I am currently camping in my own home. There's a suitcase in my empty closet. My sleeping bag and a bunch of blankets are taking up a chunk of the living room floor. That's where I'll be sleeping the next 4 nights. Otherwise, there are just a few random remnants of my life in GJ hanging out in my apartment.
All of my stuff is on its way to my parents home.
I need to clean my apartment.
I also need to apply for jobs today, although I'm still hoping for good news about this potential job tomorrow.
My productivity is being limited by the fact that my TV is gone. I can't apply for jobs while watching things on Netflix, and Netflix is so tempting.
Fingers are still crossed.
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Happy Veterans' Day!
In my life, there aren't that many veterans, but my grandpa was one. My dad's best friend from high school is also one. He is just about to retire from the Army. These are two pretty awesome people in my estimation.
My grandpa could be a bit of a grouch to other people, but he's one of the hardest working and smartest people I have ever known. He was in the Airforce. He's passsed on.
John, my dad's friend, is literally one of the nicest people I've ever met in my life. If you're thinking Army stereotype in your head, John in a short guy who played the lead in Westside Story in high school. He kept that hidden from my dad since my dad can be a bit of a turd about those sorts of things. John hasn't lost a bit of his sappy warm fuzziness in all his years in the Army. He's awesome, and I'm glad my dad has that friend who is so loyal and committed to their friendship despite moving all around the world.
So, how am I celebrating Veterans' Day? I work for the state, so I have today off. In celebration, I'm packing to move. Two boxes of kitchen stuff have been packed up this morning. I already had all my books, CDs, board games, and yarn packed up weeks ago. Mom should get here about 8pm. We'll lounge for the night, and tomorrow we'll load everything in a Uhaul and move me away from this place. Yay for that!
I'm going to help train my replacement next week, so I'll still be living in my apartment, just without my stuff. Woohoo to a few days on the floor with a sleeping bag.
I'm also celebrating by anxiously awaiting to hear about that potential job. I would imagine today is the first possible day I could hear back. I hope it's today. I can't imagine waiting through the weekend into next week.
If I get the job, I'll be nervous that my lack of aviation knowledge will make me less of a kickass employee than I would like to be. I imagine I could catch on pretty quickly, but I'll be asking a lot of questions early on. I keep trying to remind myself that most people have to ask a lot of questions when they start a new job. That's normal. That's part of starting a new job.
If I don't get the job, I will be bummed at having to continue applying for jobs. I've put off applying with the having to move and all, but I will need to kick it in high gear after I'm done at CPW.
My grandpa could be a bit of a grouch to other people, but he's one of the hardest working and smartest people I have ever known. He was in the Airforce. He's passsed on.
John, my dad's friend, is literally one of the nicest people I've ever met in my life. If you're thinking Army stereotype in your head, John in a short guy who played the lead in Westside Story in high school. He kept that hidden from my dad since my dad can be a bit of a turd about those sorts of things. John hasn't lost a bit of his sappy warm fuzziness in all his years in the Army. He's awesome, and I'm glad my dad has that friend who is so loyal and committed to their friendship despite moving all around the world.
So, how am I celebrating Veterans' Day? I work for the state, so I have today off. In celebration, I'm packing to move. Two boxes of kitchen stuff have been packed up this morning. I already had all my books, CDs, board games, and yarn packed up weeks ago. Mom should get here about 8pm. We'll lounge for the night, and tomorrow we'll load everything in a Uhaul and move me away from this place. Yay for that!
I'm going to help train my replacement next week, so I'll still be living in my apartment, just without my stuff. Woohoo to a few days on the floor with a sleeping bag.
I'm also celebrating by anxiously awaiting to hear about that potential job. I would imagine today is the first possible day I could hear back. I hope it's today. I can't imagine waiting through the weekend into next week.
If I get the job, I'll be nervous that my lack of aviation knowledge will make me less of a kickass employee than I would like to be. I imagine I could catch on pretty quickly, but I'll be asking a lot of questions early on. I keep trying to remind myself that most people have to ask a lot of questions when they start a new job. That's normal. That's part of starting a new job.
