Do not wear shiny, dangley earrings with the puzzle killer around.
When you take off said earrings, do not, I repeat, DO NOT leave them on the coffee table. The puzzle killer will attack them anywhere. She ran off with one. Hope I can find it.
**Picture is fuzzy b/c Molly is attacking the shiny, dangley earring. I guess I should be happy that I took them out first**
Growing up we did a lot of puzzles. We watched a lot of movies, too. I still enjoy doing both. I tend to watch movies more than put together puzzles, because, well, it’s easier. I joined Netflix and have movies delivered right to my mailbox. All I have to do is make a list of the movies that I want to see and mail back the ones that I have watched. They have a place where you can rate movies and they use the ratings to suggest other movies for you. Pretty cool system. Before Christmas, I decided that I wanted to put a puzzle together. I bought a Thomas Kinkade puzzle at Target and it was still sitting on my kitchen table until Friday night. All of you know I live by myself, so I can keep strange hours. I just try not to be loud and wake up the people upstairs. I fell asleep aound 10 on Friday night, just to wake up with energy at 2AM. I decided to straighten up a little. I didn’t want to vacuum, b/c I thought it would be too loud. So, I opened up the puzzle. I’m probably the only person that would begin a puzzle at two in the morning, but I wasn’t sleepy. I cut open the box and dumped all of the pieces on the table. My plan to put together a puzzle is to find all of the edge pieces first, then sort the rest by color. I’m sorting and Molly decides to help. She jumps on the table and stands directly over the pieces I’m sorting. Fine. Move. I get part of the pieces sorted and Molly starts stalking the puzzle pieces. You know, down on all four legs, really low with her rear end twitching. Then, she pounces. The puzzle never had a chance. She grabbed a piece, jumped to the floor, and begins her low growl. (The growl means I have something dead to gross you out with to offer to you.) I grab the piece not wanting to loose it and have a hole in my puzzle. Same thing again and again. I guess I never realized how vicious puzzles could be. Molly, my hero, was saving me from the scary pieces. I’m sure you know that I didn’t get much accomplished. I’m waiting for her to sleep before I start again. (Just like having a toddler or something.)
Molly is soo funny. It’s like she has a split personality. One minute she is very loving. She crawls up on you and nuzzles, just wants to be close. Then she stalks you and attacks. It hurts. She keeps her claws very sharp by using the couch and the bed. (I keep trying to break her from the bed. I’m not worried about the couch until I get a new one.) I was upset one day and she jumped up in my lap. I thought, how sweet she wants to nuzzle me to make me feel better. Wrong! She slapped me, meowed, and jumped down. I guess she thought Get over it already!
One of her favorite things to play with (besides puzzle pieces) is a balloon. The people upstairs had a party and a balloon floated down my steps. It came inside to play when I opened the door, so I left it for Molly. She was smart not to use her claws, but would bat it all around the apartment-in the air, across the apartment, everywhere. I came home to find the balloon popped on Friday. Oh, how I wish I could have been here to watch her jump. She already freaks out over loud noises. A video tape would have been even better.
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I think I’m going to jump in the truck and head up the mountain for a few runs. : )
I finished my 3 days of orientation on Friday. I love all of my new co-workers. There were 6 of us in orientation, but one was special education. We didn’t get to spend much time with her. We were all fast friends and full of energy. I think our principal did a fantastic job hiring our faculty. Everyone is awesome. There were so many different personalities in orientation and our school had the best. No little yuppies or snooty people like the other schools. Go Cougars! That is something else that I find funny….I was a Cougar in middle school and now I am again. Our school color is RED!!! This makes me very happy, since the last time I was a cougar we were green and gold.
Friday night I finally got Mexican food! It was good, but not nearly as good as it is back home. I have no idea what came in a small dish beside the salsa, but it yummy. It looked a lot like cole slaw. It has peppers and onions in it so it had a good kick. There is another Mexican restaraunt that I want to try later. And the hottest restaraunt downtown is Italian. Everyone says that if you get there at 6:30, you have to wait an hour. An entire hour! I just laughed because we are used to waits in restaraunts. I’ll have to wait until I get paid to try any new restaraunts. Someone (I wish I could remember who it was) told me that there is a Chik-fil-A in Junction. I’m so excited. I need to make a trip over and check things out. (That’s Grand Junction. I’m picking up on the lingo.)
I think the best thing about moving here is that not many people are from here. Everyone has moved here from all over the country, so they are very nice about being new. They’ve all been in my shoes and want to help me adjust. : ) I went to my first rugby game yesterday. It’s fun to watch, but I had a friend from school there to explain what was going on.
The apartment - I have tile. I have carpet. I now have the drywall completed in the bathroom. The painters are coming either tomorrow or Tuesday to finish the bathroom. I put some pictures on the wall last night. I have, maybe, 4 or 5 more boxes to go through. They will probably be repacked and stored for the time being. My guestroom has many boxes living in it and is turning into my storage area. Molly has been c-r-a-z-y! She was batting my hands and biting me earlier. I guess she’s feeling frisky with the cooler weather. She sits in the window and watches all the people walk by. I think the cat from across the street comes to visit her.
