I've Given Thought to Leavin'

I want to get another tattoo. I want it to be fabulous and lovely. *sigh* It is tricky.

Also, I need to get my current tattoo touched up. Soon. It's starting to bug meeeeeeee.

Upside Down

Today, I am thankful for:

-cleaning products
-my Kindle
-good friends
-love
-music

I need to get back to writing more frequently. I'm such a slacker.

Yesterday

"Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

And We'll Go, Go, Go, Go, Go

So... I knew that this job would not last forever. I knew that. They told me. It's still pretty depressing to know that this our last week for a while (until late January, early February). I have to go back to the Factory, which will be nice (it is a constant thing in my life, I'll get to see Elle and A and my other friends there) but also I was hoping that this job would lead to more work on other projects and I would be out there, doing historical things, using my degree.

*sigh* Something will work out eventually, right?

My Love Must Be a Kind of Blind Love

Well, hello. It's been a while, hasn't it? Damn.

Let's see... I think the most important life update here is that I got a new job recently. It's exciting. I am working as an Historic Structures Field Technician for a consulting firm. Right now, I am in my first week of work: hanging out in rural West Virginia, looking for historic structures in Clay County. I am working in a team with a guy (J) who also recently received a Master's degree. We seem to work well together.

Fun things to report from this trip:

-Clay County is the home of the Golden Delicious apple. Random, yes.
-According to an old man living in a house covered in sheet metal, this area is "a great place to raise a dog."
-We ran across a house that used to be a roadhouse for a prison camp in the late 1920s before it became a home for the family of the current owner in 1933.

Anyway, I am liking it well enough. We can only work until we lose light, so that usually has us wrapping up by 6pm. I am usually exhausted when I get back to the hotel, and then we go get dinner somewhere (we don't have too many options, though...). I've been trying to be in bed early because I am just so physically tired. It's weird that driving around in a car all day would make you so tired, but whatevs.

I can't believe that next week is Thanksgiving! And Bananne and Snickers' wedding!! CRAAAAAZY! CLRG and I will drive to Michigan early next week, and see the g-rents for the holiday before the wedding stuff begins. It will be a good time. I already miss my own bed though. My blip at home over the weekend may not be enough. Haha.

Walk With Me, Susie Lee

Okay, so I just watched this video, which made me very happy because I:

a) love flash mobs
b) totally love The Sound of Music.

Watch and enjoy.

CLRG and I went to the thrift store today, after eating lunch at a local Chinese restaurant. I got some great things. I am very pleased. We also found a few sweet shirts for me (even though we were looking for stuff for him), also. On our way home, we walked down a street so I could see if a Catholic church I thought I saw a sign for was there. It was! I went inside for a minute and it is very nice and pretty. I was glad to find one even closer to my house than the one I had thought was closest, if that makes any sense.

OH! The new room is so close to be done, I can pretty much taste it. Not really, but you know what I mean. It has been primed and they put some plywood down to level the floor and I think they are painting right now. AND! The carpet is totally in the house. Things are progressing quickly now, and I am very happy.

Aunt Jane's Letters

Oh my word. Lately, things have been very whirlwindy. Is that a word? Anyway, here has what's been up:

Two weekends ago, I:
-drove to Michigan
-met Pookie and Al's pup
-went to LT's wedding
-hung with some family

This past weekend, I:
-flew to Michigan
-went to Bananne's bachelorette party
-went to homecoming at Albion
-hung out with some of my favorite people

I came home this weekend with a cold. I think I caught it from Pookie when I saw her. Oh well. It seems to be going away now. I am not going anywhere this weekend, which is nice. I have to work all weekend, but these are the dues I must pay for requesting multiple weekends off in a row. Oh well.

Oldface and Wifers loaned me two dvds when I left. One, a BBC version of Sense & Sensibility, I watched the other day. AMAZING. It was so great. The other, a Masterpiece Theatre presentation of Jane Eyre, I have not yet watched, but I am looking forward to it.