Bree Despain, the author of The Dark Divine, is having a contest on her blog wherein I could win some really cool book-inspired jewelry by the artist Heather Zahn Gardner. These are the pieces I would be excited to win: Walnut Tree Floating Wire Necklace and Walnut Tree Brass Tone Earrings. Go check them out!
So, all I have to do to enter the contest is to look at Heather's Etsy site and comment about it on Bree Despain's blog. I get extra points if I blog/facebook/tweet about it. And so, this blog is PURELY for the extra points!
I haven't written a blog in a long time. I read a couple of blog entries today and decided I might like to start blogging again myself. I don't have internet access in my home yet, so I may not update as much as I (or you) would like, but perhaps a little something now and then would satisfy my desire to talk to myself out loud.
I have one of those headaches that is brought on through continuous unhealthy eating. I started off the day in a healthy fashion with half an energy bar and a clementine for breakfast (the energy bar was mostly out of curiosity). Due to boredom snacking, however, I have progressed to an uncomfortable state of nausea. It turned into more than just boredome eating, though, as one point. For example, I became so invested in cracking open all of the peanuts that I didn't realize my body was telling me to stop eating them. I didn't even realize I was eating them until I suddenly had a small stomach ache. It was just the last step in the peanut procession I had going in front of my keyboard.
I have two things I need to return to the mall. The longer I wait, the less likely it is I'll be able to return them, even for store credit. Yet they still sit in my car amongst my library books, miscellaneous garbage, and a comforter I used a while ago during my lunch/nap break at work. Jamie says it looks like I live in my car. For some reason, I keep putting off taking those stupid things back to the mall, though. Returns are awkward enough without being attempted more than a month after the original purchase. But the shoes are too small and the pants were too expensive...so they've gotta be returned. I just hate doing things after work when all I want to do is get home and get in my elastic-waist pants (isn't my future husband so lucky?).
Last night at 10:45pm I decided to shut the TV off and head to bed. I usually just fumble my way from the love seat to the bedroom without turning on any lights as it's roughly six steps away. When I stood up and turned toward the kitchen, I noticed it was almost 11pm. As I was born at exactly 11pm on that day 25 years ago, my thoughts turned toward what I had accomplished within a quarter of a century. Before I could take stock of my life for more than two seconds, however, I managed to trip over a pile of nonsense and land flat on my butt in the middle of the hallway. It hurt quite a bit and I was tempted to start crying, but picturing myself sitting in a dark hallway with a sore knee, still looking at the digital numbers on the oven clock, made me start laughing. I rolled my eyes at myself and stumbled the rest of the way to my bedroom before turning on a light. I was trying not to feel too pathetic when I heard the phone ring. It was Jamie's ring. I realized she was probably calling to see what the racket was. That sent me into a fit of giggles so overpowering that I almost wet myself while trying to explain to Jamie what was so darn funny. If I'm peeing my pants at 25, there's really no hope for me when I've become old and decrepid.
Currently Listening Unearthed By E. S. Posthumus, Helmut Vonlichten, Franz Vonlichten see related
my new car and other points of interest
I have a license plate now. These pictures were taking about a month ago. My plate reads 845 UTB. UTB? I wasn't a huge fan when I saw it. I read it as youtube. Meh. I named my car Audri II. Y'all should know where that's from. Robert will for sure. The gas mileage is pretty good, but I drive it everywhere and I go a lot more places now that I have one. My first car payment is due next week. Despite the new expenses, I'm really glad I have a car now.
Tom called me today and asked when I was coming down. So we decided Wednesday works for both of us. I'm off work at 4, he's off at 6. How does that work for the rest of you? I have no inclination to plan anything. I'd just like to come down and hang out with everyone. Only problem is...where do I drive to? Where is the new hang out place? Kimberely's? Troy's? Russell's? Prolly not Ted's since he prolly spends all his time with his girlfriend. Someone lemme know where I should drive to! I know where Kim lives, so I'm going to suggest there.
I still work at Inkley's. Woo. I'm waiting for my district manager's decision on where I can transfer to in order to get a promotion and a raise. There are three options on the table--Redwood, Cottonwood, and State Street. The State Street store is the super store and would get me oh so much commission that I would totally celebrate if I got that promotion. My second choice would be Cottonwood. It's bigger than Redwood and busier. Bigger and busier means more money.
I move into my apartment in the Avenues at the end of August. I got permission to paint my walls. After the current tenants move out, the manager Bob is going to clean up the place and then let me paint before I move in. That'll be way easier than painting with my furniture in the apartment. I'm going to make my living room a jade green. One wall in my kitchen will be stone blue/grey. And my bedroom will be a greyish lilac. I can't decide if I want to switch my kitchen and living room colors though--make the living room blue and the kitchen wall green. The bedroom is lilac for sure, though. I have until August to decide.
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(note to self: I want to find the CD Night in Galacia...or maybe it was Galicia)
