Long Time No Jabber
This is the shape of things:
1) Last weekend, Ginger & I moved into a new place. Above a garage. It's shielded; the stairs to reach the door come up around the back. From the front, you'd never assume someone lived there.
2) There is a loft where we have placed all the feline things: kitty litter box, food, scratching post. To reach the loft, you have to climb a ladder in the living room (while she studies, Ginger rests her apple juice on the rungs).
3) We have previously named Victor Hugo's cat tree Isengard, as it's a tower and he's fairly evil. In keeping with this theme, we have dubbed the loft Mordor. At first, it was Moria; then one of us remembered that was the name of the Dwarven mines. Then we felt somewhat sad that we nerdily remembered this. Then I suggested that perhaps, to un-nerdify it, we could name it the "Neutral Zone", after the border between Federation and Romulan territory in Star Trek. That ended the discussion.
4) I have to come up with about $200 to pay past due fees to the bursar. This will be coming out of my paycheck next Friday. I hope it's not too late, although I don't think it is. To avoid this same situation, I will now be paying for my textbooks in cash instead of charging them to my bursar account, where I then forget about them until the end of the semester.
5) On Monday, Ginger & I opened up new checking accounts and a joint checking account at a credit union. 5/3 Bank bites ass.
6) I over-requested money in my loans this year, which means I will have a dickload of extra cash. I could just give it back and pay back less after I graduate. Unfortunately, I don't really like to plan ahead. I'm going to surprise Ginger with spring break tickets to London instead (although I will be putting some money in CDs as well). I figure I'll buy her a London guidebook for X-Mas and put the tickets in there (and I'll have to pay extra for the tickets. Putting in a print-out from Orbitz just doesn't have the same emotional gravitas).
7) Last Wednesday, I gave a presention to the board over-seeing the work release facility I've been working with this summer. My little speech was a hit because I was humorous. I kick ass.
8) When giving the speech mentioned above, I used the word "melange."
9) The prosecutor (my boss) interrupted and said "Big word. What did you say? Menage?"
10) I replied: "No, melange. It's...uh...uh...fruit salad. A combination." Laughter. "It was on my word of the day calander"
11) Ginger's home with clean laundry. Will return.
1) Last weekend, Ginger & I moved into a new place. Above a garage. It's shielded; the stairs to reach the door come up around the back. From the front, you'd never assume someone lived there.
2) There is a loft where we have placed all the feline things: kitty litter box, food, scratching post. To reach the loft, you have to climb a ladder in the living room (while she studies, Ginger rests her apple juice on the rungs).
3) We have previously named Victor Hugo's cat tree Isengard, as it's a tower and he's fairly evil. In keeping with this theme, we have dubbed the loft Mordor. At first, it was Moria; then one of us remembered that was the name of the Dwarven mines. Then we felt somewhat sad that we nerdily remembered this. Then I suggested that perhaps, to un-nerdify it, we could name it the "Neutral Zone", after the border between Federation and Romulan territory in Star Trek. That ended the discussion.
4) I have to come up with about $200 to pay past due fees to the bursar. This will be coming out of my paycheck next Friday. I hope it's not too late, although I don't think it is. To avoid this same situation, I will now be paying for my textbooks in cash instead of charging them to my bursar account, where I then forget about them until the end of the semester.
5) On Monday, Ginger & I opened up new checking accounts and a joint checking account at a credit union. 5/3 Bank bites ass.
6) I over-requested money in my loans this year, which means I will have a dickload of extra cash. I could just give it back and pay back less after I graduate. Unfortunately, I don't really like to plan ahead. I'm going to surprise Ginger with spring break tickets to London instead (although I will be putting some money in CDs as well). I figure I'll buy her a London guidebook for X-Mas and put the tickets in there (and I'll have to pay extra for the tickets. Putting in a print-out from Orbitz just doesn't have the same emotional gravitas).
7) Last Wednesday, I gave a presention to the board over-seeing the work release facility I've been working with this summer. My little speech was a hit because I was humorous. I kick ass.
8) When giving the speech mentioned above, I used the word "melange."
9) The prosecutor (my boss) interrupted and said "Big word. What did you say? Menage?"
10) I replied: "No, melange. It's...uh...uh...fruit salad. A combination." Laughter. "It was on my word of the day calander"
11) Ginger's home with clean laundry. Will return.