The Smell of the Seasons
There is a certain something that goes with the burning hazelnut candle on my coffee table, cuddling in a warm blanket and watching a dark movie like Interview with a Vampire with the lights down and the feeling of fall all around. I have a peace that I have not felt in a long time, hubby is at work and I can’t wait for him to get home and join me in this wonderful mood.
It is that amazing time of year where the feeling of everything starts to change, the trees take on the colors of fire and their leaves fall like snow, the smell in the air is one of spices and autumn and the holidays are coming around. We will have Halloween coming very soon with all of the childish fun and excitement it brings, kids dressed in cute little outfits, tons of candy, fun decorations and scary entertainment. I have movies picked out on netflix set for a movie marathon should that be the choice for Halloween night or I may go to a party or out with friends, there are so many options. Then there will be Thanksgiving, the first Thanksgiving with my husband in Washington as well as the first I can do anything. Last year I had my wisdom teeth pulled the day before but this year our shop is thinking of getting together and having a shop Thanksgiving meal for those of us not going home. A fun group gathering for our odd little family. Then the smooth transition into the winter holidays, the subtle change of scents from cozy heavy smells you want to wrap yourself in and make you hungry to the wintery fresh scents that make you feel like you are walking through a pine forest or unwrap presents under the Christmas tree. Christmas will be a wonderful experience I hope. This will be one away from my family with just hubby and I creating our own traditions. we can decorate our own tree and unwrap presents with just us on Christmas morning. Family is always nice to have around but there is something to be said about a nice Christmas with just the hubby and I. Can we all tell that I am excited for this time of year? Summer used to be my favorite season but I think I have grown into a lover of fall and winter, I think I am equally in love with each.
I have been doing laundry on and off through out the day and cleaned up a bit here and there. The house still looks cluttered and a bit messy and we still have boxes all around and have way too much stuff but we are finally making it a home. It is really the little things that make somewhere a home, just small things probably different to each person that makes a place feel comfy and lived in. Hopefully over the next bit of time we can sort the boxes, donate a bunch of stuff and really get everything settled. We are so close and that just adds to the awesome feeling.
We also had a minor epiphany not long ago. It is something that we had vaguely realized before but it really hit home recently. I was in Hawaii for just over a week and while I was there had no real reason to spend any money. When I got home I realized just how much was left in my bank account and how much we screw around and waste money. I got back and we could actually do things and have fun! We went out yesterday to see Jo Koy perform because I found out the day of that he was in the area and actually had money for tickets. We had the money to buy lights and a coffee table to help with our home, we could actually do what we wanted without being afraid that we couldn’t pay bills! It is a great feeling and hopefully one that can keep up. When we discovered how much extra there was we did the calculations and saw how much we could have, not enough to be rich by any means but enough for us young adults to live a life and enjoy it. Now I am planning to settle in tonight and budget and hopefully get a lot of our old debts paid faster and get rid of them and still balance everything and have fun, that is the goal at least. I think I will also start cooking a bit more at home, or maybe strike a deal with my husband, he cooks the 2 days he has off, I cook the 2 I have off and we can eat cheap food or leftovers the other three days. With us living so close to work we are already saving a ton on gas, especially since he works really close to me so we have managed to cut down a decent amount of spending so far. The whole idea of getting things paid off and potentially having money really makes me happy and excited and that excitement seemed to have finally hit my dear hubby.
A Record
I hate watching movies that make no sense. I end up feeling like I wasted my time watching it and my energy trying to figure out what the hell was going on. I usually watch until the end hoping it will all clear up and become awesome but more often then not they don’t do that. I just finished watching Eye of the Beholder and unfortunately, though they had good actors, the movie was a disappointment. Maybe I was just missing something but I didn’t like it. It’s a pity but hopefully the next random thing I watch will be better and luckily I didn’t pay very much for it, I think it was one of those $.50 movies I got when my video store was closing down.
I have started cleaning. I have a lot more to do but I took a lunch break that turned into a lunch and movie break that then became the lunch internet and movie break. It’s all good, I will get back to cleaning once this post is done. I made spaghetti and it is awesome. I am really happy that I seem to be able to cook pretty well. At least I can cook well enough to keep myself happy. My big problem just seems to be finding the recipes I really want to try. I don’t want anything too complicated or with an insane amount of ingredients that I will have to buy. As I cook more I will accumulate more of the extra cooking supplies but for right now I just have basics so I am looking for recipes that pretty much use the basics. My slow cooker is my friend, I love some of the stuff that I make from it and it is so easy. I am thinking I may try to do pulled pork next week, I have molasses and it is mainly good for cookies and apparently barbeque type stuff so barbeque stuff it is. Too bad I don’t have an actual grill yet but that will happen eventually.
