Sorry, I know it's been a while since I've posted. I'll try to catch up on everything that's been going on.
This weekend, we went down to Florida to celebrate Marcus's grandfather's 97th(!) birthday. We flew down late Friday night. Marcus's dad picked us up from the airport and dropped us off at Marcus's mom's house. We stayed up talking for a little bit, but soon retired to bed. Saturday we slept in a little bit, then went to brunch with Marcus's mom and her wife at the restaurant where his sister is working as a hostess. Then we came back to the house and hung out for a few hours before it was time to go to the party. Marcus's sister was nice enough to drive all of us to the party (me, Marcus, and his little brother). The party itself was interesting. It was nice to see all of his dad's family (we hadn't seen any of them since the wedding), and there were some nice speeches made and cute songs and such. The food was amazing. It was also good to see my parents, who came down for the party too. After the party, we pretty much went back to his mom's house and went right to bed. Sunday we got up early (for us). Marcus and his siblings headed to his grandfather's brunch, while my parents came and picked me up to take me to lunch with them and my great-aunt and great-uncle (who my parents were staying with). We had a nice lunch, then went back to my great-aunt's house and hung out and looked at pictures for a while. Then my parents took me back to Marcus's mom's house and stopped in to visit for a little while before they left for the airport. The rest of us hung out for a little longer, and then Marcus's mom took us to the airport.
Our flight was at 6:25 pm, and we were at the airport and through security by a little before 5. I decided to get Chili's To-Go for dinner, since we had some time. I ordered, and about 15 minutes later, my food finally came out. I went back to the gate to sit and eat, opened it up, and noticed that my black bean burger had cheese on it (which it wasn't supposed to). I took it back, and the manager lady told them to fix it. I waited for ANOTHER 15-20 minutes before it FINALLY came out. They offered me a free drink, but I had already bought a bottled water the first time, and I don't drink soda anyway, so I turned it down. I ran back to the gate and frantically tried to eat before we had to board the plane. I didn't make it. Marcus convinced me to box the food back up and bring it on the plane, so I did. I did NOT appreciate how rushed they made me feel by taking forever with my food! It seriously would have been faster to go eat in their sit-down restaurant area :-P But anyway, we made it home fine, and David picked us up from the airport, and we went right back out grocery shopping before Cliff came in around 11. He had an interview in Atlanta on Monday, so he stayed with us for a couple of nights.
On to Monday. I had my first training session for the tutoring job on Monday (I had decided to at least try it before making a decision about whether to take the job). I ate an early lunch (around 11:15) before heading out around noon to get to the center I was training at by 1. They had told me in the email that the training would be from 1-8 pm, but it turned out that it was actually from 1-9. This pissed me off, because I had been planning to go to the gym when I got home, since it was supposed to be a gym night, but I didn't get home until after 10 pm, and I was too tired to go to the gym. I also didn't eat dinner until after I got home, because I completely missed the half-hour break I was supposed to get around 4 pm. Fail. Anyway, the tutoring itself looked very different from what I had imagined. First of all, it was mostly high school kids, who I don't do well with. Second, when they originally told me that you tutor one-on-one a max of 3 kids at a time, I thought they meant that you have one-on-one sessions with up to 3 different students, one at a time. Well, apparently what they really meant was that you have 3 students at a time (so 3 sessions of 3 students per night, for a total of 9 different students per night) and they still call it "one-on-one" because you're supposed to focus your attention on each one individually while the other two are doing work. I felt really uncomfortable with the setup, and when I got home, I debated for a long time over whether to continue with the training.
Tuesday morning, I had to make a decision. I was supposed to report for training at 1 pm again, so I had to decide by 11 (so I could eat lunch if I did decide to go). I went back and forth. Wrote an email declining the position, but couldn't hit send. Had a long talk with Cliff about it, and another with Marcus when he called to tell me about something else entirely. Finally, I sent the email, so I will not be taking the tutoring job. It was a really tough decision, since I could really use the money, but ultimately, I would have been miserable working there. So now, I need to go to the unemployment office today and make sure that turning down the job won't affect my eligibility to continue collecting unemployment. Fingers crossed!
So I ended up hanging out with Cliff all day yesterday. We went to Menchie's and got frozen yogurt for lunch, then came back and just hung out. We talked a little, and I watched one of my home videos. When Marcus got home, he and Cliff went to the gym (he hadn't gone on Monday either, so he wanted to make it up. I'm planning to go on Friday to make it up while Marcus is at his D&D game), and then we all went out to dinner at Copeland's. Marcus had a $25 gift certificate to Copeland's from restaurant.com, but it required a minimum purchase of $50, which we'd never be able to get to just the two of us. So Cliff came too, and we had a nice dinner and then walked around Atlantic Station for a while. I love Atlantic Station! When we got home, Cliff headed out to drive back to Athens, and Marcus and I watched the end of the Braves game and looked at houses online. We tried to go to bed early, but it just didn't happen.
So, on the docket for today: I need to go to the bank and deposit a check for Marcus, go to the unemployment office, figure out what to write in my cover letter for this job I want to apply to - and then apply. When Marcus gets home, we need to go to the gym, come back and eat dinner, and watch Survivor (and probably the end of the Braves game, too). Then we need to shower and go to SLEEP!
I'm already exhausted...I need a real weekend!
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Oy...
Today was a very long and stressful day. I slept in a little bit, got up around 8:30 instead of 8. Once Marcus left for work a little after 10, I headed out to the bank to deposit my checks, then came home and ate an early lunch around 11:15. Got changed into nicer clothes and headed out to Duluth for my interview with the tutoring company.
It ended up being a video conference (skype) interview, since the hiring lady was out of town at one of the company's offices in another state. It went well, I got the impression that the interview was just a formality, and apparently my friend who hooked me up with the company gave me a great recommendation. So, they want to hire me, but I have some reservations. I don't want to get into it on this public forum, but I wrote a livejournal entry about it, and I've talked to Marcus and a few friends about it. Everyone has pretty much given me the same advice, which is to at least try it out for a while, and if I don't like it, I can always leave. My problem with that is, once I say I'm doing it, I'm not going to leave. That's how I got stuck at the law firm for 3 years, lol, it's just how I am. Plus, it wouldn't be fair to the students for me to leave after a short time, it's not good for them for the teachers to be constantly changing. So we'll see. I'm planning at this point to at least go to the training next week and see how that goes, but I want to make a decision before I actually get in the classroom.
So anyway, after the interview, I came home and was stressing out about it until Marcus got home. I talked to him about it for a while, and then we went to the gym, which was great because it took my mind off the job stuff temporarily. After the gym, we came back and ate dinner, and then I watched the new episode of Millionaire Matchmaker. Now we are watching yesterday's Survivor premiere again (Marcus hasn't seen it yet), and then it will be time to shower and go to sleep!
