Diagnosis: Not dead yet. (I know, you were starting to wonder)
So it's been 4 months since my last post, almost to the day I think. Tons has happened since then, of course, but I can't imagine there's much worth noting that most people don't know already. I've been planning this post for a while, but it requires me getting my pictures from my camera to my computer, then getting my computer to the internet. I have the day off today (hurray!), so maybe I'll try and put that toward the top of my To Do list today. After I transplant my green peppers, but maybe before cleaning out the guinea pig's cage. We'll see.
For now I'll keep this pretty short and sweet. We're house hunting, which is the latest big development in our lives. Neal and I both have jobs in Grand Marais now--he at a credit union and me as a paraprofessional in a little charter school, which I'm getting more and more excited about. I'll get to work with an amazing teacher in a 4th-5th grade classroom, and the school is very alternative in ways that I think are pretty good. They pick a lot of their lunch food from their green house. I mean, how awesome is that? "I think a salad sounds good for lunch." "Ok, to the green house we go. " Sigh! It makes me excited for the garden I'd like to have next year.
We're looking at a few different houses right now, though one stands far above the rest in my mind. The woman who owns it is selling it herself and is very motivated to move, which is awesome in an already buyer-friendly market. We put an initial offer in last Sunday, which was too low for her, but I think we're going to go back again tomorrow during her open house and negotiate a little further after we give the house another thorough inspection. No matter what happens, I can honestly say it's a fantastic time for Neal to be working at a financial institution. The woman who would be doing our mortgage is amazing too--she just seems to know stuff about nearly every house on the market, which = awesome insider information. For example, "Oh, that house? No, you don't want that one. The whole place stinks like cat pee. You'd have to rip everything out to try and get rid of the smell." Hmm... thank you very much for that tip.
Whenever we make it up there, you can bet that internet is going to be a priority for me. I'm hoping that I can tether my computer to Neal's phone and get it that way, which would be awesome! And then... well, let's just say my crappy phone won't be around much longer either. The style is fine and all, but now it likes to just push random buttons all the time, which mean my text messages st9armt to3 lmook l2ikeg thizs. Or suddenly it starts opening applications I don't want it too. Or I can't read my messages because it keeps sending me from my inbox to my sent box to my out box to somewhere else. Ok, enough complaining. In my fantasy world, I'll either go on a Mary Kay spree, or work a few extra Saturday mornings at Bluefin until I have specific phone money saved it (at which point I can justify an iphone. mwahaha).
Well, so much for short and sweet. It's now time for me to go and be productive doing something else. I left my coffee creamer at work yesterday, so I walked down for a cup of coffee this morning, at which point my crazy husband treated me to breakfast (he's working here this morning). It was pretty much great. So now I'm in the office, typing away, sipping on juice. It's really nice. But like I said, time to get back to reality.
Bye for now.
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