I went out again last night. That’s a new record, two nights in a row! lol, I am so sad. I actually managed to get a couple of shots in though. The first was a shot of Tequila, I guess it was a mid level tequila. It was interesting, never had it before, it wasn’t the best I have had but it probably wasn’t the worst either. I also had a chocolate cake. Not entirely sure what’s in it but it takes mostly like chocolate cake. I am not a huge chocolate fan so I kind of knew this wouldn’t be at the top of my list but still, it wasn’t bad and we couldn’t think of what other shots we wanted. If I decide I have a night of drinking I usually just take the shots my friends give me, they know what I seem to like and I trust them not to mess me up. It has worked for me so far except now I don’t actually know the names of good shots, guess I have to work on that.
Hakuna Matata
The laundry is done, my room is cleaned and my bags are packed. I am not sure how I am going to lug my bags around, mainly not sure how I am going to lug my bags out of my room to the bus and drop off point when it is time to come home but I guess I will cross that bridge when I come to it. It would be easier if they weren’t planning to give me another bag on top of all of the stuff that I had to pack but it happens. I think I have everything cleaned out of the fridge that could go bad quickly so everything should be set. Now I sit back and enjoy the last bit of calm before the storm of insanity. I would try to hang out with somebody but they all seem to have left already so Disney movies will be my entertainment for now…Hakuna matata 
Anyway, so after today I will be offline for a week-ish and I probably still won’t have much to say except that I will be incredibly happy to have the week over with. This is all so high stress that it’s just making everything go so slowly, once it is done life can be somewhat normal and we can make our way to the holidays and December and everything that will bring. Actually, have to get through November first and I am really hoping to get my wisdom teeth pulled early November, I guess every month has its mountains to climb.
So on I go, wish us luck and I will write when I get back.
Just here.
Nothing like scrambled eggs and a big mug of tea in the morning. Yummy.
I think I have everything pretty much packed, just a couple of things I have to grab out of my car but for the moment I am just too lazy to go down stairs and get it all. This is really kind of a pain, this is so much extra stuff that I am not going to need and I have to lug it around now. Oh well, it is just for a little bit and then it is all over, a week left, that’s it.
Edit: I found it! I have been on a Peter Pan kick for the last few days and I kept thinking how much I wanted to watch Hook but I thought I didn’t have it. I thought that it was my sister’s or at the family house but didn’t remember seeing it in my drawers. Well I was poking around trying to decide what to watch for my mini movie night and I spotted it! I am now sitting here in my toasty apartment curled up and watching it, yay!
Les Miserables
I sleep too much lately I think. I go to bed really early and I end up waking up early but still sleep for a long time. I maybe should be worried but i’m not, it hasn’t really started to affect anything outside of my time at home so it’s no big deal for now. I think I am just easily bored. If I have things to keep me entertained and doing stuff I am ok but if I am just sitting then I get tired and go to bed. Then again, I love that right now my weekend is sitting curled up in warm blankets with my cat watching some movies. Meh, if anybody has any advice for things that will give me more energy then let me know otherwise I will just continue on as I am.
I am watching Les Miserables, it’s a good movie I haven’t seen in a long time so I figured I would watch it now. I spent most of my morning walking back and forth between my apartment and the office trying to get my rent paid. It’s cold and rainy so it was a very long process. I ended up cleaning out my car in the time between visits while I was waiting so at least I was productive. Anyway, once I finally got that paid I came back to my apartment freezing and hungry. I ended up making my left over chinese food and curling up on the couch with my cat. I have been on and off texting hubby, sadly more off than on but I guess there really isn’t much for me to do. I am hitting one of those low points that usually makes me start texting him all sad and he ends up feeling guilty. I am trying hard not to make things generally worse but it isn’t easy since he is spending his time with whats her face that I don’t like. It’s not his fault, at this point he has no choice which is why I can’t really be mad at him but it still sucks. Blarg to everything, December can’t get here soon enough.
