Ok . . mad crazy posting today.      This one
ties a couple of things together.  Disclaimer:  I know I'm
only in the middle of my "New Apartment" Saga . . . but the rest of it
will be coming very soon.  I just don't want to inundate you all
with a HUGE post of mostly boring stuff! 

This post covers 2 major items . . .

#1 - My Photo Challenge!    Remember to go HERE to check it out . . .

#2 - My New Apartment!  Yaaayy!  All of these pictures
kinda-sorta fall into thiese catagories.  So here they are . . .
enjoy. 

Well
. . it seems that I've been so wrapped up in moving, that I've
completely forgotten that its my turn for the Photo Challenge!!! 
My goodness! 

Go HERE to get all the info . . . and I'll put my pictures up as soon as I get them all taken.   

Happy Photo-Ing everyone! 

~Mere  `@(_)

Yet another episode in the "New Apartment" Saga . . .

New Apartment:  Day 3 
(Wednesday, August 24)

 

So I got a few things
done this morning . . . started a load of dishes going.  After that was done, I went to do a load of
laundry . . . .  until I realized . .

 

I don’t have any laundry
detergent.  *sigh* I *tried* to prepare
myself . . . but my mind still proves to be imperfect.    I
also still have no food.  So I need to
definitely go to the store. 

 

My friend John is coming
over later, and we’re going to practice for this crazy acoustic night
again.  (yep, I’m doing it again) . . I’m
nuts.  But he’s coming over at 3, and then
I’m heading to Jenny’s to babysit the two darling munchkins while her and her
fiancée go and have a date.  (aren’t I sweet?)  *lol* 
So yeah . . I think a run to the store is in order . . . and considering
its 1:00 . . . I better get going! 
  BBL!

 

 

  . . . . . later on that day . . . . .

 

 

Whew, what a long
day.  My friend John is highly impressed
with my apartment.  Says that its
definitely “me”.  Whatever that
means.  *lol*  But that’s cool!

 

I put a call into the
cable company earlier this afternoon, and no one has called me back yet.  :-  I
wonder how long I’m gonna have to wait . . . hopefully not too long .  . . otherwise I’ll be writing about “new
apartment: day 22”  *lol*  that will be one heck of a long post.  *grin* 

 

After I practiced with
John . .  I went over to Jenny’s to
babysit.  I actually got to meet her
MAN.    he’s an actual person! *lol*  They got engaged over a month ago, and I just
met him tonight!

He seems really sweet .
. . and he seems to *really* love her . . . so I’m so pleased for her.  She just can’t let him drink too much (we all
had margaritas after they got back) . . . he had a little over 2, and went
loopy. *lol*  It was funny. 

The kids were good . . .
K. (the 5 yr old) was crazed as usual. 
Bouncing off furniture . . . doing somersaults and cartwheels all over
the place.  Crazed I tell you.  Crazed. 
H. (the 10 mo. old) was crrraaaabbbyyyy when she woke up.  WHEW was she crabby.  She wanted her mommy, and definitely not me .
. . and I had to walk her around the apartment singing her song to her for a
good hour before she decided that I was ok. 
Then she FINALLY took her bottle . . and all was right with the
world.  (it’s really cute . . each girl
has their own song that mommy made up . . . and they both react to it.  K. LOVES to hear her song, and she’ll cuddle
up with you while you sing it (so cute!) 
. . . and sometimes it’s the ONLY thing that can calm H. down.  If she’s pitching the hugest fit in the world
. . . you start singing her song . . . and she just instantly quiets down.  So amazing. 
I love musical families. 
*grin* 

So after the bump in the
road, we were all good . . . we all watched movies, and had some dinner . . . .
fed the baby (always an experience) . . . and then it was the bedtime
struggle.  By 9:00 K. was just about
sleeping . . and H. was goin strong. *lol* 
Mommy finally got home and finished the job. *lol*  The time management skills that one has to
have to get 2 kids fed, changed and into bed must be immense.  *lol*

 

Ok . . I’ve blabbed
enough for now.  I’ll chat with ya’s all
later.  J  Nite
nite!

~Mere  `@(_)

Another installment from the apartment diaries. 

