Connected

I have internet, so I can rejoin the real world. It's going to take me a few days to get all caught up on the happenings of the past week, but for now, a brief summary.

We are moved into our new apartment. The move went very well thanks to some great help. We were out of the other place and into this one in just over 2 hours. Thanks guys! We couldn't have done it without you. Now we have begun the long process of getting everything settled in here.

As for my invitation on the last post for some of my readers to submit ideas for a post, since Ashley was the only one who came up with a question for me to answer, it won't take long to catch up on that. That post is coming soon. I promise.

Just working

Seriously, working is pretty much all I've been doing. I worked a double shift Saturday night, came back on Sunday and did it again, and then worked my regular shift on Monday. Yesterday I went over to our new apartment and scrubbed it from top to bottom so now it's ready for us to move in. Today, work again. But then I get a 4 day weekend. We will mostly spend it moving but we do have a little bit of fun planned. Updates on that in a few days. We might need a few days to get the internet squared away in our new place and such so forgive me if I'm gone for a while.

In the mean time, I have been thinking that it might be fun to get some blog topics from my dear readers. Feel free to post a question or a subject that you would like to see my write about (it can be anything). That way this won't always just be a grocery list of what we've been up to.

Frailty (a cheesy post)

She was just a normal person, whatever normal means. She was getting a little bit older, but was still very independent. She had friends and family and she enjoyed their company. She did all the routine things that you and I do. Then, one day, she decided to do a very ordinary thing. She went grocery shopping. On her way back into the house with an armful of groceries, everything changed. She fell and hit her head.

Now, she lies in a bed all day every day. A big piece of her brain is missing on the left side and her skull sinks in there. She has a feeding tube to provide her nutrition and a trach to help her breathe. She hardly moves and seems to be basically unaware of most things that are going on around her.

I was just thinking about this story and others that I encounter at work every day. Today, I am very grateful for my health and my life and the people that I care about and that care about me. I want to send my love out to all of you. Life can be so frail, and it's you, my friends and family, who help me make the most of it.

the blahs

Maybe if I just keep my eyes closed a little longer, all that construction noise outside will stop. And maybe the clock will go backwards, just this once, so I don't have to lie here and feel guilty about still being in bed at this time. 15 more minutes. Why does it even matter what time i get up anyway? All that's waiting for me out there is chores and then work. I could just set an alarm and get up a little before I have to go to work and skip the chores part. But I'm really kinda wide awake now. But I don't wanna get up. *this argument goes on in my head for another 20 minutes until finally...* Okay, I give up. I'm getting outta bed.

May 4

Here's to the most wonderful guy in the world.

He's 25 years old today.

Love you Zack.

Bargains

Here's a picture I took of my shopping trip last week. I got all this stuff for FREE. Woo hoo! We practically have free toiletries coming out of every nook and cranny in our apartment. I guess I should try and off load some of it before we move. My next goal is to expand more into the food shopping deals. That is a little more ambitious and takes some time and planning. I am getting much more efficient and speedy and doing deals on toiletries, so I think I might be ready to branch out a little more.

Floorplan

Ok. The internet finally seems to be working somewhat regularly *knock on wood* so I can finally do a blog post. Sorry about the absence.

Mostly, things have been pretty normal around here. We are getting excited about our upcoming move. Not the actual moving so much as being in a new place. It's always fun to make a place our own. Since our new apartment is currently just sitting vacant, we were able to go measure for curtains. While we were there, we measured the whole place and then we made this:

Yes, we are nerds. We used graph paper to make a floor plan of our new apartment, and we also measured all our furniture and made paper renderings of them in the same scale so we could play around with different furniture arrangement ideas. Of course we'll have to see how it all really looks when we get in there, but it was fun to play around with it all. Less than a month now until the move.