Tomorrow I'm hoping will be somewhat more relaxing than today, but since we're traveling tomorrow night, I doubt it :-P I do get to go watch Eli for a little bit tomorrow morning though, so hopefully that'll help me feel a little better. I need to find some down time between now and tomorrow night, though, because with my stress levels already so high from this job stuff, I might be headed for some kind of meltdown over the weekend if I can't cool them down. And being so stressed about the job thing, it's a really bad time for me to be put in a situation where a lot of people (whose approval is important to me, I might add) will be grilling me about jobs...it's just not good timing. So hopefully I'll be able to relax at least a little bit tomorrow.
I'm not sure that I'll get a chance to post before we leave tomorrow night, so I may just be gone until Sunday night or Monday.
It ended up being a video conference (skype) interview, since the hiring lady was out of town at one of the company's offices in another state. It went well, I got the impression that the interview was just a formality, and apparently my friend who hooked me up with the company gave me a great recommendation. So, they want to hire me, but I have some reservations. I don't want to get into it on this public forum, but I wrote a livejournal entry about it, and I've talked to Marcus and a few friends about it. Everyone has pretty much given me the same advice, which is to at least try it out for a while, and if I don't like it, I can always leave. My problem with that is, once I say I'm doing it, I'm not going to leave. That's how I got stuck at the law firm for 3 years, lol, it's just how I am. Plus, it wouldn't be fair to the students for me to leave after a short time, it's not good for them for the teachers to be constantly changing. So we'll see. I'm planning at this point to at least go to the training next week and see how that goes, but I want to make a decision before I actually get in the classroom.
So anyway, after the interview, I came home and was stressing out about it until Marcus got home. I talked to him about it for a while, and then we went to the gym, which was great because it took my mind off the job stuff temporarily. After the gym, we came back and ate dinner, and then I watched the new episode of Millionaire Matchmaker. Now we are watching yesterday's Survivor premiere again (Marcus hasn't seen it yet), and then it will be time to shower and go to sleep!
Tomorrow I'm hoping will be somewhat more relaxing than today, but since we're traveling tomorrow night, I doubt it :-P I do get to go watch Eli for a little bit tomorrow morning though, so hopefully that'll help me feel a little better. I need to find some down time between now and tomorrow night, though, because with my stress levels already so high from this job stuff, I might be headed for some kind of meltdown over the weekend if I can't cool them down. And being so stressed about the job thing, it's a really bad time for me to be put in a situation where a lot of people (whose approval is important to me, I might add) will be grilling me about jobs...it's just not good timing. So hopefully I'll be able to relax at least a little bit tomorrow.
I'm not sure that I'll get a chance to post before we leave tomorrow night, so I may just be gone until Sunday night or Monday.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Happy Birthday, Daddy!
Today is my Daddy's birthday! Happy Birthday, Daddy!
This morning I got up normal time and headed over to Joel and Shosh's to babysit. Shosh tried to put Talia down for a nap before she left, but she only slept for about 15 minutes, so she ended up taking a 3-hour nap a little later, which was perfect! Eli and I played out on the deck with beans, bubbles, and basketball for most of the day. He says the funniest things...
We were playing with the beans (Talia was inside sleeping in her swing at this point), and Eli randomly says, "Baby Talia!" I thought maybe she had woken up and he heard her making noise that I couldn't hear or something, so I said, "Baby Talia? What is she doing?" Eli said, "swing!" At this point I relaxed, and said, "yes, that's right, she's sleeping in her swing." Eli responded, "she's a lucky girl!" I laughed out loud...he gave me a funny look as if to say "why are you laughing at me?!?", but it was so funny! I guess he must have heard Joel and Shosh saying it at some point and was just repeating, but to hear a two-year-old say that was just priceless.
Anyway, Joel got home a little early, so I ended up getting home around 3:30. There had been a possibility that I would have to pick Marsha up from either the airport or MARTA, but she texted me earlier saying that she had found someone else to do it, so I just went straight home. Marcus had a board meeting after work tonight, so I was on my own for dinner (leftover pasta, yum!). I watched the season premiere of Survivor...don't worry, I won't post any spoilers! I'm kind of "eh" on this season so far...there aren't any new players who have really caught my attention yet, good or bad. I did like the immunity challenge they did tonight - I LOVE multi-step challenges! Beyond that, it wasn't all that interesting. Then again, it's usually three or four episodes before I really start to get into it and know who I like and dislike, so we'll see.
After the show was over, I called my dad to wish him a happy birthday, and we talked for a little bit (I talked to my mom, too). Then Marcus got home, and now we are just hanging out on the couch staring at our respective computers. Marcus gets to go into work late tomorrow (around 10:30), which is nice, but I haven't decided yet if I'm going to sleep in with him or just get up normal time. I have my interview with the tutoring company at 1 pm tomorrow, and I need to go to the bank before that to deposit a couple of checks.
Speaking of the interview, I'm kind of in a holding phase right now. I found a couple of jobs I want to apply to, but I'm waiting to see how this interview goes first. I really don't know much about the tutoring job - full time, part time, how the hours work, etc., so I want to find out more about it before I apply to anything else.
For some reason, I am REALLY tired, so I think I am going to actually try to go to bed early tonight. Tomorrow should be a slightly less hectic day, but still active. And then Friday is going to be a long, busy, and stressful day (traveling always has that effect on me). At least we (hopefully) get to sleep in on Saturday!
This morning I got up normal time and headed over to Joel and Shosh's to babysit. Shosh tried to put Talia down for a nap before she left, but she only slept for about 15 minutes, so she ended up taking a 3-hour nap a little later, which was perfect! Eli and I played out on the deck with beans, bubbles, and basketball for most of the day. He says the funniest things...
We were playing with the beans (Talia was inside sleeping in her swing at this point), and Eli randomly says, "Baby Talia!" I thought maybe she had woken up and he heard her making noise that I couldn't hear or something, so I said, "Baby Talia? What is she doing?" Eli said, "swing!" At this point I relaxed, and said, "yes, that's right, she's sleeping in her swing." Eli responded, "she's a lucky girl!" I laughed out loud...he gave me a funny look as if to say "why are you laughing at me?!?", but it was so funny! I guess he must have heard Joel and Shosh saying it at some point and was just repeating, but to hear a two-year-old say that was just priceless.
