Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Everyone! I hope you guys are having fun, I had fun this weekend even though it wasn't directly related to Halloween but it's enough to keep this girl satisfied.

Quick updates for all. The Blazing Inferno is no more. They came to fix my radiator on friday finally after all the time i spent baking in my apartment. it turns out that the valve was broken, so they had to replace it. I have also, since then made a new appointment with the exterminator. They are coming on Saturday. They said they came to my apartment for the original appointment and noone was home. Guess what? I was right there waiting for them so I called them liars to their face. I said, "was I just waiting there for recreational purposes. I don't think sitting at home is fun. I know you never came, don't Lie! So they gave me the next available appointment. They also came to check on the buzzer which has been broken for about a week, at least that is resolved for now.

In other news, my friend CN had her birthday festivities this weekend and we had a ton of fun. Even Dr. Brain came out on friday which i found surprising. I always hang out with his friends and he never hangs out with mine so that wa quite a change. I also went to GM's house for scary movies and alcohol on saturday night. We watched the ring 2 which in my opinion was so bad it actually removed the trauma of the original movie. So now I can watch these movies and not be scared at all. I also managed, after to weeks of trying, to get myself to bed bath and beyond. I got myself a neat curtain rod! now all i have to do is put it up. Honestly I wouldn't have gone this week either but I stayed over with GM and she lives 5 blocks away from there so I nabbed the opportunity.

Main goals for today are: 1)getting some of this stuff off my desk, the piles have now grown exponentially and i think I should work on that. 2) Avoid trick or treaters at all costs. I did not buy any candy and am completely unprepared for this day. I would also like to see if I can get some rest since my weekend was so active.

Side note: My birthday month starts tomorrow so I will have to start celebrating my birthday each and everyday. Must do something fun or treat myself to something special. Nothing major until the big day though.

Exterminator

I rush home today because I have the exterminator coming in as a perventative measure. Guess what, the dude never showed up. Nothing aggravates me more than people that don't show up when they are supposed to. Tomorrow, I'll call the maintanence office again to see what excuse they come up with. Geez! well I'm only supposed to focus on the positive so I can't dwell on this too much.

Also, my birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks and i thought I would point out that every year around this time I get really depressed for one reason or another. Well, this year I am trying to catch myself getting into that mood before it happens to see if I can prevent it. I don't know what causes it, it just happens. We'll see.

Blazing Inferno

I'm home tonight I didn't go out. It's raining pretty hard out. I went to Vela with my sister and her friends last night. We had fun, well at least I had fun. Today I woke up pretty late so i didn't get to do anything that I wanted to do. I woke up at 2 and then talked on the phone a while, took a shower and watched some movies while eating a tuna sandwich. Just so you know my apartment is a blazing inferno. It seems they are a little over enthusiastic with the heat here so i have all the windows open and am walking around in shorts like it's summer time. I called maintanance and of course they have done nothing about it because it's a weekend and they don't do anything during the weekend unless it's an emergency. So for now i have to think that I'm in a really hot dry spot like the desert and see if I don't die of heat exhaustion. Maybe tomorrow I'll go to Bed Bath and Beyond like I planned.

Blockhead's Friday

I'm sure all of you know by now what blockhead's friday is. So I got paid today and I'm giving it my best effort to have a good day, part of having a good day involves having blockhead's for lunch. Yum.

In any case, I'm trying to keep my social calendar somewhat full again. I've been involved in some hermit like behavior that I am not to thrilled about. Sure I have stuff to do at home, but there is only so much indoor time I can have. Also, I have to watch how much I spend so I'm looking for low budget activities. My weekend will consist of the following:

1. Today I'm going to a lounge with my sister and some of her friends for a change.

2.I wanted to go see the Van Gogh exhibit at the Met. But I also do realize it's the first weekend that it's here so it might be packed.

3.I need to go to Bed Bath and Beyond.

4.I might possibly go to Ikea, we'll see.

That's it for now, this week I have a few things that I need to secure so more updates on that when those plans are finalized.

Let's all take a moment

It seems that we can't just ever sit and relax and contemplate on our lives and what we have. Life is a rush rush of everything, information, drama, pettiness and garbage. I came to this realization while talking to Momma Pickle last night on the phone. We usually lend each other moral support and try to keep ourselves grounded. It seems that for the most part in our life we spend time thinking of what we don't have and what we wish we had - meanwhile we completely take for granted what we do have.

