Sunday the 11th: Not much to report today I guess. Kevin and I made a run to the storage shed to bring back some more items to put in the apartment so now there are boxes everywhere again
for us to trip over. We had to make sure, however, that the boxes did not block the view of the television because the new season of 24 started again. Two hours of Bauer. Jack Bauer, that is. If you haven't been watching 24, you are really missing out on a very intense, stressful show that you look forward to every single week. It's the fastest hour of television you'll ever watch. "If you're not watching 24, you don't know Jack!" And it was very good, as always. That show hooks you from the start. I love it. We love it. If I had nothing better to do and could control my not dreaming about it for days afterward, I would sit and watch all six seasons again. I have to say that season 4 is my favorite by far. During the whole season we kept referring to the bad guy as "the best bad guy ever." It was awesome. I watch too much tv...Monday the 12th: I finally got to the court house today to get my fingerprinting done for my NC interpreting license. I also got my photo taken and all of my paperwork notarized. (Did you know that to have a paper notarized in NC you do not have to sign the banker's book? The gal looked at me like I was crazy when I asked if I needed to sign her book. Whatever.) I was however, quite cranky after spending four hours trying to arrange all of my paperwork and making sure I checked off all of the things on the list. I was actually in a decent mood before I had to interact with other cranky humans. Stupid humans. But I wasn't cranky for too long as there was another
two-hour block of 24 that came on so that was good. After 24, Kevin and I played on our computers for a while and long about midnight we had a knock on the door. Kevin answered it and said, "hey, man!" so I thought something was up with our (duplex) neighbor, Ben. Alas, it was not Ben at this hour but another person who claimed to be our neighbor a few doors down. Apparently he locked his keys in his car. He came over to see if he could borrow money to pay the locksmith once he arrived and said he would pay us back later. He only needed $30 but I was uncomfortable with the whole situation and I think Kevin was, too, but he is a lot more trusting than I. And I had never seen this man before but it's not like I'm a very nosy neighbor (or even very observant) so I don't really know who my neighbors are. Long story short, we loaned this guy the money hoping that he was really telling the truth as well as hoping this would prevent a non-serious situation from becoming something more violent. In retrospect, Kevin thinks perhaps this guy was scoping out our stuff for future robbery. Never fear, we are protected by "alarm man"--the alarm system that's installed in our house. I'm just thankful that no one was hurt.Tuesday the 13th: Today wasn't much, I had to work and I had what I'll call a mini-migraine--not quite as debilitating as a 'real' migraine but a lot worse than a regular ol' headache. Kevin ran errands while I was at work. Yes, we're terribly exciting people.
Wednesday the 14th: My mini-migraine decided to stick around another day which is always a good time. Thankfully I didn't have to work so I just took it easy during the morning. I was still disturbed by our encounter with the stranger--it really is not sitting well with me. I tried to take my mind off of it by getting on the computer. Somehow I managed to look at some family member blogs and became very sad and started to miss everyone. I then tried to take my mind
off of being sad by cleaning but it was just a feeling that was lingering today. I also received my heating and electric bills which were very similar in amount and almost as much as I used to pay to heat and electrify my house back in Missouri. My house! We live in a one bedroom duplex and it is costing me as much as my three bedroom house with basement. Ridiculous!
