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!
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.
I’m a bad girl >.>
I need to stop looking at houses to buy in Portsmouth. I want my own house! I want to paint it and rip up carpet! I want something thats ours, but its going to be a while before we can ever move out there (at the least a year since we signed our lease for that long). *sigh* Ahhh well, its ok, one day Gino and I will have our own little home and I shall have my puppy! I want a smaller dog this time, because I want to take it in my car with me and be that person who always has her dog. I either want a sheltie, a welsh corgi or a papillon. They are all sweat lil dogs… I want the corgi the most… name it Ein and be like “My dog can drive a car!” Not really, I wouldn’t let it drive… but I might tell people I did…. mwahahaha.
So I am waiting to hear back from an Amazon seller, and if all goes well I am buying Gino a neat lil present within the next few days. I won’t say what it is, but I know he’ll like it. He better at least, or he shall be PUNISHED. Not really.
I think we are playing DnD tonight and I am so excited! I can’t wait! Only a few more hours and then… then I get to pwn! I muticlassed for a feat and so now I have a neat Druid power: I can change into an animal (small or medium sized) and I even have an attack: Pounce. I rock hardcore. I wish I was bigger so I could turn into a bear and scare the shit out of my team-mates. Ohh well, but Gino did remind me that panthers count as medium… MWHAHAHAHAHAHA. I wanna sneak into a tent as a panther and scare the crap out of my team. Delnic (Gino) is so going to be first.
Interview tomorrow! I am so very very excited and I want this job!
This is so neat!
Ok, so I stumbled across http://www.moviecollectorplus.com/ and this is probably one of the coolest things I’ve seen. I have a huge DVD collection of all sorts of things: movies, TV shows, animes etc.. and its a PAIN to keep it all organized and remember everything I have. I’ve filled up half a bookshelf with this stuff and then there are stacks sitting around. Now I found this website and I can add all my movies on their little list and it helps me organize all my stuff. The best part? People (including my friends) can make their own and we can see each others collections, and even put in requests to borrow each others stuff. Now while I’ll probably just call the person, its really cool you can see your friends lists too. I’ll have to sign up for one soon!
Anyway, what else has been going on. We’ve got a friend of ours staying with us and its been fun. He’s really considerate and not a bother at all, he even helps around the house, which is always nice.
Still looking for a job, and I am still keeping my fingers crossed for the Hobby Lobby job. They are hiring at the end of the month so I still have hope. I am going to turn in a resume to go along with my already submitted application and check on how much longer til they hire. I would love a job there, it would be ideal. They have the perfect hours and I love all the neat stuff they sell.
So we signed another year lease, so we’ll be here til at least next summer, but hopefully then we’ll move out to Virginia. Maybe even have enough for a house <3. I can dream at least.
Tonight is Dungeons and Dragons night, woohoo! Hopefully my cute lil gnome cleric won’t die.
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.
Lazy blogging
I always mean to keep up with this, and then I just forget lol.
So I got my two test that I took back and B’s on both. Yay above average! I intend to get an A in one of those classes… yes… an A.
Anyway, what else is going on… ohh! I made a career change choice. Instead of going for my PhD right of out school, I want to teach high school for a while. I want to start kids off younger learning how to write properly and analyze literature, not just scoot by with a basic understanding of a plot (if that). I’ll be challenging, but I am looking forward to it. I’ll research what tests/classes I will need in VA when I get there.
Speaking of VA, this move is making me so nervous. We don’t have enough money saved in the least, so we really have to start working at it more. If we can save up enough we’ll move, if not, we’ll keep working until we do have enough. *nods* We will get there!
So Circut City closed down and we got some GREAT deals the other weekend. I got a really nice mousepad for 5 bucks, the Rocker on DVD for 8, Sweeny Todd, 2 dics special editon DVD for 10 and Guitar Hero, World Tour for PS3 for just 50! Thats HALF of what you normally pay for a BRAND NEW GUITAR HERO! Woohoo! Eventually we want to get the drum set too and the mic for me. I’m a nerd and like singing along.