As a resolve we are going to focus this quarter on the positive things in our life and try to enjoy what we have, good friends, family, nice sunny days and Blockheads friday! It's difficult to do this becuase we usually condition ourselves to think in the opposite direction. Since this quarter we have had our depressive state (for one day) we are no longer allowing ourselves to dwell on these yucky things that make us feel bad.

I hope I cant ruly pull this off and that I learn from it so that I can help other people as well.

Two for the What?

One more thing, I went to see Two for the Money (pre-full blown illness) with Dr. Brain. Although the acting was very good and i think (I'm not sure now don't quote me or anything) that the story line had some substance, I'm not so sure I liked it. Don't get me wrong I love sports, I'm a chick that can watch any sport but this movie was about gambling on football and frankly, I'm not to good at that. So I couldn't follow it very well. I think it was a tad bit boring to tell the truth, you can tell I did not pick it. Boys!

Nasty Yuck Yuck

Those are the words I choose to describe my recent past. I have been sick, very, very sick. I have what I think is a really nasty cold and I sound like one of the adults in the charlie brown cartoon. I still sound funny, but I feel a lot better.

The move went well I think. I still have boxes and I can still here my echo but I'm liking living by myself. I thought I would feel lonely or that it would feel weird but somehow it doesn't. It feels so normal to just come home and do stuff around the house. It also feels good to know that this is mine, technically the bank owns it because they loaned me the money, but all the same.

Not much news else where, just really tired and waiting for things to be a little bit calmer. Work is still hectic so I won't go into detail. The thought of it makes me nautious.

Get a Grip, Seriously!

Dudes, work is getting "ruffer" by the minute. Every day it's a new problem and new crap to deal with, meanwhile all the other stuff that has been piling on my desk is still there, collecting dust. So I brought some stuff home that I can get done in the comfort of my own couch. My friend "E" tells me, and I quote "That's why they give you work, because they know you will get it done no matter what. That's why they will always give you more work." I have to say this struck a nerve and is making me think. Bottom line, E, thinks I should not bring work home because I'm not paid to work round "da" clock. All that agree comment "Ai".

On to other topis, I got my order of really nifty soap today. It came faster than I expected. I love my soaps because they are hand made right here in the good ol' U.S. of A. I'm such a dork. All I can talk about is work and soap and this new apartment, which while we are on the subject I have to say has consumed my whole life. I feel like I can't get anythign else done until I have everything fixed and in it's place, which is completely unrealistic I know. My compulsive list making self is just dieing to take over and make a list of everything that I need, everything that needs to get done and everything that has been done thus far. I'm trying really hard not to let that happen because when it does I'm sure to hold myself to completing the list in a timely fashion.

I so need to make plans for this weekend!

Rainy Day

It's been really dreary the past couple of days in this neck of the woods. Today it is raining, as they say, cats and dogs. I made it to work, but I made it completely wet. For some reason it rains inside my umbrella too, which i think is not supposed to happen. I wore a rain coat but it is a short one so it didn't help much. I'm liking my new commute to work, it's shorter on regular days. Not recently thought because since its so rainy the subway always has problems. I do like the fact that someone on a block on the way to the subway has a patch of sunflowers that they grew in the front yard. FYI - sunflowers are my fave flower, they make me smile. The sunflowers though have fallen to one side since they grew so big so they don't look good anymore. Another person on the corner makes up for it though with a big patch of daisies in their front yard, those flowers manage to look good even in the rain.

Wadda Day

Today was a rough (very ruff) day at work. Mostly because of system problems yet again and things like that. So we are working continuously to fix stuff and then find out that more stuff is in need of fixing.

That being said, I am totally amped by the fact that I got cable today. I have a TV that I can watch and I have a new super cool cable connection for my computer which I think is awesome. I must say I ordered my computer desk today so right now I'm typing on the floor which is where my computer currently resides. Up to now I was living the life of dial up which is totally not cool, but it did the trick.

