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September 22, 2004
The Big Red Sun
I went to this outdoor concert to meet my aunt's friend who lives in Austin. I had a great time! It was so fun!!!! I met all these people and everyone was SOOOO friendly!!! I haven't talked to that many people in a while! It was GREAT!! I'm so happy!!!! And I'm going back next week for the last concert of the Summer. Oh I just had a great time :-) And on Friday morning I'm flying to Denver for the weekend! It's great! I'm so happy! :-)))))
Posted by beth at 11:32 PM | Comments (0)
Horoscope
I found this QUITE interesting :-)
How true is this?
<strong>Aries is a Fire Sign and Taurus is an Earth Sign. Aries wants to take charge of their own destiny, while Taurus needs to be assured of security and stability. Sometimes Taurus can be possessive, which independent Aries won't tolerate. If Aries can assure Taurus that the relationship is strong and that Aries isn't going anywhere, Taurus can be as flexible and tolerant of independence as Aries needs them to be. </strong>
Aries is a Cardinal Sign, and Taurus is a Fixed Sign. In this relationship, Aries is not going to get their own way no matter how hard they try -- <strong>so it's a much better idea not to try at all.</strong> Taurus is a Fixed Sign that won't budge; <strong>Aries will get much further with finesse and charm (Taurus is a real sucker for both)</strong> than with argument, since Taurus never loses a debate. Both Signs want to be the leader in the relationship, so compromise is essential.
What's the best aspect of the Aries-Taurus relationship? The passionate nature of the partnership. This is an excellent balance of energy between masculine and feminine, impulsive and deliberate. <strong>Their contrasting personalities and ability to learn from one another make theirs a mutually giving and satisfying relationship.</strong>
Posted by beth at 04:00 PM | Comments (0)
September 21, 2004
Multiple Postings
I'm posting more than once tonight, in the time span of 5 minutes, because I'm really bored...And I don't want to watch TV, and I just want to talk on the phone to someone, but it's already late on the East Coast, and the plan for tonight is that Seymen and I can only talk for 10-15 minutes at a time, when he's taking a break, and then he'll go work for an hour or two and then we can talk another 10-15 minutes. (I'm trying to be accomodating of his working, and he's trying to accomodate my loneliness)...Sooo...ya'll will hear alot from me tonight.
Ok...So quick funny/cute story from my Turkish class. You know how in Spanish and French they have no seperation between male and female. It's Me, You, he/she/it, We, You formal or You plural, and They. Well...Same in Turkish (and as a side note: which is why Seymen always ends up calling girls HE/HIM and guys: SHE/HER)...anyway, my teacher was trying to explain to Tracy and I when to use the formal you/plural you...basically, Siz is like saying Y'all...and only in Texas do we receive this explaination. I don't know. Kind of a stupid story, but he was so cute. This old Turkish professor telling us Siz=Ya'll like it was the most obvious thing, and it totally makes sense. It's too bad the rest of the America can't say Y'all. It's so practical.
Let's see...So tonight I met Heidi and Nate for dinner in Pflueggerville (that's pronounced: FLU-GRRRR-VILLE) @ Chedders. It was so delicous. Especially because I'm still weary of cooking in my apartment kitchen until they fumagate for Roaches again (Which is supposed to be tomorrow). Anyway...that was fun. And YUMMY...But I need to get away from the cheeses man. I eat cheese every day for at least every meal here...and I don't even really like cheese that much, but man...you have got to taste the Queso here. It's amazing. And addicting. Everything is addicting. Right now I"m completely and totally addicted to Propel. When Chrissy, Seymen and Jake were visiting, I made Jake and Chris take me to Sams, and Jake had to carry up two cases of Propel to my apartment so I didn't have to carry it. (I live on the third floor with 6 sets of stairs and it's HELL getting up)...anyway, I'm almost done with BOTH cases!!! I have like maybe 4 left. It's only been not even 3 weeks! And I bought an extra 6 pack when I stayed at Heidi's!! Damn Gina!!
Speaking of Gina...My friend Gina that I grew up with, who's parent's live across the street from my parents, (and who I went to Ireland with last year) is going to Turkey!!!! With Sarah Rice, who we went to high school with. Sarah is living in Germany now, and Gina is going to visit. And Gina, Sarah and her TURKISH boyfriend are going to TURKEY when Gina is VISITING!!! I'm SOOOO JELOUSE!!! But totally excited for her...I wanna goooooooooooooooooo!!!
