Oh, apartment living

Well, Matt and I are almost moved into our new apartment. Let's make a list of the pros/cons

Pros:
-Much bigger. I have my own alley next to the bed. I don't have to roll over Matt to get to the bathroom (which he misses :p) Also, the kitchen is spacious and the living room is nice and open. Overall just a lovely layout to the apartment.
-Quieter. Well, mostly. We are in the more "upscale" (if you could call it that) area of the apartment complex, and there is much less screaming and no children hollering and running about. There are thin walls, but it's not too bad
-Overall, it's much prettier and I feel safer walking around from my car.

Cons:
-Again, thin walls...not terrible but when you can hear the guy next door clearing his throat it's just a little akward...especially knowing they can hear you!
-Leaking tub. ARG. Apparently when the maintenance man replaced the tub spout on the day we moved in, he forgot to caulk it. Result? Water pouring down from the kitchen ceiling on top of my microwave, a saggy soggy mess. argjlkfdsjg. And since they have no emergency maintenance number, we had no way to do anything about it. No one came to look at it for a good 12 hours, during which we used no water (just in case)
-Management/maintenance are idiots.

Honestly though, even with the ridiculous leaking shit it's a much better apartment and I already feel happier in it. It's starting to look really great and we're just about done decorating and moving. Well not really. Give us a week :p


In other news, parents' divorce still goin strong. And terrible. Dad came up for a night to help us move, and he seems to be in good spirits. He's taking it all in stride and just trying to stop things from getting worse. I hope everyone comes out of this ok. Mom and I aren't speaking though. Which really isn't that unusual.

Life right now is busy and a little stressful, but my life with Matt is wonderful. I love having him to come home to, and it's great to live with my best friend.

Divorce

I suppose that last entry was a little cryptic. My parents are getting a divorce. They have been going back and forth on this for years, and it's been pretty clear that although they love each other, they aren't happy. My dad is looking for a new place. There isn't much more to say, other than I have no idea how to handle it, and no idea how to protect my sisters.

Apparently this time it's for real. They told my sisters.

on an unrelated note, i installed windows 7. AWESOME.

Oh, shoot, I meant to write something in here, but it got awfully busy at work, and I get too distracted at home to write in this.

As usual, nothing is going on. I could go on about how my "friends" are not being very friendly, but it's not worth bitching about. Even though I just did. Oops. Life with Matt is fantastic. We have our squabbles, but we are able to resolve them pretty quickly and without yelling! It's great! I guess that's not really something to brag about, but I think the fact that we have a mature argument style really works for us. 99% of the time we get along great, we show each other how much we appreciate and love each other, and so on. I have very high hopes for this one. VERY high. lol.

His parents are coming in this weekend. I can't tell if they like me or not. I think they're pretty nifty, kinda like hippies, but older lol. I will hopefully make some amazing dish that will win them over. Or not. Who knows. :D

School is not really school at the moment. Once a week I go to the bowling alley and drink sodas/bowl. For a grade. hah. I do miss real classes. I miss learning, but I don't miss the work. It's lovely to have my evenings/weekends to play. I've been becoming a much better cook, and watching loads of movies, playing lots of games. It's great. I may audit a class next semester just for the heck of it.

Anyways, back to work

Sometimes I wish I could move away from here and start over, in a nice quiet apartment with a dog and a job writing books or editing...something that requires the smallest amount of social interaction possible

At Work Blogging

I've gotten terribly lazy about writing in this. I've been wanting to get an 'actual' journal for a while now. But you know me. I'm absentminded.
Right now I'm at working ripping tracks and publishing them to classes. It's more difficult than it sounds, since this lovely lovely professor doesn't have much direction to go off of. I've become a music librarian today :p I'm on my second diet dr. pepper, and it's only 10:15. Course, this also has to do with the fact that the devil cat kept both of us up most of the night with her incessant scratching at the door. We'd let her in, but she has this thing about opening up all the dresser drawers. Our kitty is pretty skilled. I don't know how she does it. It sure makes a hell of a racket though. ARG.

So I'm on a few hours of sleep after a pretty exhausting but productive/fun weekend. I had a terrible migraine Friday, so Matt offered to go pick up a load of stuff from my apartment. He's amazing. Poor guy's day off and he's hauling my shit.

Speaking of Matt... (warning, gooshy lovey stuff ahead)
He's amazing. Our relationship is amazing. I didn't realize it was possible to have a relationship that didn't revolve around fighting or drama. He's amazing at cheering me up and calming me down. I love coming home from work, I love that I'm always smiling and laughing. I haven't felt this happy since I was little, and I know I've never been this fulfilled in a relationship. Matt is the type of guy who gives back, and appreciates what I do for him. I love that he helps out around the house, that he insists I sit down while he cooks me breakfast, that he can't help squeezing me. This is silly and gooshy. I know. But it's so great.

I've realized that when the guy you're with is amazing and kind, you want to be kind back. You want to do nice things to keep the relationship going strong. I love that he's completely different from anyone I've ever dated. I love that he's crazy about me. I didn't think I'd ever find someone who would accept every bit of me. But he does :)