Mom sent me a package this week. I don’t have cable so she was nice enough to send me some movies. I’ve watched all the DVD’s of SATC that I have and the movies that Mom sent. So, if you are missing me and want to send me some movies, sign me up for Netflix or even cable I would love you more than I already do. lol It’s not that bad. I stay busy at work. It’s just hard not to turn the tv on as soon as you get up in the morning or when you are trying to wind down at night. I’ll be doing a lot reading. You can send me books. : )
I have unloaded my kitchen and was working on my bedroom when I ran out of hangers. That seemed like the perfect time to stop and update everyone. My new carpet for the apartment is going to be installed on Tuesday morning. I won’t be here since I have a benefits meeting. Let’s just hope the installers don’t have a hard time moving all my furniture and boxes around. Molly is wild at night. She runs around talking and playing. I hope her schedule adjusts soon. She is eating well and still very loving. : ) Mom’s friend Matthew just called to check on me. We are planning a trip sometime soon. I’ll probably go to Fort Collins where he is so I can meet some people. He set a deadline that we need to get together within the next four weeks and not put it off any longer than that. We determined that it will be about a 4 hour drive. He also said that he spends a lot of time close to here in the Winter and will teach me to ski/snowboard. He’s in for a real treat since I’ve never done it and will probably spend most of my time on my butt. Well, I am going to get myself together and at least drive to my school. I don’t know if anyone is there. I called the principal earlier, but haven’t heard back from him. On the way back I guess I’ll swing by Target and get some more hangers to finish unpacking my clothes. I’m busy, but I miss everyone!!
Well, I’m in Colorado. I’m typing this post from the bedroom of my new apartment. Molly draped herself across the dash first thing this morning. I took a picture so I could show everyone. Are you wondering where it is? It’s still in my camera. I don’t have much moved in yet and I’m not certain which box has my computer cord in it. I’ll find it eventually.
The apartment….well, I knew I had to enter through their house. I have to walk through their living room and open kitchen to get to the stairs that go down to my apartment. I guess they get to monitor my guests. The apartment is not finished. My landlord is putting down new tile and carpet for me. Great! Well, it would be if it was done already. The tile is finished and looks nice. I have no idea when the carpet is going to be installed and I’m just going to move in on top of the old. It will all get worked out eventually. It wouldn’t be right if things went smoothly. I have already found Target. : ) We went to dinner at Chili’s tonight and Target was just across the parking lot. There was also a Petco, Marble Slab, and Starbucks. You all know how excited I was to find Target and Starbucks! Tomorrow will be a day of unloading the truck. I’m not looking forward to it, but it has to be done.
The drive today wasn’t too bad. I saw lots and lots of sunflowers. I don’t think I’ve ever seen fields of sunflowers before. They were really pretty. I saw lots of cows. There was an advertisement for steaks or ground beef or something off a cow in a pasture full of cows. It was very ironic. If you called me today and I didn’t call you back, sorry! I was tired and grumpy. Did you all know that this trip was the farthest that I have ever driven? I never drive on road trips. Jason always liked to drive, so I never did. I don’t know if it was a control issue or I scare him. I know Mom’s driving scares him.
I am exhausted! I’m going to bed for the night. Molly is eating for the first time today and checking out the new place. I’ll check things out later. Hug-n-kisses to everyone.
Well, I have survived the first day of my big move. We left around 6:15 this morning. I had every intention of heading out at 5:30, but Uncle Donald came over and I wanted to spend time with him before leaving. I didn’t get much sleep last night. My beautiful kitten was very talkative last night and kept me up. She was fine as long I was rubbing her head, but very loud when I stopped. I only stopped when I fell asleep. She got her super special little pill first thing this morning to make the car ride more enjoyable for me easier on her. I felt bad putting her in her carrier, so I left her out to roam the truck. The first place she found comfortable was draped across the dash. I had to move her over so that she wouldn’t be in my line of sight. She would climb around the truck from the very back to right under my feet. She slept in my lap, in the passenger seat, and right behind my seat. She’s a very active kitty even when she’s doped up. Now that I’m in the hotel room she’s checking everything out and playing with toys. She keeps me entertained since there’s not a lot to do while stuck in a car. I listened to one book on cd today and talked to many friends. My phone calls started at 6:30 this morning and continued all afternoon. Thanks for checking on me! The most interesting thing that I saw on the road was probably while talking to Jana. We stopped at a rest area and there were two guys beating a pop-up camper. The camper was neon green with yellow trim. It looked like one corner popped up and they didn’t know how to get it down. They had taken a piece of the yellow trim off the side and were taking turns beating on the corner that was raised. Yes, I think I was still in Arkansas when that happened. I’m staying the night in Kansas and plan on being back on the road by 6:00 in the morning! I’ll try to update this as much as possible, but remember I do have a lot to do. I miss everyone and love you all!
