My apartment is coming along well. I'm still unpacking, and I don't have a dining table yet, but I'm liking having my own place, thus far. The couch and end tables are set up, as is the ratfaces' cage. The kitchen is coming together, though I need to get a vinyl tablecloth for the table in there. I'm seriously short on space in that particular room ( Read more... )

It snowed on inauguration day in North Carolina. The University got put on a 2 hour delay and many public schools were closed for the day. A few stores around me ran out of bread and milk ( Read more... )

So, I had a meeting with the Residency Status Appeals Committee this morning. They said to show up at 8:30, and I told my boss I would be to work by 10 ( was /supposed/ to come in at 9, because my boss has a golf tournament today, but... she forgave me because of this hearing ( Read more... )

My roommate has a friend who is South African. I mention that he's South African because I think it's really cool that he can tell stories about what it's like in South Africa. I've never been to Africa, and he's a good story-teller ( Read more... )

I voted today. One-Stop Early voting ( Read more... )

So... North Carolina has something now that Michigan didn't.

An Employment Non-discrimination policy that protects sexual orientation and gender identity.

Rawk.

Yesterday, I coughed so hard that I couldn't breathe.

I coughed so hard, that my eyes were pink and blood-shot.

I coughed so hard, that I broke blood vessels in my face.

I coughed so hard that I actually threw up.

I hate allergies. I wasn't meant to live in the South. Yar.

I'm in GR, at my sister's. I got here at about 10:30pm-- I would have gotten here sooner, except at about 3pm, I /had/ to stop and take a nap. I was afraid I was gonna fall asleep behind the wheel. Bah. Silly not sleeping as long as I know I should ( Read more... )

Today I ( Read more... )

This seems like an odd way to tell people, but hey, no better way to tell everyone at once than to use the ol' eljay ( Read more... )