Not dead - Just stressed
My goodness I haven't been on here for a month! Shameful I know but honestly I've been very busy. Budgets needed to be made (After Christmas our finances were a mess, they still are a little...Oh and also lush.co.uk got hacked! Hacked! so I have to keep our main account empty until we can get to the bank to cancel the card, I'm dreading how long it'll take for them to send out a new one.) We are packing, or should I say I am packing as Stian's busy at work, trying to prepare ourselves for the move. The owners of the place STILL haven't written up a contract, or cleaned the place, or confirmed the moving in date exactly, or painted the (not so lovely) main bedroom which is currently sporting pink princess wallpaper. Stian seems pretty calm about it all but I like to have everything confirmed and in writing especially something as important as this but since they aren't English and my Norwegian is limited I can't really push the matter and like I said it isn't seeming to bother Stian. We're hoping for a moving in date between Feb, March time. Oh and we need to buy a car, preferably not on credit as we have a huge rent increase (400 dollars in American,)
My Norwegian has also taken a back seat I've no idea now when I'm going to get the chance to take a Norwegian language test. Probably next year now.
I'm having a bit of a negative day, I cleaned the entire place yesterday and today it looks like a bombs hit it again! The snow has lost its appeal as its now muddy and dirty - Teddy's having to have a bath every night as he's getting so filthy from it - Also very unhelpfully he's decided brushing is now a game! He's a long haired dog so its pushing my patience - I'm currently having to distract him with treats so I can make sure he doesn't tangle at least. Hollie (my english dog, shes a kind of Rough collie but mini no, not sheltie, just awkwardly bred) is covered in tangles and I can't stand it but I'm only in England once a month so I feel like I can't really make much difference. My parents take great care of the animals (One of the Guinea's 'looked' under the weather and the took it to the vet same day got him some shots, now I've gotta admit that I think I might struggle to notice a guinea looking under the weather if he was still eating and drinking but they did :) ) Anyway - they have given up brushing Hollie regularly, yes she has fur to the ground and yes she doesn't like it but its still do-able you can't really just 'give up' on it as it just gets worse and worse! I'm going to have to see what I can do for her when I'm home in Feb. /Sigh!
So this is why I've been avoiding Livejournal - I feared it would just become one long rant. Things aren't really -that- bad, I got lots of nice bits for christmas, we're moving, Teddy's mostly behaving, moneys not sorted but its getting there the little bits are just stressing me out lately, I need a holiday (Stupid - I'm not even working and I feel like a need a holiday!) I'll try and make it more positive next time, I hate subjecting my journal readers to a moan but just wanted to assure you all I'm not dead - just stressed!