Awkward & Awesome Thursday

Wow. It's been a really long time since I've posted here, huh?

Life just has a tendency to get away from you when you least expect it. The days last forrrrrrrrrrever yet the months just speed by!

(On another note, how is it already the middle of August????)

Anyway this post might be lacking in Awkwards cause right now things are pretty good. Maybe next week (ha, if I remember to write then) I'll have some stuff to say. (We can try though)

Awkward

* Realizing I probably shouldn't be listening to Chopin's Nocturne for Piano in B Flat Minor Op. 9 No. 1 at 11:24 at night because I am feeling really sleepy...and I'm only 4 minutes into the song. (Its beautiful but now I'm tired - which is why I then skipped Op. 9 No. 2!)

* Tripping over your own feet. On carpet. When less than 2 steps ago you were walking just fine. D'oy.

* Realizing your pant leg (really. only one leg) is super long because the hem is completely undone. Like, I didn't know my pants had an extra 3 inches! Thankfully, staples to the rescue! (What, like you've never done that before? - side note: when you do that, if you can find a sharpie in the color of your outfit that you just stapled together [better if it's black] then you can color the staple and it'll conceal it better than just you sitting there with a giant piece of silver staring you at the face)

* Trying to park by a curb - that's curved. Trust me, you will look like an idiot because you WILL keep adjusting the tires.

Awesome

Now here's where the good stuff starts. *deep breath*

* I officially got a new job in Houston AND

* I moved down to Houston. LAST WEEKEND.

It's still like, super surreal.  I've only been talking about doing this for years and years and years. And then it all happened in like, 2 months. Amazing how God's plan just comes together with ease.

* Having two roommates that are in the same "life stage" as me (and who can enjoy both company and down time - okay some wine helps too) is really a blessing. Yes it's weird to share a bathroom again, but really, less than 1/16th of my life is spent in the bathroom - it's not a big deal - but having a place to just come home, chill if I want or don't, is a nice thing to have.

ALTHOUGH I'M NOT PLEASED ABOUT THE COCKROACH THAT'S CURRENTLY OCCUPYING MY ROOM

*AHEM*

* My job is insane (in the sense that it's super busy) but it's really nice to be with more people. Yes it's still the same type of work in a law firm but it's just BIGGER. There are actually people to see and talk to (and the lady sitting on the other side of the filing cabinet is a hoot and a half) and it's just a great atmosphere. I am so glad I did this.

It just goes to show you that sometimes you just have to wait for the Lord's timing. Cause when it's time...*BOOM!* it just happens!

* I'm super close to EVERYTHING now. You want to do something late at night? SURE I can come cause I only live 15-20 minutes away! And there are 4 grocery stores like in a 5 block radius! And a 24Hour Fitness! TWO OF THEM (although yeah, sure, one is farther away than the other). It's just awesome and it's still not real to me. It probably won't be for months.

But I'm excited about the future now. I feel like I maybe really am a grownup. Or at least, getting better at pretending to be a grown-up...we'll see. :)

Well, that should be a good enough recap of the last couple weeks. We'll see what happens next!

Ciao!

Awkward & Awesome Thursday

Whoooo! Take no. 18838018508793587 at trying to be slightly more consistent with posting...

Awkward

* Being consistent. No really. I feel like every couple of weeks I post something and promise that I'm going to get more consistent with posting and then........nada. It's embarrassing.

* Also awkward, never being able to spell "embarrassing" correctly the first 3 tries...

* Car tires. The ones on my vehicle were getting really close to be completely bald (wore down the treads) so the other day my mom took my car to get some good-quality used tires to replace mine. My lease is up soon and I should be able to trade it in sometime in the next 5 months so there was no need to get brand "new" tires, yes? So that went fine, picked up my car, took it downtown for a church thing, and then Tuesday morning I get notice that my front right tire is low on air. I mean, c'mon I just replaced it! But I figured maybe it was just one of those things, so sure, I'll work on it later (ended up being late to work because of a major accident so I was just going to do it after lunch).

WELL. Lo and behold, when I get in my car later that afternoon, I realized my car was leaning to the front right. No big deal, right? WELL. I get out and there you have it. My tire is completely FLAT. Squished. So I limped along to a gas station (with an air pressure gauge that actually worked) to air it up. Realized I could hear air whistling from the tire. Bent down to try to find the hole when WHOOSH. Blasted in the head with hot air.

That's when I realized...that there was an actual gash in my tire. Like, the dam in the Netherlands story type hole. Tried covering it up with my hand so I could air it up enough to get it to a tire store but nope, not happening. 

Thank goodness a tow truck arrived. Then I decided I should probably try to contact my roadside assistance people to get my car towed to the place where I got the used tires. Was told that that would be something I would pay out of pocket, like $120. Well that's useless (what's the point of this service if twice now they've done nothing but waste my time???) so I called the guy who stopped earlier who had decided to just sit around the corner.

Another complication is that I needed a flatbed tow. Thankfully one was just down the street. The guy from before called the flatbed operator and thank goodness there was a NTB literally across the highway. So they towed my car to the tire store where I was told that I probably had 2 gashes in the tire. Not in part of the tire that is on the road, mind you, but the side. Which doesn't hit the road when driving. Well, great.

So, long story long, I had to purchase a brand "new" tire, have them rotate the tires so the new one would be on the back, and wait 30 minutes for it to be done. 

Bright side of this, the people who put on the "used" tires gave me $75 for the problem they caused. Bad news, I still paid a pretty penny for this experience, including the tow truck. 

Thank goodness for emergency funds, yes? But so far so good. My tires seem to be holding up. Let's see if this continues until June when I can finally turn it in...

* That story. Man. Talk about long!

* Realizing that you stick yourself in the same problems over and over again. Like, I thought I was more prepared to be a stickler for the rules, you know? Yet, here I am, faced with the question of "what to do?" I've got to figure out how I keep getting stuck in this loop and stop it. Otherwise, I'm going to be running myself into the ground in no time. Not good.

* HOW IS IT ONLY THURSDAY? (well, Wednesday when I started this post!)

Awesome

* Being able to take care of myself when the tire issue arose. Also, well, this wasn't a major deal, but also having the foresight to prepare for something like this, monetarily. Saving extra funds like Christmas money or tax returns does come in handy sometimes.

* Realizing that I just need to wear eyeliner and being okay with it. Would like to be a "oh look, ma, no makeup" type female but the truth is, my eyes disappear when I don't wear any. And I don't think that's attractive. Oh and I should really just stop trying to wear any nail color other than black. It's just not the same otherwise.

* Family. 

Well, that was lame. Oh well.

Ciao!