Anyway, Joel got home a little early, so I ended up getting home around 3:30. There had been a possibility that I would have to pick Marsha up from either the airport or MARTA, but she texted me earlier saying that she had found someone else to do it, so I just went straight home. Marcus had a board meeting after work tonight, so I was on my own for dinner (leftover pasta, yum!). I watched the season premiere of Survivor...don't worry, I won't post any spoilers! I'm kind of "eh" on this season so far...there aren't any new players who have really caught my attention yet, good or bad. I did like the immunity challenge they did tonight - I LOVE multi-step challenges! Beyond that, it wasn't all that interesting. Then again, it's usually three or four episodes before I really start to get into it and know who I like and dislike, so we'll see.
After the show was over, I called my dad to wish him a happy birthday, and we talked for a little bit (I talked to my mom, too). Then Marcus got home, and now we are just hanging out on the couch staring at our respective computers. Marcus gets to go into work late tomorrow (around 10:30), which is nice, but I haven't decided yet if I'm going to sleep in with him or just get up normal time. I have my interview with the tutoring company at 1 pm tomorrow, and I need to go to the bank before that to deposit a couple of checks.
Speaking of the interview, I'm kind of in a holding phase right now. I found a couple of jobs I want to apply to, but I'm waiting to see how this interview goes first. I really don't know much about the tutoring job - full time, part time, how the hours work, etc., so I want to find out more about it before I apply to anything else.
For some reason, I am REALLY tired, so I think I am going to actually try to go to bed early tonight. Tomorrow should be a slightly less hectic day, but still active. And then Friday is going to be a long, busy, and stressful day (traveling always has that effect on me). At least we (hopefully) get to sleep in on Saturday!
Saturday, September 10, 2011
TGIF!
I did end up letting myself sleep in today. I didn't actually get up until around 11:15 or so. This resulted in me rushing to get ready and pay my bills so I could get them out in today's mail. I had to go to the bank anyway to deposit a check, so I stopped at the mailbox on my way out. I also called back the guy from the tutoring company, but apparently he wasn't working today, so I left a message for him. Stupid phone tag!
When I got back, I didn't really do much for the rest of the day. I cleaned the bathroom this afternoon, but that's about it. When Marcus got home, we had an argument about our upcoming trip to Florida. We figured things out before he left for his RPG, but it left me kind of grumpy, and we didn't get to eat dinner together. I ate about an hour after he left (I had eaten a late lunch because of how late I slept, so I wasn't hungry earlier).
I was watching Jeopardy when my phone rang. It was Laura! I hadn't talked to her in a while, so it was a really nice surprise, and we talked for about half an hour just catching up. She actually told me she reads my blog, so I figured I'd give her a shout-out (hi, Laura!).
By the time we got off the phone, the Braves game was starting. I was conflicted, because I also really felt like watching our wedding video again, so I ended up putting that on in the bedroom and going back and forth between the two tvs. It's never fun to watch your team lose a game they looked like they were going to win, and that's all I really have to say about tonight's game.
Marcus came home from his RPG earlier than usual (around 11:30), which is kind of nice. And now I need to go shower and go to bed...we have a busy day tomorrow!
When I got back, I didn't really do much for the rest of the day. I cleaned the bathroom this afternoon, but that's about it. When Marcus got home, we had an argument about our upcoming trip to Florida. We figured things out before he left for his RPG, but it left me kind of grumpy, and we didn't get to eat dinner together. I ate about an hour after he left (I had eaten a late lunch because of how late I slept, so I wasn't hungry earlier).
I was watching Jeopardy when my phone rang. It was Laura! I hadn't talked to her in a while, so it was a really nice surprise, and we talked for about half an hour just catching up. She actually told me she reads my blog, so I figured I'd give her a shout-out (hi, Laura!).
By the time we got off the phone, the Braves game was starting. I was conflicted, because I also really felt like watching our wedding video again, so I ended up putting that on in the bedroom and going back and forth between the two tvs. It's never fun to watch your team lose a game they looked like they were going to win, and that's all I really have to say about tonight's game.
Marcus came home from his RPG earlier than usual (around 11:30), which is kind of nice. And now I need to go shower and go to bed...we have a busy day tomorrow!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Steps in the right direction
I feel like my life finally took a couple of steps in some right directions today. This is exciting!
I got up normal time today and headed over to Joel and Shosh's around 9:45 to babysit. Eli and I played with playdough, and also played out on the porch with beans, his new basketball hoop, and bubbles! He still does the same thing he's done with the bubbles since he first started playing with them - he watches them land on the floor, then looks at me and says, "pop them!" I tell him to go ahead and pop them, and he steps on each one individually. I say "pop!" each time he steps on one, and this sends him into a massive giggle fit! It's the cutest thing ever :-D
While I was giving Talia her bottle, I got a phone call back from the tutoring company. My scores on the teachers' test were "excellent", and they'd like me to come in for an interview. I need to call them back tomorrow, now that I know what my schedule is looking like next week.
I got home around 4:30, received an email soon after that from Jerrilyn (our realtor), and spent the next few minutes emailing back and forth with her planning an outing on Saturday to go look at a few houses! Marcus came home a little late because he had a meeting at work, so I watched the first game of the Braves' doubleheader with the Mets, and then ate dinner when he got home. We are still watching game 2! I also went and watched the new episode of Millionaire Matchmaker in the other room during the hour it was on. I loved one of her clients this week! He was such a good guy, and she found a great match for him :-)
Tomorrow is looking to be a quiet day, which will be nice. All I have on the docket is to pay my student loan bill and clean the bathroom. And Marcus has his RPG tomorrow night, so I'll be here by myself. I'll probably end up just watching the Braves game, but we'll see. I MIGHT let myself sleep in tomorrow...I've had a hard time waking up every day this week, so I feel like I need to make sure I get enough sleep at least one night.
I got up normal time today and headed over to Joel and Shosh's around 9:45 to babysit. Eli and I played with playdough, and also played out on the porch with beans, his new basketball hoop, and bubbles! He still does the same thing he's done with the bubbles since he first started playing with them - he watches them land on the floor, then looks at me and says, "pop them!" I tell him to go ahead and pop them, and he steps on each one individually. I say "pop!" each time he steps on one, and this sends him into a massive giggle fit! It's the cutest thing ever :-D
While I was giving Talia her bottle, I got a phone call back from the tutoring company. My scores on the teachers' test were "excellent", and they'd like me to come in for an interview. I need to call them back tomorrow, now that I know what my schedule is looking like next week.
