Things that have transpired recently
Well, life's going pretty well. I finally managed to get assistance from the county, so $350 of my rent is paid (and they can't evict us for 30 days), along with my water bill, and I got $71 in food vouchers to last us until we go for our appointment to get food stamps from the state. The $71 had to be used all at once, so our pantry is pretty well stocked at the moment, lol (and no ramen! Fuck that; we've been eating ramen every day for the past week, and I'm pretty damn sick of it). I made fajitas tonight and gave the connective-tissuey bits of the meat to the cats, who were very pleased with that. I was surprised, too, that they didn't give me the third degree about why we haven't been working, what we've been doing with our time, how many job interviews we'd gotten, et cetera. It was all very just-the-facts and to the point.
Also, it doesn't look like I'll get the job taking 911 calls, but it does look like I'll get the job with the IRS, which'll start in January, I think, or maybe February, so yay! Jobness! Of course, I'll need to find work in the meantime, but hey. Something in the pipeline is better than nothing.
Will has been talking with his mother lately, which is cool, since he's really happy about it (well, after all, he hasn't seen her in almost two years, and he does like her), and she seems to be glad he got in touch, too. I shudder to look at my phone bill after the hour-long call to Germany, but y'know what? I've spent more money on worse things.
I very nearly broke my ankle falling down the stairs to my apartment today, but I didn't! Huzzah!
I signed up for Austin Community College for next semester, but when I handed them my transcript from UH, I discovered that I had instead been given the transcript of Parthiban Mohanasundaram, who graduated a year ago with a master's degree in Industrial Engineering with a 3.0 GPA. Yeah, wish I had an MS in engineering and a 3.0 GPA. Hell, just one of those two would be great!
Will and I decided to move the wedding date back to May 15, a year (and a day) after the day Will and I first met, in order to give us a bit more time to save up enough funds to host a wedding.
I finally got the annulment from Bill! I am immensely pleased with that (not to mention with the fact that I assembled all the legal papers all by myself, without even a consultation with a lawyer)!
I've decided I'll apply for school in Hawaii; that way, a) I'll be in Hawaii, b) I'll be able to visit Ryan, and c) Doo'll be able to visit both me and Ryan at the same time, and go to Hawaii while doing so.
I assembled a shoe-rack in the living room today, so all my (or Will's, but he only has two pairs of shoes) shoes aren't strewn all over the little tiled area in front of the door, and it looks a lot nicer now.
On another note, being around Will 24/7 isn't as bad for our relationship as I'd feared it would be. I'd like to have more friends in this town so I don't have to be at home with him 24/7, but doing stuff tends to require, y'know, money, and making friends in a town where you know exactly 8 people, including your live-in lover, your uncle, your ex's best friend, and three guys you don't particularly like, isn't exactly easy, even when you're not absolutely, utterly broke.
Anyway, I've gotten into the habit of going to bed super early, so I'm tired as shit. Have a good Thanksgiving, everyone!
Also, it doesn't look like I'll get the job taking 911 calls, but it does look like I'll get the job with the IRS, which'll start in January, I think, or maybe February, so yay! Jobness! Of course, I'll need to find work in the meantime, but hey. Something in the pipeline is better than nothing.
Will has been talking with his mother lately, which is cool, since he's really happy about it (well, after all, he hasn't seen her in almost two years, and he does like her), and she seems to be glad he got in touch, too. I shudder to look at my phone bill after the hour-long call to Germany, but y'know what? I've spent more money on worse things.
I very nearly broke my ankle falling down the stairs to my apartment today, but I didn't! Huzzah!
I signed up for Austin Community College for next semester, but when I handed them my transcript from UH, I discovered that I had instead been given the transcript of Parthiban Mohanasundaram, who graduated a year ago with a master's degree in Industrial Engineering with a 3.0 GPA. Yeah, wish I had an MS in engineering and a 3.0 GPA. Hell, just one of those two would be great!
Will and I decided to move the wedding date back to May 15, a year (and a day) after the day Will and I first met, in order to give us a bit more time to save up enough funds to host a wedding.
I finally got the annulment from Bill! I am immensely pleased with that (not to mention with the fact that I assembled all the legal papers all by myself, without even a consultation with a lawyer)!
I've decided I'll apply for school in Hawaii; that way, a) I'll be in Hawaii, b) I'll be able to visit Ryan, and c) Doo'll be able to visit both me and Ryan at the same time, and go to Hawaii while doing so.
I assembled a shoe-rack in the living room today, so all my (or Will's, but he only has two pairs of shoes) shoes aren't strewn all over the little tiled area in front of the door, and it looks a lot nicer now.
On another note, being around Will 24/7 isn't as bad for our relationship as I'd feared it would be. I'd like to have more friends in this town so I don't have to be at home with him 24/7, but doing stuff tends to require, y'know, money, and making friends in a town where you know exactly 8 people, including your live-in lover, your uncle, your ex's best friend, and three guys you don't particularly like, isn't exactly easy, even when you're not absolutely, utterly broke.
Anyway, I've gotten into the habit of going to bed super early, so I'm tired as shit. Have a good Thanksgiving, everyone!