Today has been A LONG day, and contrary to tomorrow being Sunday(the best day of the week), tomorrow is not going to be the best day of the week I have a feeling. But let's talk about today...
      Woke up at 7:30 this morning. My bf was cranky.  The dog(a 5 yr old english bulldog(Carl)) was being fussy.  We got McDonalds so the bf wouldn't be cranky anymore.
      We cuddled on my front porch while we waited for my parents, for 40 minutes.  Not that I hate cuddling with my boyfriend or anything, but my parents were 40 minutes late!  That's 40 minutes I could have still been cuddled up in bed with said boyfriend!  My parents are New England bred and so punctuality is a must with them.  If the situation had been reversed, I would have been read the riot act.  Gotta love being a parent.
      I gave Carl a ball that was lying around and he LOVED it. It was so cute to watch. His teeth are brutal; he popped the ball in less than a minute, and then gnawed happily on it.  My parents finally arrived with the truck(god bless them) and we loaded it up. It was amusing to watch Carl go up and down the stairs with me and the bf. He certainly got his exercise for the day.  It only took an hour to load the truck up and then my parents headed home and I headed back to the other house with the bf. After half an hour, I had to hit the road too. I had a bunch of cd's to listen to so the 4 hour drive wasn't bad.  I stopped at a rest stop and ran into...my parents who also stopped to use the bathroom. We have tiny tanks in our family.  I caught them about 20 miles north of Columbus, leaving Kent.  Needless to say, they were going slow.
    All in all made it home in about 3.5 hours and then loaded up stuff from home.  A kitchen table, a couple of side tables/living room table. Then my brother and I went to Ikea.  I LOVE Ikea.  It's like the heaven of designing the inside of a house. I got a couple of little things.  The thing I am most excited about, yes I know this is totally dorky and ungirly, is the cordless drill I bought. :) And I am making my desk for $25.  Yup!  I'm awesome! Now all I need is a desk chair.
   I can't seem to keep my eyes open.   It's only nine o' clock, but I'm beat.  Ready to hit the hay and start again tomorrow, same time, different place.

NEW APARTMENT, HERE I COME!!!!!

B

Well, this is my first post. SO here goes.

I'm about to move to Tennessee to start my life as a graduate student. This is all so real all of a sudden. After months of trying to find the right place, I did, by finding the right roommate. I can't wait to get this process of moving from Kent, Ohio to Knoxville, Tennessee.  My boyfriend and I packed up the rest of my stuff today, took care of getting insurance for the apartment, and I got my car checked up for the drive(it needed it).

My family is coming up early tomorrow for Part 1 of the move.  We are loading up at the hind end crack of dawn in the morning and moving the whole shebang down to Cincinnati(where I'm originally from). Then Part II on Sunday after we load more stuff into the moving truck.  By Sunday afternoon I should be completely moved into my new place with my new roommate! It's so exciting!

Moving to Tennessee is another baby corner for me.  I've lived 4 hours from home for 4 years and now I'm moving 4 hours in the opposite direction of home. Thank goodness I'm going south! Time to live where the living is easy(except I'm on a broke grad school student budget).  I'll be on my own completely. Time to make new friends, see new places, and really have things of my own.

EXCITED!!!!!!

B