I got home around 4:30, received an email soon after that from Jerrilyn (our realtor), and spent the next few minutes emailing back and forth with her planning an outing on Saturday to go look at a few houses! Marcus came home a little late because he had a meeting at work, so I watched the first game of the Braves' doubleheader with the Mets, and then ate dinner when he got home. We are still watching game 2! I also went and watched the new episode of Millionaire Matchmaker in the other room during the hour it was on. I loved one of her clients this week! He was such a good guy, and she found a great match for him :-)
Tomorrow is looking to be a quiet day, which will be nice. All I have on the docket is to pay my student loan bill and clean the bathroom. And Marcus has his RPG tomorrow night, so I'll be here by myself. I'll probably end up just watching the Braves game, but we'll see. I MIGHT let myself sleep in tomorrow...I've had a hard time waking up every day this week, so I feel like I need to make sure I get enough sleep at least one night.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
An Interesting Day
As predicted, today turned out to be a very interesting day. The morning was pretty slow, I didn't really do much until around 11:30. Then I ate an early lunch before heading out to Duluth (about a 45 minute drive) to take the "teacher's test" SAT. When I got there, they first had me fill out an application, which took a while since I had to look up people's addresses and phone numbers. Finally, I finished, and they led me back into the testing area. It was a row of little cubicles against a wall. They gave me a calculator (non-graphing), pencils, an eraser, and scrap paper. They didn't make me leave any of my stuff outside, so I had my phone, my purse, and even my notebook that I had brought where I had written directions of how to get there. Also in the notebook happened to be my study notes from when I took the GRE, and there were several points during the test when I could easily have cheated and looked up certain formulas in my notebook - but I didn't. Anyway, the test was REALLY easy. I don't remember the SAT being that easy, and I didn't find it super hard in high school. There was only ONE question on which I completely guessed, and only about 4-5 others where I wasn't completely sure of my answer. So yeah, I'm pretty sure I aced it, but we'll see. They said they'd get back to me within the next week or so.
I didn't get home until right around 5 pm. Marcus got home soon after. We were supposed to call Susan (the financing lady) at 5:45, but we got an email from her just before then saying that she was stuck in a meeting and she would call us later tonight. So we went ahead to the gym, and then went to this cute little taqueria on Piedmont (Marcus had a coupon for $16 there) for dinner. Susan finally called us on our way home from dinner. Marcus talked to her for a little while, and we found out a lot of useful stuff. We are qualified for a loan that is less than what we'd like, but still doable. We also found out our exact credit scores, which are AWESOME! Mine are slightly better than Marcus's, teehee :-D Susan was actually impressed by them (which is always a good sign)! Anyway, as this was just the first of what I'm sure will be many conversations, we've already started discussing other things we need to ask her about, including other loan programs where we could potentially have to put a smaller down payment.
After we got off the phone with Susan, we just hung out, watched the end of the Braves game, and I called Marsha back (we had been playing phone tag all evening). I'm babysitting tomorrow, so getting ready to head to bed when I finish writing this. Goodnight, world!
I didn't get home until right around 5 pm. Marcus got home soon after. We were supposed to call Susan (the financing lady) at 5:45, but we got an email from her just before then saying that she was stuck in a meeting and she would call us later tonight. So we went ahead to the gym, and then went to this cute little taqueria on Piedmont (Marcus had a coupon for $16 there) for dinner. Susan finally called us on our way home from dinner. Marcus talked to her for a little while, and we found out a lot of useful stuff. We are qualified for a loan that is less than what we'd like, but still doable. We also found out our exact credit scores, which are AWESOME! Mine are slightly better than Marcus's, teehee :-D Susan was actually impressed by them (which is always a good sign)! Anyway, as this was just the first of what I'm sure will be many conversations, we've already started discussing other things we need to ask her about, including other loan programs where we could potentially have to put a smaller down payment.
After we got off the phone with Susan, we just hung out, watched the end of the Braves game, and I called Marsha back (we had been playing phone tag all evening). I'm babysitting tomorrow, so getting ready to head to bed when I finish writing this. Goodnight, world!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Oh, hello fall!
All I have to say about the weather the past two days is that I wish it wasn't raining so that I could spend the day outside and enjoy the nice, cool weather! It was in the 60s most of the day today - PERFECTION <3
Today was a pretty slow day for the most part. I was out of it because of the weather, and also because I really didn't get enough sleep last night. I spent most of the day job searching and bumming around on the interwebs, although I did take out the trash! So not much happened until Marcus got home.
He actually didn't even come in when he got home, I just went down to meet him at his car, and we headed over to meet with Jerrilyn. Jerrilyn is a good friend of Marcus's aunt, who happens to be a realtor. Marcus's mom hooked us up with her, so we are really getting this house-hunting process on the road! We went to her office, and she asked us a bunch of questions about what we're looking for and our timeframe and stuff, and then she went through this huge packet of information with us, basically walking us step-by-step through the entire process. It was very helpful and informative, and I feel like we really have a much better idea of what we're in for and where we're going with all this now. She also gave us contact information for someone she works with who can help us with the financial aspects - pre-qualifying for a loan and all that. So we sent her an email (her name is Susan), and she emailed us back right away! We're going to call her tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes. And Jerrilyn has already started sending us some properties to look at (via email).
So now we are just sitting here watching the Braves game and unwinding. I really need to go to bed at a decent hour tonight. Tomorrow I am taking the SAT (or a version of it) for this tutoring job I applied for. I really wish the office I have to go to opened earlier. They open at 11 am, so I am going out there at 1 pm (after lunch, I don't want to get hungry in the middle of the test!), but I really would prefer to take it first thing in the morning. Then I wouldn't have the problem of having too many other thoughts muddling my brain. Oh well.
That's about it for today. Tomorrow should be interesting!
Today was a pretty slow day for the most part. I was out of it because of the weather, and also because I really didn't get enough sleep last night. I spent most of the day job searching and bumming around on the interwebs, although I did take out the trash! So not much happened until Marcus got home.
He actually didn't even come in when he got home, I just went down to meet him at his car, and we headed over to meet with Jerrilyn. Jerrilyn is a good friend of Marcus's aunt, who happens to be a realtor. Marcus's mom hooked us up with her, so we are really getting this house-hunting process on the road! We went to her office, and she asked us a bunch of questions about what we're looking for and our timeframe and stuff, and then she went through this huge packet of information with us, basically walking us step-by-step through the entire process. It was very helpful and informative, and I feel like we really have a much better idea of what we're in for and where we're going with all this now. She also gave us contact information for someone she works with who can help us with the financial aspects - pre-qualifying for a loan and all that. So we sent her an email (her name is Susan), and she emailed us back right away! We're going to call her tomorrow, so we'll see how it goes. And Jerrilyn has already started sending us some properties to look at (via email).
So now we are just sitting here watching the Braves game and unwinding. I really need to go to bed at a decent hour tonight. Tomorrow I am taking the SAT (or a version of it) for this tutoring job I applied for. I really wish the office I have to go to opened earlier. They open at 11 am, so I am going out there at 1 pm (after lunch, I don't want to get hungry in the middle of the test!), but I really would prefer to take it first thing in the morning. Then I wouldn't have the problem of having too many other thoughts muddling my brain. Oh well.
