Close To Being Moved In

My hands smell like Comet.

My shoulders and upper back are killing me.

I found out my neck won't snap when a mattress is balancing on it.

I'm pretty sure I look like a degenerate.

I'm over packing and moving and all of it. The next time I move it'll be because I'm leaving Seattle. And not a second before that. 

But I guess it's all worth it. I mean, look at this picture. 

Packing

I kind of like packing. I like picking up everything I own and taking a good, hard look at it. And I found my Steve Madden sun glasses! They were in a purse I took to Elizabeth's wedding. In MAY. That feels like forever ago. But there they are, sitting pretty on my desk. I've had those glasses at least 4 summers in a row. That has to be some kind of I-don't-care-if-they're-out-of-style record. I also set up a jar to collect all of the change I find. It's bank time. 

I just want to pack little by little, so that moving isn't such a time suck. It's weird to be moving from my apt. I'll miss the view. Beyond that it really is such an UPGRADE that I don't think I'll miss it in the long run. 

I hope my new roommate doesn't worship Satan or something weird like that. Although, if she can do magic that'd be AWESOME. 

Here's The Deal

1. LA was awesome. Sweet baby Angel and Lou Daddy were great tour guides and helped me navigate the winding roads of Margaritaville. I went to the park from (500) Days of Summer and watched Nathan Fillion (!!!) film an episode of Castle. We went to the beach, shopped, went to see Mann's Chinese Theatre and lots of sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade. All in all a great trip. Celebs I saw: red headed kid from Sandlot, blonde son on 7th Heaven, Paul Rust from I Love You Beth Cooper and an Iowa alum, and probably most importantly Cheech from Cheech and Chong. Eat your heart out. 

2. I applied and got accepted into the Apprenticeship program at the Children's Theatre! This is exciting news for numerous reasons. A. It's only a small time commitment every week and basically it's me working on a class in the same capacity I did this summer. Easy enough. B. In bi-weekly seminars I'll learn how to plan a 10 week long curriculum, build a portfolio and will meet even more teaching artists from the Seattle Area. C. By the end of the Apprenticeship I'll be considered a staff member and will be allowed to teach my own classes. This will work out great with my time at the Rep. My contract there ends on May 21 (my birthday and one of the high holy days) so now I'll have work lined up for the summer. And did I mention that I'll be making $29 an hour? Because I will.

3. I started my job at the Rep two weeks ago and so far so good. It's pretty slow going. (Remind me of this when I'm stressed out later) But everyone was really happy to have me back. Hugs and strawberry shortcake in meetings. I love the Rep. Hopefully it'll pick up this week. If anything I'll just start being more vocal about needing things to do. I'm such a suck up.

4. I'm starting to try to figure out how to move out of my apt. This should be...interesting. I'm not going to freak out. It'll be fine. It's all about that queen bed. 

That's it for now. Mollie and I are enjoying cookies and ice cream and I'm enjoying that I don't have to go into work tomorrow. Sweeeet. 

LA BABY!

Here I come!

NO-WORK MONDAYS

Today is the first of my no-work Mondays at the Rep. I'm back starting my new job tomorrow. 32 hour work week. New desk and a window. 

My bag of things to not forget include: a bowl, a water bottle, and allergy medicine. This is what being an adult has done to me.

NEW JOB!! BENEFITS!!