Hiatus

 Did I already mention the pepper grinder incident? I don't think I did... So... You see that gap between the black and white on the pepper grinder (that's the plastic object being held) in the first picture... Okay, so look where the bandaid is on picture two... I got my hand.. stuck in the gap. I had to run it under freezing water until it was numb and shrunken enough to rip the thing off.
It cut off a lot of my skin.. and I could see the disgusting purple-blue vein because there wasn't anything covering it. GROSS.
This happened the day before my HUGE finals (Shakespeare and Methods of Literary Study)... Let's just say, my handwriting sucked.

This beautiful thing is a really really old awesome bike that I got for FREE. It's a Roadmaster. It is in mostly great condition. It works better than the "modern" free bike I got two summers ago.

I like free bikes. I have to take this one to Erik's Bike Shop to make sure it isn't like.. actually just broken beyond cheap (affordable) repair. I like it better than the newer (made within the last two decades) bike because it's old.. and it's got the nifty basket.

This was discovered the day after I got home from Duluth. I was on my way home from lunch with my mom, enjoying my only day off before starting back at the daycare. It wasn't really a day off though. I had a job interview!!! (More on that later!)

Miss Vi was sick that whole first week (Weds-Sat) of my coming home.. so she didn't go to school (daycare). On Friday, I got to have an awesome snack with her while Jen talked to the cable guy who came to fix our wireless internet.

I'd say the lack of internet was the predominant reason for my hiatus... except that would be lying. I've been busy.

I can't even say I've been busy unpacking.. because I didn't really do squat until tonight. These pictures... show you my dilemma. I have lots of stuff!!! Moving back from an apartment.. into a bedroom leaves me in a pickle. I have things you need in apartments but not bedrooms.. like, dishes, a toaster, a coffee pot.. well... actually, I forgot my toaster. Sarah was amazing and grabbed all my forgotten things and I will retrieve them from her at some unknown date.
My big issue was that there are tons of bins and things and nowhere to put things. So I came up with a solution.. but that was tonight.. so I'll get there.





Everyone who knows me knows two very simple facts about me.
1. I'm allergic to cats.
2. I love Devo (the resident kitty of the house).
I love how snuggly and soft she is, and how friendly and social she is. She's honestly the coolest cat I've ever met. Our biggest issue, however, is my body's refusal to let me show my love for her.
We worked out a deal.. she likes to sleep on my bed. In order to not die/lose all ability to breathe... I can't let her sleep where I'll breathe in her hair. So, I set a pillow close to the end of my bed  against the wall so that she has somewhere to lay where I won't completely suffocate. She and I have come to love this deal.





Okay. So, more updates:

1. Job Interview was Thursday for Starbucks (2nd Job)
2. Got the job!!!
3. I know work.. 7-5 (daycare) monday-friday, 6-10:30 (starbucks) a few nights a week, plus some weekend shifts
4. I register at the U of M TC tomorrow!!!
5. I didn't fail any classes... well.. okay, Shakespeare.. I'm not sure about yet.
6. Our internet works again at the house!!
7. I have unpacked 65% of my stuff!!!! (this all happened tonight..)
8. I can't sleep... so I finally got around to all of the things I have been avoiding.. (laundry, unpacking, blog post.. because there was a lot to say, organizing desk, dusting and going through books)

9. I might not post every day/ as often as I was able to over the school year.. but I promise some awesome updates including more of my creative non-fiction from this past semester!!!

Keep coming back!

Always,
H.Eilene