That's about it for today. Tomorrow should be interesting!
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Oops!
Sorry I didn't post last night! I realized after I had already turned off my computer that I hadn't posted, but I figured I'd just do it this morning rather than spend all the time turning my computer back on.
Yesterday was fairly busy, especially in the morning. The first thing I did after I got up and ready was head over to Turner Field to get tickets for a Braves game when my parents are here. It was interesting...I had never been there on a non-event day before (I say non-event rather than non-game because I did go to FanFest there one winter), and it was kind of cool! I got to park in the Delta Medallion lot (right in front of the stadium!), which was the only one open and basically empty. When I walked in, I saw maybe 4 or 5 people walking around, but that's it. They had only one ticket window open. I went up and was able to get the tickets we wanted. Success! Then I had a little adventure finding my way back to the highway, lol, but I made it work. Stupid one-way streets! Just one reason why I hate driving in the city.
Anyway, when I got home, I spent the next few hours finishing (to the best of my ability at this point) my online application for several jobs in the DeKalb County School System. This involved taking a test online, entering all of my education and work history ONE ENTRY AT A TIME, ordering transcripts from all colleges I've attended, and sending them a copy of my high school diploma. Luckily for that last one, I had applied for another job with them last summer, and my mom had already scanned and emailed me a copy of the diploma, so she just resent the email, so I was able to print it and mail it to them right away, rather than my mom having to search my bedroom to find it like last year.
I finished that up right around lunch time, so I ate lunch and then went back to job searching. The afternoon was definitely much slower than the morning. When Marcus got home, I decided to make dinner for us - sweet potatoes, baked beans, and salad. It was easy and yummy, which is the best kind of meal! Then we watched the Braves game and went to bed.
Today I am babysitting for Eli again, so look for another post tonight. Hopefully I won't forget this time!
ETA: I totally forgot to mention that while we were watching the game last night, I got to spend a couple of hours talking to my friend Michelle on facebook chat! We hadn't talked in a while, and I miss her so much, so it was really nice to get to talk to her. She's going to be in eastern Alabama for a ride (horses) in late September, about an hour and a half to two hours away, so we were trying to figure out if it would be possible for Marcus and I to make a day trip out there to see her. It's hard because most of the time she's there is during Rosh Hashanah, but there's still a possibility that we could go out for one day after the holiday is over. We'll see. It would be great if it works out - it would be great to see her! - but logistically, it's a little tricky on her end. So who knows. Anyway, just couldn't forget to include this!
Yesterday was fairly busy, especially in the morning. The first thing I did after I got up and ready was head over to Turner Field to get tickets for a Braves game when my parents are here. It was interesting...I had never been there on a non-event day before (I say non-event rather than non-game because I did go to FanFest there one winter), and it was kind of cool! I got to park in the Delta Medallion lot (right in front of the stadium!), which was the only one open and basically empty. When I walked in, I saw maybe 4 or 5 people walking around, but that's it. They had only one ticket window open. I went up and was able to get the tickets we wanted. Success! Then I had a little adventure finding my way back to the highway, lol, but I made it work. Stupid one-way streets! Just one reason why I hate driving in the city.
Anyway, when I got home, I spent the next few hours finishing (to the best of my ability at this point) my online application for several jobs in the DeKalb County School System. This involved taking a test online, entering all of my education and work history ONE ENTRY AT A TIME, ordering transcripts from all colleges I've attended, and sending them a copy of my high school diploma. Luckily for that last one, I had applied for another job with them last summer, and my mom had already scanned and emailed me a copy of the diploma, so she just resent the email, so I was able to print it and mail it to them right away, rather than my mom having to search my bedroom to find it like last year.
I finished that up right around lunch time, so I ate lunch and then went back to job searching. The afternoon was definitely much slower than the morning. When Marcus got home, I decided to make dinner for us - sweet potatoes, baked beans, and salad. It was easy and yummy, which is the best kind of meal! Then we watched the Braves game and went to bed.
Today I am babysitting for Eli again, so look for another post tonight. Hopefully I won't forget this time!
ETA: I totally forgot to mention that while we were watching the game last night, I got to spend a couple of hours talking to my friend Michelle on facebook chat! We hadn't talked in a while, and I miss her so much, so it was really nice to get to talk to her. She's going to be in eastern Alabama for a ride (horses) in late September, about an hour and a half to two hours away, so we were trying to figure out if it would be possible for Marcus and I to make a day trip out there to see her. It's hard because most of the time she's there is during Rosh Hashanah, but there's still a possibility that we could go out for one day after the holiday is over. We'll see. It would be great if it works out - it would be great to see her! - but logistically, it's a little tricky on her end. So who knows. Anyway, just couldn't forget to include this!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Just Another Manic Monday
I didn't sleep very well last night. Just when I was going to sleep, I found a bug crawling in the bed (just a silverfish, but still, IT TOUCHED ME!), and after Marcus got rid of it for me, it took me a while to get rid of that creepy-crawly feeling and actually fall asleep. So this morning, I had a hard time getting up. I did manage to drag myself out of bed around 8:30 though.
It took me a while to get going even after I got up, and as a result, I didn't even get dressed or anything until around 10:30. I didn't do much during the day - job searched some (and started working on applications for a few jobs, but I didn't find those until around 4:30, so had to save to return later when Marcus got home), did a few tasks on Amazon Turk, and that's about it. I also emailed the leasing agent from the apartment complex we've been looking at, and she got back to me within a couple of hours, letting me know that there would be a unit for us to come look at on Saturday. I also managed to actually walk down to get the mail today, which I hadn't done in a while.
After Marcus got home, it was a typical Monday evening. We went to the gym, then ate dinner, and then I watched Secret Life while he was watching the Braves game. And after my show was over, I came out and watched the rest of the game with him. Also, because we went to the gym AND I ate a relatively small dinner for a gym day (usually I splurge on tacos or Chipotle or something on gym days, but today I just ate easy mac and salad), I hit a new low weight! I've been trying to lose some weight, with the help of a great free online food log I found (that also lets you log your exercise and weight among other things). My goal is to eventually get back down to 120...I haven't weighed 120 since high school, haha, but I don't have a specific timetable in mind, it's just an eventual goal. For right now, my more immediate goal is to get my BMI back down into "normal" range (it's currently in "overweight" range), and I'm getting really close! My BMI as of tonight is down to 25.3, and I think 25 is the upper edge of "normal" range! I started tracking my food and exercise (and weight) about 2 months ago, and in that time, I've lost about 8 pounds! It's a really slow process for me (slower than it should be based solely on my net calories, but that's not surprising, since one of the potential effects of PCOS is difficulty losing weight - it could be MUCH worse, though, I'm lucky that that's not one of the effects that's particularly bad in my case), but I'm clearly making progress, which is exciting. I was SO excited when I had my first sub-140 weight a few weeks ago, and now I am down to 137.7! Granted, it fluctuates, but a few weeks ago, it was bouncing between 140-142.5, and now it's been between 138.5-140.5 (until today!), with the 140s getting rarer all the time. So I'm very pleased with that :-)
Also, the Braves won again tonight, so yay! And we've been firming up more plans for my parents' upcoming visit, it's starting to shape into what will be a very busy weekend. Mostly fun stuff though, so I'm actually getting excited about it.
