life update circa march 2017
It’s been awhile, hasn’t it folks? Fear not, it was not by my own design that I’ve been so negligent to post here. The fault lies with AT&T for taking down our new address incorrectly (twice!) and rescheduling our internet installation (twice!!). A few things happened in the week-and-a-half-without-internet (a dark time, to be sure), as it will be known henceforth. For one, I’ve moved! We’ve left behind the cute two-story house near Midtown and now officially live in a townhome in Cordova-that’s about twenty minutes from where we used to live-that’s smaller, but also quite cheaper (an almost $300 difference), and I’m actually liking the layout quite a bit. The old place had a lot of unused space; the front room had a hideous couch and chair that no one ever used, plus our main bookshelf, one of the downstairs bedrooms basically held boxes we never unpacked from our previousmove, and the laundry room-which was the size of a bedroom, if not bigger than the bedrooms we used-had the washer and dryer…and more boxes that never got unpacked.
We fill the space at this new place much better. It’s meant discarding some things we didn’t have room for (the aforementioned couch and recliner), which is all for the better. Unpacking is around 95% done, and it’s that list little percentage that I’ve had trouble focusing on. I spent the first three days after the move working tirelessly to arrange the kitchen (twelve hours), the living room (nine) and our bedroom (three or four). Once most of that was completed, by drive plummeted to where it is now. But! We are mostly unpacked and able to live, so I’m calling it a victory. I’ve got a few more boxes to get through, and we have some furniture taking up space in the living room that needs to go, plus Bex plans to get some chairs for the reading loft, but then we should be all set. I’ll want to get a second media shelf at some point-the one I have now is filled to the brim, and we’ve still got a trunk of DVDs and copies of games stashed in the closet-but that’s a “later, rather than sooner” type deal.
Moving wasn’t the only thing that happened while I was away. In order to make the three day move as eventful as possible, I received a job offer at a new credit union. I accepted, and should be starting in a week or so. Aside from the fact that I’m at the point where I desperately need a job, this position actually pays far more than my previous one did. On the downside, it’s about a forty minute drive from my place to there (it’s near the airport), which is sad since they have a location about three minutes up the street, so I may see what my options are for transferring. Either way, I’m looking forward to having an income again.
That’s been pretty much it. Since I’ve been unemployed, I’ve been keeping myself fairly busy. I have seen a few movies, which will get the drive-by review treatment soon, and started playing Eternal Sonata, so an impressions post will be upcoming.
I’ve missed you guys. I’ve also missed lots of posts, so if there’s anything in particular that’s exciting or worth knowing, let me know (or direct me to your posts, if it’s been covered there). <3
real life, bex, joe, moving, work, job, eternal sonata
We fill the space at this new place much better. It’s meant discarding some things we didn’t have room for (the aforementioned couch and recliner), which is all for the better. Unpacking is around 95% done, and it’s that list little percentage that I’ve had trouble focusing on. I spent the first three days after the move working tirelessly to arrange the kitchen (twelve hours), the living room (nine) and our bedroom (three or four). Once most of that was completed, by drive plummeted to where it is now. But! We are mostly unpacked and able to live, so I’m calling it a victory. I’ve got a few more boxes to get through, and we have some furniture taking up space in the living room that needs to go, plus Bex plans to get some chairs for the reading loft, but then we should be all set. I’ll want to get a second media shelf at some point-the one I have now is filled to the brim, and we’ve still got a trunk of DVDs and copies of games stashed in the closet-but that’s a “later, rather than sooner” type deal.
Moving wasn’t the only thing that happened while I was away. In order to make the three day move as eventful as possible, I received a job offer at a new credit union. I accepted, and should be starting in a week or so. Aside from the fact that I’m at the point where I desperately need a job, this position actually pays far more than my previous one did. On the downside, it’s about a forty minute drive from my place to there (it’s near the airport), which is sad since they have a location about three minutes up the street, so I may see what my options are for transferring. Either way, I’m looking forward to having an income again.
That’s been pretty much it. Since I’ve been unemployed, I’ve been keeping myself fairly busy. I have seen a few movies, which will get the drive-by review treatment soon, and started playing Eternal Sonata, so an impressions post will be upcoming.
I’ve missed you guys. I’ve also missed lots of posts, so if there’s anything in particular that’s exciting or worth knowing, let me know (or direct me to your posts, if it’s been covered there). <3
real life, bex, joe, moving, work, job, eternal sonata