If I don't get the job, I will be bummed at having to continue applying for jobs. I've put off applying with the having to move and all, but I will need to kick it in high gear after I'm done at CPW.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Time to Start Over Anew...again
If you've known me long enough, you'll know that in the spring of 2008 my life plan blew up in my face.
I had the man of my dreams, had just nabbed my first "real" job after undergrad, and was headed towards the life I envisioned for myself. Then the dream man decided to become a Capuchin friar, and the whole dream package just imploded on me.
So I ran away. Literally. On a whim I applied to a couple of graduate schools. Then I moved to Kansas to go to K-State about 8 months after I'd even first had an inkling that I wanted to go to graduate school. I was sure that there, like in all other places, I would be as shy and isolated as ever, but I wasn't.
My fellow graduate students at K-State were the most friendly and amazing people I've ever known in my life. I love them all. Special acknowledgement to Christy for all her efforts in creating our graduate school community that brought shy nerds like me comfortably into the same group as crazies like Nic. Then, of course, my friendship with Nic helped to develop my friendship with Mariya, who is quite honestly my movie and TV soulmate. I also have a unique bond with her wife Lacey who is one of the few people that I can have comfortably in my bubble. Having Lacey around was like having one of my sisters close.
I had Lindsey who is incredibly unlike me in personality, but who likes similar books and movies. She's the best roommate I've ever had, mostly because she's the only roommate I ever had that successfully captured all the best elements of living with my sister Molly without the sisterly fights. Lindsey was great for a bad night that needed to be spent watching cheesy movies, or a trip to find chicken fingers and fries (my favorite comfort food). She's also the only non-sister roommate to cook and eat with me regularly. I really loved having a roommate to be like family and share mealtimes with. She's my soul-sister for sure. We also share a mutual love and mother-ship of my cat.
I want to move back to KS to be close to the few friends who remain, but I'm beginning to worry that I shouldn't. What if I don't make new friends wherever I get a job? Most of the KS remnants only have short-term plans for KS. As these people move on to bigger and better things, am I going to end up isolated and miserable?
I'll be honest and mention that I had a lot wrapped up in moving a couple of hours away from Chris, hoping that maybe we could work things out. Nightly online Scrabble with Chris has been a major redeeming factor of my time living in my current city, which I hate. I never wanted to move to the same city as Chris because if things didn't work, I didn't want to regret my location. Chris, though, is now dating someone else.
Needless to say, as soon as I found out about Chris's new lady friend, I quit the Chris thing cold turkey. For me, I'll never kick the habit as long as we're friends. I'll keeping hoping, and that's just not okay. It's going to be rough for a while adjusting to not playing Scrabble during my evenings. Who will I talk to while watching Star Trek and crocheting? There are few friends you can bother quite that much.
Blergh. As if my impending joblessness weren't stresseful enough.
Regardless, at this point I still have the largest concentration of friends in KS, so I'll keep applying for jobs there, but I'm going to apply for some close to Christy and Ryane out east, and I'll apply for some close to home too. I've enjoyed being far from my family, but I do know that my mom and my sisters are some of the most reliable friends that I have.
I had the man of my dreams, had just nabbed my first "real" job after undergrad, and was headed towards the life I envisioned for myself. Then the dream man decided to become a Capuchin friar, and the whole dream package just imploded on me.
So I ran away. Literally. On a whim I applied to a couple of graduate schools. Then I moved to Kansas to go to K-State about 8 months after I'd even first had an inkling that I wanted to go to graduate school. I was sure that there, like in all other places, I would be as shy and isolated as ever, but I wasn't.
