It's raining... and I am tired...

Maybe I should not blog when I am tired... when it is rainy and cold... and the day after my truck got hit while parked in a parking lot... Yes... my truck is sporting a new look... the dented look... I was in class last night... came out and there was a woman standing near my truck looking it all over... on her cell phone. As I approached I asked if I could help her with something... she said, umm, well I hit your truck. WHAT? Yup.. there it was.. a big dent with red accents form her minivan. I asked what happened and she said she had misjudged the turn... Oh my gosh! Seriously? So... in the rain we simultaneously were on cell phones with police, insurance companies, etc... FUN. I will say that the woman that hit my truck was nice and felt terrible. Her insurance will cover all the repairs on my truck and will get me a rental car when I have it fixed.. so it will work out, but I have to say I was not happy. I admit.. I may have screamed once in my truck... out of shear aggravation at this... and probably the culmination of all this. But... it could have been worse, way worse... and she stayed there, gave me all her info... and it will work out... but it did not help with the stress level...

... I would say I have been holding up pretty good, all things considered... I am almost completely done at my old apt. I went there tonight, hoping to finish up there for good, but forgot my cooler to empty the freezer... and it was raining so hard I didn't want to put some things in the back of my truck that I had no other place for... so.. tomorrow will be the last day. I have like three or four boxes of stuff, cleaning supplies, etc. and that's it. Yahoo. Throughout the process I had been throwing so much away and had put all the trash bags on my back porch.. well I had been getting rid of some on trash days, but they kept building up as I packed and moved things... so tonight in the pouring rain I loaded all of the bags onto my truck and left them beside the road near my new apt. Hopefully they take it all tomorrow... I am really happy with my new apartment. I like it here a lot. It feels like home... and the cats are enjoying themselves too... although Sheldon and I spent some quality time learning to go down the stairs. She was terrified...and really couldn't figure it out. I had to close the basement door and block the upper stairs while I set her on one stair and patiently waited... quivering she eventually got bored and attempted a stair... she looked back at me for reassurance and eventually went down the rest of them... to her food. I interrupted her dinner, knowing she would want to finish eating, and brought her back up the stairs... and made her go down again... she is now very comfortable with the stairs... and the other cats love racing up and down them...

My knee is going to greatly appreciate when this move and unpacking stuff is done. I have taken a couple of pictures, but need to find the USB cord that connects to my camera so I can share them with you... along with the picture of my dent... I have put everything away in the kitchen... and I have empty cupboards! (must go shopping?) My bathroom is all done, except I want to add some plants in there... the living room is coming together... I found yet another use for my amazing showtime knives...the one that is shown on the infomercial, cutting through sheet rock... also cuts through the thin fake cardboard/wood that is on the back of bookshelves... I had to cut a hole in my bookcase because the spot where I wanted it to be was the wall on which the thermostat was located... so using a little yankee ingenuity... I fixed it... cut a hole in the back and tah dah... bookshelf is against the wall and I can still access the thermostat! Handy - those knives! I have also started unpacking my clothes in my bedroom and am making progress. the hardest part will be the office.. YIKES... that will take some time. Insert exhaling sound here... It will get done.

I am being lazy tonight... may head to bed soon..and it is only 7:30. May not unpack anything tonight... and I may eat chocolate... I bought some M&Ms.... which reminds me... if you have not seen the commercial for M&Ms... with the pink M7M in the park.. with the squirrels... You are missing out... scary ass squirrels!