OK...Gotta go. It's time for my 10-15 mins. talking to Seymen. Byeeee
Posted by beth at 12:13 AM | Comments (0)
September 20, 2004
Big News
I have big news!!! Last night (and all day today, until about 7:30pm) I downloaded SIMs from Seymen, and tomorrow, once I burn them onto CD I'll FINALLY have the SIMS!!! And a NEW LIFE will be born!!! :-) I'm so excited! Slightly dissapointed, because I didn't realize that I needed to burn these to CD before I could install them, and now that I don't live with Seymen, I don't have a lifetime supply of blank CDs, so now I have to go to the store and buy some so I can install it and play...Which I really shouldn't do because I've been on somewhat of a shopping spree in hopes of lifting my kind of low spirits lately...and now all my bills have come in, and my rent...But it's all good... Thank god for bi-weekly paychecks! I think I have it balanced out that I can get by...And this past weekend I did really good with the not shopping so much. Actually, I did REALLY good this weekend...Because I realized that my turkish classes every saturday, are directly across the street from a payless shoe store...and I've been DYINGGGGG to go, but held myself back because I knew that I had to buy a plane ticket home for Christmas. That was some major will power, and probably what led to my depression break-down Sunday night...but sundays are always the hardest to be alone you know? Espeically, when you add to it that I spent the morning reading a romance novel, and then watched some Lifetime TV and Lifetime Movie Network, and then went to see a love story moviel...All to realize that I'm all alone, hugging Patooty instead of Seymen.
But I'm trying...And I know that once Seymen finishes his project at work, I know he'll be happier and not so damn tired. The poor guy has been working his little butt off. Everyday of the week until 2 or 3 AM. But I'm very VERYYYYYYYYYY PROUD of HIMMMM!! I know that this is going to be a success for him and for Fuji.
Anyway, last night was definitly a rough night...But I laid in bed and went through a stack of pictures and pulled out every picture that had him in it. I just sat there, looking at the pictures, remembering what it was we were doing...(either vacationing in Tucson, AZ/Grand Canyon or at my "surprise" going away party at Schooners, because that's the stack that I haven't stashed in some unknown place)...and then I laid them on the other side of the bed next to me, tucked in the covers and I felt much better...I was able to finally fall asleep.
OK. Enough of that. I'm not writing anymore depressing feelings. It's monday and new week with LOTS coming up! So I can't be depressed anymore. I think that I'll only allow myself 1 day a week of self-pity and doubt...Which will logically be sunday, because that's when it usually sets in...
ANYWAY :-))) I talked to Carrie tonight. Ohh maan...It was so good to talk to her...Catch up on Rochester and LMNK news. Turns out my old project is going to start back up again (Wireless). She had a conference call with the SMEs, and they asked where I was, howcome I wasn't on the project? And she had to tell them that I had followed my dream and moved to Texas! (It's really funny because when I met them the first time, Carrie and I had gone to Dallas for my first trip ever to Texas, and I spent the whole week raving about Austin and Texas, and how much I loved it and wanted to move down here! The SMEs are from San Antonio, and kept teasing me, telling me they'd talk to my boss and somehow get Carrie and I transferred to Texas for the project so that I could live here! HEHEHE) Anyway...according to Carrie, Carter my old SME was really happy to hear that I moved down here :-) And then supposedly, they had a nice trip down memory lane about when Dave, the Cisco APM took us to Foo Goo de Chow, and reminded Carrie, how we ate and ate and ate, and how us girls couldn't stop eating :-) And by the way, if any of you ever go to Dallas, I would HIGHLYYYY...and I mean HIGGGGGGGGGGHHHLLLLYYY recommend that you go to Foo Goo de Chow's for dinner. It's the BEST BEST BEST brazillian steak house in the world. I've never had such good meat...EVER!!
Posted by beth at 11:45 PM | Comments (0)
September 18, 2004
2 Steps Backward...2 Steps FORWARD!
Hi Again!
First of all I want to apologize for not writing so religiously. I try to write on my mainly good days, so that I don't read if I'm depressed later on :-) And on my really good days, I get so caught up I forget to write...and just so ya'll arn't worried, this week was a mainly GREAT week. So anyway, on with my story...
After work, my night started out not so good. I left work a little early to beat Friday afternoon traffic, and ended up right in the middle of it! 1.5 Hours later after some errands, I made it home to find a big roach stuck on it's back in my bathroom. I handled it OK, and spray the living hell out of it with Raid. I didn't know what to do with it, and I was scared to touch it, so I got myself ready around the roach. I decided that the best thing to do would be to leave my apartment and continue on with my evening plans...