New Apartment:  Day 2 
(Tuesday, August 23)

 

It was a quiet night
last night.  After I got home (yep, I got
a shower curtain!), I actually sat down and read a bit of my book (Nora
Roberts.)  ((shut up . . I know)) 

One definite weird
thing  . . . . there is a man in my
freezer.   

Yep. 

 

*lol*  I dunno what it is, pipes in the fridge or
something . .. but it sounds like there’s a man, inside the freezer saying
“heeeyy”  and/or “hello?” 

 

SO.  WEIRD. 

 

I’m sure I’ll get used
to it.  

 

I still have boxes and
crap everywhere.  I had to go back to the
folks house today to get the kitters.  I
didn’t want her bouncing around during all the furniture moving, so it was much
easier this way.  Everything was already
set up for her when she got here.  She
freaked a bit when she got here . . . did about 3 rounds around the apartment .
. smelling and whatnot.  She’s currently
sitting on one of the shelves on my desk (which, just like everything else, is
still empty.)   I may leave it that way .
. . she might enjoy it there.  (I’m such
a pushover.)

 

I still have no food
(except for a monstrous load of cat food) *lol* 
A few more boxes have been unpacked . .. but I’m still in disarray. 

 

I finally pulled all my
dishes out though.  Had to put them
directly into the dishwasher . . . 2 years of storage builds up all sorts of
funk on them.    bleck. 
But they are all now piping hot and clean (yay dishwasher!) 

 

My arms are pretty sore
.  . but I’m not surprised . . I did most
of the heavy lifting yesterday.  But
otherwise, I feel pretty good . . so that’s a good deal. 

 

Meh . .. I can’t decide
where to put my ‘kitchen table.’ 

I have a small apartment
. . .it has 1 bedroom (with walk in closet), 1 bathroom (with washer and dryer
IN the closet . . .therefore erasing any sort of storage in there.), one small
living room, a “dinette” . . which is becoming my ‘office’ of sorts . . . and then
my kitchen (and a small entry way.)  I’m
probably going to put the table in the ‘office’ as well . . . I just have to
figure out how I want to do it. 

 

Don’t worry, as SOON as
I get internet service, I’ll be posting pictures!  (as soon as my apartment is clean of course.
Hehe) 

 

Ok . . I’m beat.  Hopefully by tomorrow or Thursday, I’ll have
a hookup, so I can see how you all are doing. 
Take care!  I’ll check in tomorrow.  J 

 

~Mere  `@(_)

 

PS – the bed is amazingly fantastic, and I recommend
them highly.  All I need now is a bed
frame so I’m not sleeping 4 inches off the ground. *lol* 

 

*poof*

Oh gosh you will all *love* this .. .

I got an IM today from my ex. boyfriend . . .

Says that he wants his "stuff" back or he's gonna call the
cops.    (I've had his key, and a bunch of gifts he's
given me).    **edit** 
His key, and just about everything else is already in the
mail.   But there's just no way I can afford to give him 170
some bucks.  no way.  **end edit**

How freaking low is that??  He gives me gifts . .  but the
only way I'm allowed to keep them is if we stay together.  We
break up . . .he takes 'em right back.  *lol*  I'm beyond
flabbergasted. 

He also says that I owe him 170 odd bucks that he used to buy a plane ticket for me to come visit him. 

That he said he would pay for. 

And now he wants that money??

When he makes 18 bucks an hour?? 

and I dont have a job??

Good lord.    Can you believe that??  He says one
thing . . but means something totally different.  I'm hurt . . I'm
amazed. . . and I'm beyond pissed off. 

and I'm tired.  tired of dealing with this.  He says he's calling the cops to get his money back.   

I just still can't believe it. 

Later that evening . . .

 

 

It seems I should have taken the truck back myself. 

In the process of re-filling the gas tank on the truck, my Mother found a way to shimmy the truck right into one of those concrete pylons surrounding the gas pumps. 

  how does she manage that?? 

Fortunately . . . she didn’t hit the pump!!!  Unfortunately, its going to cost $160.  *gulp* 

I should have taken the truck back myself.

*lol* 

 

Good Morning all.   

I am writing from my new apartment (yay!).  I *just* got internet access, so I figured I'd stop by and update.  While I was offline, I wrote a little "to post to Xanga" journal in word about my first week here at the apartment . . . I'll post a few of those in the next couple days to catch everyone back up (or myself . . whatever way you want to look at it) hehe 

So here's installment #1!

errrr . . ..
maybe not.   Is there a reason I can't paste into this??  Maybe its the browser.  *sigh* oootay . . . gonna post this, come back and post the rest.  *lol*  I'm going to try a different browser.  brb!!

