Send Out Your Ray of Sunshine

At the beginning of the month, CLRG and I went to Kennywood with his parents. I pretty much had to beg him to take a picture, but he agreed eventually and look how cute it is. I just love him. :o)

Speaking of CLRG... I am prepping to move into his house very soon. Last week, we spent evenings working in the new room on the third floor: removing nails, cleaning up residual coal dust, and helping put insulation in the ceiling. This week, I imagine we will work on the wall insulation and, if HatNick can get his pulley system going, we will pull drywall from the driveway to the third floor and we will put that up, too. Apparently, it would be impossible to bring it inside and up the stairs. I think it will be interesting to see how the pulley system works. The last time they did it, I wasn't there to see. I am really excited about moving in. We've been talking about the arrangement of our furniture, and last night we went grocery shopping and it was the first time we were buying stuff for BOTH of us. Since I will probably be over there every night this week, helping with the room, we planned some dinners. I'm excited to be able to clean the house and I am excited to be able to hang out with the cats all the time. It will be nice to have CLRG nearby more frequently, too.

I got a call about a job that I applied to! I have an interview this afternoon. Cross your fingers for me, will you?

We Are Not Fighting Anymore

I haven't written in a shamefully long time. Boo.

Elle and I successfully moved into the new place. It is very nice and I like it a whole lot. I started my school year a few weeks ago. It's going well so far. Lots of reading, per usual. So, in addition to working 30ish hours, I have class and an internship and hundreds of pages of reading to fit in between having something of a life. Thankfully, I can hang out with CLRG and do homework at the same time, so that is nice. He gave me my birthday present last week (yes, late, but we were busy). It is a fancy ipod and I was/am very excited about its existence. He is just the nicest of boys and treats me so well. *sigh* :o)

Weddings and engagement rings are everywhere lately. There have been a lot of women coming to the factory with MASSIVE diamonds on their left ring fingers. I mean, wow. I have to stop myself from staring at their hands. Haha. It's bad. Also, there are many weddings coming up this next year. Possibly Pooks in May (if all works out), LT in September, Bananne in December. YIKES. It's all very exciting, though. I'm so happy for everyone. I can't wait to help celebrate all of these marriages.

So much to do! So little time! I'll try not to be so neglectful in my blogging from now on. Rawr.

The Last Train Is Nearly Due

Pookie and Al are engaged! It's so exciting. She called me on Wednesday afternoon to tell me the news (which I already knew, because that's just how it goes) and then asked me to be her Maid of Honor. I am so pleased and happy for them. *sigh* Oh, weddings.

Elle and I move TOMORROW!!!!!!! I'm almost ready. Almost. :o)

Let's Take a Ride to the Seaside

Well, Oldface and Bananne left today. They were supposed to fly out around 5:30 this evening but were delayed and ended up boarding at like 8:30. Kind of ridiculous, but what can you do? We had an excellent visit. On Wednesday, they arrived and we walked to my new apartment and then to the Factory and then we went out to dinner with KBrew, which was a ton of fun. On Thursday, I had to work so we didn't do too much during the day. I got some packing done while Bananne did schoolwork and then we went to dinner in the evening. On Friiiiiiiday, we went to the Pittsburgh Zoo! It was a grand time. That is where the photograph above was taken. We took many a picture and saw some cute animals. In the evening, we went to dinner with Buddy and Elle and then went to the Cage for some good, old-fashioned libation. We took even more pictures there, mostly silly, and called pretty much everyone we know. Graaaaand times. This morning, I took them to Pamela's to experience the wonder of the strawberry hotcakes and then took them to the airport in the afternoon. I'm so glad they came. I really, really am. I wish that my Wifers had been here, too, but I know I'll see her soon (in Cleveland, mayhaps).

In other news, Elle and I move in one week! Buddy's parents came today and packed all of her stuff into their car(s). Our living room looks strange without furniture. Thankfully, Elle and I have boxes staged down there, in sections. You know, my room stuff, hers, kitchen, living room, storage room. We should be ready come Saturday morning. We'll go get the UHaul and start the process. We have to get the couch from CLRG's place and have to also move his stuff to HatNick's. Should be fun times. I'm hoping that the potential for thunderstorms that Elle read about for Saturday diminishes... I also wish that my parents or grandparents or sister could be here to help me move. I feel kind of sad when everyone's family comes and mine does not. I know it is not logical for them to come, that traveling that far just to do that is silly, but it would be nice to see them.

Elle asked me what I wanted to do for my birthday this evening. I hadn't realized how quickly it is approaching! 10 days from now, I'll be 24. Crazy, right? Right. Yikes.

We Tore The Thicket Down, Vine By Vine

I got a PA driver's license this afternoon. Of course, it is only temporary until the new one comes in the mail, but I am not a PA driver. Weird, right? They punched a hole in my Michigan license. I thought they would take it away. I am glad they did not. I think that the system that Pennsylvania has for dealing with all things car-related is really screwy. You can't go to one place like you can in Michigan. You have to go to one place for this, another for that, and a third for the other thing. I waited in line today for ages. AGES. Thank goodness Buddy came with me. I would have been frazzled. AND! They didn't even make me take the vision test, so I was happy about that. I just handed over my form and my proper forms of ID, had my picture taken and went about my way. The actual process took no more than 10 minutes. For real.

I just wrote out my to-do list. It is kind of annoying. It is all of the big stuff that has to happen before we move: new utility accounts, rent payments, etc. I just want it to all be over! I want to move! I got a free desk and I am super psyched about it. The girl that lives there now didn't want it and it is pretty much exactly what I need and where I wanted to put it, so she's just leaving it there. Nicely done, no? I know that my desire for moving day to come quickly will be lessened when moving day is actually here and I haven't done anything in while. But- I have been trying to make progress on things. I think I'm getting ready. I also am helping CLRG get ready to move. He has way more stuff, though, so I think it will be super fun.

Okay. I just got really sleepy. I hate that! And my blood sugar has been weirded out all afternoon and that is annoying. Rawr.

How Do You Sleep?

Oh man, oh man, oh man. We went to look at that apartment again. When CLRG and I were in a room away from the landlord, he looked at me and said, "Get it."

The landlord is sending a lease soon, we'll move in mid-August. I'm sooooo ridiculously excited.