Just Here!

Yesterday I did some major hanging of pictures. Man, I really love my drill. I know that wall is pretty cluttered but I think it works as a baseball shrine. My favorite thing is the saying my friend gave to me before she left town it reads: "The most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen. Not necessarily in that order." The funniest part about that is that said friend didn't even know what a bullpen is but she knew it was about baseball. For those of you who don't know what a bullpen is, here is a quick definition: A bullpen is a place for the pitchers to warm up before going into the game to relieve the current pitcher. For those of you who don't know what a pitcher is, he is the one who throws the ball for the batter to try to hit. It is nice to have friends who appreciate my love for sports and respect it even if they do not have the same passion. I also like educating them all about sports. I think it helps them with men! :) (Well, maybe not because it hasn't helped me much!

Not much else. Today I need to do some major laundry and bike before heading up to Salt Lake for the funeral stuff. I hate funerals, but it is why I am still here so there I will be.

I hope you all have fabulous days!

P.S. I found a reasonably priced flight to Wausau, WI for Monday. Yipee!

I Have a Drill and I Know How to Use It!

I am quite proud of myself and my handiwork today! I bought a new drill this weekend. It is a cheap drill (from the Walmart for 15 dollars) but as you can see by the pics, it does the job. I have hung some pictures, speakers, and my proudest project the shower curtain rod. My new shower is a little narrow and I was very tired of having wet curtain against wet body while showering, so I went and bought a fancy curved rod. It is marvelous. So much room in the shower now! :)

I thought that having a drill could also make me more marketable on the dating market. Men should be impressed by women with power-tools, right? I thought I would even use the box as a bag to bring all my stuff to church on Sunday. I didn't but that would have been a sight, eh?

I really haven't accomplished as much as I should have today. It is weird, I just have no motivation to do anything the past few days. It is like it is winter and I just want to lie on my couch and watch hours of T.V. What is up with that? I did go biking yesterday but today I didn't feel like it. I did make a few phone calls and changed my address with the insurance company and my bank. I guess that was pretty responsible. I also paid a few bills. Real exciting.

I am hoping to head back to Wisconsin this coming weekend. The only problem with that is trying to figure out how I am going to without paying over 1200 dollars to do so. Man, I think that is how much I paid to fly to Moscow a few years ago. That is pretty much pathetic! So, if any of you are real good at finding flight deals, look away for me! My friend's mom's funeral is on Friday. It is sad but she is in a better place now and painless. I hate funerals, but they are a necessary thing sometimes. Tomorrow Janette and I may be going shopping together. I am excited to spend some time with her during her hard time.

Well, I am watching basketball right now. I have gotten roped into watching the NBA Finals. I was always a Boston Celtic fan when I was little. Larry Bird was my hero. I wanted to be just like him when I was young, just without the mustache. I used to shoot baskets in my driveway for hours each night. My mom even helped create a Larry Bird uniform for me. Those were good times. Seeing the Celtics in the Finals again is awesome. I hate the Lakers but it is fun to see those two teams battle again.

Wow, this is quite the lengthy blog. I will get back to the game and playing with my drill! I mean, hanging more pictures. You don't just play around with power-tools; it is serious business!

Phone, Life, and Mortality.

I got a new phone this weekend. I am quite fond of it. It lets me dial, talk, and text. I don't really know why I got a new phone, I just did. I guess I am one of those trendy people who needs new phones every two years. Weirdo.

Today was a good day, and a surreal day. I cleaned a bit in my house. I have a lot of projects I want to get done before I head back to Wisconsin(which will be in the next week, I think...more details later!) Here are a few of the projects: 1. Finish putting up towel racks in the bathroom 2. Install the curved shower curtain rod(hello, shower curtain pressed against wet body is no fun) 3. Either get thicker curtains for this place or do something to make them more manageable and less see through! 4. Get unpacked. It is quite the process to move, I hate it. I don't think I am going to do it again for a while...maybe even a long while!