Edit: Woops…I failed. I texted him sad and now extremely bitchy. Don’t meh me, mister, you should know by now it just pisses me off especially when I am trying to explain how I feel. I just want some indication that you still care, at least give me the treatment you would give a friend, not a piece of dirt, kthanxbye. I’m pissed, these depressed to pissed transitions are always so odd…
They’re Here…
I woke up at 0630 again, at least I was productive with my time today. I ended up getting the guest room all set up and pretty and even realized that I forgot I didn’t have a comforter or pillow for my sister. So I made a run to Wal Mart before I had to go pick her up and grabbed some stuff. I then came home and cleaned and organized more, I even managed to get all of the trash and boxes taken out. Overall everything pulled together and the morning was a pretty good one, though I still think I would have preferred sleep.
My sister is now here and so is my cat. The cat is wandering around confused and figuring it all out. He is cute and cuddly as ever, I missed him and am glad he is here but now I have to worry about him trying to bolt out the door. I will admit it was pretty nice to not have to worry about that for a while. So far during the visit my sister and I have made it out to a movie and I have introduced her to Cold Stone. We rented some other movies and are now watching Sharks in Venice…its a B flick, if that…really funny to watch and great to make fun of in case anyone is ever interested but if you expect anything beyond that you will regret it. I think tomorrow we may hit up the fair and maybe at some point go to Portland and obviously Seattle. Other than that not a whole lot planned yet, other than me cooking tonight. Yay lemon caper chicken with artichokes!
Love Potion Number 9…
Today was awesome, I had the best sleep I have had in a long time…after the waking up a few times and some weird dreams…but eventually I got there. I ended up waking up early and after about an hour I decided to go back to bed because I was still tired and it was raining and it just seemed like the right idea. Anyway, I went back to bed and threw on my super fluffy soft blanket and cuddled up and fell back asleep with almost no issues. It was odd but so nice, I think I am going to have to call that my lucky blanket and not go to sleep without it again. I am so happy I have another day in my weekend.
After I got back up I studied a bit like I was supposed to, I have a little catching up to do but I am making some progress. I have no idea if I will have any issues making the deadline on this but I guess I don’t have a choice. I, unfortunately, do not have as much time this month as I have for other volumes in later months. There is just generally too much going on, work is crazy and we will be doing stuff for a whole week so I am less that week plus my family is going to be visiting and I don’t think I will be getting as much studying done with them here as I should. It will all work out, I just have to self motivate…yeah, after I watch a few more movies…
So, my mom wants to ship up my dad’s 85 corvette. I have always loved this car and really want this car but honestly I don’t think I should take this car. My dad loved this car and because of that he rode it hard. It has almost 200,000 miles on it and needs a complete engine rebuild, though a new engine would most likely be the smarter option. I do not have a lot of extra money to put into the car. It will probably run but it is going to keep needing new things fixed and I just don’t know if I will be able to afford it. I am afraid it will break down and I will just keep lugging it from place to place and never get it rebuilt like I want to. I was thinking of using it to teach myself how to work on cars in the auto hobby shop on base but that still requires money for parts and everything. My mom was talking about selling it and giving me the money from that to pay down one of my car payments (the one for the car that was totaled). That sounds like a nice option, it is the very logical and smart option but I have so wanted that car for so long and have put up such a huge fight for it. I asked my sister if she wanted to take the car because she had shown interest in it before but she has the same issue I have, she thinks I should take it and just keep it until I have money to rebuild it. I have thought about that but I just don’t know if I will ever have money for it. My mind is just totally split over this one, I guess I will just have to talk to my mom about it, she already leans toward selling it but maybe she can offer insight without bias. Is the sentimentality of it really worth the extra stress and money loss that it may bring?
Rainy days are awesome. I have been sitting and watching a couple of rented movies (I am on Love Potion Number 9 right now, yay childhood movies), and just listening to the rain. I have been munching a lot because I have been trying to empty my fridge before I am gone for a week but I have been seriously craving junk food and sweets. I was avoiding it for a while and had been munching on fruits and veggies but I gave in and went to Cold Stone, but being silly me I ate my dinner and now am a little bit full. It’s ok, I will get to it eventually and now I have it waiting for the next craving. I was craving thrifty ice cream but unfortunately I don’t have a place to get it up here as far as I know, it’s ok, Cold Stone is still good. I also kind of met my downstairs neighbor…well kind of. On my way back from Cold Stone I noticed that he had left his keys in the door and I normally would have just walked by because they would figure it out but I broke out of my shy box and knocked on his door and let him know. Not much of a meeting but I just thought it was funny, poor people space out and leave keys in the door. He seemed embarrassed and I think he got laughed at. I just hope if I do the same thing someone lets me know, and now I am closer to having more friends, yay.
