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I keep thinking "I need to write a post" and then being sort of overwhelmed by the thought of writing a post and then I get busy and realize I forgot to write a post. So I'm starting a post and it may be a bit stream of consciousness/long or short or full of weird thoughts or maybe this will be the end of it. It will be an adventure!
So, I realize that I haven't updated about the housing situation for ages. My very long term roommate is now officially moved out, his room scrubbed to an inch of it's life and ready for occupation. Which is good as we have an occupant lined up! It was actually ridiculously easy as a friend just so happened needed a place soon and we had a place. Just over a week after the official move out we had someone take it and he'll be moving in in October.
I do remain bitter about many things though, including the fact that I ended up having to pack the last of my roommates stuff even after he'd had movers come through and also clean his bathroom because we needed to be able to show it (He showed up about three hours after I was done saying he was going to do those things but since we were showing it two days later and I had plans the next evening I couldn't wait on his leisure. And, knowing him, I would have had to clean the bathroom again anyway to have it clean to my standards.
So that's done! Although I am much poorer with all the things I had to buy (this is still sort of a continuing saga, actually, but the essentials are mostly in place) I did not, inexplicably and irritatingly given that I've gotten one in the last five years every year, get a bonus this year so my bank account and credit cards are silently weeping a corner somewhere, eventually to be mollified, but what can you do?
Other than that. I did a brief Napa trip that was much fun and I even stayed in budget, I've been reading a great deal, not doing any art which I should attempt to change in the future but I'm trying not to put pressure on myself about it since I'm still reorganizing/cleaning all the things around the apartment, and thinking wistfully I'd very much like a vacation. Or a pony. A pony vacation!
Or not. Vacation would be nice though but probably not in the cards anytime soon. There is some talk of Vegas again as it's ridiculously cheap to get to and stay in, the expense comes from the gambling and eating and show going...which, who are we fooling, I'm going to end up doing, but it still FEELS like a cheap vacation.
I had people over for board games yesterday where upon we were devoured by aliens most decisively. There was, however, wine (which I am suffering from a bit this morning honestly. I begin to think I may be slightly allergic to tannins as I don't really have a HANGOVER, I have a sinus headache) and good company and I was almost late to work because I was doing dishes to clean up after it. Not that there were many dishes but my dedication for work is at an all time low so doing dishes sounded like far more fun than coming in to work.
Hoping to get to the gym today but I've already caught myself trying to talk myself out of it. Pondering offering myself deep dish pizza as a bribe to go. Which may defeat the purpose of going to the gym anyway so we'll see.
So I'm still around and I'll try to be better about posting so that these things don't turn into a book everytime I write one.
So, I realize that I haven't updated about the housing situation for ages. My very long term roommate is now officially moved out, his room scrubbed to an inch of it's life and ready for occupation. Which is good as we have an occupant lined up! It was actually ridiculously easy as a friend just so happened needed a place soon and we had a place. Just over a week after the official move out we had someone take it and he'll be moving in in October.
I do remain bitter about many things though, including the fact that I ended up having to pack the last of my roommates stuff even after he'd had movers come through and also clean his bathroom because we needed to be able to show it (He showed up about three hours after I was done saying he was going to do those things but since we were showing it two days later and I had plans the next evening I couldn't wait on his leisure. And, knowing him, I would have had to clean the bathroom again anyway to have it clean to my standards.
So that's done! Although I am much poorer with all the things I had to buy (this is still sort of a continuing saga, actually, but the essentials are mostly in place) I did not, inexplicably and irritatingly given that I've gotten one in the last five years every year, get a bonus this year so my bank account and credit cards are silently weeping a corner somewhere, eventually to be mollified, but what can you do?
Other than that. I did a brief Napa trip that was much fun and I even stayed in budget, I've been reading a great deal, not doing any art which I should attempt to change in the future but I'm trying not to put pressure on myself about it since I'm still reorganizing/cleaning all the things around the apartment, and thinking wistfully I'd very much like a vacation. Or a pony. A pony vacation!
Or not. Vacation would be nice though but probably not in the cards anytime soon. There is some talk of Vegas again as it's ridiculously cheap to get to and stay in, the expense comes from the gambling and eating and show going...which, who are we fooling, I'm going to end up doing, but it still FEELS like a cheap vacation.
I had people over for board games yesterday where upon we were devoured by aliens most decisively. There was, however, wine (which I am suffering from a bit this morning honestly. I begin to think I may be slightly allergic to tannins as I don't really have a HANGOVER, I have a sinus headache) and good company and I was almost late to work because I was doing dishes to clean up after it. Not that there were many dishes but my dedication for work is at an all time low so doing dishes sounded like far more fun than coming in to work.
Hoping to get to the gym today but I've already caught myself trying to talk myself out of it. Pondering offering myself deep dish pizza as a bribe to go. Which may defeat the purpose of going to the gym anyway so we'll see.
So I'm still around and I'll try to be better about posting so that these things don't turn into a book everytime I write one.