I have a long list of stuff I need to do tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have another interesting entry to post tomorrow night! Until then, goodnight all!
It took me a while to get going even after I got up, and as a result, I didn't even get dressed or anything until around 10:30. I didn't do much during the day - job searched some (and started working on applications for a few jobs, but I didn't find those until around 4:30, so had to save to return later when Marcus got home), did a few tasks on Amazon Turk, and that's about it. I also emailed the leasing agent from the apartment complex we've been looking at, and she got back to me within a couple of hours, letting me know that there would be a unit for us to come look at on Saturday. I also managed to actually walk down to get the mail today, which I hadn't done in a while.
After Marcus got home, it was a typical Monday evening. We went to the gym, then ate dinner, and then I watched Secret Life while he was watching the Braves game. And after my show was over, I came out and watched the rest of the game with him. Also, because we went to the gym AND I ate a relatively small dinner for a gym day (usually I splurge on tacos or Chipotle or something on gym days, but today I just ate easy mac and salad), I hit a new low weight! I've been trying to lose some weight, with the help of a great free online food log I found (that also lets you log your exercise and weight among other things). My goal is to eventually get back down to 120...I haven't weighed 120 since high school, haha, but I don't have a specific timetable in mind, it's just an eventual goal. For right now, my more immediate goal is to get my BMI back down into "normal" range (it's currently in "overweight" range), and I'm getting really close! My BMI as of tonight is down to 25.3, and I think 25 is the upper edge of "normal" range! I started tracking my food and exercise (and weight) about 2 months ago, and in that time, I've lost about 8 pounds! It's a really slow process for me (slower than it should be based solely on my net calories, but that's not surprising, since one of the potential effects of PCOS is difficulty losing weight - it could be MUCH worse, though, I'm lucky that that's not one of the effects that's particularly bad in my case), but I'm clearly making progress, which is exciting. I was SO excited when I had my first sub-140 weight a few weeks ago, and now I am down to 137.7! Granted, it fluctuates, but a few weeks ago, it was bouncing between 140-142.5, and now it's been between 138.5-140.5 (until today!), with the 140s getting rarer all the time. So I'm very pleased with that :-)
Also, the Braves won again tonight, so yay! And we've been firming up more plans for my parents' upcoming visit, it's starting to shape into what will be a very busy weekend. Mostly fun stuff though, so I'm actually getting excited about it.
I have a long list of stuff I need to do tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have another interesting entry to post tomorrow night! Until then, goodnight all!
Thursday, August 4, 2011
A More Productive Day
As I had hoped, today did turn out to be more interesting and more productive than yesterday. I got up around 8:15, which was already a better start than yesterday! Around 10 am, I headed over to get a haircut (yay for $6.99 haircut coupons!). The place was completely empty, so I was in and out in about 15 minutes. The lady who cut my hair was nice (I hadn't gone to this location before, but the coupon was only valid at certain locations), she talked a lot about her (adult) daughter. She did use a little hairspray and blowdry my hair without asking (normally I just let it air dry, and I don't use any product at all), which I wasn't too happy about, but for $6.99, I guess I can't really complain.
After I got home, I worked for about an hour on Julia's slideshow. It's getting pretty close to being done, which is nice. I was briefly interrupted by the apartment maintenance crew coming in to replace our air filter and inspect our smoke detector (this was scheduled maintenance that they had so nicely informed us of two days in advance - with a note stuck in our door that said they'd be coming "between 9 am and 5 pm"), but they were in and out in under 5 minutes. When I had finished working on the slideshow, I job searched some and did a few tasks on Mechanical Turk.
Around noon, my friend Marsha came over, as we had plans to go to lunch. We couldn't decide where we wanted to go, so she decided we would just get in the car and drive, and pick something we passed. We started off going to the Highlands, but the power was out (all the traffic lights were completely out, not even blinking red or yellow or anything, and the shops/restaurants didn't appear to have power either) due to the earlier storms. So we cut across Ponce to downtown Decatur, found a rare parking spot IN the square, and after filling up the meter with all the quarters, dimes and nickels we could dig out of our wallets, walked around debating where to eat. We eventually decided on Pita Pit, which was awesome because they literally had their nutrition information posted on the window! That made it really easy for me to input my lunch into the website I've been using to keep track of what I'm eating, which was nice.
After lunch, Marsha dropped me off back home, and I did some more Mechanical Turk tasks and just sort of hung out until Marcus got home from work. We went to the gym, and then ate a small dinner. My mom called shortly after that, so I talked to her for a while and had a nice little planning session for my parents' upcoming visit (weekend of August 20th). Then, I had promised Marcus earlier this week that we could watch an episode of Star Trek: Voyager tonight (he LOVES Star Trek, and I agreed to watch the series in order with him since it's available on Netflix), since we hadn't watched in a while, so we did that, and now I am sitting here writing this while he is working on a new character for his RPG tomorrow night.
My mom also mentioned that she and my dad have some photo scanning projects for me, which I already knew, but haven't been able to do because I didn't want to bring the photos down with me on a plane (these are OLD photos we're talking about, and they're just loose in boxes). Since they're driving down for their visit, they'll be able to bring them down safely, so I'll finally get to do that! We also briefly talked about Marcus and I possibly trying to plan a (driving) visit up there in October, when Marcus has two consecutive 4-day weekends (Thursday and Friday off) due to random Jewish holidays. I don't know how I feel about that, I mean, I'd love to get up there for a visit, but that time of year is always so crazy, between going to Florida for Marcus's grandfather's birthday, the Jewish holidays, and then Thanksgiving, I don't know if I really want to throw MORE travel into the mix. But we haven't been up there since mid-June, so it would be nice to go. And we still have to meet with our wedding photographer to plan out our album, so we have to get up there at some point to do that! So we'll see. I think it'll probably end up happening.
So, that's about it for today. I'm glad tomorrow's Friday! We don't really have any plans this weekend, so hopefully it'll be nice and relaxing! :-)
After I got home, I worked for about an hour on Julia's slideshow. It's getting pretty close to being done, which is nice. I was briefly interrupted by the apartment maintenance crew coming in to replace our air filter and inspect our smoke detector (this was scheduled maintenance that they had so nicely informed us of two days in advance - with a note stuck in our door that said they'd be coming "between 9 am and 5 pm"), but they were in and out in under 5 minutes. When I had finished working on the slideshow, I job searched some and did a few tasks on Mechanical Turk.