That didn't improve my mood at all. Later that evening I decided I would watch a movie through Netflix. I decided on Bridge to Terabithia because it was going to be expiring from my queue soon. Bad idea. If you've never seen it and believe that you might and you do not want me to spoil any part of the movie for you, please stop reading now and move on to Thursday's post. Please forgive me for the crude synopsis I'm going to be giving. **SPOILER ALERT** So, basically this movie is about a little boy who can't seem to do anything right by his family and is a loner at school. One day this new girl moves to town and she's friendly, creative and "weird." The boy and the girl soon befriend one another. Before long they are having daily magical adventures in the forest near their homes and it is through these times together that they become best of friends. One morning the boy's teacher calls his house and asks him to join her on a trip to a local museum. The kid is thrilled she has called (mostly because he has a crush on her) and after getting his mother's (half asleep) permission to go, he heads out with the teacher. They drive by the little girl's house and for a moment he looks at it. The teacher asks if anything's wrong, he says there is not and they ride to the museum. The two spend quite a long time at the museum and the boy is soaking up every moment there. Upon returning home, his parents are quite upset with him for not telling them where he was but thankful he has arrived home safely. Apparently there had been an accident while he was away. The little girl was swinging on a rope to cross over a large creek to get to the forest but the rope broke and the girl drowned. The boy does not believe the claim so he runs out to the creek and sees the broken rope. Still not wanting to accept what has happened, he runs into the forest crying out for her. Eventually his dad finds him and the boy breaks down crying in his father's arms.
So, basically, this was a cute movie until the little girl dies then it just felt like my heart was ripped from my chest. I guess I was especially vulnerable today but this movie really hurt. Most of you probably do not know but I lost a friend of mine to cystic fibrosis when I was younger; I believe I was in the third grade. My girlfriend's name was Cathy Wagner and we had some good times together. We played together at school and she lived on my street so I was even able to go to her house on occasion. And it was on a day that I was at her house that I realized she was really sick. I knew she always coughed a lot and she couldn't do a lot of things but that didn't stand in the way of our friendship. But at her house that day I walked into her bedroom and saw medical equipment. I wasn't sure what it was for but since it was in her room, I thought it had to be serious. Her mom happened to walk down the hall and saw me in her room. I remember her saying something to me but what it was, I wish I knew. I don't know how long it was after that day that I lost her but I still to this very day think of her. It still hurts me even after all this time. It was just a very bad day to watch this otherwise touching movie.**SPOILER ALERT END**
Thursday the 15th: Happy Birthday, Justin! Thought I'd get that shout out to the bro-in-law
before I forget. So, let's see. Ah, yes. I got an e-mail from my mom today asking questions about 24 and naturally I started to write a book. I wanted to get my facts straight so I watched a couple episodes to help with my synopsis for mom. I also had my handy dandy husband to aid in my writing as well. I don't know how he keeps everything straight. Was that really the extent of the day? Sad.Friday the 16th: Worked the closing shift at work today and it was good. I worked with a fun co-worker and had a good time. Yay for fun people!
Saturday the 17th: I decided I was still grossed out from our critter problem so I rewashed the dishes again then I made some gooey butter cookies that I was going to take to dinner at my cousin's house. Plans fell through and we didn't make it to his house but we still had cookies. That was bad because they were good. Later that afternoon I went into the pantry to see if there were any "presents" for me and I didn't see any right away. I moved an item
on the bottom shelf and behind it was 'the mother load'--"presents" as far as the eye could see. It was disgusting. I had a bag of coconut sitting on this shelf along side some baking chocolate. I picked up the bag and noticed a decent sized hole in the bag. I decided it was a mouse that was visiting us so frequently. It still gives me the heeby geebies. Ick. I'd like to know how it got into my house so I can prevent that from happening again. Ewie ewie ew. But at least it has good taste.
I did, however, have some success at Circuit City. Kevin read a report that Circuit City was going out of business and they were discounting all of their
merchandise. We have one not too far from
here so we headed out to see what they had left if anything. I ended up purchasing four seasons of Frasier for all less than $50 (they are normally between $20-$30 a piece) and Bread's CD: Anthology for like six bucks. After our outing, we came home and tried to catch up on our TV shows. We watched Battlestar Galactica, 30 Rock, Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother. To top it all off we watched an episode of Wonderfalls in bed then it was off to dreamland.And on a more somber note, my great Aunt Ginna past away today. I hope she finds peace in her new home.
Books of the week:
KEVIN
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K Dick
JANA
Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
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