ugh

Moving is stressing me out, even more than in the past few days. I don't feel at peace, or relaxed, and that's what i desperately need.

I'm shutting down.

I want a layout for my room that really excites me. so far, nothing. Where i'm at now i hate, and hopefully that won't affect my sleep.

just ugh.

Big Move

the big move!

I've moved to arlington county, which is very exciting, a little sad, but a big improvement!

Much nicer, and much closer to work.

As always, I'll try to document this more later!

Number 3: Power Out

So, I'm at it again. Another storm, and the power is out again, so I'm back at Caribou taking care of business.

I've started work, (been there a week), and also my car is still stolen.

I've started the car shopping/search. Ugh

Gone.

So the internet/cable is still out and I'm at Caribou coffee using their wifi on my laptop. (Because who drags their PC's out anymore)

So I waited today till 2:30-3ish so that the mail would come, and I checked it, and I then realized that what I was waiting for from work, was probably email, and I hadn't gotten it. So I called my man E. (Not the E. from college) and that either their power troubles, or my forwarding email were to blame, he sent it to my actual email, and I decided to drive over to Caribou to check it. Nice Plan. Except when I walked outside, my car was gone. uh, wtf?

So I walked around the parking lot. Nope, definitely didn't park it somewhere I didn't remember. Spoke to N. We parked it the night before where I thought we had. Shit, must have been towed by accident.

I went and asked Ms. F. where they keep a record of towings. "Why?" she asked.

Cos like, my car isn't where I parked it.

"Oh, it wasn't burgundy was it?" she said.

Well, it's red, close enough.

"Well let me tell you a story then."

And she told me this story (a few times over, so it's a little hard to forget)

"Well I was coming back from some errands and the drug store, and the mailman (fedex the second time around) was here, so I didn't want to get a $250. ticket for double parking, so I drove my truck around the back to park back there. I wanted to park in the front cos it's hot out, and I didn't really want to park in the back, but I didn't want that ticket, so I'll drive around to the back. ('86 Ford Ranger, with like 75k miles, talk about low mileage) So I drive around, and as I'm coming around there's this burgundy car backing up and the guys not looking so I stop so he doesn't hit me, and there's a couple guys in the back and the one is looking at me, and he keeps looking to see if anybodies coming or whatever. So they pull away, and there going pretty fast. And it's got NJ plates, starts with a Y. I'm always nosy, always looking into things. I only remember because the guy was going fast, and the other guy was looking at me, and the driver wasn't looking where he was going. So I thought that was weird, and then the maintenance guys came in (Luis and Hector) said they saw them get in, and they were going pretty fast so they remembered. They thought the plates were NY or NJ, they weren't sure, but I told them it was NJ because it's got the beige stripe across (across the top, yellow on the bottom).

So I ask, any idea what they look like, white, black, any kind of details?

"I couldn't really say, but I think it was four black guys"

It took four guys to steal my car, uh what? It's a 97, and aside from being not at all flashy, and pretty easily blends in, it's not really a car you'd want to steal. It's just not worth it. But then, to a car thief, or chop shop, or whatever, what is worth it?


Yeah did you read that, my car was stolen, shit.

Sturm and Drang

So if you've been on the East Coast lately you may have experienced the thunder storms and humidity we've been having lately. Also the tornado warnings and watches.

We're a little bit north in Silver Spring for the Tornado stuff, but I believe I heard that Prince George's had a warning/watch.

Anyway, it's nice that it's warm, and it reminds me of the big summer thunderstorms when I was little (Whenever I was little, as in tall, not FAT! [not that it's a bad thing, to be fat])

So yesterday I was stir crazy, and chatting with B. about being stir crazy. I've done nothing but be in my apartment and go to the gym the past few days (good for me, the gym part at least) and I couldn't take it anymore. So I decided I would leave to go get a sketchbook at the Staples in Metro Center. So I left. As I'm walking to the intersection of 16th and E. West Highway, a really light rain starts, so I open my umbrella. There was also a really eerie sound of the wind rushing through this wood on the other side of the street, and it was blowing little dead tree blossoms at me.

So I'm walking and then CRACK CRACK CRACK, tons of lightening, booming thunder. Immediately it's like somebody dumped a bucket out. Just a rush of water. I struggled to get my rain jacket on (I was prepared, boyscout days?) but it didn't matter, my shirt was soaked, and my entire lower half. I had flip flops on which was good and bad. Shoe's would been soaked, but then at least there would have been SOME rubber between me and the ground. !

It was crazy, coninciding with the rain and thunder and lightening and Armageddon, the lights at the intersection of 16th E. West went out. I stood at the corner and watched traffic for awhile trying to navigate it, as well as the flooding waters.

Eventually I walked to the corner where starbutts and the metro is, and overheard a lady say that on the other side, all the power/computers were out and the automatic doors wouldn't open to let people out.

Lock In!

Maybe the worst part was, that the cable went, and I couldn't watch top chef.

:(

T Minus

I start work in less than a week now.

Time is moving so fast right now, it seems like I was just starting at my other job, but that was now a year ago. In that span I got another degree. Crazy.

That's all I've got now.

Sorry!

Silver Sprung

We're moving out soon, so we walked around Silver Spring today and took pictures.

Check out the results.