Speaking of tricks, I think I may have a housewarming/halloween party. I started doing the evite but I don't want to invite so many people. I know I have toinvite all my friends and granted that not everyone will be able to come but I don't know if I'm ready to "host". Maybe I'm just so tired from all the work I'm just looking at it as added work instead of a cool hang out thing. In any event I have to go take a shower now because Mommie Dearest I found out is on at 8:30pm. I need to make sure I don't have any wire hangers.

Holla!

Thought I would take the opportunity of slight silence in my office to update everyone on what's been happening. I finally am moved and almost done with most things that are apartment fixing, but I am still not unpacked and don't know when that's going to be done. The cable people are coming today from 10 to 2. My mom is waiting for them to come as well as the maintanence people that need to fix my kitchen.

That being said I like the way my new place is shaping up. It was a lot of hard work but it is all worth it in the end. Once I get cable and my computer is set up I'll feel a lot better because now I feel as though I'm disconnected from the world without a way to find out stuff.

I am not going to update the count, it's just too painful. Suffice it to say that all my nails are broken and all my muscles still hurt. Hope everyone else is having a fabu time in whatever endeavors you are currently pursuing. Toodles for now.

Clean, Paint, Pack and Move

My life for the past 4 days has been completely consumed by the drama of moving. I am so tired, sleepy, all my muscles hurt and I think the paint fumes are starting to get to me. I think I go through withdrawal when I leave the apartment because I can't think straight or function properly or anything. It's like I;m in a daze for a while and then I go back into the fumes and I'm a painting machine. The drive comes from the fumes I betcha!

Developments so far, well I have almost completely repainted the apartment. All that is left is the foyer and the kitchen and I have to bring in reinforcements for that. I'm expecting more maintanence people, deliveries you name it they are coming. I thought that since I only had a few things and nor real furniture that this move would be a piece of cake. No cake in sight! I have a lot of stuff that I didn't even know about. Fine, the shoes were accounted for before, but still what's with all the stuff.

I'm very thankful that my family has been helping me with this because if it weren't for them I would have quit a long time ago. I have wanted to cry everyday from all the time I have to talk to people, to get maintanence to fix stuff to get stuff delivered to tell people what to paint in what color, it can be a bit overwhelming. I guess it's all going to be worth it eventually.

Nothing else really going on besides that Mom and Mini Pickle are supposed to be coming over this weekend but that's not for sure yet. Oh, almost forgot the tally...8 cans of paint, 3 trips to home depot, 2 temper-tantrums (on my part), 2 pulled muscles and one broken nail so far. I won't even sum up the cost or I'm likely to start to cry. More updates as I get access to a computer with internet connection.

Yay Closing!

It has come, it has finally come. The day that I can close on the apartment and start moving in. Tomorrow I will pay a lot of money to basically get a set of keys and call this apartment my new home. I am extremely excited. I can't believe all the struggles are now over and I can move on to the struggles of painting, clean and dealing with installation people of all sorts. I guess i feel like I deserve a moment in the sun for this, I want everyone that I know to share this experience with me. I guess this is how some people feel when the get a brand new toy that they just can't believe they got. Except this is a really big toy that I get to live in. This is so cool! DId I say that already?

Dalai Lama Visit

So I went to see the Dalai Lama at Rutgers University. He really is a very nice, smart dude that is down to earth even though he has all this Holiness and stuff. Put it to you this way, it would be nice to just sit with him one dat and have tea and discuss life and all that good stuff.

Dr. Lama made some pretty good points about war and how it's an outdated concept. He also talked about compassion and how we are all on commuity and depend on each other to exist. I have already thought about these things and always wonder why some people don't get it. We are all the same and no matter where you live people are people. We all depend on each other and need each other to exist. Some people think violence is the answer, but it hasn't given us much in recent days, what makes us continue to think that it will make things better?

All in all it was good to listen to him speak. Although I expected to be much more enlightened than I was. I guess I was really tired and also it's a bit hard to understand him sometimes. The volume at the stadium sounded awful low and his accent made it hard to decipher some things he said at time. In any event, I think he is a good spiritual leader and all people can learn from him.

Target Baby! & the Dalai Lama

I am so excited about my trip to target tonight. I don't know why, I feel like it's new year's eve and I'm counting down the time, but it's not time for a new year time to go to target. I have to get several necessary items for my new pad (which I still have not moved into) but might as well get stuff when I can. Plus I got paid today!