So I left the apartment while talking on the phone to Maki. We talked as I got my mail and drove over to the main building of my apartment complex so I could go to the Apartment Happy Hour that I was planning on attend alone tonight. I had decided that it was my duty to myself to go to the happy hour and try to mingle and meet people. So I drove up, and I saw all the people, and couples holding hands, and drove right out of the parking lot. I totally chickened out. So I continued to talk to Maki, listening to her try to convince to me go. Instead I drove to the restuarant where I was supposed to meet Heidi and Nate for their birthday celebration dinner! I figured I'd just hang out in the parking lot for 30-40 mins. until they got there.
As I was driving in the parking lot, Nate called to tell me they had to cancel...So I decided OK. If I didn't go to the happy hour I'd hate myself all month until the next one came along. So I drove back to my apartment and walked from there. It was pretty neat, and it was totally crowded. So I took a deep breath, tried to act confident and walked up to the gate...I pulled on it...It wouldn't open...damn...I kept figiting with it until I saw the latch on the other side...OK phew...It was OK. So I went into the pool area. I looked around and made a BEE LINE for the tent with Free Beer, WIne and Margaritas. I went over and order myself a margarita. One guy talked to me, asking if I was in line and I responded...and got nervouse so I turned away.
I took my drink and walked about 4 feet from the tent and just kind of stood back, watching people, hoping to see if anyone else was wandering around alone. I tried to do the eye contact thing where you look at someone, smile and hope they smile back and then you know it's OK to go up and talk to them...Well that was pretty unsuccessful...and my heels were sinking into the grass. So I decided to walk around and find a chair. All these groups of people were there, talking, and listening to the live band...Finally I saw an empty chair. I asked the two guys that were sitting next to it if it was taken. They said no so I sat. They were total biker dudes... WIth the long braided beards and stuff...so I just sat...still watching hoping to see someone alone or looking lonely like me.
Well I sat there for a good 45 mins, and no one even made EYE CONTACT! Then some guy came up and asked if I needed another drink and I got nervouse so I said No, thank you! I'm all set. He walked away. THen I sat berating myself for not saying yes, because I really did want one. So I got up and went and got my own drink. Then I sat in another set of chairs...Then I started getting heartburn and feeling drunk so I thought: "Well no need to drag this out." I really didn't talk to anyone or meet anyone so I walked home. I called Seymen and kind of started crying because I didn't want to go home and deal with the dead roach.
He was too busy working, so I called my sister. By the time Jake answered I was really crying...I think he could tell, because he totally woke her up from a nap. After explaining my pitiful attempt at making new friends, and the roach situation, she coached me into disposing of the roach. I prepared myself with a Manilia envelope and a pair of socks on my hands. I scooped it up and threw it in the toilet and flushed. I was so gross I almost threw up. I was standing in my closet crying and gaging. Chrissy couldn't stop laughing. She said that she could just picture me there drunk, with socks on my hand, crying my eyes out, holding a manilia envelop trying to dispose of my roach. I guess she thought it was funny :-P
Anyway, things got much better once it was flushed. Very quickly my heart stopped racing, my palms stopped sweating, and I started calming down. Then 10 minutes later Nate called and rescheuled dinner for 9pm. So I hung up, and redid my make up (which ran when I cried) and went to dinner.
Sooo...the moral of my story here is that, and this a direct quote from Seymen's friend Nate in Rochester (who was talking to me when I was talking to Maki because she put me on speaker phone so everyone at Fuji could talk to me hehehe): "Well at least you know when things are bad, they can only get better!" Man...That was pretty deep Nate! And SOOOOO TRUE! Things are much better tonight :-p
Anyway, I'm off to bed to read my romance novel. I have to get up early enough tomorrow morning to finish my turkish homework before class. And I'm going to check out the library since I now have a library card as of last Wednesday night! (See, I'm not doing so bad. I'm busy! And my new friend Tracy from Turkish class might invite me to go out with her and her friends this weekend if they do something, because her husband Ozan is out of town on business...in Moscow then Siberia! And then Turkey!!!! Things are really good :-D
Posted by beth at 12:54 AM | Comments (0)
September 17, 2004
Pink Cowboy Hat!
