Growing in to Grown Up

My Crazy Aunt Made Me Post… | March 10, 2010

…Even though I don’t really have much to say tonight. So, sorry Aunt L, I guess you’ll have to find something more exciting to read while you have your kitchen worked on.

Anyway, my internet is finally up and running! Whoo Hooo! So you can expect more frequent posts again from here on out.

Just to catch you up to speed on the past few months:

December 20th: Moved out of apartment near Vanderbilt and into new apartment near work (with my Craigslist roommate.)
December 25th: Ate Indian food and watched library rented movies and read library borrowed books for a solo Christmas.
December 28th: New roommate came home from Christmas in South Carolina.
December 29th: (wee hours of the morning) woke up to smoke alarms and ran outside with roommate, her cat, and my purse to watch it go up in flames.
December 29th: (early morning) went to Walmart with New Roommate and money from the Red Cross to buy something other than pajamas (and shoes for the roomie – she didn’t even make it out with her shoes) to wear to work.
December 29th: (late morning) Go to work because I didn’t know what else to do. My options were to sit in my car or at The Red Roof Inn (where Red Cross was putting us up for 3 nights) and think about the fact that literally all I had were the pajamas I was wearing, my Walmart purchases, and the items in my purse (SO GLAD I GRABBED IT!) or start shopping but with no place to put anything I bought.
December 30th: BFF Jenn flies in from Cedar Rapids for our (pre-planned) New Year’s visit! Good friend from high school arranges for me to stay (for as long as I want!) at the Hyatt Place (so I’m not completely homeless.)
December 31st: My Chicago girls (3rd generation friend Emily, Karaoke All-Star Amanda, and Casey [who's birthday is the reason I have a tattoo]) drive in for literally a 14 hour stay to hang, help me re-group, and celebrate NYE Nash-Vegas style!
January 4th: Blown away by the generosity of my coworkers, friends, family and even strangers.  Have gift cards galore, furniture, clothing, dishes, appliances, etc. waiting for me when I get a new apartment.
January 5th: Still getting the run-around from the old apartment complex. Was planning on staying there. No open apartments, ghetto sister property tells us we have to sign a 12 month lease to stay there (even though old apartment said we could stay until a 2 bed/2 bath opened up.)
January 6th: Tired of back and forth with old complex. Look at a new complex. Adore it.
January 7th: Sign lease and move in.
February 10th: Find out the library is going to make me pay $237 to replace the burnt items…even with a copy of the fire report. Love the Nashville library a little less.
March 10th: Finally feel settled. Have furniture, clothes, cable (I’ve missed my Lifetime!) & internet.

So there you have it. My roommate in the new place is still the same as the one from the fire. She’s fantastic. I somehow managed to find a normal one from the internet. Praise the Lord! My job is still great and I still adore it. And that’s really all that’s new.

Also, a HUGE HUGE HUGE Thank You to all of you who called, wrote, emailed, sent things, prayed, etc. You all made me feel so blessed and loved. I don’t even know how to express how much I appreciate your thoughts & concern.

What have you all been up to?