My friend's mom died today. Dying is a hard thing to face for the living. That was an awkward sentence. I think death is a very hard subject though. Sometimes it is better for people to go instead of being in so much pain, but it is also awkward to think like that about somebody. You don't wish dying on people, or at least you feel you shouldn't. I don't like to think about dying or the deaths of those close to me. This whole experience has made death a little more real to me. I will try not to get too morbid. I am glad that I will be able to be here for the funeral though. I have been worried about the whole logistics of being here for it. I would have flown home today and I am glad I didn't. I can't imagine how I would have felt being there and getting the news. It feels like the timing worked out well for all of this. Moving and funerals. Now I just have to figure out how I am going to get home in the next week or so.

Well, I think that is all for my practically 2 a.m. post. I like my new house! Have I mentioned that?

New House

Today was big moving day! My landlord helped me move all the big furniture because he felt guilty about me not getting in to the new place until today! I was very grateful for that. Right now my friend, Moo, and I are watching 27 Dresses in my new front room! I am so excited for that! There are no kids running up and down the stairs or screaming. I love it. I keep telling Moo that I love it that I do not share walls anymore. This is my very own little one bedroom house! I am so excited to live here. I do not even care that most of my stuff is in random boxes. Nope, doesn't bother me. I love it..have I mentioned that?

Besides moving, I also was able to go to a friend's birthday dinner at Applebee's and play softball. We lost again, but I really had a good time playing tonight. We actually played very well! It as fun. I also played catch with another friend earlier in the day at my school. It was nice to have a little break.

Tomorrow is going to be all about getting the rest of my stuff out of the other apartment and then cleaning it. I also need to get some towel rods and curtains for the new apartment. Good times.

Well, I think that is all for now. I talked to the Janetteo last night and she seems to be much better even though her mother is dying. It was nice to talk to her. I keep worrying about her. I am probably delaying my trip home so I can be around here for the funeral. It is a mess trying to cancel my flight but I feel like it is the right thing to do. It is weird just going with the flow. I think I am learning to be more flexible and patient through all of this!

Well, thanks for reading. Check out Alyssa's blog for some great pictures of Alexa and I. I had a lot of fun hanging out with them last night.

Fists at 3:30 a.m.

Hi all. Today was a much better day. Sorry that the posts have seen a little down lately.

I didn't sleep well last night. (I know this seems like it will be a down post again, but I promise it isn't) At 3:30 I was suddenly awake. I didn't think much of it but then heard laughing from the children next door. This made me angry. Why are ten year olds awake at 3:30 a.m. Well, being as comatose and angry as I was, I got up and hit the wall really hard. At first, I thought I had started to bleed. Then after feeling the pain for a few minutes, I thought I had broken my hand. Luckily, there was no blood and I could still move my fingers. I guess I am not that wise at 3:30 in the morning. I have to laugh at myself because I yell at my students all the time for hitting walls and other objects when they get mad. I tell them that the wall will always win. I guess my own advice happened to me this morning. The wall won. I wish I had more of a war wound but it is only a little red, but it does hurt so that should count for something. Good thing is that the laughing stopped and I got back to sleep eventually. Another good thing was that I was reminded that there is a reason for my madness in moving. I will like not having to share any walls with neighbors. Yes, I know there has to be good neighbors somewhere in the world, I am just not feeling it right now.

Today I bowled, ate wonderful ice cream, talked with a friend who is moving and it was awesome as usual, talked to my friend whose mom is dying(it was nice to talk to her, she sounded a lot better than she did earlier in the week), I also had a much needed nap on my futon midday, and I was not very productive when it comes to the whole packing thing. Oh well! I am sure I will get some stuff done tomorrow. In fact, I can start moving stuff in tomorrow afternoon, even furniture if I want to. That will be good.

Anyway. It is late. I like summer though; I don't have to feel guilty for being a night owl!