2 Days Early, Weeks Off Track.

Well, well, well, haven't we been absent with our blog lately?

Why yes, yes I have.

We've moved. Successfully enough, all of our, dare I say... shit, hath been movethed. It is now taking up a good portion of one of our living rooms. The apartment is growing on me, and while it is meant to be temporary as far as Alex and I are concerned, we have an open-ended invitation to stay, and I do believe I would be akin to that idea. We have moved in with an old friend of Alex's: Samantha. She's pretty cool. The few draw backs to staying are sharing one bathroom and having to live with two cats. I'm not a huge fan of cats. The biggest plus would be cheap rent, and as my father would say "cheep cheep!" (yes, like a bird)

Perhaps some pictures are in order. First off, I need to figure out how to draw up a layout for you to see here. It will take me a little while, but luckily, I've started writing this blog update a day early. See mom, I learned how not to procrastinate occasionally :)

Hmm... Alex doesn't really have a program that I can use to sketch this out. Why don't Mac's have paint?! Ugh!

Okay, maybe some picture pictures. Wait, where is my camera's charging cable? Excuse me? Has anyone seen the charger for my camera?

What the hell, dude? Seriously? No pictures? No nothing? Crap.

Fine, we don't need no stinking pictures! I suppose its not much to look at just yet anyways. The best part so far is the system we have for our bikes. OH! I can show you, just a moment... Now, this is going to take a little bit of imagination, but its the best I've got:

This post is shimmied between our floor and ceiling. Two of these brackets are on the post each with a wide hook on it as well. And on his hook he has a book, and in his book is how to cook! No, no, just kidding, we have a bike on each hook. I had you going there for a moment, didn't I?
So I hope that makes sense. Besides the bike rack we also procured a rack for the kitchen to hang pots and pans from. The kitchen is coming together nicely other than the slight disaster we had last night...

It all began yesterday across the street from our apartment. A weekly farmer's market is held there and Alex thought it would be nice to purchase some fresh vegetables for dinner; a lovely idea, really. He decided on some squash, swiss chard, and garlic. Little did he know that in his bundle he carried back across the street was an arsenal of disappointment and disgust lying in wait. He placed the items on the counter and got to work, chopping up an onion and some squash and sauteing them, then rinsing the chard and chopping it up to wilt in the pan. Now, you'll have to forgive Alex, because he's a wee bit unobservant. He managed to miss the hundreds of little black bugs all over the counter tops that escaped while the chard sat awaiting its turn in the pot. In fact, they probably escaped before being chopped, while being chopped, and after they got put into the pot. Yes, I'm about 99% certain that not all that pepper was actually pepper in our meal last night, but that part surprisingly bothers me less than discovering the counters covered in the "not pepper" after we finished eating. We spent an hour and a half killing them and wiping down the counter tops. I can't say I was amused.

Regardless of our minor infestation, its been a pretty relaxed atmosphere around here. We have quite a lot of work to do still, but I think we are all a bit hesitant to do so just in case it doesn't work out. Having life be up in the air like this isn't my favorite thing, but then, sometimes life's just like that. I can at least have a little bit of joy in the fact that I have essentially been accepted into graduate school and will be a pseudo-aunt within hours. Who needs solid plans? Things could be worse. I could be having a c-section tonight.

My fingers are tired. I do believe my work here is done.

ps. Alex's sister is the one having the baby, in case you missed the bit about her being pregnant in a previous blog :)