I though I’d post a little update on what I’ve been up to lately, so here goes.
I’ve been pretty busy with work and school as usual, but for the past two weeks I’ve been on break. The first week Amme and I went up North and visited with the family and friends. I hung out with Evan a few times, but didn’t get to see Jalbey hardly at all… bummer. Hopefully I’ll get to spend more time with them soon.
Last Friday I built a cat tree for our two little hellions to play on, after having seen one in the store for $450!! (Seriously.).
I went to my grandfather’s early in the morning and we cut all the wood and upholstered most of it. I couldn’t fully assemble it because it was way too large to fit in the car for the 3 hour trip back downstate. Once I got it in our apartment and put it together it was a glorious sight to behold, and building it myself saved $440 (I spent $10 on sisal to wrap the posts in and angle-brackets to hold it together). The cats love their new toy and climb all over and scratch at it throughout the day.
Becky and Alex came up over the weekend. We had a great time playing Apples to Apples and went to see the stunning movie 300. I don’t even know how to describe how great that movie is other than to say that every shot could have been a beautiful print in an art gallery, and that the movie as a whole was wonderfully written and stunning to watch. Its definitely a must-see. As Amme put it “That was a great way to kick off the Spring 2007 movie-going season.”
This week was our relaxation week. Other than grocery shopping we’ve pretty much just relaxed and sat on our posteriors. I ended up trading the 2000 Sunfire I’ve been driving for my old ‘89 929 because it not only is more comfy, it also passes inspection. Sad isn’t it? I did miss the old 929 though. I’m glad to have it back. In our leisure time we’ve been watching our favorite shows, watching movies, reading books and graphic novels, and wasting our lives away on the internet. Okay, maybe not wasting, but we do spend a lot of time online. I’ve recently started editing Wikipedia in my free moments. I love finding and reverting vandalism, as well as editing articles for neutrality and factual, referenced data. I personally believe that all editors should be required to log in, which would drastically cut down on vandalism, but (as some would argue) cause Wikipedia to lose its “anybody can edit” appeal. I don’t think it would lose anything however, because this would both increase its over-all credibility and still allow anyone to edit it, they just have to quickly create an account (which cuts out a lot of bots and morons who would rather go somewhere else to cause trouble). The internet is just full of too many bots and immature people to have it completely open to editing, IMHO. At any rate, Its a lot of fun to contribute to this amazing project, though I’m not sure why I didn’t start doing this a long time ago.
Today Dad and his friend Brian drove a couch and love seat down to us that Amme’s parents were getting rid of. They actually made the 3 hour (each way) trip just for us, which they didn’t have to do, and we’re immensely thankful for their having done it. Our couch was tattered and uncomfortable, so we’re really excited to have these ones. I think I’m going to sew some slip covers for them tonight if we can find some nice, cheap fabric. I’m pretty handy with the sewing machine, but these will be a first for me. We’ll see how they turn out. I’ll try to post some photos of the cat tree later tonight if I get a chance.
On a more emotional level, I’m getting tired of not being able to get a good-paying job because they all want a full-time employee, which my classes prohibit, but overall life is very good because I’m lucky to have everything I have, and I get to spend every day with the person I love most in life, and makes me the happiest I could ever be. Take care all, its closing time here!
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