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Well, this weekend was a roller coaster of emotions. And though I usually love roller coasters, this one I could've done without. Let me break it up some:
RL:
Friday:
It turns out I wasn't needed to help my aunt after all, so that freed up some of my time. Mom's car still isn't fixed. I think the less said about that, the better.
Saturday:
We went to my grandma's apartment at around nine and started to get things ready to move out. My aunt showed up and them my uncle, who was driving the moving van. We had a few people show up from our church to lend a hand, which was very helpful. We had a steady flow going, so it didn't take us too awful long to get everything loaded. There are a few minor things left, but furniture-wise, everything is out. We stopped by my aunt and uncle's place to unload the dresser they're giving my cousin (their son) as well as some of the plants grandma had. Then we went down the road to where the storage place is. We unloaded the stuff we were keeping, like the loveseat, the twin bead and the washing machine, into our storage unit. We have a little room left yet so we can probably put some of the stuff we have here at the house in it. Then we went over to the one that my aunt and uncle rented for the rest of the stuff. It took some manuvering, but we were able to get the rest of it loaded in there. We have to take it all back out at the end of the month for the garage sale, but since everything needs to be out of the apartment by the 10th, it's at least some place to stash it all until then. That was the majority of the day on Saturday.
Sunday:
Sunday started off OK. But then, toward the end, it kinda went crappy. Church was fine. Better than last week. Then, afterward a mutual friend of ours pulled mom aside to talk to her about something. I wasn't there. I'll get into more detail about that in a moment. Then, we decided that since we didn't get the chance to go the day before, that we'd go do some grocery shopping. No prob. We've done it like a zillion times before. However, for some reason, the traffic on the way to the store was horrible! Bumper to bumper even, I'd never seen it that bad. Then, in the midst of all of this, my car starts to act up. It starts to get overheated. I'm thinking to myself, "Didn't I get this fixed so this sort of thing wouldn't happen anymore?" So after a while (before my panic mode starts in full force), mom tells me to pull over into a service station (which, being Sunday, was closed). I did so, and she opened the hood and my coolant was hot because steam was coming off of it. So we just decided to sit there awhile and let my car cool down some. Luckily for us, the guy who has the service station, came out (I guess he was there doing last minute stuff), and had a look at it. He said the problem was that my engine fan wasn't attached to the drive shaft ('Lost' refrence!!) and wasn't running. He said that something must've come loose at some point. He said that we could still make it to the store if we needed to but to turn the heat up full blast to help cool the engine. So that's what we did. After we finished our shopping, we took the Interstate back to the house (since the higher speed would rush air into the engine). So, that's someting else I need to have looked at at some point. *sighs*
Then, afterwards, I found out what it was that mom had the discussion about. It seems out friend is starting to lose sympathy with us in our housing situation because... I don't have a job. It seems I'm not 'contributing' enough to the household and I should get a job, any job in order to bring money in. Pardon my French, but bullshit! What am I supposed to do, get a low paying dead end job at a fast food place or something just so I can get money?! I'm sorry, but you'd have to kill me first. I mean, it might be perfectly fine for some people, but I do have some standards. I at least want a job befitting my educational level. And I'm not working now because I don't want to, far from it. I do want to get a job, not just for me but so I can help my mom out, but as for the moment, I'm holding off on it because of all the stuff I'm helping with for my grandma's things. I'm an extra set of hands. I mean, not only do we have to clean the apartment, but in the next few weeks or so, we'll need to move all that stuff out and begin to sort it and organize it for the sale. And I contribute to the household in other ways as well. Mom said I need to try and let it go, but it's awfully hard for me to. I know I need to, and maybe over time I will, but as for the moment, I can't. I mean, I feel not only angry and hurt, but slightly insulted as well.
Now that that's off my chest, onto other things:
Fandom:
Furuba: I was actually able to see the scans for 123 yesterday. It took me a bit in order to log into the Taiwan group in order to be able to actually access them, but I was able to do it, so I'm pretty proud of myself. I'll probably write up my initial reaction sometime later...
I may have to hold off on ordering volumes 18 and 19 from YesAsia until later. I'll have to see how things go.
Death Note: Even though I stopped reading after L ____, after recent events, I may just dl the most recent chapter and see things for myself. I mean, I still know the basics of what's been going on (even though a few of the characters are virtually unknown to me).
Hellsing: I was finally able to watch the first episode ofthe OAV on YouTube on Friday. Pretty neat lookin'. Although, I do have to say that bondage!Alucard's hair was actually white, not black and that Anderson sounded like a Japanese Yosemite Sam on occasion, especially during his 'Amen's.' But I actually found that part somewhat amusing, so it's not a big deal.
Today I go over to grandma's to help my aunt clean some, so I don't know how long that will take, actually. Then I have to pick up a perscription. Hopefully my car will hang on until I finish.
