As I think I mentioned yesterday, we have NOTHING on the calendar for this weekend. This is such a rare occurrence that when it does happen, we don't know what to do with ourselves!
Marcus got home REALLY late last night from his RPG. I was long since asleep when he got home, but he told me today that he didn't get home until around 3:30 am! Even though I had gone to bed earlier, we both slept in really late today. I got up around 12:30, and Marcus slept until 1:30 pm. This set the tone for a really weird day. I ate breakfast when I got up, so by the time I started getting hungry again, it was late enough that I decided to just skip lunch entirely and wait for dinner.
By the time we got ourselves together and got dressed and everything, it was around 3:30 pm. I really wanted to get out and go somewhere. I hadn't left the apartment since Thursday, so I was starting to get cabin fever! We eventually decided to drive out to Dunwoody and drive through a neighborhood where there are several houses for sale that would be in our price range if we decide to buy a house anytime soon. We had never been over there, although it's close to an area that we know fairly well, so we wanted to just drive through, see what the houses looked like in person (as opposed to pictures online), and try to get a sense of what the neighborhood is like. It was definitely interesting...the subdivision is all these cookie cutter houses, with varying colors, and the houses are very close together. It's a small subdivision, just one street, but the street sort of curves around so it's almost like two or three streets instead of one. It's a cute little subdivision! It's weird though, because these houses are fairly new (built around 2000), but on the other side of the main street from the subdivision, there are older ranch-style homes lining the street, and it doesn't look like the greatest part of town, if you know what I mean. But the subdivision itself seems fairly nice...so who knows. I figure if we start looking more seriously, that's something we could ask a realtor about. We also have friends who live on that side of town, so they might know more about the different neighborhoods over there.
While we were out that way, we decided to stop by the apartment complex we've been looking at to try to get a business card for the leasing agent we had talked to the last time we were there. I've been meaning to email her and follow up, but we didn't get her card, so didn't have her contact info. Luckily, we were able to get one even though she wasn't working today, so now I can email her on Monday and try to move forward a little in the process of finding our next home.
After our little excursion, we got stuck in a downpour on the drive home. About 5 minutes after we made it home, there was a pretty intense storm going on, with lightning and a lot of wind. We waited it out for a little while, then Marcus decided he wanted to go out for dinner, so we went to Ruby Tuesday! I hadn't been there in a while, since the one we used to go to closed, and we didn't know where there was another one nearby. But when I went to lunch with Marsha the other day, we walked right past one in downtown Decatur, and I texted Marcus to let him know there was one there. So we got to go there, and it was good. They have a new thing on the menu - Veggie Trio + Salad Bar. Basically, you get the salad bar and three sides of your choice, and it only costs $1 more than the salad bar by itself! Since I always used to get the salad bar and a baked potato, I was all over this one - I got to get the salad bar and a baked potato PLUS two more sides! I picked broccoli and sugar snap peas. And it also came with a garlic cheese biscuit. YUM :-)
After dinner, we came back home. Marcus went out to run an errand for a friend, so I am sitting here watching the Braves game and playing Facebook Scrabble. I'm hoping to get to bed at a decent hour tonight (by which I mean around midnight) so that we can get a little bit of an earlier start tomorrow. I'd like to be up by 11 am tomorrow so that we'll have plenty of time to run errands and such, but we'll see. I'm not going to force it - if we need sleep, we need sleep! And our weekends get busy again starting next weekend, so this is an unusual chance to actually sleep in and relax both days of a weekend. I'm definitely taking full advantage of that!
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Hump Day
Well, I've made it halfway through another week! Today was a pretty boring day, but I'll try to find something to write about :-P
I was REALLY tired this morning, so I let myself sleep in a little bit and got up around 9 am. I took my time getting ready, and finally made it out of the house around 10:45. I went to the bank to deposit a check, and then came back home. HOW EXCITING! :-P Haha...yeah. Then I lounged around surfing the interwebs, job searching, making small change on Amazon Mechanical Turk (which is this great feature on amazon where you can do surveys and random small tasks for pennies apiece), and daydreaming about the future (by which I mean looking at houses for sale on the GA MLS website). I ate lunch and watched a rerun of Millionaire Matchmaker (this blog is making my tv watching look MUCH worse than it actually is, haha) before the Braves game came on at 1 pm. I watched that, then walked down to get the mail. It was SO hot out today - the forecast high was 97, and it felt every degree of that if not more. The only thing of interest in the mail was the new issue of Emory Magazine, so I browsed through that until Marcus got home.
We ate a quick dinner, then headed out to the weekly RPG that he plays in. They usually play on Friday nights, but this was a make-up session. Since I literally had nothing else to do, I decided to tag along. I enjoy watching them play - the story is very interesting - but I don't really want to play at this point. Maybe someday. Anyway, we were there until around 11 pm, then we came home, and here I am.
Tomorrow should be a little more interesting, as I actually have a few things planned to do during the day!
I was REALLY tired this morning, so I let myself sleep in a little bit and got up around 9 am. I took my time getting ready, and finally made it out of the house around 10:45. I went to the bank to deposit a check, and then came back home. HOW EXCITING! :-P Haha...yeah. Then I lounged around surfing the interwebs, job searching, making small change on Amazon Mechanical Turk (which is this great feature on amazon where you can do surveys and random small tasks for pennies apiece), and daydreaming about the future (by which I mean looking at houses for sale on the GA MLS website). I ate lunch and watched a rerun of Millionaire Matchmaker (this blog is making my tv watching look MUCH worse than it actually is, haha) before the Braves game came on at 1 pm. I watched that, then walked down to get the mail. It was SO hot out today - the forecast high was 97, and it felt every degree of that if not more. The only thing of interest in the mail was the new issue of Emory Magazine, so I browsed through that until Marcus got home.
We ate a quick dinner, then headed out to the weekly RPG that he plays in. They usually play on Friday nights, but this was a make-up session. Since I literally had nothing else to do, I decided to tag along. I enjoy watching them play - the story is very interesting - but I don't really want to play at this point. Maybe someday. Anyway, we were there until around 11 pm, then we came home, and here I am.
Tomorrow should be a little more interesting, as I actually have a few things planned to do during the day!
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! :-)
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