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!
Puppy Rescue!
I rescued a little lost dog today, a Papillon named Mario to be exact. When I got home from my mom’s today I noticed a little black and white dog bounding for my car. I opened the door and yelled “Here puppy puppy.” as I got out, and the dog jumped right in my car and was ready for a ride. I scooped up the little thing and called the number on his collar, only to have it go to voicemail. I was dismayed. I couldn’t leave the poor thing outside alone, but I don’t think my cats would be pleased if I brought him in either. I snagged Jasmines leash and hooked him up so he wouldn’t get away from me and called my hubby (who couldn’t answer at the time) and my mom to see what I should do. About ten minutes passed and I got a call from the ower: she was over an hour away visiting family for the weekend. She said she would come get him as soon as she could but would give her friends a call and see if they were in town. I scooped up the little dog and headed in to grab him a dish a water.
I was nervous that the dog would start barking when he saw my cats, or my cats would have a fit, but surprisingly, neither happened. The dog just looked at them with a smile and kept panting. Jasmine acctually followed me around and wanted to see him. I put some water in a dish and brought him outside to walk again. A call came in a few minutes later from the owner, her friends were in town and were on the way to get lil Mario. Sadly, my new black and white friend had to go home and my cats couldn’t spend more time with him. When I got back in after sending Mario on his way home, Jasmine was all over me, meowing, wanting to know what happened to her new puppy friend. Shes so strange. She doesn’t like other cats, but somehow Papillons are ok. This only strengthens my case for when we get our own house, we should get a Papillon.
Damn.
Its just been a bad few days…
Still waiting to hear back from Target, so its not really bad news, its just waiting news. Hopefully I can get that job because I neeeeeeeeed it badly.
Got Suikoden 2 and guess what: It doesn’t work. It freezes at the first battle, how great. Now I have to ship it back, get my refund, and either buy a different copy or buy something else. I don’t know what to do, I am just so frustrated about it.
My friend had to put down one of his dogs and I feel terrible for him. I know how animals can become a major part of your life. We’ve had the cats for a long while now and they are part of our family and I could never never never give them up, they are my precious little babies… even if Jasmine bites me.
Hopefully the days shall get better soon… that would be good.
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.
Stuuuuupid technology
Ugg I hate my laptop so much. Its offically a glorified portable hard-drive now. The good news is that I will be getting a new one this weekend (hopefully tomorrow).
I haven’t gone to class in the last couple days because my neck is seriously hurting me. I pulled it somehow and it makes my jaw and ear hurt too… it sucks. Otherwise school is going fairly well thus far. I need to go apply for graduation stuff soon though, like this next week. I want to graduate… I neeeed to. Yusssss….
My poor kitties are sick. They got worms, probably from going to the vets, so we are taking them in on Friday to get treated. Gino says its not a huge deal, and most cats get worms, but I still worry about my little babies ;-;
Since my computer problems, I haven’t been able to log much time for Illinidir things. *sadness* Nuuu I neeeeed to. I am going to try and get big chunks of things done over the next week to make up for the couple weeks I had to be MIA. Maybe even get all the room descs done for one of my cities. And map Danizibar, thats at the top of the list.
Otakon… its coming… eventually! YAY! I am getting excited and Ashley and I are already making plans. For once we are going to get our passes a day early, since we arrive the Sunday before the con, and check out the last day of the convention. We’ll get up, pack up my car with our stuff, and then head to the con for the last day of fun. Then we should know about how much extra room we are playing with for last minute sales and such. We also decided we are bringing 3 highlighters; a green, pink and yellow one. Once we get our schedule of events the day before, we are going to go through and highlight things we ABSOLUTELY have to see in pink. Then things we’d like to see in green, but if we miss it, its not a big deal. Then we are going to go back and every time slot that doesn’t have something, we are going to highlight our favorite thing(s) in that time slot in yellow. That way if we get bored and want to find something to do, we can look at the things we thought were interesting, instead of sitting around for 10 or 20 min, reading through everything til we find something, and by the time we get there, is already over. I am most looking forward to the shopping >.>
Anyway, Ashley came and visited me this past weekend. It was fun. I spent a lot of money >.> Next time I need to keep better track of all the things I buy. I kinda went overboard. Ohh well, it was fun, but now its saving time! Anyway, the weekend was a blast, even if I was lazy sometimes. I hope Ashley didn’t mind. I just needed a break away from all the busy busy stuff like school and work. I was kinda… no really disappointed and hurt one of our mutual friends bailed out on us. She texted me on Friday and made plans, but never called on Saturday. She called Sunday, 10 min before Ashley was leaving, saying she didn’t call the previous day because she had to work early on Sunday. We both thought it was a shoody excuse, but, its kinda come to be expected from her. I haven’t hung out with her in a long time, it just seems like shes got other priorities now that just don’t include me. Its cool, I’ll figure out something. Besides, I am moving in about 5 months anyway, so its not like we would have been able to hang out after that anyway.
