The Real Folk Blues
I am in a Bebop mode. I need to watch that series again… and again.
But I am feeling glum and excited at the same time, which, in my opinion, is the real folk blues. Just sad enough to remind you that you’re unhappy, even when you’re having fun. I am really looking forward to heading up to Memphis for the week. Its going to be awesome and we are going to get a ton of building knocked out. On the other hand, since Gino moved here, we have never slept apart. Sure there were some nights that we slept in different rooms when one of us was sick, but we always just a few feet away from seeing the other person. I’ll miss seeing my hubby, even if it is just for a few days. Hes promised to call and text me and I’ll see him on Friday night and be able to snuggle up to him. Still, I will miss him, and sleeping in a bed alone just won’t be the same. And I’ll miss my kitties.
On the flip side, so excited about hanging out with Ashley. Its been way too long!
P.S. – Illindir is going really well. Get excited.
Woohoo first day of work!
So I finished my first day at work and it was great! I think I did a pretty good job and got the hang of a few things fairly quickly. I really love working there! It’s the best job I’ve had. The staff there is GREAT and everyone is super friendly and really chatty. The customers are all really cool and I’m having fun helping people find games and such! The only bad part was I worked a 12 and a half hour shift on my feet and they are so sore. Its because I haven’t been on my feet all the time and I’m just not used to it. It should start to wear off soon once my muscles start strengthing up. Tomorrow I only work from 3 to close (so around 9:30 or 10). Its going to be fun!
I am so excited about Monday! I can’t believe it’s already been one year. It just seems like it was yesterday we were sharing our vows and stuffing cake in each other’s face. I love him so much… he’s anything and everything I could want in a husband and so much more. I am glad he’s enjoying the gift of Suikoden II that I got for him. It makes me happy that it makes him happy.
Squeeeee its getting closer to Ashley being here! I need to finish this anime quiz, but it’s getting there. Out of ten rounds I am on round eight. I can probably finish it… Yah, I can… but the apartment so won’t be clean. It will be… not as messy. At least Ashley and I will have something to do and it will feel more like the dorm did.
FINALLY my cats are getting along much better. Jasmine still doesn’t snuggle with them or anything, but she lets them be around her without beating the crap out of them. They chase each other and play tag and Jasmine seems to like them a lil more. Gwen warms up to everyone and Pino is trying, but shes still a little skittish. Shes really starting to love being in laps and getting her ears scratched, even by Gino, which normally she would just come around only me.
Woohoo I love my hubby!
Working… tomorrow!
So the owner asked if I could come in on Friday instead of Thursday which is fine with me. My mom found a place to put the kids for the afternoon while shes in court, and now its even easier to avoid my father and his family! Everything works out for the best! I don’t have to see or speak to my father, the kids get a fun afternoon of play at a local day-care kinda place and I am sure my dad is going to lose his case and my mom get some of the money she is owed.
Working on this huge (and very cool) anime quiz on powerpoint. I want it to take more than 5 measley minutes to complete. Its going to be fun with all different kinds of questions! Woohoo its going to be fun! Less than a week and she’ll be here!
So Gino got his copy of Suikoden II and this one isn’t broken, woohoo! He played it all day yesterday and I am sure he’ll play it again tonight (or this afternoon). He’s REALLY enjoying it, which makes me very happy. I’m glad he likes his early aniversary present <3.
New job, New finances
Ok, so I got this job on Sunday and I should have my first day at work sometime this week. With a new job it means more money coming into the house and we’ll finally have a little to spend on things just for us instead of bills. However, we really need to save so we can one day get to Virginia. That being said, I am TERRIBLE with finances… really, really bad. Thankfully there are sites out there like www.personal-finance-guide.org that can help you out with your personal finances. I seriously need some help with that so we can save up some money and still have some to spend on dates or little gifts.
Anyway, what else is going on… ohh my wedding aniversary is coming up on the 13th. It’ll be one magical year that we’ve been married, and I couldn’t be happier. I love him with all my heart and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with him.
And yes, I still want a Papillon puppy.