Around noon, my friend Marsha came over, as we had plans to go to lunch. We couldn't decide where we wanted to go, so she decided we would just get in the car and drive, and pick something we passed. We started off going to the Highlands, but the power was out (all the traffic lights were completely out, not even blinking red or yellow or anything, and the shops/restaurants didn't appear to have power either) due to the earlier storms. So we cut across Ponce to downtown Decatur, found a rare parking spot IN the square, and after filling up the meter with all the quarters, dimes and nickels we could dig out of our wallets, walked around debating where to eat. We eventually decided on Pita Pit, which was awesome because they literally had their nutrition information posted on the window! That made it really easy for me to input my lunch into the website I've been using to keep track of what I'm eating, which was nice.
After lunch, Marsha dropped me off back home, and I did some more Mechanical Turk tasks and just sort of hung out until Marcus got home from work. We went to the gym, and then ate a small dinner. My mom called shortly after that, so I talked to her for a while and had a nice little planning session for my parents' upcoming visit (weekend of August 20th). Then, I had promised Marcus earlier this week that we could watch an episode of Star Trek: Voyager tonight (he LOVES Star Trek, and I agreed to watch the series in order with him since it's available on Netflix), since we hadn't watched in a while, so we did that, and now I am sitting here writing this while he is working on a new character for his RPG tomorrow night.
My mom also mentioned that she and my dad have some photo scanning projects for me, which I already knew, but haven't been able to do because I didn't want to bring the photos down with me on a plane (these are OLD photos we're talking about, and they're just loose in boxes). Since they're driving down for their visit, they'll be able to bring them down safely, so I'll finally get to do that! We also briefly talked about Marcus and I possibly trying to plan a (driving) visit up there in October, when Marcus has two consecutive 4-day weekends (Thursday and Friday off) due to random Jewish holidays. I don't know how I feel about that, I mean, I'd love to get up there for a visit, but that time of year is always so crazy, between going to Florida for Marcus's grandfather's birthday, the Jewish holidays, and then Thanksgiving, I don't know if I really want to throw MORE travel into the mix. But we haven't been up there since mid-June, so it would be nice to go. And we still have to meet with our wedding photographer to plan out our album, so we have to get up there at some point to do that! So we'll see. I think it'll probably end up happening.
So, that's about it for today. I'm glad tomorrow's Friday! We don't really have any plans this weekend, so hopefully it'll be nice and relaxing! :-)
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Busy Day
My original plan for this blog was to post each night about what I've done during the day, so I figured I would try that out for today's post. Today was an unusual day for me, because it was actually pretty busy!
I got up at 7:15 this morning (about 45 minutes earlier than normal) and headed over to Joel and Shosh's house (good friends of ours) to babysit Eli (their almost 2-year-old son) while Shosh took Talia (their 2.5-month-old daughter) to the doctor. Eli is the absolute cutest child I have ever known...and I've known MANY adorable children in my life! Anyway, when I got there, Shosh had Finding Nemo on, and Eli was playing in the playroom. After she left, I played with him for a while, but as soon as the movie ended, all he wanted me to do was put on Cars! He kept repeating, "Cars, please? Cars, please?" and looking at me with that adorable little face...so eventually I put it on for him. He actually sat in his chair and watched the first 45 minutes or so of the movie before he got up and started playing (but always running back over to check on the movie, lol) - pretty impressive attention span for a kid his age! After lunch, I managed to get him into his crib for naptime about 45 minutes before Joel got home. As always, I had a great time with my little buddy :-)
I ended up getting home a little after 3 pm - late enough that last night's finale of The Bachelorette was available on On Demand, so I actually got to watch it on the tv rather than my computer for once! I was hoping to finish watching it before Marcus got home, but I got home too late for that to happen. I did pretty well though, he only had to put up with the last 15 minutes or so. My thoughts on the finale: even though I knew who she was going to pick (I had read spoilers fairly early on in the season so I'd know how it ended if I decided not to watch the whole rest of the season), I was BAWLING - especially after the proposal, when they showed the montage of all their moments together throughout the season to REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling"...I was already a little teary, but that just pushed me over the edge, haha.
While I was watching, I got a call from the library to let me know that I didn't get the job - but they said I was among their top choices, and they wanted to know if they could keep my info on file in case something else opens up. They also said that sometimes the other branches call them and ask if they have any good candidates, and asked if I would be okay with them passing on my info to the other branches. Of course I said yes to both - so who knows!
When I finished watching my show, Marcus and I went to the gym, and then he took me to Chipotle for dinner. We just got back a little while ago, so now I am catching up with my Facebook Scrabble games and writing this post while watching the Braves game.
As of right now, I have nothing planned for tomorrow, except I have to go to the bank to deposit a check. I should also do some more work on Julia's slideshow. Other than that, I have no idea what I'll end up doing. Marcus's RPG group is having a make-up session tomorrow night, so I'll be on my own unless I decide to go with him. I usually prefer not to go - while I like the concept of RPGs, I'm really bad at playing them, and watching is only fun for so long. After a few hours it gets pretty boring :-P I could bring a book with me, but I think I'd rather just stay home, where I have my computer and television to keep me entertained!
I don't know who, if anyone, is reading this, so feel free to leave me a comment - let me know if there's anything you'd like me to write more about, or less about, or just say hi and let me know who's reading! I am blogging for my own reasons, but there's no point in making it a blog rather than a private journal if it's not interesting for people to read! :-)
I got up at 7:15 this morning (about 45 minutes earlier than normal) and headed over to Joel and Shosh's house (good friends of ours) to babysit Eli (their almost 2-year-old son) while Shosh took Talia (their 2.5-month-old daughter) to the doctor. Eli is the absolute cutest child I have ever known...and I've known MANY adorable children in my life! Anyway, when I got there, Shosh had Finding Nemo on, and Eli was playing in the playroom. After she left, I played with him for a while, but as soon as the movie ended, all he wanted me to do was put on Cars! He kept repeating, "Cars, please? Cars, please?" and looking at me with that adorable little face...so eventually I put it on for him. He actually sat in his chair and watched the first 45 minutes or so of the movie before he got up and started playing (but always running back over to check on the movie, lol) - pretty impressive attention span for a kid his age! After lunch, I managed to get him into his crib for naptime about 45 minutes before Joel got home. As always, I had a great time with my little buddy :-)
I ended up getting home a little after 3 pm - late enough that last night's finale of The Bachelorette was available on On Demand, so I actually got to watch it on the tv rather than my computer for once! I was hoping to finish watching it before Marcus got home, but I got home too late for that to happen. I did pretty well though, he only had to put up with the last 15 minutes or so. My thoughts on the finale: even though I knew who she was going to pick (I had read spoilers fairly early on in the season so I'd know how it ended if I decided not to watch the whole rest of the season), I was BAWLING - especially after the proposal, when they showed the montage of all their moments together throughout the season to REO Speedwagon's "Can't Fight This Feeling"...I was already a little teary, but that just pushed me over the edge, haha.