My fellow graduate students at K-State were the most friendly and amazing people I've ever known in my life. I love them all. Special acknowledgement to Christy for all her efforts in creating our graduate school community that brought shy nerds like me comfortably into the same group as crazies like Nic. Then, of course, my friendship with Nic helped to develop my friendship with Mariya, who is quite honestly my movie and TV soulmate. I also have a unique bond with her wife Lacey who is one of the few people that I can have comfortably in my bubble. Having Lacey around was like having one of my sisters close.
I had Lindsey who is incredibly unlike me in personality, but who likes similar books and movies. She's the best roommate I've ever had, mostly because she's the only roommate I ever had that successfully captured all the best elements of living with my sister Molly without the sisterly fights. Lindsey was great for a bad night that needed to be spent watching cheesy movies, or a trip to find chicken fingers and fries (my favorite comfort food). She's also the only non-sister roommate to cook and eat with me regularly. I really loved having a roommate to be like family and share mealtimes with. She's my soul-sister for sure. We also share a mutual love and mother-ship of my cat.
I want to move back to KS to be close to the few friends who remain, but I'm beginning to worry that I shouldn't. What if I don't make new friends wherever I get a job? Most of the KS remnants only have short-term plans for KS. As these people move on to bigger and better things, am I going to end up isolated and miserable?
I'll be honest and mention that I had a lot wrapped up in moving a couple of hours away from Chris, hoping that maybe we could work things out. Nightly online Scrabble with Chris has been a major redeeming factor of my time living in my current city, which I hate. I never wanted to move to the same city as Chris because if things didn't work, I didn't want to regret my location. Chris, though, is now dating someone else.
Needless to say, as soon as I found out about Chris's new lady friend, I quit the Chris thing cold turkey. For me, I'll never kick the habit as long as we're friends. I'll keeping hoping, and that's just not okay. It's going to be rough for a while adjusting to not playing Scrabble during my evenings. Who will I talk to while watching Star Trek and crocheting? There are few friends you can bother quite that much.
Blergh. As if my impending joblessness weren't stresseful enough.
Regardless, at this point I still have the largest concentration of friends in KS, so I'll keep applying for jobs there, but I'm going to apply for some close to Christy and Ryane out east, and I'll apply for some close to home too. I've enjoyed being far from my family, but I do know that my mom and my sisters are some of the most reliable friends that I have.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Productivity! (cue Superman music)
Yesterday, I finally conquered the lingering dishes. I also copied a number of CDs onto my computer so that I can get rid of them. Books to donate are consolidated into a single box, which they are spilling out of. Other donateable stuff is in another box. Laundry is done. I even crocheted a few more rows on the frog hat for Kerrie.
Today I need to bake some zucchini bread for Beej and some pies or gallettes with my peaches. I also need to put some ears on the sock monkey coffee cup sleeve that my boss and I were collaboratively working on Friday night.
Right now I have Star Trek going, and I am packing books into a boxes. I'm going to try to pack as much as possible this week and move it to my parents this coming weekend when I visit them. I'll be bringing their truck back to GJ with me and leaving my precious subaru behind.
With the truck, I can rent a U-haul trailer, which is much cheaper than renting a truck.
I just need to figure out who can help me load the big stuff into the trailer. I don't mind asking my boss and her family for help with most of the stuff...but the entertainment center is monstrous. I may have to just break it up and put it in the dumpster. :(
Today I need to bake some zucchini bread for Beej and some pies or gallettes with my peaches. I also need to put some ears on the sock monkey coffee cup sleeve that my boss and I were collaboratively working on Friday night.
Right now I have Star Trek going, and I am packing books into a boxes. I'm going to try to pack as much as possible this week and move it to my parents this coming weekend when I visit them. I'll be bringing their truck back to GJ with me and leaving my precious subaru behind.
With the truck, I can rent a U-haul trailer, which is much cheaper than renting a truck.
I just need to figure out who can help me load the big stuff into the trailer. I don't mind asking my boss and her family for help with most of the stuff...but the entertainment center is monstrous. I may have to just break it up and put it in the dumpster. :(
Monday, October 3, 2011
I'm Out of Meat
So I'm not allowed to buy groceries until I'm either completely out of food because of this whole moving thing. Well, I'm pretty much out of meat, which means I'm going to primarily be vegetarian soon (temporarily).