GREAT NEWS! We went to the mall today during lunch and I found PINK COWBOY HATS!!!! I was so excited! I grabbed Shellys arm and screamed out loud! "PINK COWBOY HATS!!!!" And then of course we had to go try them on :-)))
Once I go back and buy it, my life in Texas will be complete ;-)
Posted by beth at 02:23 PM | Comments (1)
September 12, 2004
Still here
Hi...I know it's been a while since I posted last. Anyway...Things are getting much better around here. I'm slowly over comming my fears of the bugs. My apartment was fumagated last Wednesday, and I've been keeping really busy. Thursday and Friday we had our offsite meeting where we planned for next year, and did a little team building. Unfortunately, Six Flags in Dallas was closed so we ended up staying here in Austin, and will go to Six Flags some other time. But it was still a lot of fun, and great to dress down for 2 days. We also got out of work really early on both days so that was nice.
I went to the University of Texas @ Austin, on Friday afternoon to buy my turkish book. That was pretty neat. THe campus is really beautiful, and also smack dab in the middle of downtown. It was also kind of neat to walk around surrounded by tons of people. I felt almost like I was back in college :-)
My Turkish class went really well yesterday. My teacher is an excellent teacher. It's interesting being taught by an actual professor, versus a student. It's definitly worth it to take the classes from him. He has a completely different style of teaching. Also, the girl in my class: Tracy, she and I are going to study together during the week before our next class. He wants us to be able to practice at home. After a little chat after class, Tracy has a similar situation that I do, with her husband. He rarely speaks to her in Turkish, and although he (and Seymen) are completely supportive of our taking lessons, it's very difficult to teach a family memeber/significant other. So...Tracy and I decided that we'll study together and eventually learn it so we can speak. She also wants to learn so that her newborn baby will be able to speak both as well :-)
Hmmm...Let's see. I finally got my own blockbuster card, and rented movies this friday night. My new favorite movie is Dirty Dancing, Havana Nights. I TOTALLY want to be a dancer now :-) hehehehe
Other than that, I just went on a shopping spree at Express. I finally found pants made for the little people in the world. I'm so excited. I bought two pairs (different colors)...but they are perfect. I can breath when i sit in them, and they are not too long. The ankles end at my ankles, not 2 inches below my heels. I can finally have flatter shoes!!! Yipppe!! ;-)
Anyway, I'm off to Heidi's for a few days to watch the puppies. They come home on Wednesday which is perfect because I'm going to an open air concert on Wednesday night to meet up with a friend of my Aunt's. I'm very excited to be getting out :-) But until then...I'll be at Heidi's playing the SIMs :-) Because I'm addicted and I have been waiting all morning to go back and play :-) hehehe. BYE
Posted by beth at 03:33 PM | Comments (0)
September 06, 2004
Weekend is over
Well I had a great weekend. Seymen, Chrissy, and Jake came to visit. The only down side was that Seymen got really sick this weekend so he was really tired. But we still had fun, ate TONSSSS of great Texas food! :-) and we saw the bats. (We were on a mission from Bill!) But it was great. Chrissy helped me with the finishing touches of decorating my apartment, and last night at 10:30pm, we decided to try out the Laundry center (due the infestation of ants in her bag and my closet).
Now I'm really sad that they are gone. My apartment is so empty and pretty lonely...and I think I have caught Seymen's cold. My throat is starting to hurt and I'm tired. I'm gonna curl up with one of my new 6 novels that I bought in an attempt to lift my spirits when they left. Unfortunately, that didn't really help too much, so I went out and bought a new hands free set for my cell phone, and head phones/microphone combo, so that I can talk to people through my computer (For FREEE)...That helped a little, but not quite enough...so I bought my ticket to go home during Columbas Day. That helped :-) Alot. But now I feel a little guilty for my shopping spree. But the good thing is that I already paid my rent, so I should be OK :-)
Anyway, I'm going to go to bed right now...And read my book, in my nicely clean sheets!! :-) I love clean sheets! Good night everyone!
Posted by beth at 07:53 PM | Comments (0)
September 03, 2004
It's good to be Asian!
I had a really good day today! Things at work are going really well. I'm really getting involved with projects and helping people out etc. I guess I can gague if I am getting into the swing of work, because I don't have moments where there's absolutly nothing to do, and nothing I can help with. This is really good. I'm not bored at work at all.
Anyway...I had to leave work in a bit of a hurry tonight because I had an appointment with my new car/apartment insurance guy. I was running late though, so I decided to try a new route home, which was rumored to be faster than the Highway - Mopac Highway...Anyway, I took the 360 loop (A.K.A. Capital of Texas Highway) which is the most beautiful route ever. It goes right through the lower hill country. There were cliffs on both sides, and beautiful green rolling hills. Huge mansions built into the hills and cliffs on both sides of the highway. At one point I looked down and I could see the river...THen I stopped looking at the scenary because I almost crashed into the person in front of me (which might have been not so good when trying to get new car insurance)...hehehe.
