a good few hours a day on it (hoping I can force myself to doing between 6-8 and not die)...and I'll need to work on my New World Seafaring final paper too. No point in leaving it for the last minute...that'll make life suck to an epic degree when the end of the semester arrives. Got a long to-do list too, but I've spent this weekend just doing some reading and letting the rest of my work slide because my body has been giving me some serious warning signs that I've been overdoing it. Got a nasty headache right now too, even though I've been wearing my glasses and not been doing much writing/research.
I bought a pineapple today. It was on sale for $2 and smelt delightfully pineapple-y, so I bought it. Won't be ready for a few days at least though, so it's sitting on one of the sets of drawers I have in my "kitchen" looking beautiful.
Bought a full chicken too - it was $4, and yet four thighs was $5...gotta keep an eye out for the sales! - and with the roasting juices I'm making apples n onions. Bought some new apples for it, the "jonagold" but tasted one and it was so good I used the pink ladies instead and am saving them for my lunches.
Had a horrid day today between the cold and the laundry being wet and I cut my thumb, luckily not badly, but still irritating. And of course now I have a headache.
Going to lie down with my apples n onions and a Midsomer Murders. Hope things start improving from here on out!
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