New Home

So I successfully managed to move into my new condo! I had some wonderful people help me and the move was quite hassle and worry-free! The place is covered with boxes right now and I have no energy to unpack them (this could be a problem). The building seems nice and quiet, and I like it a lot. There is a very cute guy who lives below me . . . I don't know if he's married, but I know he's a smoker (I saw him carrying a pack of smokes, and I can smell the cigarrette smoke through my open window at night). Anyway, I wish there were little fairies to come around and unpack my boxes and put things into the right order, but I guess I'm going to have to do it myself. Better get back to work . . .

Bye House!

This is my last night in the home I've lived in for 10 years. I can't believe the time has come to leave. It's exciting though - once I get past all the work it takes to move! For the record, I'm never moving again! If it takes this much effort to move one person with the minimal furniture, how crazy must it be to move a whole family? YIKES! Glad to have a day off from the students tomorrow though . . . as much as I love them all (okay, there area few I could do without), they do grate on my nerves!

Packing is . . .

. . . not fun! I've been packing up this place for a while now, and it's really not an enjoyable process! I don't understand people who move often! Why would you want to pack up all your stuff and move every 6 months? Are you nuts? And don't even get me started on all the people you have to contact with your new address . . . and the utilities . . . and all the picky little change of address things you have to do . . . what a nightmare! I'm currently trying to figure out when I can get to the DMV to get my address changed on my ID . . . I think my next day off that they will be open will be in December? Great . . . Oh well, God willing this will be the only time I move for a long time!

Moving Soon

EEEEK! I'm moving at the end of September! Time has just flown by and now I have to pack up all my stuff and move! This sucks (well, the packing part anyway, I hate packing!). This Fall is, as I may have mentioned before, a time for major changes. I'm moving, my sister and future brother-in-law are moving, my boss at work is leaving (boo hoo!), my sister is leaving (slowly) her job (we've worked together for 2 years). It feels unending.
I've been thinking a lot lately about change. Because of all the recent and upcoming changes I've been wondering if I should stay at my job or move on. There were definite reasons why I took my current job and for the most part those reasons haven't changed. But, I have been at this job for just over 2 years now and I am starting to feel a little burned out. I love, love, LOVE 99% of the people I work with, but some of the people I love most are leaving. I could go back to subbing, but I'm too attached to having "roots" at the place where I work. Even though it's sometimes boring to sit at the same place every day and see the same people, it's very comforting. Let's not forget the practical reasons for keeping my current job - a steady pay check and the opportunity to secure a mortgage! Still, if you are the type to believe in signs, and I may or may not be that type, I have been getting some signs lately that it may be time to change. I won't go into the details since they're mostly uninteresting to anyone but me, but I suppose I've gotten to a point in my life where once again I need to sit down and evaluate my choices and career path and goals. Hey . . . anything to get out of the dreaded job of packing!