Coming Together

I feels like things are starting to really come together for Jordan and I. In the last couple of months

•  I've gotten a raise,
• Jordan started school (which is being paid for by his work),
•  my brother and his girlfriend found their own place
• we found one decent guy to move in (at least we think he's desent so far)
• i found some ways to reduce our house hold bills (like student plans for the house phone and internet)
• annnd...
• WE just got a rent reduction.

It just feels good to have all these things coming together.

Jordan and I opened a joint account so we could be more of a unit financially, and tonight we set up all of our autmatic transactions.  It feels like we're moving together in sync - which is an amazing feeling.

Our next big challenge will be to figure out how to handle Christmas.

It's Moving Day!

It's actually moving weekend.

Samantha fininished moving yesterday, wahoo!!  Unforutnatly she didn't clean her room, the bathroom, or the space in the fridge/pantry she was using.  I'm thinking of deducting $20/hour for cleaing.  I think it will only take me an hour or two.

Nelson and Lindsay are moving today.  They've done some small things before now, but today's the big day.  Jordan and I left the house at 830am this morning, and are going to try to stay away for the majority of the day (we're at his work right now). 

Part of me wants to get started on Sam's old room - and part of me is worried about the state of affairs once Nelson & Lindsay are done - but we'll hold on that.  The thing is, is that everything has to be clean and ready for new roommate after this weekend.  He'll be moving in during the week (tues/wed likely).

Busy, busy.

Meeting Jordan's Nanuk

Jordan and I went to his aunts last night to help her sort out a computer problem.  Lo and behold, his grandmother  (Nanuk) happened to be in town and staying with this particular aunt.  She lives in the NWT somewhere - I think Tuktoyuktuk, so it was a pretty great surprise

We spent probably 15 minutes fixing the computer, and 2 hours just visiting.  Jordan heard about some of his aunts and uncles and even got a picture of his great grandparents, nanuk, and some of his great aunts/uncles.  

All around, it was a great evening.  

10 more days....

Until November!!

Headaches....

I have a ripper of a headache this morning... it seems only to be on the right side of my head and behind my eye. How strange.

I thought getting my new glasses with an updated prescription would help eliminate most of these.  Apparently, it's not normal to get headaches several times a week. I took three Tylenol for this one (about an hour ago) so I'm hoping it will go away in short order.

Perhaps this is something I should keep track of.

Me & My Limbs

...are so out of control.

When I was younger I used to think I was a clutz, then I thought I was akward b/c I grew tall so quickly, then I was back to thinking i was a clutz again.  Whatever it is, I'm just tired of hurting myself.  Jordan teases that I have no control over my limbs. 

Today I got home from work a little after 7pm and started rushing to get dinner organized.  Jordan goes to school on Tueday's and gets home usually just before 8pm.  I don't have to make super, but I enjoy it - especially when he gets home so late.  So I was rushing around and decided - hey while I'm waiting for my pork chops to defrost and the oven to heat up - I'l dump a few buckets of water into the fishtank downstairs.

Note - the fishtanks probably evaoporate around 5-10 gallons of water a week (its a 90 gallon tank).

I made the first trip down okay, and started on the second and kind of tripped/fell/slid/skipped down a few steps - pail of water went flying , I fell on my ass - my foot hurt soo so so so bad.

My limbs are out of control.

My brother was home so he helped me down the stairs, through some towels on the water and sat with me  until the pain ebbed away.  Jordan got home 15 minutes later and helped me back up the stairs.  He got me on the couch with some dry clothes.

Brother went back to moving and Jordan is now making dinner.

Two of my toes still hurt pretty bad... and both feet are freezing.

I so don't want to be old and alone

So my Great Aunt was widowed a few months ago - and since, my Boyfriend and I have taken on the role of pseudo care taker.  We are helping to make sure that she gets to the grocery store, her lawn is taken care of and the garbage is brought to the curb - that sort of thing.

Last night she called my boyfriend with an emergency.  She turned the tap on in the kitchen and left it running - then she either fell asleep/read a book or something - she doesn't remember.  She went to get a glass of water and found the sink over flowing all over the kitchen.  It had been running so long that the basement had water in it.  Jordan first made sure that the tap was now turned off and she was safe.  It was, and she was.

I got home from work about 5 minutes later - we had a very quick bite to eat and hightailed it to my aunts.

There were sopping wet towels all over the kitchen floor and main basement floor....and a plunger in the sink.

We got her calm and sitting down (though she kept getting up to 'help') - and got to work.  Jordan fought with the sink and I cleaned and cleaned.  We got everything mopped up and I wound up having a few (4) bags of garbage to throw out and we filled her recycle bin with newspapers from the '80s (there's still more, the bin was already pretty full).

We couldn't get the sink unplugged but managed to get enough water out of it so it wasn't a risk for over flow again.

My aunts going to call a plumber today.  We've asked her to ask the plumber to check out a few other things for her while he's there.  The bathroom sink drips constantly (probably just needs a new washer) and the water pressure is pretty horrible.

I just can't imagine being in my 80's, alone, and scared like that.

Roommates = Stress

So Samantha was supposed to be finished moving out this past Saturday, however she sends me an e-mail saying that school has been so hectic for her that she won't be out until October 24th now.  She did pay a full months' rent -so technically it shouldn't be a problem - but it's frustrating.  Trying to get everything to align with people moving in/out is hard.  Landlord STILL hasn't gotten back to us.... a full week after she said she would.  This next week is going to be painful.

On a side note, we picked up a few cheapy pictures for the walls (from Walmart) and a small side table to go behind the door...

I want November to be over.

Oh, plus, I just found out that my brother doesn't really want to move 'slash' isn't really motivated to pack which really isn't that surprising.  It' must be tricky for him b/c his g/f really does want to get packed and moved (so he says).  I'm voting for Lindsay.

I just want everything in the house to be calm and settled.

Looking Forward

I am looking forward to the end of this month.  There are only 13 more days left in October and they couldn't come soon enough.  With everything that's been going on I've been getting these pretty intense stress headaches.  At least, I figure that's what they are.  Since getting a new prescription for my glasses, it's the only thing that really makes sense.

We're waiting for our landlord to get back us regarding negotiations for our lease.  The current lease ran out as of September 1, 2009.  All of our roommates gave us notice that they are moving out, and we have probably found a new roommate but unless everything goes smoothly and things get cleaned - we'll be in a tight spot for the month of November.

It will probably all come together, but it's hard when I don't really have any control over it.  I just have to wait, and hope that enough respect still exits -  that the folks who are moving out will take care of what they need to.

Introduction

This blog is more of a personal journal. I promise nothing execpt to be honest.  It will have no prevailing theme or underlying message - it is simply my thoughts.