8 days til Ashley comes to visit! SO MUCH ANIME TO WATCH!
Job Interview!
Hurray! I have a job interview on Thursday at Target! Wish me luck everybody because I could REALLY use this job, especially if its full-time. I’ll end up working late and working on Sundays so it may make playing D&D harder, but we’ll figure something out. We’ll just have to plan around my schedule which won’t be a problem. It’ll be SOOO nice to be getting paychecks so Gino can take it a little easy for a bit and take some days off. He needs a good rest.
So, I have no idea what this means for Otakon. It would probably not be good to take off a weekend RIGHT when I start working, so perhaps its best just to have Ashley head down here. I need to call her today when she gets home from work. We can have fun at my house by watching a BUNCH of anime, surf around on cosplay.com and look at people dressed up and do some online browsing. Not the same as Otakon, but maybe next year.
So my one year wedding aniversary is coming up soon and I have no idea what to get for Gino. I am not really sure what exactly he wants as he is one of the HARDEST people to buy for. I ask him “Ohh do you like this?” “No.” “Well what about something like this?” “Nope.” “Well then what DO you want.” “I dunno…. I don’t need anything, don’t worry about it.” GAH! Boys. So annoying.
Dungeons and Dragons is fun, but the battles are not my favorite thing in the whole world. Gino likes them though, and he is the Dungeon Master, so I guess I have to suck it up. He includes RP too, so its not so bad.
Yay clean kitchen!
SO I spend 4 hours cleaning up my kitchen and I don’t think its EVER been this clean. I have one cluttered countertop and to mop the floor but otherwise everything is neat and tidy in my kitchen. I feel accomplished. I don’t think its looked that nice since… well either when we moved in or when relatives came to visit for the wedding, either way, its been quite sometime and I like it being clean.
Still in search of a job, but on a good note I did put together a very spiffy resume so hopefully that will help me secure a job. I need to find one soon because poor Gino is working himself to death and I want him to be able to take it easy for a little while.
Otakon 2009 is not looking too good for us and it makes me sad…. me being out of work means we have just enough to pay the bills, so theres literally no extra monies. *sigh* I wish we could go, but its not looking too promising at the moment, but things can change if I can land a job soon. Otherwise it will still be nice to have Ashley in town for a week and we can have our own little anime convention in my living room.
Going on a diet soon…
I really need to start dieting soon. I don’t really eat healthy at all nor do I exercise much… this needs to change. I want to get and stay healthy, which is going to be hard because I love eating candy… lots of it. I am thinking maybe a natural substitute without all kinds of preservatives will be nice, so I found this site: http://www.healthyfellow.com that might help out with that. Cross your fingers and lets see if I can drop a few… eighty pounds!
Otherwise I am really in a good mood at the moment. I dropped off my application to Hobby Lobby, but they aren’t hiring. I came home and filled out an application for a part-time job at a bank here, and guess what? THEY CALLED. They called about two hours after I submitted the application, which was NICE. I have an interview at 10am tomorrow. I really want this job. Its part time, so I can still have time to take care of the house and such AND since banks are closed on Sundays AND are closed by 5 or 7, I will still have time to play D&D and enjoy my anime! Woohoo.
And to those wondering, YES Illindir is still very active, but a lot of the staffers are busy busy busy at the moment, but we are working on stuff…. IMPORTANT STUFFS!
Gino is sleeping… poor thing, hes so exhausted.
Enjoying my Spring Break
Bah, I can’t believe Spring Break is already almost over. Ohh well, only a month more and I’ll graduate. Then its tons of phone calls to figure out what teaching certifications I’ll need for High School English. Teachers make about 50,000 a year in VA, so it’ll be a nice job to pay the bills and such with while Gino is in college. I think he’ll complete his degree faster than I did, both because hes most likely not double majoring and it won’t be in English or Theatre. Ahhh well, can’t have two people debating what a book really means in the house, we’d never get anything done. He can read his R.A. Salvatore, I’ll stick to Marlowe, Shakespeare, the Greek playwrights, T.S. Elliot, Edgar Allen Poe… well, you get the idea.