Nothing much else going on. I do need to mention that I'm going to see (and hear) the Dalai Lama speak this weekend. I think it's just what I need to settle me down during these troubled times. People always find it weird that I, a Roman Catholic, can practive Buddhism and Hinduism at once (I read the Life of Pi because someone told me that I could Pi due to all my religions). But you know what, I believe it makes me more well rounded in my spirituality. I'm not a hard-core anything but I do have certains beliefs about morals and other stuff like that.

Chit Chat

I figured since other people have time to chit chat around the printer I could take a few moments to blog and collect my thoughts.

It looks like the apartment thing is going to be finalized this week after a long and painful process. As far as I understand it, everything is done and taken care of, I'm just waiting for a date which should be no later than friday. I'm starting to get excited again about the move. The feeling of excitement was lost since I was mainly aggavated for a long time about how this was taking so long. Now I'm looking at things to buy and work that I have to do. My new favorite store is target. I wish I could just go right now and buy everything that I need, but I need to pace myself since I need to make sure I don't completely run out of money. I have gotten some "donated" items which really helps me out. Starting with nothing at all kinds sucks but at least you get to shop more that way.

Coincidence....may be not

May day started off a little rough today because I had a "verbal dispute" with my landlord today. I am so grateful that I am moving out of that apartment, that guys is a total jackass. I brought it to his attention that I changed the locks of the apartment in light of my pursue being stolen and showed him the bill. I wasn't expecting him to pay me back but thought maybe he'll pitch in or something. He got all bent out od shape saying those people (meaning locksmiths) ripp you off and that he's not paying for that. So I got upset because of the dumb way he responded. So i told him it was an emergency and that he doesn't live on the premises and i did not have his phone number so i could reach him. He says to me that I should have woken up my neighbors at 2 a.m. to get his number. So it went on from there. I got really upset and spoke to him in avery condesending tone.

After that encounter first thing in the morning, I got on the subway and getting off at grand central some has the nerve to grab my butt! Can you believe that! I couldn't tell who it was because it was too crowded so I just kept walking. What I really wanted to do was kick some one because I was already upset but I missed my chance. Anyway, I hear Cristian Slater has issues with groping, quite the coincidence isn't it. He wouldn't happen to take the 7 train and get off at Grand Central station would he? Just thought it might have been him, you never know.

Harry Potter Movie

Forgot to mention that I'm super amped about the new Harry Potter movie. It's coming out in november and I just can't wait. The trailer is out already if you haven't already seen it, check it out.

Harry Potter Trailer

Greetings and Salutations to All

I feel like slowly but surely all the pieces of my life are coming together. I got my debit card last week and my driver's license was in the mail on Saturday. My wallet is whole once more. Now I have to send some stuff in to the bank so that they can credit my account for the metrocards that were bought with my debit card.

I also spoke to my lawyer today. It's a shame that you have to be rude to people in order for them to take you seriously. Now he is being helpful and actually getting some stuff done. No, I still don't have a closing date. It's ridiculous, but now I have just given up to the fact that it's not my fault it's taken so long.

I guess if anything the experience has taught me patience. I still don't have any patience but maybe I'll "grow" to appreciate all the troubles I've seen in recent days. It's really hard to just sit ans wait for other people to do stuff for you though, i'm so used to doing stuff for myself all the time, it's hard to give up the control.

Mini Time Out

Well I thought I would take a mini time out from work and just catch up on some blogging and stuff. It's still very hectic at work, at least for some of us, so I continue to be stressed out here. That's not really new but I figured I would let people know anyways.

Also on my sh*t list is my lawyer. I know buying a home is stressful but I shouldn't have to yell at you for you to get stuff done. I went off on him the other day (I even told him I would cry) because he wasn't helping me out. He just seemed to be strolling along as if twirling in a meadow. Meanwhile I'm doing all the work. Maybe, I think, I should pay myself. I told him it is unacceptable that I have to hear things from different people and that I don't know what I need to sign or not sign to get this done. So, I think the threat to cry must have scared him because now he's actually being proactive, and calling me and stuff. So there you have it, boys really can't even handle the threat of a woman crying.