Anyway, I arrived at Nationwide insurance and met my new agent: "Allan". Allan is from Hong Kong. He used to work in the banking industry, travelling all over Asia and to NY as well. He left Hong Kong due to the Chinese Communist Government and now lives in Austin. Anyway, he was the nicest sweetest guy. He is working (on the side) with the Asian Chamber of Commerace, and other Asian volunteer groups in Austin. He offered for me to call him any time if I have any questions about Austin, or where to eat, anything. He also gave me two stamps so I could mail the phone bill from Hylan Place (because the bills from the Roch. apt. are still being sent to me...and this one is due next monday or tuesday so I had to send it in)...Anyway...he gave me two stamps free of charge. Then he offered to meet me for lunch sometime to show me a good Chinese resturant. Unfortunatly, my lunch hour is not long enough because my work is South and his office is up North where my apartment it. Anyway, he offered to bring me lunch sometime to work if I wanted it. And then he explained that he just wanted to do this because he thought I was so brave moving here alone, and he knows how hard it is to find your way in a new place. Anyway, I just thought he was the sweetest guy...(I don't know if this all came about because I started our conversation off with my roach story...but whatever...That and being Asian helped I think).
Oh yeah, and in addition he's totally helped me out with my insurance and given me "advice" so that I don't have to pay an arm and a leg for my car insurance...which makes me like him even more. Anyway, it was pretty neat to see how friendly people are here. (I don't know if I told you the other Korean Washer and Dryer Salesman story...but he was going to give me a lifetime warrenty on the washer and dryer because I was Korean, as was he.)
Let's see...On top of that! Chrissy, Jake, and Seymen are coming TOMORROW! I can't believe it's already here! I'm so excited!!! I picked up the package from the apartment office today during lunch, that contained Chrissy and Jake's air mattress bed! And all the girls at work are helping me come up with cool ideas where to take my guests! Mary, the manager of the trainers, made a list for me during our meeting of all the places I NEED to take them. It was so nice.
The one thing she told me to do with them was take them on the River Float in New Brawnsfuld (I have no idea how to spell or say that). This place sounds soooo cool! You rent large innertubes and a "cooler" tube, tie them all together, and just ride down this spring fed river, with little mini rapids (tiny little falls that you can just ride down), while drinking some beers from your cooler!!!! How cool does that sound!??!?! Anyway, my new friend Erin is going to be in that town (I'll call it New B for now) this weekend visiting her parents, and she said to call her if we're going to come down, and she'll give us directions and meet us there!!! I'm so excited! I just hope it doesn't rain.
Let's see...I also talked to my new Turkish teacher today. He called me at work this afternoon, and was trying to quiz me over the phone on my Turkish to see what level I was. I was so nervouse. I couldn't remember anything. And I was sitting my cube, in the middle of cube land, trying to speak Turkish. Fortunately, I checked with Steph, my next door cube mate, and she didn't hear me, so I felt better :) Anyway, I have my first class this Saturday. I think it'll work out OK, because then Seymen will be able to meet my new teacher :p
OK...Two more things to add to my social life here in Texas...I'm going to convince my friend Erin at work that she needs to take a sewing class at Joanne's Etc. with me, for fun, because she seemed interested in it! And two of the other girls --Elizabeth and Steph, enjoy scrapbooking, so we're going to get together sometime, drink some wine (or Elizabeth's famous Apple-Tinis), and scarpbook together! :)
So..I have lots of plans...and I think I'm almost getting ready to start getting over the whole roach incident. I called the apt. office and they are fumigating next tuesday. Tomorrow I will be buying a bottle of Raid, and a fly swatter...and maybe a baseball bat. Mary suggested that to me, after describing this one roach, a Tree Roach, that is the size of a hand for real...not exaggerating...she had one at her house and it was so big, that she was hitting it with a baseball bat and it still didn't die. It was stunned. She said that she had to wack it like 10 times to make it die...So...again, my roach was not the biggest they have here in Texas.
Anyway, I'm off to bed. I always have so much I want to do at night and just not enough time to do it before bedtime! GOODNIGHT!! Have a GREAT WEEKEND! I probably won't write again until Monday night when they leave...Ohh well maybe tomorrow while I'm waiting for them to arrive at 11pm :-(
Posted by beth at 12:49 AM | Comments (1)
September 02, 2004
New Couch! New Coffee Table!