Been workin on Illindir stuff… go check it out, we are moving along really fast! We even had a meet and greet weekend where people could log into the game for a bit. It was fun to talk to people and we’ve had a stirred interest as of late so yay!
Busy Busy Busy
I am staying pretty busy these days with work and all. Its a major switch from break. I wasn’t even working then, and now I’m balancing work and school. Phew its rough sometimes.
I -have- to get my stuff done for graduation tomorrow. Period. Its due on Friday and I REALLY don’t want this to be SUPER last minute. I have all the paperwork I need, I just have to go meet with my two advisors (theatre and english) and get them to sign off that I’ve done all the classes for my majors. Then I get to take tests… yay. Ohhh well, at least I’ll graduate. Yay!
Work is going along pretty well. I like the job and it pays SOOOO much better than my last job did. Its exicting to have all this money coming in again. Now I get to pay bills… yay…
Valentines Day is going to suck this year. I work 10am – 4pm and Gino works 4pm to close, meaning hes not going to be home til 12 or even 1 in the morning. I am going to clean the apartment up while hes working as a nice surprise for him. Maybe get a ballon and something nice that he’ll like, but just something small. I want to make it a nice day for him when he gets home.
Hes mad at me right now though. I had to do my homework so he had to go into the bedroom to watch TV. I could have been a lil more polite I guess… its just annoying when he kinda downplays my homework, like I should be able to read complicated literature with the TV blaring. Alas, I shall figure out something… eventually.
I am hoping Ashley will come down for Spring Break next month. That would be nice to hang out again, especially since I plan on moving soon.
And for all you curious Illindir peoples (whoever you are) we are working very hard, and making huge strides, so fear not!
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.
To write or not to write!
I am wavering back and forth on finally writting my book… I really wanna write this novel, but I never seem to have the time. Perhaps after I graduate and move I’ll have a little more time then. I hope so. I have no idea if it will be any good, but just to finish it would be spectacular.
So tonight was good/bad. Gino was just super sweet and has seen how depressed I’ve been lately, so he took me out to dinner at McCalesters. Just as I was scraping out the last bits of my soup out of my bread bowl, I hear Gino go “Stop” and reach over and take my bread bowl… there was mold on it, and on his bread bowl too. I felt so sick to my stomach. Gino took them up to the counter and they gave us our money back. We ran a few errands and picked up Underworld and Underworld Evolution on Blu Ray. It took me forever to fine them both, but I did. Then we ran down to Little Rock and picked up Ashley’s birthday present. Now we are all out of monies ;-; Hopefully I’ll get that call tomorrow saying I got the job at the copy shop. I really hope so.
So I watched the first Underworld. It was REALLY good. I lurved it muchly. Ashley and I are going to watch both of them and then scurry to the theater to watch the third movie (a prequel). I am excited! I still need to call the school and see what day I need to go in and pick up my student loan check. I’ll need that to get my schoolbooks. *sigh* A week from today I start back to class. Alas, no more sleeping in all day for me. Ohh well. Its the last semester, so I think I can handle it.
Still working on mapping. One project got put on hold so I could do this one, but BIG sections of the game are getting mapped all at the same time thanks to the bang up staff we’ve got. I am getting so super excited about this! The world is really starting to take shape, and the shape is awesome.
New Clothes!
My mom bought me two new pairs of pants and two new shirts so I have clothes to wear to my interview and hopefully to work <3. I am excited and nervous about Monay, but mostly excited!
School starts back on the 15th. Its looming… I am somewhat dreading it, and looking forward to it at the same time. While I really am not looking forward to going to class every Monday – Friday, I am excited about graduating. If we have the money to move, I’ll get 6 months off college, the longest period I will have been out of school since… kindergarden. I’ll need the nice little break. It will be the first time I will be living that far away from my family. I will have my hubby though, which is all I need <3
Whew I am exhuasted. Been working on many many things for Illindir, and for those of you drooling for info, there are lots of things in the works, not just by me, but the rest of the staff! I personally am working on balance consistancy guides, so players will never have to deal with pesky tweaking on their items! *thumbs up* or crazy, all-over-the-place pricing!
Ashley is coming down soon! SO EXCITED!