**edit**  Lets try this again . . . . Installment #1!

New Apartment:  Day 1  (Monday, August 22)

 

God I’m tired.  We started at 9:00 . . . had everything loaded by 2:00  (including making a trip to the doctor for my mother, and a breakfast run for us all.) 

We were unloaded by 6:00 . . . including the hour drive. 

  *phew*

Now this may not seem amazing . . . *but* here’s the rest of the story. 

My mother was in the hospital the day before . . . so we basically kept her to directing and sitting pretty. 

My father is pregnant with triplets, a diabetic, and just so incredibly out of shape, that he can barely pick things up off the floor.

I (also being out of shape . . but at least in some physical condition to be able to do this) . . . had the biggest raging migrane I’d had for a long time. 

So what happened today was nothing short of a miracle.

 

So . . . here I am with boxes surrounding me, my couch (MY COUCH!!  YAYY!)  . . and a brand new bed (that had to be put together by yours truly)  What a mess that was as well.  If anyone ever gets a sleep number bed (which I HIGHLY recommend!) . . . get the folks at the store to assemble it FOR you!  Trust me.  J

I have no cable . . . no phone line . . .aka: no internet connection.  I’m typing this into Word with the idea of posting this all later.  Hopefully not TOO much later!  -=lol=- 

 

My parents have (with much thanks from me) decided to take the truck back so I can get some unpacking done. 

Unfortunately, I’m so tired, sore, etc . . . that I just want to shower, and then sleep. 

One problem.  .  .  . 

 

 I don’t have a shower curtain.  :embarrassed: 

Oops.  Guess I forgot something!!!  Hehe 

 

I suppose I’m going to have to go out and get one. 

Well . . . I’ll update more laters.  J  ~Mere  `@(_)

Well . . . it's my last day here at Kent/Blossom Music. 

How sad.

 

I'm gonna miss Cheryl, and Ricardo (chipotle), and all the office folk.  We had fun!

 

On to bigger things (maybe not better) . .. and maybe not even bigger. *lol*  we'll see.  I keep getting calls from recruiters . . . I'll go listen to their spiel . . . but I really don't think that they will be able to offer me what I need.  We'll find out. 

Everyone have a wonderful weekend!  I'll be wrapped up in moving  . . (yay!), but I'll be back next week to post new stuff about my apartment.

at least I hope it'll be next week.

I'll have to see if I can get my internet set up with limited "fundage"

 

  So yeah.  wish me luck and no broken glasses.  or appendages.  or anything else for that matter. *lol* 

to all!

~Mere  `@(_)

Well . . . I had an interview
this evening.  For a small home building firm out in Chagrin
Falls.  That'll be a bit of a drive for me if I get the job (about
45 minutes .  give or take, depending on traffic)  I suppose
that'll be fine (even though gas prices have made me want to *cry*
recently). 

The job itself seems pretty basic from the title . .
Receptionist.  But don't be fooled!  *lol*  Aside from 6
phone lines to manage (big deal) . . . I'll have all sorts of
accounting, budgeting, check cutting, and fire-putter-outter
duties. 

It pays pretty well to start, and the benefits are great.  The
company seems a little . . . small and weird (to put it simply) . . .
and the guy who interviewed me had vampire teeth.  *lol*  I
have just a small weird feeling about it . . . but that was just one
guy . . . there are more people to be introduced to. 

I've been awarded a second interview (or have they *grin* thats the
question) . . .and I told him I was interested.  The next one
won't be until the 29th (or around there) . . . . so we'll see. 
But I'll keep on puttin my resume out there . .. cause who *knows* what
might pop up. 

Hopefully everyone had a wonderful humpday . . . wheeee.  and I'll tell ya more later!

~Mere  `@(_)

Hmmm . . .    I wonder if mentioning it here will be a curse.  hmmm . ..

 

now that I've teased you all . . . I think I'm going to not say anything until after.  You'll know all about it in about 8 or 9 hours.  Come back later, ok?   

** edit - thank you all for your song suggestions.  If you still haven't suggested any . . check out the post below!!!**