I am not secretly writing anything

Sorry, Albina.

I might have time now, though. We'll just see.

Lia christened the house last night -- in front of my new landlords just after they told me that we didn't have to put down a pet deposit. Great.

I am going to have to retrain her with gates and the bell and everything at the new house. This sucks. I hear I'm supposed to have her on the leash all the time. I don't know about that, but we'll see.

Got some phones, today, pretty inexpensively at Sam's. Still need a LOT of rugs.

I have an appointment w/one of my college students tonight, so I have to go. Here was a quick update. Maybe I've got a little something written ...

Overwhelmed

And you can just be "whelmed" -- not just in Europe.

I start at Lowes on Monday (orientation Monday and Tuesday from 4-10 in Carol Stream). Whew. I have to miss my English class, again. I already sent an e-mail to my professor. She may just about lose it and I wouldn't blame her.

Of course, I have a student I have to accommodate that I'm not really sure I want to. I will, though, because I am just accommodating as all hell.

Did I spell that right?

I felt like a grown up today. I set up cable, internet, phone, water, sewer, and garbage service at my new place.

Jay and Jeff were the references I thought of on the spot for my new landlords. I love them both--they said nice stuff. I'm not sure I would have. They know my "history" with roommates. This is Steve, though. Each of them also knows him and "referred" him, too.

I just thought about my Spanish teacher in high school--Sr. Lucas. I loved him. I went to his memorial service when he died around 5 years ago. He used to spell it rhythmically -- "r-e-f-e-r-r-a-l . Referral. Referral."

My mind is running too quickly and tangentially right now. I'm going to watch The Wheel.

Did I spell that right? Tangentially. Looked it up. It's right.

I Had a Big Day

Confirmed -- got the house! It's a Victorian house down the street from where Joe lives in downtown Oswego. The rent is a little more than we wanted to pay, but we fell in love. It's wonderful! We can start moving in this Friday!

Cool.

Got the job at Lowes, too -- as long as I passed the drug test :) Duh!

Things are a-lookin' up!

I still love my car

In spite of the $1500 transmission.

We watched Beautiful Girls in class, today. The purpose: use the film for the topic of a critical analysis paper.

This has worked well before. I'm crossing my fingers.

That movie gets better EVERY TIME I SEE IT.

I'd still wait.