My rainy day craft box

Something wonderful happened to me today. I finally got made full time at my work. This couldn't come at a better time since I'm going to be driving farther to get to work now. This will at least pay for gas getting me there and back. I'm still trying to get a part-time job for my days off. Mind you, an adult in their thirties in America should not have to do this. American dream my privileged white ass. But this is the way things have to be until I can find my way to make them better and I truly am grateful to have more hours. It should lessen the stress I've been having about the move just a little bit.

Listening to Alestorm has gotten me on a pirate kick lately. Maybe I'll dig out my old 7th Sea icons and use them to replace my draenei ones since I'm not currently playing World of Warcraft. Interestingly, I got home from work last night to find Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End playing on TV. I hadn't seen it since it was in the theatre. The Pirates movies make a lot more sense on subsequent viewings. I couldn't understand what was going on the first time I saw the sequels and that detracted from my enjoyment. Too bad I haven't heard a single good thing about the fourth one because the series was quite good for the first three films and that's a rare thing.

Tomorrow's the last day at work before my days off, a.k.a. Moving Day parts 1 & 2. Looking so forward to having the move done.

It feels like a lot has happened this week although I guess it's not as much as it seems. On Sunday... well, I hesitate to say too much at this juncture but the long and short of it is that M. and I are taking steps to finally get out of my parents' basement and Sunday was spent making this in some ways official. It is very scary to be setting out all of a sudden; this whole opportunity came upon us rather unexpectedly. It will be a really busy number of weeks ahead of us. I'll say more as things fall more into place. It's been in the air for a while now and we're finally at the point where I feel comfortable talking about it.

Monday night the Champagne Players threw a going away party for one of our members, Tess, who will be spending a semester studying in England. It was really more of a going away dinner. It was so good to hang with my acting friends again since it's been over a month since I'd gotten to see all of them. Discovered a nice Chinese restaurant in Westport I had never been to before: a nice quiet place. I hope we didn't offend them too much with our bawdy humor. It really is impossible to keep a risque acting troupe proper in any kind of setting once you get us all together. It was wonderful. Tess is in England now and even though she updates Facebook daily as always, Kansas City still seems smaller without her. We're all looking forward to having her back in December. Although we've half-jokingly said her absence will mean her returning to find very strange roles written for her in the coming season's skits.

Monday also saw my mother depart on a three day trip to Kentucky to assist a friend with the re-interment of a famous racehorse. (Long story.) My mom got to spend a few days among the race horses that are her passion and M. and I got a few days' peace and quiet around the house. It was a nice time for everybody.

Tuesday night we gave our cat Zephyr his first bath ever. Zephyr is huge; twenty pounds worth of cat and he did NOT like it. But he was so miserable, suffering with fleas that I didn't know what else to do. I came away with a few scratches, and a few fleas died in the process. I can tell he feels better but there's a lot of work to do still. None of the cats willingly set foot on a carpeted surface anymore. All four of them huddle on whatever linoleum and/or high-up surface they can find to get away from the fleas. It's like they're fleeing a sinking ship :(

And please, spare me all your home remedies for dealing with fleas. I'm tired of hearing them. We've all gotten paid. We're just going to get some Advantix and try to kill them that way.

Tonight was supposed to be band rehearsal but it got cancelled due to bandmates being behind schedule getting back to their farm due to a failed GPS. Unfortunately they were not able to get cell reception until I was practically AT their farm. So I basically drove to and from Excelsior Springs for nothing. I had been looking forward to practice all week but I guess that's how the chips fall sometimes. So instead of jamming I spent the night finishing A Storm of Swords.

I don't know how GRRM does it. I really don't. Sometimes I don't want to know. If I didn't have to work tomorrow I'd jump right into A Feast for Crows tonight. Although after the body count of ASoS I'm a little afraid to.

I am very tired and am going to get too little sleep now. Moving into a new place means I need to make more money though, and pronto. Prayers and meditations that I find better employment would be very much appreciated right about now.

First weekend in our new apartment. First breakfast cooked in our new apartment (the pancakes didn't quite turn out the way we wanted them to...) first bag of trash to take out.

It looks we're going to be living out of boxes for quite a while, as is so often the case when you move, but it's great being here and totally worth it. Last night we went out to watch duendegrrl dance at a Mediterranean restuarant down in Overland Park. Food was pricey, but full of beefy goodness. Definately a worth and much-needed night out after a relentless and exhausing weekend. You know you're sweating a lot when you drink fifteen times as much water as you normally drink during a day and pee about fifteen times less!

I feel as if I've done nothing but lug heavy boxes and I still haven't moved everything I'd like to over here yet. It's been a great workout though, which I've needed. Lost enough water weight that between Friday and Saturday I went down a notch on my belt. Of course Mel's been working every bit as hard, having spent all day yesterday getting my kitchen things out of the boxes they've been in for the last three years and washing them. She was also in charge of going out and buying the thousand little necessities you never think about until you realize you don't have them.

So yeah, we're here! Housewarming party to come soon. Details of same to follow.

We own a sofa now! Got it for 75% off at Nebraska Furniture Mart. (It was a return.) My dad won't be free to help me pick it up until Saturday, but then I will have the first piece of furniture I've ever bought for myself. Yay! Now I just really wish all the moving would be over. It is stressful.

We got the apartment!