I have 1 can of tuna, 1 fish filet, and 2 bratwurst.
I will probably eat the can of tuna sometime soon, and the brats are going to be eaten with some pasta and spaghetti sauce for meals later this week. I'm saving the fish filet to celebrate when I get a job (if I get a job before I have to move, that is). So perhaps in the next week I will run out of meat.
I'm not really that bothered. I have gone vegetarian before because meat takes too much time to cook (I can be lazy) and because meat is expensive (I can be cheap).
Tonight, in transition towards my impending meatlessness, I am eating broccoli and garlic sauce over rice. Yep, that's it. Hooray for living cheap and cleaning out the cupboards. I'm actually quite pleased with this arrangement.
I have 1 can of tuna, 1 fish filet, and 2 bratwurst.
I will probably eat the can of tuna sometime soon, and the brats are going to be eaten with some pasta and spaghetti sauce for meals later this week. I'm saving the fish filet to celebrate when I get a job (if I get a job before I have to move, that is). So perhaps in the next week I will run out of meat.
I'm not really that bothered. I have gone vegetarian before because meat takes too much time to cook (I can be lazy) and because meat is expensive (I can be cheap).
Tonight, in transition towards my impending meatlessness, I am eating broccoli and garlic sauce over rice. Yep, that's it. Hooray for living cheap and cleaning out the cupboards. I'm actually quite pleased with this arrangement.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Homelessness...A Good Choice
So, I was really, really stressed out by the fact that people didn't want to rent to me without me seeing the places. It was impossible for me to visit with school, but I think it worked out okay.
If I had a place to live, I'd be sleeping on the floor with a sleeping bag looking forward to a whole day of unpacking.
Because I have no place, I instead get to stop by my parents' and spend the night. I get to chill in the morning, and I can leave for Grand Junction around lunch. I will get to sleep in a bed tomorrow night and go to work properly rested.
It's a much better way to go about everything I think. The only downside is a week without my cat. :(
...and I had to leave all my friends behind. Goodbye grad school.
Blergh, starting over....again. Oh well.
If I had a place to live, I'd be sleeping on the floor with a sleeping bag looking forward to a whole day of unpacking.
Because I have no place, I instead get to stop by my parents' and spend the night. I get to chill in the morning, and I can leave for Grand Junction around lunch. I will get to sleep in a bed tomorrow night and go to work properly rested.
It's a much better way to go about everything I think. The only downside is a week without my cat. :(
...and I had to leave all my friends behind. Goodbye grad school.
Blergh, starting over....again. Oh well.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
So Much Procrastination to Get Done
I need to do the following things probably in the following order:
1. Grade Correspondence Portfolios
2. Write Postion Paper
3. Finish Research Log and Feasibility Studies
4. Grade Formal Reports
5. Grade Revisions
6. Pack
What am I doing right now? I'm procrasti-packing because most of the school related things don't sound like much fun. I also ate a juicy mango. It was so sweet and energizing.
For those interested in procrastinating, I also strongly recommend Game of Thrones from HBO. It's soooooooo good. Lindsey and I are hooked, and I think we're both ready to jump into reading the books too.
I best finish packing the kitchen and then head into the office to grade. :(
1. Grade Correspondence Portfolios
2. Write Postion Paper
3. Finish Research Log and Feasibility Studies
4. Grade Formal Reports
5. Grade Revisions
6. Pack
What am I doing right now? I'm procrasti-packing because most of the school related things don't sound like much fun. I also ate a juicy mango. It was so sweet and energizing.
For those interested in procrastinating, I also strongly recommend Game of Thrones from HBO. It's soooooooo good. Lindsey and I are hooked, and I think we're both ready to jump into reading the books too.
I best finish packing the kitchen and then head into the office to grade. :(
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