the art of growing up

so finished moving everything i’m not using at the moment. here at my mom’s i still have my laptop, ipad, a file box, alarm clock, small tv, dvd player and some clothes. not a whole lot. but i’ll be taking it over after work tomorrow. i think. we’ll see. my brother helped with moving stuff today. he brought his daughter. she made a great supervisor:

she found my ipad, or as she calls it “mad bird machine”. 

it’s been storming like crazy here. we were going down a super busy road when lightning struck and the traffic lights went out. that was terrifying. i’m getting ready to head over to the apartment for a little bit and get some more stuff done - specifically getting my clothes into the closet and putting other little things away…trying to find permanent spots for everything. i probably won’t get too far. 

tomorrow i have to work all day, then wednesday is my day off. on wednesday, brighthouse is coming to start cable & internet. 

i mentioned that my fridge isn’t cold. what i didn’t mention, is that my brother use to manage a few apartment complexes. so he knows the ins & outs of everything. i asked him about the situation and he said if it isn’t resolved by tomorrow to raise hell. i guess i can use some threat about going to the county clerk or something. i didn’t quite get what he said. the point is, i can’t stay there if i can’t keep food there. i need to stay there starting tomorrow since the cable people are going to be there wednesday morning. and i also need to stay there b/c i’m paying to be there!!! so i might spend my lunch break yelling at people in the management office tomorrow. hopefully not. 

omfg. are you serious?

so yesterday my brother said he doesn’t have time to go to ikea on monday and help move furniture into my apartment. then he said, and i quote…”well sunday morning I will do what I can, focusing on the heavier stuff until it kicks my ass.”

i sent him a message earlier today to find out what time he wanted to help us tomorrow. and he goes “monday, not sunday.” are you FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?!?! 

myself, my mom and her husband spent today going to ikea & to my condo and loading furniture onto his trailer. the trailer is in my mom’s garage - ready to load into the apartment TOMORROW! what a shit head. i swear…you can’t rely on him for shit. i really hate him right now. i haven’t even responded. i don’t even know what to say. i understand there’s nothing he can do - he has to watch his kids. but, you technically made a commitment to help and now he’s ditched everyone.

i just want to bust my ass tomorrow and haul shit up myself and when he asks what he can do to help on monday, i can tell him to go fuck himself.

i went to the apartment complex and signed my lease. paid deposit & first month. got 2 apartment keys, 2 mailbox keys, a gate key and some other key that for the life of me i cannot remember its purpose! haha. the apartment is tiny (a bit under 600sqft) & getting in there gave me time to think about where everything is going to go. things aren’t going to fit where i intended, but it’ll be ok. i’ll make it work. 

my mom helped me move a trunk full of boxes in this evening. got all the bathroom stuff in there. some kitchen stuff and some random stuff. got two brita pitchers filled w/ water & in the fridge to chill. a bit concerned that the fridge didn’t feel too cool, but that’s assuming that the power just came back on for the first time in a week & it hasn’t had time to get cold yet. we’ll find out tomorrow! the AC had obviously been off a while, it was 90 degrees inside! got it set at 80 for now. 

here’s a picture of it. the living room is cut off. you see the kitchen. the hall has a long closet and the bathroom. that leaves the bedroom in the back:

here’s the bathroom so far:

i can’t wait to get more color in there. it’s so beige right now. i also brought over & put together a tv stand i got from ikea. it took longer than it should have ;) oh well. 

for the time being, i’m still at my moms. i don’t have a bed over there. i also don’t have cable/internet. i would be soooo bored. i have to work until noon tomorrow. i already have some boxes in my mom’s SUV. will load more then take it over to the apartment. should be about 2 loads of boxes….then on to the furniture. i just want to be staying there by monday or tuesday night. that way i’ve got everything in there and i’ll be ready for the cable/internet people on wednesday.

so much work. luckily my mom is helping. her husband will be home tomorrow and will likely help. my brother was going to help us get stuff from ikea on monday and move it but now he says he can’t. but he said he’ll help move big stuff on sunday. so, we’ll see. 

my boss is making things more chaotic than they are. i have her & the doctor both needing my help every minute. 

got light headed while assisting in surgery. planted my ass on the floor to prevent myself from passing out. it worked.

got my car insurance renewal notice. turns out not only do i have accident forgiveness (yea!) but my policy did decrease by $10/mo. go progressive!

i move into my apartment in less than 24 hours! super excited!!!

got up early. went to hallmark & post office. my mom texted me that she forgot her work jacket, so i picked that up & took it to her.

after that i went to Ikea. the orlando store is going through major changes so lots of stuff in the ‘marketplace’ has been moved all around. i got a few things - 4 Drona boxes in pink (to go in expedit shelving unit i’ll be getting), poang arm chair, laiva tv unit and lack coffee table. 

then i went to the bank to withdraw more money. i have a $300/day cap on ATM withdrawals. i took my money to amscott and got money orders for deposit & rent. 

i started to organize my boxes but didn’t get too far. i wanted to find the things that need to be moved first (trash can, toilet paper, etc.). then i was kinda like “i want to take anything that is light!” i just want to be in there by monday. i’m hoping to get all the boxes in by end of day on saturday. then the rest of my furniture by the end of monday. i want to be in there & sleeping so i’m prepared for the cable company to get there on wednesday. 

this evening i went out to outback steakhouse w/ my mom. so not on the diet menu, but she had a bogo coupon for entrees. then we got mcflurry’s at mcdonalds. also not part of the diet. was in the pool for almost an hour. 

it was definitely a full day of everything. i just need to push through tomorrow. if friday is slow enough i might get the whole day off. we’ll see. i doubt it. but whatever.