Packing is a Bitch!

I'd rather listen for hours on end to my mother complaining and my father's ridiculousness than to have to finish packing for this move. I spent almost all evening in my bedroom closet (huge walk-in closet) opening boxes and trying to get rid of stuff. The easiest and most efficient way to move is to not try to organize in any way - to just pack it where it's at. I don't have the luxury of being able to do that b/c I have to try to get rid of as much crap as possible so I can get the smallest storage space possible.

I wish I could avoid having to get a storage space all together but that's just plain impossible. I'm losing my outside storage closet, my laundry room/pantry and my bedroom closet isn't as big as the one I currently have. I wish I could just transport this apartment and the complex up to Michigan and continue living here.

I have so much more to do. I'm not done with the closet yet, I have to do the outside storage closet, the laundry room, coat closet, computer desk, etc etc. Any volunteers?

The Universe Is Messing With Me

Why this is happening? I have no idea. Signs that this was going on really started to show a couple of weeks ago when an ATM gave me 4 hundred dollar bills instead of 4 twenty dollar bills. I so need the money and frankly who doesn't? But, I knew that I would be the one who would get caught. If it were anyone else (and it probably happened to other people who used this ATM earlier and didn't report it) they'll get away with it. So, I did the honest thing only b/c I didn't feel like getting arrested at some point in the future.

First it was money being thrown at me now it's law schools being dangled in front of me. I was accepted into Hofstra law yesterday. One of the Dean's there called me to let me know. Hofstra is not go be confused with Harvard but it is a good law school in the NYC metro area where I wanted to be since I didn't get into Vanderbilt.

Hofstra accepts me not in June or even 1st week of July but on July 21st! What the hell am I supposed to do with that? I've already signed a lease in Michigan. What a bunch of fuckwads.

Rrrrrrr we going to have a winning football season?

R....S......

Michigan State has teams that win. Their football hasn't been all that great as of late considering Rutgers beat them last year but they haven't had a billion losing seasons like Rutgers has and their men's basketball kicks ass.

I don't know if I can handle attending a University where the teams actually win. Will I feel guilty rooting for the Spartans while Rutgers most likely will continue to suck?

If you look at these logos it looks like a Sesame Street battle of the letters.

Moving Sucks

I got a couple of estimates today on the move. It's going to cost a pretty penny.

Scratch this attempt at an entry. I'm not feeling too well (haven't been feeling well on and off for a week now) and I'm suddenly feeling extra shitty so I'm going to call it a nite and take the pooch out and hit the hay.

Imodium Rules

After you've read the title of this entry I don't think I need to say anymore abou the subject other than if I didn't know any better I'd think someone was poisoning my food b/c this is the 2nd time this week I've had to turn to Imodium.

Anyway, I'm awake b/c I feel like complete garbage so I figured I'll tool around online (as if that'll make me feel better). I must've been really bored b/c I was checking out my blog counter and was looking at the time zones of my blog visitors and their partial IP addresses and was trying to figure out if I knew some of the visitors. I've had some rather out there (geographically speaking) such as France, Russia, Japan, Australia, and people from all over the US.

Instead of playing this guessing game I figured I'd try out a guestbook and hope that if you're reading this you'll sign the book and if I know you you'll let me know you stopped by. If I don't know you personally, well, you can say hi.

I don't feel like I'm making sense but if that's the case I'll blame it on my weak physical condition.

I need to feel better tomorrow b/c I have a lot of things to do around the house that aren't going to get done by themselves.

Oh G-d, I just realized I still haven't taken River out for her last walk of the day [groan]. Poor dog is still working off the anesthestic/sedative she got on Friday at the vets office. She was so wasted it was pathetic. I had to practically carry her up the stairs and she's 55 pounds so that wasn't easy. I had to block off the stairs so she wouldn't try to go down them and end up falling and breaking her neck.

River is cute when she isn't feeling well. She gets very mushy and wants to snuggle and there's nothing better than a snuggling puppy.

Moving

Yep it's official, I'm moving to Michigan - woo hoo! I'm not really excited at all mainly b/c I'm not thrilled about the winters I will have to deal with. I really love the climate here in the mid-south and have enjoyed not having to wear anything more than a light jacket in the winter.

Other than that I look forward to it. I just wish I could fast forward though law school and get it over with so I can get back to making the real money. Of course that money won't be all that great for a while b/c I'll have over $100,000 in law school loan debt. Fun, fun, fun.

I have so much crap to do now it isn't funny. I have a few moving companies coming to give me estimates on Monday and I have to straighten up the chaos that my house has become before they arrive. The biggest headache is my bedroom closet. It's a gigantic walk-in closet that could be a small bedroom. It has become such a disorganized mess from my having to get to things buried in the back and never fixing it back up. It needs to be organized so the movers can make a proper estimate of all the crap that I have.

This move is going to cost me a pretty penny and unfortunately this time I won't have my employer footing the bill for the whole thing. It was great when I moved to Nashville. My company paid for movers to box up all my crap, store it while I was working in both Nashville and NJ for 4 months and then unload it when I finally had time to unpack and move in. They also paid to move my car. Those were the days.....flying 1st class twice a week on the company dime and living in hotels. It was quite an experience. Post 9/11 I don't see being able to do that again without going crazy from all the time and hassle it takes to go through airport security these days. I used to show up 20 mins. before my flight took off and I'd be ok. There's no way you could do that anymore.

Anyway, the hell of packing starts again. At least I think I'll be staying at my future home in Michigan for the full 3 yrs I'll be in law school. That'll be the longest I've stayed at one address in years. In the past 11 years I've had 8 different places that I called home (including my future home in Michigan). I'm so sick of moving but that's just how things have played out. You know you've moved enough when the moving specialist remembers you right off the bat.

I just hope that living in a new locale doesn't distract me from studying. I like to explore and I know I'll want to drive up to the great lakes and spend as much time up there as weather permits. I definately look forward to getting some fishing done while sitting on a boat somewhere on Lake Erie, Huron or Michigan and catch me a big one.

I wish there was a few more weeks in between now and orientation on 8/21. I wish I had time for another vacation b/c this summer was basically my last summer of fun before retirement. At least I went on one week long vacation (Hilton Head) and then went camping this past extended weekend and before that went on another short trip. I could use another week at the beach.