While I was watching, I got a call from the library to let me know that I didn't get the job - but they said I was among their top choices, and they wanted to know if they could keep my info on file in case something else opens up. They also said that sometimes the other branches call them and ask if they have any good candidates, and asked if I would be okay with them passing on my info to the other branches. Of course I said yes to both - so who knows!
When I finished watching my show, Marcus and I went to the gym, and then he took me to Chipotle for dinner. We just got back a little while ago, so now I am catching up with my Facebook Scrabble games and writing this post while watching the Braves game.
As of right now, I have nothing planned for tomorrow, except I have to go to the bank to deposit a check. I should also do some more work on Julia's slideshow. Other than that, I have no idea what I'll end up doing. Marcus's RPG group is having a make-up session tomorrow night, so I'll be on my own unless I decide to go with him. I usually prefer not to go - while I like the concept of RPGs, I'm really bad at playing them, and watching is only fun for so long. After a few hours it gets pretty boring :-P I could bring a book with me, but I think I'd rather just stay home, where I have my computer and television to keep me entertained!
I don't know who, if anyone, is reading this, so feel free to leave me a comment - let me know if there's anything you'd like me to write more about, or less about, or just say hi and let me know who's reading! I am blogging for my own reasons, but there's no point in making it a blog rather than a private journal if it's not interesting for people to read! :-)
Monday, August 1, 2011
New Month, New Blog
Hello, world!
I have decided to try daily blogging, partially inspired by reading my friends' blogs, and partially just to give myself something to do each day. The first day of a new month seemed like as good a time as ever to start, so here I am. We'll see how it goes!
It's 9:40 am, and I've already had a fairly productive day. I was actually out of bed by 8:10 this morning (my alarm is always set for 8:00 am on weekdays, but sometimes I let myself doze until around 8:30 or even later), so that was a good start. It's always easier for me to be productive when I start a week off that way - the longer I'm lazy on Monday, the less productive I'll probably be for that entire week. So this is a good sign for this week! After I got up and ate breakfast (Cinnamon Toast Crunch, yum!), I job-searched a little bit, and actually applied to two jobs on Opportunity Knocks - all this before I even got dressed! I also certified for unemployment, as I do every Monday.
Plans for the rest of the day:
Anyway, that's about all that's going on right now. Like I said, I'm going to try to make this a daily blog, so hopefully I'll be back tomorrow. I was originally planning to post every night, so I could recap what happened that day, so maybe I'll even come back tonight, who knows. Until then, peace out, y'all!
I have decided to try daily blogging, partially inspired by reading my friends' blogs, and partially just to give myself something to do each day. The first day of a new month seemed like as good a time as ever to start, so here I am. We'll see how it goes!
It's 9:40 am, and I've already had a fairly productive day. I was actually out of bed by 8:10 this morning (my alarm is always set for 8:00 am on weekdays, but sometimes I let myself doze until around 8:30 or even later), so that was a good start. It's always easier for me to be productive when I start a week off that way - the longer I'm lazy on Monday, the less productive I'll probably be for that entire week. So this is a good sign for this week! After I got up and ate breakfast (Cinnamon Toast Crunch, yum!), I job-searched a little bit, and actually applied to two jobs on Opportunity Knocks - all this before I even got dressed! I also certified for unemployment, as I do every Monday.
Plans for the rest of the day:
- Watch last night's "Men Tell All" episode of The Bachelorette. I couldn't watch it "live" because it was on at the same time as The Next Food Network Star - a show that I actually watch regularly, unlike The Bachelorette!
- Take out the trash. Marcus and I were going to do this yesterday, but the trash chute was broken, so it got pushed to today.
- Work on Julia's Bat Mitzvah slideshow. This is my current project from my side business - Timeless Treasures by Tara. The Bat Mitzvah is Labor Day weekend, and I need to have the slideshow finished by August 15th. I haven't worked on it in a few weeks, since I had a meeting with Julia and her parents and they told me that they'd be sending me a bunch more pictures to include. I told them they had until August 14th to send me pictures, so I've been waiting to have all the pictures before I continue working on the slideshow. They haven't sent me any new pictures in a couple of weeks, though, so I think it's probably safe to start working on it again!
- Email the leasing agent at Dunwoody Gables. Marcus and I have been apartment hunting again. Our lease here is up in January, and if they raise the rent (or even if they don't, but they probably will, since we're currently paying well under the market value of our floorplan), we won't be able to stay. I really don't want to leave, since I've lived here longer than I've lived anywhere else in my life except my parents' current house (we moved there when I was 12, after moving every 3 years of my life before that), but we really can't afford to stay. We found a 2-bedroom floorplan that we LOVE at Gables Metropolitan, but it's super expensive, so we can't afford it. However, a leasing agent at another Gables property we looked at told us that she had the same problem, and she found a floorplan at Dunwoody Gables that was similar (but smaller, and cheaper) to the Gables Met. one. So we went and looked, and sure enough, it is fairly similar! We went and looked at it last weekend, but we only saw a first floor unit. The second and third floor units have fireplaces (first floor ones don't), and only second and third floor units are available in our price range over the next couple of months. So I want to go back and look at one with a fireplace before we make any decisions.
- Read. I'm currently reading "The Wise Man's Fear", book two of the Kingkiller Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss. I haven't read any in over a week, though. I have been trying to go slowly with it, because I don't know yet when book three will be released, and I'd rather have as short a wait as possible! But the book is so good that every time I read, I end up reading at least 100 pages, so the only way I can slow down is to wait a while in between each time I read. I only have about 150 pages or so left in the book, so the next time I read might be the last for this book.
- Watch Secret Life tonight. This is my guilty pleasure tv show addiction - Secret Life of the American Teenager. I can't even explain why I like it, the writing is awful, most of the acting is equally bad, and these days it seems like most of the episodes are what I like to call "connector episodes", meaning that nothing important really happens in the episode, it just serves to connect one important episode to another. I still can't stop watching, though, haha.
Anyway, that's about all that's going on right now. Like I said, I'm going to try to make this a daily blog, so hopefully I'll be back tomorrow. I was originally planning to post every night, so I could recap what happened that day, so maybe I'll even come back tonight, who knows. Until then, peace out, y'all!
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