RL:
Friday:
It turns out I wasn't needed to help my aunt after all, so that freed up some of my time. Mom's car still isn't fixed. I think the less said about that, the better.
Saturday:
We went to my grandma's apartment at around nine and started to get things ready to move out. My aunt showed up and them my uncle, who was driving the moving van. We had a few people show up from our church to lend a hand, which was very helpful. We had a steady flow going, so it didn't take us too awful long to get everything loaded. There are a few minor things left, but furniture-wise, everything is out. We stopped by my aunt and uncle's place to unload the dresser they're giving my cousin (their son) as well as some of the plants grandma had. Then we went down the road to where the storage place is. We unloaded the stuff we were keeping, like the loveseat, the twin bead and the washing machine, into our storage unit. We have a little room left yet so we can probably put some of the stuff we have here at the house in it. Then we went over to the one that my aunt and uncle rented for the rest of the stuff. It took some manuvering, but we were able to get the rest of it loaded in there. We have to take it all back out at the end of the month for the garage sale, but since everything needs to be out of the apartment by the 10th, it's at least some place to stash it all until then. That was the majority of the day on Saturday.
Sunday:
Sunday started off OK. But then, toward the end, it kinda went crappy. Church was fine. Better than last week. Then, afterward a mutual friend of ours pulled mom aside to talk to her about something. I wasn't there. I'll get into more detail about that in a moment. Then, we decided that since we didn't get the chance to go the day before, that we'd go do some grocery shopping. No prob. We've done it like a zillion times before. However, for some reason, the traffic on the way to the store was horrible! Bumper to bumper even, I'd never seen it that bad. Then, in the midst of all of this, my car starts to act up. It starts to get overheated. I'm thinking to myself, "Didn't I get this fixed so this sort of thing wouldn't happen anymore?" So after a while (before my panic mode starts in full force), mom tells me to pull over into a service station (which, being Sunday, was closed). I did so, and she opened the hood and my coolant was hot because steam was coming off of it. So we just decided to sit there awhile and let my car cool down some. Luckily for us, the guy who has the service station, came out (I guess he was there doing last minute stuff), and had a look at it. He said the problem was that my engine fan wasn't attached to the drive shaft ('Lost' refrence!!) and wasn't running. He said that something must've come loose at some point. He said that we could still make it to the store if we needed to but to turn the heat up full blast to help cool the engine. So that's what we did. After we finished our shopping, we took the Interstate back to the house (since the higher speed would rush air into the engine). So, that's someting else I need to have looked at at some point. *sighs*
Then, afterwards, I found out what it was that mom had the discussion about. It seems out friend is starting to lose sympathy with us in our housing situation because... I don't have a job. It seems I'm not 'contributing' enough to the household and I should get a job, any job in order to bring money in. Pardon my French, but bullshit! What am I supposed to do, get a low paying dead end job at a fast food place or something just so I can get money?! I'm sorry, but you'd have to kill me first. I mean, it might be perfectly fine for some people, but I do have some standards. I at least want a job befitting my educational level. And I'm not working now because I don't want to, far from it. I do want to get a job, not just for me but so I can help my mom out, but as for the moment, I'm holding off on it because of all the stuff I'm helping with for my grandma's things. I'm an extra set of hands. I mean, not only do we have to clean the apartment, but in the next few weeks or so, we'll need to move all that stuff out and begin to sort it and organize it for the sale. And I contribute to the household in other ways as well. Mom said I need to try and let it go, but it's awfully hard for me to. I know I need to, and maybe over time I will, but as for the moment, I can't. I mean, I feel not only angry and hurt, but slightly insulted as well.
Now that that's off my chest, onto other things:
Fandom:
Furuba: I was actually able to see the scans for 123 yesterday. It took me a bit in order to log into the Taiwan group in order to be able to actually access them, but I was able to do it, so I'm pretty proud of myself. I'll probably write up my initial reaction sometime later...
I may have to hold off on ordering volumes 18 and 19 from YesAsia until later. I'll have to see how things go.
Death Note: Even though I stopped reading after L ____, after recent events, I may just dl the most recent chapter and see things for myself. I mean, I still know the basics of what's been going on (even though a few of the characters are virtually unknown to me).
Hellsing: I was finally able to watch the first episode ofthe OAV on YouTube on Friday. Pretty neat lookin'. Although, I do have to say that bondage!Alucard's hair was actually white, not black and that Anderson sounded like a Japanese Yosemite Sam on occasion, especially during his 'Amen's.' But I actually found that part somewhat amusing, so it's not a big deal.
Today I go over to grandma's to help my aunt clean some, so I don't know how long that will take, actually. Then I have to pick up a perscription. Hopefully my car will hang on until I finish.
Trivia of the day: Evergreens, because of their long life span and their needles' year-round exposure to pollution, are the most vulnerable trees to air pollution.
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