I'm looking at two apartments this week. Tomorrow night I'm looking at a one bedroom. It has an "office" room which should be big enough for Cam's toddler bed (and some of his toys?). The manager said something about having to go through the room to get to the bathroom, though. So, I don't know. The best parts about the apartment (as far as I know): a big kitchen, front and back porches, and utilities are included in the rent price.

The other apartment I'm looking at is a 3 bedroom (playroom anyone?!). It's the same price as the one bedroom, except utilities aren't included. It doesn't have much of a porch, but it has a bit more yard space. It also doesn't have a washer or dryer. Sad day. :( I'll just have to make friends with someone who does!! Also, I can find a roommate for the third bedroom, since Cam's bedroom ought to be big enough for his toys, and the price isn't so expensive that I can't afford it if the roommate moves out after a year or whatever.

Both places are quite a bit further from campus, but not so far that I couldn't ride my bike. Neither has a huge yard, or even a yard suited for running around and playing in, but they aren't so far from a park. And both are main level apartments. Hopefully both are big enough for entertaining!! lol So, yeah.

At the moment I'm leaning towards the 3 bedroom. It'll be easier to make my decision after I've seen both places. Hopefully by Friday afternoon I'll have a place to live next year!

I got a hair cut today. It's very short. I'm not sure I like it. I had hoped for something a little bit longer, but I couldn't print out the pictures I had found online and was limited to what I could find in the style books at the salon. I don't even think my hair really looks like the style I wanted. Maybe I just fail at styling it...

*le sigh*

It'll grow. I'll be able to cut it again.

The Gathering Storm audiobook for free?

That's right, me.

Take that!

Like seriously! I'm absolutely starving and I have been all day, despite eating stuff. :( It worries me because I'm only usually ravenously hungry right around my period. I just got over a period a week and a half ago. I do NOT want another one right away, tyvm. So, hopefully I won't die of starvation tomorrow, since I'll have class and can't snack all day like today.

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In other news, I'm going to look at houses Tuesday!! Very exciting! Hopefully I can find one in my price range.

Saturday is grocery shopping day. We went to Wal-Mart, found our items, and used the self-checkout because I prefer to pack my own shopping bag, tyvm. (And aside from that, many cashiers aren't really sure what to do with the reusable bags) Anyway, as I was loading groceries onto the conveyor belt, Camden was pressing buttons, and when I scanned my first item, I realised it was in Spanish. Ew. But it was too late to change it. The self checkout was being stupid and not registering some items, and I was getting quite upset with it. It also didn't help that the Watcher kept hovering over my shoulder. So when it scanned the wrong barcode on the pork chops I bought (why they have two barcodes, I'll never know), I started cursing at the machine about the same time the Watcher, who happened to be an old woman, came up to "fix" it. And she tells me, "There's no need for such language." And I turn to her, full of incredulity, and ask "What? Are you going to throw me out of the store?" She says "No, but there's still no need. I didn't do anything." So I tell her I was cursing the machine and not her.

I really don't like people. And I really REALLY don't like people who get all holier-than-thou simply because I happen to use language they wouldn't.

Fuck is not a bad word. It's just a word. Thank you very much, Watcher-lady.w

I've finally figured out my schedule for next semester, and I am definitely making up for my lack of music classes this semester! Music Literature, Arranging, Counterpoint, lessons, wind symphony, percussion ensemble (maybe), and Percussion Methods which is learning how to teach percussion. I'm also doing my last semester of German (huzzah!) and getting statistics out of the way. At some point in the semester, I'm going to take the CLEP test for the science courses, so I can avoid annoying labs 'n whatnots.

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I made cashew chicken tonight, and it turned out wonderfully! I wish my crab Rangoon had turned out tasty 'n such, too. Oh, well. One thing at a time, I suppose. (btw, Eric, I used the recipe I sent you. It tasted fine without the oyster sauce, though I don't know what difference using veg stock vs chicken would make)

So the house I looked at didn't work out at all. I think it is actually SMALLER than the apartment I'm in, which makes it CRAMPED!! Talk about having no breathing room. It also had small closets. :(

But no worries! I still have high hopes that I'll be able to find a house or apartment that is the size I need/want that I can afford. I have a friend who's mentioned that she might want to room with me if the place has certain features. I'm going to check with her today to see if she seriously wants to room with me, and if we should be looking together. Because I don't want to get a place that I love, but she hates, and end up paying the entire (very large) rent myself because she won't move in.

I realise that for some places, looking for rentals in October when you're not moving until June seems quite ridiculous. But, in Kirksville, if you don't start looking at least 4-6 months ahead of time, you aren't going to get anyplace good. I blame the college students. ^_^

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In other news, I started Valley of the Horses on Friday after finishing Clan of the Cave Bear. Finished Valley yesterday without any real plans to continue reading on in the series, until I got to the last page, and was like: I want!! Alas, I don't have The Mammoth Hunters. *le sigh* That's probably just as well. I don't like it that much, anyway, because Jondalar is a stupid man with major double standards. "Oh, it's okay if I sleep with whatever woman I want. What, Ayla looked at another man? That bitch!" Or some such. But the beginning part is good! I think I'm going to look for it at the library today ^_^

I might be moving into a house!! w00t!

I'm switching majors from liberal arts with a concentration in music (gosh, that's a mouthful!) to music education! :joy The main factor in this is that I'm worried about getting into a grad school for music therapy, because most music therapy programs are really competitive. Plus, after working this summer with the people with autism... I'm just not sure I'm cut out for it. Plus, even as a music therapist, there's no guarantee I'll be working with children, autistic or not. But if I go into elementary music, or even beginning band, working with kids is guaranteed.

Anyway, switching majors is going to add at least another year to my schooling. And I don't think I can stand two more years in this apartment! lol

I've scheduled a walk-through for a two bedroom house Saturday night. Two bedroom, full basement, newly remodeled, porch, hardwood floors, washer and dryer. Plus, it's the same price as what I'm paying now! :morejoy I'm pretty excited about it; I hope its as great (or almost as great, anyway!) as what I'm imagining. I absolutely LOVE the thought of Camden having his own room. And a playroom in the basement! Or even just using the basement as a hangout place... thingy.

So, yeah. If it doesn't work out, well, I've still got until June to find a new place.

My computer has succumbed to a virus, yet again. :( I was using it Saturday morning. Dan used it Saturday morning. Saturday night I turned it on, and it came up to the window where you can do "safe start" and whatnots. So, me being the genius I am, reformatted my computer with a system backup, because I thought my files would be saved. Well, some were. Just not the ones I needed.

Like my research and outline for a speech I'm doing on Wednesday for public speaking.

FML

And, also, my touch pad stopped working. I'd been having some trouble with it being jumpy, and since the reformatting, it doesn't work in the slightest. :(

FMLEM (FML even more)

Dan and I are still dating!! Since early July. Three months already, but it feels like much longer. Probably from all the quasi-dating the first six months of the year. lol Though he lives five and a half hours away, I don't think it puts any undue strain on our relationship. Actually, I was just talking to Jamie after church today about this. I actually think the distances has helped us. We actually have to communicate, and come up with ways to be interesting to each other that don't involve the bedroom. Always a good thing. I mean, yeah, it's difficult. Especially since we went from him staying over every night to him being gone with almost no transition. At least I've gotten over the thing where I have to imagine his arms are around me so I can fall asleep.

Now I just have to figure out what he's doing tonight... I've been trying to call him for the past 3 hours, but I haven't heard anything from him... *le sigh* Maybe he lost his phone or left it at school or some such.