Work is going pretty well. Its a more complicated job than I thought it would be, but otherwise is a lot of fun. I really like the people I work with, and they all seem really nice. Its a longer shift than what I am used to, but hey, it pays more than my last job did and is a much better working environment. Hurray for me! My first paycheck is next week, on a Thursday I believe. Yay for monies! We are going to try and save any money I make, and just use Gino’s paychecks to live off of. Try, but it may not work. At the very least, I want to save more money so we have more than enough for the move and Otakon.
DIE Chimera!
So I just started playing Resistance Fall of Man 2 yesterday and OMG its great! I played the single player camgain for a while, and then Gino and I played the co-op mode when he got back from hanging out with his friends. OMG its crazy hard with just two people. Its really designed for 4 or 5 with online play, but you can manage with two. Gino plays the medic and I play the special ops with my sniper rifle. No one tops me with a sniper rifle. Its my gun.
Other than that and building on Illindir, there hasn’t been much of anything else I’ve been up to… I need to clean today. I am hoping to get a lot done while Gino is working and surprise him. We’ll see if I can get that done.
Ugg my cats though… they don’t like it when I sleep… and all three now like to pile up in bed with us. Gwen and Pino lay between my knees, and Jasmine will either lay between Gino’s knees, or mush herself between Gino and I. They are so cute, and yet, so annoying when they purr in my face wanting to be pet after only 2 hours of sleep. *sigh*
Ashley countdown: 12 days til arrival!
OMG HEAD BUILDER!
Hurray! Lastnight I got named the Head Builder on Illindir! I am so super excited! *happy dance!*
On other, not as happy news, I think my baby Jasmine may have to have another surgery… her belly is slightly swollen at the incision and the vet wants to see her again in a couple weeks to check it out.. he said if it keeps swelling, bring her in sooner. I love my little kitty and I don’t want anything to be wrong with my little angel. Pino was fine the first day we brought her home, but Jasmine seemed to have a little bit of a harder time with it. Poor thing.
Other than that I am so super excited that this semester is sooo almost over. Just three finals and I am DONE. Milton on Tuesday, I think English Drama on Wednesday and Acting on Thursday. I am in the home stretch of this BA. I want it…
Being Productive Kicks Ass
I so was moving and shaking today. I picked my Sonnet for my Milton paper AND started on it. The only reason I didn’t finish is because I need some books that are at the library. I shall aquire them soon (since the library was closed today. I did however look up their call numbers so I know exactly where to go).
In addition to schoolwork, I also got a good amount of work for Illindir done, so yay! Made a new lil race/element wheel since the old one was a lil big and the image got a little fuzzy. I sparkled it up a bit. Ashley and Gino seemed to like it <3. I also wrote my new Element page for Beliemedra and Ashley really lurved it. It made me happies on the insides. I also finished and posted the map for my fourth outpost so hurray!
I think I am offically done with Advent. Not that it wasn’t a lovely mud (and I would highly reccomend it) but I just think it moves a little to slow for my personal tastes. Its still in Alpha, so you really can’t complain. I like Illindir a lot… a LOT. The people are uber friendly and things move at a quick pace but not so much so that its like “AHhh I can’t finish this!” I am a lil burnt out today though, so a nice night of sleep will do me well.
Finished the Office season 4 and OMG its hilarious. Seriously, if you don’t watch this series… go… go buy it NOW. Its amazing and freaking HILARIOUS. I managed to beat Gino in the Office Triva game AND topped his high score in Solitate. I feel accomplished because I like winning sometimes. He usually beats me in games like that, I am just happy to have won.
My kitties are doing better. Jasmine is still a little sluggish, but shes moving around more. She usually slept all day anyway so its not a big change from how she usually is.
Happy National Theft Day!
This holiday makes me giggle. Its, in essence, the celebration of our religious crazy forefathers stealing the land from the Native Americans (not sharing, stealing) and claiming “Well, God said it was ok.” It just makes me snicker. Don’t get me wrong, I love sitting around and eating turkey and being all bloated, I just find it hilarious we are essentially celebrating theft.
Hrmm… I suppose I should say the things I am thankful for though.
- My Gino. Without him my life would be empty. Hes my soulmate and I love him with all my heart. *snugs her hubby*
- My family. As crazy/annoying as they are, I still love ‘em and I’ll miss them when I move 
- My friends. Even though I don’t get to see them much at all (due to either distance issues or just lack of time) I am grateful to have them. Who else am I going to call screaming about Pajama Weddings and monsters in my closet?
- Illindir. As silly as it sounds, I really like this new mud. Its a fresh start where I can keep myself occupied and be constructive. It’s really given me a creative outlet for my writting and introduced to me to several charming people.
-My cats! Yes yes, call me that crazy cat lady, but I love my babies. I am still a little sad that my poor little Jasmine is still sore from her recovery, but shes getting better.
Well wasn’t that fun <3.
