my apartment! no, no….i know some of you were wanting an announcement for something a little more life changing and, well, sparkly, but im pretty excited about my new apartment too. i apologize for the lack of blogging lately, but i blame it 100% on my lame-o computer. it took 30-45+ minutes just to turn the computer on and have the internet running, and then even longer to upload pictures, so i’ve procrastinated putting more pictures on my already sloth of a computer.
so….another exciting announcement….i bought a computer today! yes, that’s right, i’m updating my blog on my brand spanking new dell inspiron 1545. for you techie geeks, it’s got 4gb of ram and 320gb hard drive, with a 15.6” screen and it’s shiny jet black on the inside and it’s a matte black on the cover. i got a discount because it was the very last one and the display model from staples, and i also had a $75 gift certificate from my birthday present rebate that i had to use there, so i ended up getting about $100 off the asked price. i paid $477 total, and it is an ENORMOUS improvement! my other computer still works, but brad is going to help me clean it all off and see if it’s able to be salvaged and sold. in the meantime, i’m happy as pie using my new, shiny computer :).
so, the moment you’ve all been waiting for, pictures of the place i’ve called my own (no, no roommate. yet.) since the beginning of august. enjoy!
so there it is! i tried to put it in order like you were walking through the house but silly blogger uploads them backwards and im too tired to fix it, so look backwards if you want to know the specific rooms :)...first youre walking through the door to the living room, turning left to the kitchen, walking through the living room into the office, turning down the hallway into my bedroom and bathroom, backtracking to the (now almost completely empty) storage/eventual laundry room, and then back into the living room. yay! some things are still a work in progress, like the black frames above the tv that i will be upholstering with some bright fabric from ikea (which i have yet to decide upon), and the boxes in the corner near the lovesac (which are actually DI boxes waiting to be carted upstairs).
anyway….im sure you were all losing sleep to read my updated blog (bethanne), so here it is. (just kidding bethanne! thanks for being one of 4 loyal readers! :) ) im still alive. busy, and currently apartment poor, but i am SO much happier now that i dont have a stinky roommate who always rearranges my kitchen! occasionally i get paranoid about being alone, but i feel very safe compared to some other dumps around provo.
and a quick update on the job front….i just passed the month mark of going to back to school! this class is much more rowdy and much less sensitive that last year, so i’m learning that i have to change my approach to most things, but im learning (and so are they). i had to make my first parent call last week for bad behavior, and i have 4 students who can barely read 3-4 letter words, so it’s definitely been a challenge, but im over the get-home-and-cry-my-eyes-out phase of 3 weeks ago. i think it will be a good year; i just have to accept the fact that they arent the same kids that i had last year, so it wont be the same. i’ll survive.
and that’s all. more updates will come as more….important and shiny….things come into my life, but nothing is nailed down. i can just smile and take it one day at a time. so….yeah. this is me not complaining :).
