Wow. Life has been crazy busy...as per usual.

I ended up out here in the Arden B instead of at home last night...still working hard at getting Jerry's house on the market. Still working crazy long hours at all jobs. Not getting enough sleep...too much to do and not enough hours in the day to do it all.

Massive CVG09 update coming soon...pictures and all. Greh.

Jess and I found a new place to live...I'm tickled pink about that. Right neighborhood, right price, right everything. :) We move August 1st. Anyone want to help?

Tell me what's new with you, internets. I miss you. :)

Does anyone have a red hat I can borrow for CVG? This member of the MN Zissou Freshwater Chapter is sans her hat! HALP!

Last week, I was supposed to take my motorcycle road test. It got rained out, so I rescheduled for today.

There are TWO things that will automatically fail you. One is if you perform "an illegal/dangerous act". The other? Laying out your bike on the course.

Guess whose lame ass laid their scooter out?

Me.

Guess who is sore as a mo-fo?

Me.

Yay me.

Guess who is going for a beer with Amanda?

Me.

At least something good is coming out of this stupid move of mine. :P

Is anyone interested in buying my bed? It's in great condition, and a hell of a deal.




Double pillow top queen (pillow tops on both sides so you can FLIP for maximum comfort) mattress, purchased in late 2005. There is slight damage to corners of the mattress from an unfortunate incident with a poorly sized Murphy bed. IKEA Malm queen sized bed frame with slatted bed base and two bedside tables.

I'm giving you, my friends, the first crack at this bed before I hit the Craigslist with it. I am willing to sell [freshly laundered] linens with it, too. I have king sized pillow cases, potentially a few random standard pillow cases/shams, fitted sheets, quilt covers, two feather blankets and two feather beds.

Can anyone explain to me what this means?

I just scheduled my test for 1:00pm CST on Wednesday. Wish me luck!

I'm in love.

I totally didn't hit the snooze button even once this morning. I woke up to the alarm, looked at the clock, and popped out of bed. :)

This could have had something to do with the fact that my alarm was set for 10:45, or the fact that it is so balls hot in my apartment that I couldn't have gone back to sleep if I wanted to, but you've gotta at least give me partial credit. :P

I gave my old iPod to Thad a week ago.

I posted my bike on CL.

I just deleted all of the music on my computer.

I will post my bed on CL soon. I'm selling the whole shebang--mattress, bed frame, linens, feather beds and all.

I can't tell you how friggin' great it feels to be rid of these things that cause me so much personal strife.

I really can't begin to tell you how great all of you, my friends, have been to me over the years. I can't tell you how much your support and friendship means to me.

<3

Last night, a_jaclyn, damncutekitty, and tallelfnorth came for a visit.

Tonight, anney and her special man friend came for dinner.

Later in the evening, I had DOLLAR [BACON] TACOS with the Pantswife. I hope I get to hang out with kewl friends again tomorrow night! :D

I seem to have gotten rid of my industrial paper shredder in my last move. Anyone have access to a place where I can get rid of some personal documents?

We got up at a semi-reasonable hour (noon) and lounged about for a bit. We made some food, drank some more jynnan tonnyx, made a fire. It was overcast and windy. :(

We were playing DS by the fire, when suddenly, the clouds all left, the sun came out, the wind died down, and the temp jumped about 20 degrees. We put on some sunscreen and chilled on the dock for a bit. :)

We decided it was time to get ready to go, so we headed inside. While soaped up and in the shower, the hot water friggin' died. We were left to attempt to get as much soap off with ice cold water and wash cloths. We eventually gave up and headed out. :P

On the way home, we went to a really awesome A&W where they serve you at the tables, have really awesome booths, and a bumpin' jukebox. :) We met Mom in Monticello with her cell phone, and headed back to Minneapolis to Psycho Suzi's. Jerry worked a miracle and got a mug into the back of the car for me to find with my bag of clothes from the cabin. He's so friggin' sneaky, I just love it!

I had to work the next day, but not until 5, so we got to sleep in.

That, my friends, is the end of our cabin adventure. Can't wait to have another one!

Whenever we go to work out, I always watch Turner Classic Movies. I love black and white films, musicals, tap dancing, orchestras...I love it all! The classic beauties of bygone eras, the goofy looking guys who got roles because they were actually talented instead of just fun to look at.

Today's film was The Dancing Lady. It was beautiful, well acted, and funny as hell. I would love to start building a collection of classic movies. Currently, all I really have is Singin' in the Rain. It's one of my favorites, and reminds me of my Grandma Lanie (Dad's Mom).

The Pantswife is in mah kitchen, closin' mah chicken.

Monday, we got up at the ungodly hour of 9am and headed over to the Gloege place of residence. Gene and Lucy Gloege, my grandparents. It was totally chow mein day. :)

When we got there, Grandma made us omelets and Jerry drank coffee. We spent a lot of time talking with them and touring the house. Jerry got some great shots of the house, of Grandma and Grandpa. He even got a video! I can't wait to see it. :)

After a while of sitting on the porch, Grandma left to start the lunch. Lunch consisted of chicken chow mein, bread and butter, pickles, carrots, celery, rice, and the option of milk. I can't remember anything else being eaten. I just love how Minnesotan we are with the weird food combinations. We had a tasty dessert of chocolate mint ice cream and cookies. Grandpa has such a sweet tooth!

Grandma and Grandpa washed and dried the dishes together. I can't believe they are coming up [rather rapidly] on 55 years of marriage. It just blows my mind. In a good way.

