gypsygirl

It's talk like a pirate day, mateys!

So I was having a nice bottle of Sweet Leaf Half and Half tea when I happened to glance down at the cap, on the inside of which had been printed a... can it be called a fortune when they're giving you instructions rather than predicting the future? Well, whatever you call it, it took rather more liberties with my opinions than fortunes usually do. The instructions I was given:

Um... sorry Sweet Leaf Tea, I don't like girls (gals?) in that way.

As of yesterday morning, I am completely moved in and settled! Today I've been putting up pictures and mirrors, and I still need a few rugs and a towel rack for the bathroom, but other than that, I'm done, and the rest of this week that I took off from work, I can just rest and relax! I've put some photos of the house on flickr in case anyone's interested (but they're mostly for my mother's benefit).

I've spent the last three days moving into the new house, and I ache everywhere... even my arches ache! Going from a second floor apartment to a third floor room is exhausting. I think, when it comes time to move out of this place, I'm going to hire people to haul everything for me. I'm ok with packing and unpacking, but let someone else do the heavy work. Though, I must admit, I had lots of help yesterday, with all the furniture. There were four of us moving everything out of the apartment, and then two more friends showed up to help move everything into the house. It was nice that we were able to get everything over in one load of the u-haul (plus a few things stuffed in people's cars).

Today I've been putting things away, and I'm no longer feeling as overwhelmed as I was last night, mainly because I got all the stuff I don't use often (camping equipment, suitcases, etc) into storage areas, so there's not as much clutter out in the room. I'm taking all of next week off work, so I'll have plenty of time to finish clearing up. First thing I need to do tomorrow, though, is go to the post office, because I had gotten the wrong house number stuck in my head, and so they're going to be trying to deliver my mail to a non-existent address!

Ooh, and internet connection's already up! Yay!

more cat pictures

So, I ordered Unbreakable from Netflix, and when it came, the disc was broken. I had a giggle over the irony in that.

A UNICEF anti-war commercial done by the Belgian branch of the organization:

Is it wrong that part of me thinks this is funny?

So we were in a meeting of the Library Website committee, and as we were getting near the end of the allotted time, we were starting to get a little silly. Someone asked a perfectly legitimate question about whether the people who keep the web pages up to date have a title, and someone else tried to come up with the most convoluted title for "I update the web pages". I can't remember what it was, exactly, but then my officemate, who's also on this committee, tried to see if he could come up with an acronym for the title. He came up with Electronic Data Input Technician Of Record, or EDITOR. Someone else quickly came up with Acronymical Master & Electronic Savant, for his surname, Ames.

One of the other girls on the committee was trying to get one for her first name and came up with E-Learning Librarian (which is her job title) and then needed help on the last two letters - Ames came up with Extra Nice (so, Ellen). I started working on my surname and got as far as Super Awesome before the meeting was dismissed. When I mentioned this to my officemate, he very quickly came up with Super Awesome, Very Acerbic Girl Extraordinaire. Now he's supposed to be working on one for our friend across the hall, but she doesn't know yet because she's not on that committee.

Why do I go to Walmart? I know what it's like, especially on weekends! I know what it does to me. I know that I just end up grumpy after fighting the crowds of people who go there on the weekend. So, why do I put myself through it??? Ai!

So last weekend we had thunderstorms and tornadoes go through, which, though normal enough for Tornado Alley, did seem to be a bit early in the season; and this weekend, we have snow! Snow in April, in Waco!?! It's colder today than it was most days this past winter.

What's weird is seeing the contrast between spring and winter: bluebonnets blanketed in snow; trees with their new growth of leaves covered in stark white; a carpet of white over the grass, except around trees where it's a brilliant green.

These photos really don't do it justice, but they were the best I could do at short notice (meaning, before the snow melted!).