Howdy ya'll. I'm much better tonight. I called the apt. office and scheduled a fumigation for next tuesday. Anyway, today during lunch we went and picked up my couch. Looking at it in the warehouse, it looked really small. Nothing that was too big to move etc. So, we arrived at Sofa Mart, with my friend Erin and Jeff. Erin drove her car around back and backed in so we could just load it up. Unfortunately, when the couch was right next to the car, it looked really large, and the car really small :-) But we managed to get it all loaded up, with even space for me to sit as well. Jeff helped us tie the couch and the car down with twine, and Erin and I took off for my apartment. The plan was for her and I to carry it upstairs ourselves because Jeff had to get back to work. So we arrived. I ran upstairs to get some scissors to cut the twine. When I arrived on the 3rd floor, there was a guy painting the outside area. On my way back downstairs, I decided that I should tell him that I was moving the couch so we might be in his way. So I did. And he was so sweet, and responds: "Uhh...Yo no hablo ingles!". Let me just tell you...after 8-10 years of spanish (from 7th grade through HS, an exchange program in Spain, and through college) for the life of me, I couldn't remember the word for couch or chair. All I could think of was turkish words (go figure...whenever I'm in Turkish class if I don't know the answer I translate it to Spanish!). I tried to say something, I have no idea what I said...I tried pointing...and he goes: "Mi amigo esta aqui? Quieres hablar con el?" (Or something like that...That's the best I can translate). I said: "No...Esta bien...Nevermind. :-)"
So I walk back downstairs, and we start cutting the string. The little mexican painters friend walked past us then and goes: "Hey ladies! Do you want some help with that?" I told him, sure if he WANTED to :-) And he said, well he didn't WANT to but he would lend a hand anyway :-) So we said: "SUREEE!". He goes: "Pedro (I don't remember his name)! Vengas Aqui!" And the little painter dude came running down the stairs. So the guys took the couch and Erin and I grabbed the cusions and pillows. When I turned around the guys had already started up the stairs...and the cute little painter dude was going first, facing up, with the couch on his back :-) They did it pretty quickly, and only had trouble twice. THey were so nice and brought right into my apartment right where I wanted it!
So when they were done, Erin and I said: "Thank You! Muchos Gracias!!". Then I decided I should offer them something. THe only thing I had was Coke. I asked if they wanted a drink. The english speaking painter dude said no thanks and then asked the spanish speaking one. THe little dude was so cute! His face lit up and spoke some spanish and goes: "Coke?! Si!". So I gave him 2 :-)
Anyway...in a long round about way, I got my couch. After dinner in Elgin at Heidi's I stopped by Super Target and bought my coffee table (that was on sale last weekend and I took a rain check for..thank god!). I put it together when I got home and organized the furinture and took pics! So here they are! :-)
You can't really see it, but I put the slipcover on the love seat, and it goes perfectly with the couch I think!
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Here's a better view of the couch.
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Here's an updated picture of my dining room now that I have furniture.
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And here's my bedroom with an actual bed and nightstand! Unfortunately, I haven't had time to decorate the walls yet...Hopefully tomorrow night after meeting with my new car/apt. insurance guy.
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Oh yeah...One more thing...there's only 2 more DAYS UNTIL SEYMEN, CHRISSY, AND JAKE COME! I can't wait! I'm so excited!!!!!
Posted by beth at 12:10 AM | Comments (0)
September 01, 2004
Scared Shitless
OK, so I was having a nice night. I watched TV, made myself some dinner, decorated my apartment a bit...and as I was getting ready to go to bed, I went to the kitchen to turn off the light, and what do I see? But a HUGE ASS ROACH. It was so disgusting. I screamed at the top of my lungs and ran into my bedroom. Then I grabbed my cell phone and called Seymen flipping out. Oh my god. I'm still shaking. That was the worst expierence ever. I ended up running outside, and caught some guy in the stairwell and made him come in here and kill it for me. I spent the whole time standing in the hallway, screaming as this nice nice guy came and killed it for me. Oh my god. I don't know what I got myself into. I'm done being independent women living all alone in Texas. What made me think that I could deal with bugs...and not just any bugs, but FREAKING HUGE BUGSSSS all alone :-((((( I wish Seymen were here. This sucks. I can deal with the quietness of an apartment, cooking for one, not many friends, not knowing my way around here, but I CANNOT...I repeat, CANNNNNOTTTT deal with this huge as BUGSSSSSSSSS...I miss ROchester...
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