We all retired to the porch again for some digestion time and more chats. I'm really glad that Jerry liked them. I'm really glad that they liked Jerry, too! Not that I thought they wouldn't, but Grandpa had said something to the effect of, "Well, so long as he's got a good job!" Of course, Mom had to mention that he recently lost his job, so I expected a little bit of picking from Grandpa about that one. :P

After goodbyes were said, we took a small tour of the property. Jerry got some great shots of the lake, the house, the yard. I really need a fancy camera like his some day!

We headed into town to get gas and to hit up the liquor store. We went to the one in Big Stone, South Dakota, mostly on the principle that we could then say that we went to SD over the weekend. :P Once Jynnan Tonnyx supplies were procured, we headed back to the cabin.

When we got back to the cabin, the front door was locked! Turns out, the neighbor had come over to reset the wireless (Doug has internet and lets the neighbors use it) and had locked it by habit. It doesn't help that Jerry drives a white car like Doug, so the neighbors thought that Doug stayed a day late and forgot to lock up when he left! :P We were able to get in through the sliding glass door, though, so crisis averted. There was no ice in the freezer, so we borrowed a bowl of ice from the neighbors. I know what Mom and Doug are getting for their five year anniversary!

The Pantsfam fishing boat was taken out for a spin. We got some great shots of the lake and ate many tasty pretzels. It was nice to [mostly] get away from the mayflies. When we headed back to shore, we docked the boat up and went to start a fire. No matches in the entire cabin. Srsly. Went and borrowed some from the neighbors. They are so sweet! I'm glad they put up with us bugging them for stuff all weekend.

S'mores were made, Jynnan Tonnyx were drank, a tasty fish dinner was made, DS was played...life didn't get much better than Monday, my friends. :)

Student loan payments are freaking KILLING me financially. I really need to get on the ball and get a lower payment...especially since my other loan starts payments in July! In the meantime, if anyone has a spare $26K laying around that they'd like to toss my way, I'd be eternally grateful. I really need to write that book...

I don't care if it's Honey Weiss or Fat Tire. Next time, remind me not to drink keg beer at a party. :P

I just went through my entire flickr account. I deleted 827 photos. All of them directly related to Damian.

I feel badly, because I just deleted two of Kevin's (his nephew) birthdays, Brenda's (his neice) birth and shots around the house, and a year and a half of memories.

Notice that I am most sad about losing the shots for Kevin and Brenda's future. I understand that there were good times and bad times, and I just deleted them all. I don't care. In fact, I can't tell you what a large load has just been taken from my shoulders!

This isn't even about revenge. It's just about calming my guts. I've never been in such an awful situation, and I sincerely doubt I ever will be again. These are memories I feel I can afford to let go of.

Sunday, I got up at a ridiculous hour of the morning to go Downtown to see Tiff. For whatever reason, we decided it would be best to stay in the Arden B instead of Uptown. I still don't get that one. I got back on the road before 11 and made it back sooner than expected. I have no idea how both places seem to be equidistant from Arden B, yet I live five miles from Tiff. Hrm...

Jerry still had to pack, clean up around the house, and lord only knows what. I wanted to be ready to leave at noon, but I doubt we left before 1:30. Plus, we had to stop to get drinks and snacks for the road. All told, I think we were ON 94 around 2pm. We are really awesome at being on time to things. :P

The drive out was pretty uneventful. He played The Memory of Earth by OSC on his iPod. The reader's voice is so freakin' soothing that I kept falling asleep. Lulz.

Mom and Doug took us to the Pizza Ranch for dinner. I love that place so friggin' much! That was also nice, because then we didn't have to wait until Tuesday to take Grandma and Grandpa there. :P We went to the playground after dinner and burned off a few bites of mashed potatoes. Mom, Doug and Darin stayed through the end of Survivor and then bolted for home.

We stayed up for a bit, mostly bumming about the cabin. We didn't stay up too late, because we had to be up at 9 to get to the Gloege's by 10 for breakfast. Jacuzzi time was had, and I taught Jerry the ASL alphabet. He's really good!

O, HARRO, INTERNETS! I haven't seen you since last Friday. I was so sad! :P

Actually, I've been SO BUSY. I ended up staying up super late Friday night, go figure.

Saturday, got up and headed DT. Tiff was on the fence as to whether or not she wanted to go to the OMGWFTBBQ or not, so I headed out to meet bertine and lisianthia on their walk around the lakes.

The OMGWTFBBQ was a lot of fun! Many new eljay peeps were met and many tasty treats were consumed. It was windy as hell at the falls, but still fun. I will post pictures soon. :)

Jess and I headed back to my place post-OMGWFTBBQ-ing for chats. That was really nice! We hung out until 8, when I had to get ready for the epic cabin weekend and for going to get Whirled. Hastily, I packed a bag, whipped through the shower, and hopped on my scooter to head to NE.

When I arrived in NE at 8:50, there was a really loud band playing, and a few people standing about. Not really the expected size crowd for something slated to start at 9pm. Jerry showed up but none of his friends did. Turns out, the thing ended at 9pm because it had started at 9pm the previous day. Whoops.

We ended up scooting to the House of Dahlberg for drinks and food. Carmen and I had many lovely chats, while Thad and Jerry got to watch movies and have boy chats. :P Too fun! We had the tastiest pizza and grilled zucchini and squash. Thad made sake-martinis and Carmen made us girls cosmos. So great! I <3 them so hard. :)