I think we may have to delay moving til next winter. Gino just got his second job as a cook at Pia’s. He made the most delicious soup and brought some home. Hes going to have to make more and bring it to me… yussss. We are going to hardcore save money though. We’ve got the PS3, the High Def TV and a slew of games and movies I haven’t touched yet, including a few series of anime I haven’t watched. I intend to spend some of that at Otakon this year, since we are staying for a whole week and celebrating our one year wedding anniversary then too. Our three year mark for the relationship is coming up, but we’ll probably just stay in and have a nice dinner instead of making a special trip or anything.
I need to stop buying stuff. I have to think that I have to pack all this junk… BUT I am so happy we aren’t moving the couch. I hate it. I want a recliner sofa over this sofa bed. I love recliners with a passion, and since this couch is getting old, Gino said we could dump it and get a new one when we get to our new apartment. I think I found the PERFECT one. Its right off the bay so theres a nice view from the windows and it seems to be about the same price we are paying now. I just hope they allow cats or I’ll still be looking for an apartment.
Getting a lot of stuff for Illindir done and I am really pleased with all the progress. We have people chomping at the bit shouting “When when when!” lol I can’t wait to open for testing, at least let people poke around and see all the stuff we’ve got going on. *happy dance*
Hrmm… its raining and thundering now. I hope the power doesn’t go out, I hate it when that happens.
Neeeeeewwww Technology
Yay I have a new Compaq laptop! HURRAY! Gino got one too since his desktop is as old as dinosaurs. Now we are both able to sit on the couch and type away!
Ginos been pretty busy with work. It seems like hes working a lot more than usual, but maybe thats just because I see him less because of my job. I dunno.
We bought all the seasons to Yu Yu Hakusho and are already almost halfway through season 2. I love this show, its so fun <3. I am glad we found an anime we can both watch thats not CRAZY expensive. It was only 25 bucks a season and theres only 4 seasons. Yay for me!
Been a little worn out as of late. Lots and lots of things to do, like school. Filling out all my graduation papers. I am kinda scared… I dunno what to do after college, especially if I don’t get into ODU. I really really really want to teach college English. I have to work super hard and get into grad. school.
Anyway, I am going to go work on Illindir stuff…. yussssss Illindir, you love it!
I GOT THE JOB!
Huzzah! I am amongst the working world once more! Got a call lastnight informing me I did indeed get the job and will most likely start this weekend! Hurray! More monies will be uber uber uber nice!
Watched the second Underworld, and it was pretty good. I was… sad to see that Marcus was such a… well a jerk. Its understandable, but still. Emille (sp?) was the one I wanted to see more of in the movies. She seemed really cool… too many men running the vampire stuffz. Selene is badass though. I am so hoping they do go ahead and make an Underworld 3. So they aren’t Casablanca or the Godfather. Not every movie has to be this dramatic, epic awesome movie. In fact, I never saw Casablanca OR the Godfather. Sad, but true. There is so not enough movies out there like that. Vampire/werewolf movies I can think of that don’t suck MAJOR ballz… Underworld series, Bloodrayne (hey I liked it and wanna see the second one) and Trinity Blood, the anime series. Anything else I either haven’t seen (such as Twilight, Blood and Chocolate, Blood (anime series) and a few others) or I don’t want to see… ever… like the Blade series. It just seems less about vampires being suave, noble people and more about killing machines. I eventually want to see the short-lived TV series Wolf Lake. I saw a few episodes and liked what I saw. From what I have seen of Buffy and Angel… not a huge fan, but they are ok. I much prefer Angel acctually. The crew on that show is just… cooler. Angel is a badass with a heart, Cordi is hilarious, Gun is just plain awesome, Fred/Illiria was one of my FAVORITE characters, Spike was so hawt, and of course, Wesley. He was great, but sometimes, he just pissed you off. Connor was a whinny baby… but who doesn’t love Drucilla. What a hoot she is… I wanna play a vampire like her one day… yussss…
ANYWAY school starts tomorrow… yay. Its almost 8am and I still can’t sleep. This sucks…. Thursday is going to be a rough day.
