If you had invoked me before you began this journey,

Have I mentioned recently how much I love Michael Pollan?

Well, I do.

So, last night, dredged up the only SCA clothes I seem to be able to find for us and wandered off

I didn't do nearly as much chatting with various and sundry folks as I thought I would. Mainly because early on, I wandered into Troll/Heraldry and just sort of ended up staying. Conversation was good, amusing, fun, and I had a good time. plus we found out how many rhode islands will fit in the phoenix metro area. *shudder*

Which really, was totally needed.


In other news - the insurance is all fucking done. This is wonderful. Totally.

Let's see...

Before anything else, I'm directing you lot to a post on my sister's LJ with a kind of neat little video. If you're interested in/like Hinduism - give it a shot.

Grad school continues to plod along. Really, I need to get far better at keeping up with things and dealing with them as they arise and all that jazz. I'm a procrastinator, and I know this all too well. It is, also, a bitch and a half to conquer. i can only hope that, well, everything ends up vaguely alright. Seriously. (And you know what? I kind of know it will. Because things like this usually do. I just enjoy worrying as much as I enjoy procrastinating. Or something akin to that, I think.)

On the other major front - I will rejoice when we're done with, well, everything. Had to drop off another copy of the police report last week, which was a pain. See, apparently they never got the extended list of everything - and insurance needs that before they'll do anything. At least it's not in, so hopefully we can get all that done with soon enough. I've moved onto resignation and just... managing it all.

(As an aside - if you want updates on all this, don't beat about the bush. Just ask me flat out. I'll be in a better mood and you won't get monosyllabic answers. No, this isn't directed at anyone on the flist - this was elsewhere.)

The house is moving along at a nearly snail's pace. However, we're at least getting stuff slowly unpacked and organized. (One of the bedrooms has become a library. Seriously. I'm all kinds of pleased for some reason.) This is a very good thing. Delicious Library really is the best thing, and domnall's found a spiffy little barcode scanning app for the iPhone. Now, to email Delicious Monster and ask why the videogames won't import. Right, when I get home.

We've given up on the pool for the rest of the year. Had it almost set and then everything went to Hell. We'll drain it, clean and patch, and then refill for the winter or something.

Need to dig up clothing for Kingdom A&S this weekend. I think I do know where things are though, which is good. Or at least I've got a vague idea. Granted, it'll likely be the over and underdress I've been wearing for the last several events, but, well, that's what I can find. Getting out and seeing people will be a good thing though. Social interaction FTW! (Gods, I spend too much time online. Not sure if I should worry right now or not...)

Really wish I could go to the weddings of two separate friends next month. That would be awesome, really. Unfortunately, life has conspired and so it shall not be. I won't lie - I'm kind of pissed. Nico and Erin are both very special to me in different ways, and if one wedding wasn't in WA and the other in MA, I'd be at them in a heartbeat. As it is, I need to be a good Willa and remember to buy presents.

With a pair of friends transferring servers to Aggramar, the desire to play WoW has increased. Had fun last night running through Old Kingdom a few times while we were all on Skype so Sam could level. This is a good thing, I think. Actually, I know it is. Combine that with running Star Wars (note to self - have work to do!), and I think I'm OK on the gaming front. Spiffiness. a lie - need to work on the milton/dante journal-based game. however, have a few months on that front to get things sorted.

And now, off to continue in the land of... stuff.

So, we're currently at 272 books, 363 movies, and 1 lone video game. The CueCat has, in fact, given up the ghost it seems. However, the iSight barcode scanner works remarkably well.


In other news, my father has created a (very happy) monster. For domnall's birthday, he picked up one of the starter sets at Brew Your Own Brew. We shall likely be going there this weekend to talk about more supplies and a few other spiffy things.

We have a house!

This really sort of overrides anything else. Granted, it's also tangentially why I'm here and not at the demo - all our SCA stuff is packed in various boxes under more boxes and we're pretty determined to get everything unpacked in a timely manner. Yeah, yeah, yeah - excuses, I know. Soon, people, soon. Sort of feel like everything else needs to be gotten in order first.

Besides, there's a spinning wheel calling my name. I really want to try it out.

Stress levels are fluctuating, but overall going down. This is very good. Now to work on seriously combating this acne break-out. It's annoying me muchly.

Grad school doesn't seem to be the end of the world. I'm only taking two classes - both of which are online. This is different, but rather nice, actually. Work putters along as well, which is also quite nice.

Now, if only I could find my copy of Nanny Ogg's Cookbook for this weekend. I want it signed... Do need to run to Barnes & Noble anyway, to grab something for squeeky_v.


Am also still sad that I will get to neither holly_housedyke nor nicodaemos's weddings. But a combination of no vacation time and that I'm under 25, hence no car rentals without being disgustingly expensive, means alas - they shall not happen.

So, for the most part - we've moved. Still need to find the information for re-filing taxes and Gallant's bag, and get the last of the stuff out of the apartment to clean, but other than that...

Yeah.


House! Wheee! It's nice and quiet, and I'm looking forward to just getting everything set up and organized.

So, let's see...

I'm alive!

House inspection this morning. Yeah, still love the place. Gallant came along, which was good. Having another set of eyes was very nice.

Life's been pretty busy. Between house stuff and, well, personal life, there seems to be less and less time. Of course, I feel like there should be something else of note to mention, I really do. Alas, that's not the case. Everything just plods along for now.

Stopped on campus to drop off some forms at HR today. Also had a slightly surreal moment as I entered an elevator. Ran into one of my old RTIP profs, who - wonder of wonders - actually spoke to me. This is noteworthy as he and I clashed heads for most of my time in the program, and after I left - even upon occasionally running into him - there was not a word that passed between us. Even though we crossed paths regularly enough.

Of course - he's a notorious asshole. *grin* And I'm rambling right now.


The in-class portion of my first grad class begins tomorrow. Yes, I still have shit to do. I'm just crossing my fingers and hoping all goes well.


Finally - because it's been stuck in my head. Carolina by the Sydney Sprague Experience.

So - despite the fact that there's still shit to do (inspection, more paperwork, dealing with apartment, etc.) the important bit is thus:

OFFER ON HOUSE ACCEPTED!


Yes, neither of us has spoken much about this, but we kind of wanted to keep quiet about it all for awhile. Or at least I did.


It's on 38th Street just off Mann. 6711 E 38th, to be exact.


I'm going to continue to go dance now...