.:reflections of twilight:.

*drums fingers against keyboard*

Well, life hasn't been anything to write home about, as it were. I mean, it's good and all, just... same old same old. I mean, at work, I'm just kinda sorting papers still. Whoa, step back lest the excitement of it all overwhelm you!

Mom told the doctor she works for that she's going to take a couple of days off when my aunt comes to visit next month. He started to say something about it when she added, "It also happens to coinside with the anniversary of my mother's death." Which is a polite way of saying, "Are you going to give me any crap about it? I didn't think so." He heeee...

I never got a chance to go on my desktop any yesterday and find any of the stuff I was supposed to look for. Oh well. I doubt I will next week either...

I ate some Chinese for lunch yesterday, then came home and cleaned the kitchen floor as well as the front of the appliances and the cabinets. I think I did pretty darn good. When I get in the mood to clean, I get in an intense mood at times. Too bad it didn't last long enough to clean the bathrooms.

I bought the latest volume of FMA. I was really good as expected. Ed's facial expressions are the best, such as when his dad commented that he grew his hair out like him. Piqued, Ed then braids his hair like usual, tossing his dad a very interesting look. I chuckled heartily. And Mei is very adorable! The way she keeps picturing Ed is highly amusing. Me, I can't wait to see her reaction when she finally sees him in person. And I love her little panda...

Word of the day: arraign
v: to accuse publicly

First of all, I want to thank everyone who read and responded to my last post. I appreciate your support during a difficult time for me. I feel a little better now. I'm still worried and anxious about everything, but I don't feel quite as overwhelmed as I did before. So again, thanks...

Anyway, I'm a little annoyed at the moment. I was trying to set up a way for me to pay my bills online instead of sending out checks and having to worry about sending them out on time or them getting lost in the mail and so forth. I was able to set up my Student Loan payments online (after a little scuffle. No one was injured). But my credit card ones were harder. For one, I filled in the right blanks and everything, and it said it couldn't access or find my account or some such. Then another said it needed the three numbers on the back of the card, well I haven't used that card since forever, so I packed it away with my other stuff in storage. So no dice there. *fumes* Online bill paying is supposed to make life easier...

We finished cleaning out grandma's apartment yesterday. The majority of the time was spent removing the shelf paper (and it's residue) from the cabinets and drawers in the kitchen. The adhesive must've been really good, because it didn't want to come off. So we had to work at the remains until it all came off. This is why I never want to use shelf paper for my shelves...

After we finished that, we continued with what we had set out to do in the first place... the rest of the cleaning. I worked on washing out the freezer (which had some sort of lingering odor, I wasn't about to try and figure out what it was). My aunt cleaned the sink and wiped down the counter tops and my uncle worked on the floors. Then when we finished, we needed to wait for the manager to do an inspection of the place before we handed over the keys. She was impressed by how clean we got the place. She joked to my aunt that maybe she should hire us to clean the rest of the units when they empty. The look on my aunt's face said it all. When we left, it felt strange. I mean, grandma lived in there for five years and now we're never going to go back there anymore.

Tomorrow we decided to gather at my aunt's house and start to go through some of the things that are there in order to get ready for the garage sale at the end of the month. Some of the little nick-nacky things are gonna be cleaned and then we'll start pricing. I have no idea how long this whole process is going to take, because not only do we have the stuff at my aunt's house to go through, but the stuff in storage as well. These next few weeks are gonna be busy, I have a feeling.

I reorganized some things in my room last night. I was able to move some more of my manga and DVD's into the other plastic storage boxes I got the other day. Then, the box they were in, I moved some of my other books and things into it, since it was bigger than the one they were in. So I eliminated one whole box. Now I have to try and arrange things in the closet some so I can fit my clothes that are in my trunk (in a black duffel bag) and bring them inside the house if I can. Those were clothes I had stored at grandma's.

Tuesday, since I had a little bit of free time, I made some icons. Three of Aka no Ou (from 'Samurai Deeper Kyo') and one of Rin (from Furuba ch. 123). They turned out pretty decent I think. The Aka no Ou ones I posted on love_deeper. One of them is also my current usericon. *points*

I'm reading 'Death Note' 4 again (actually reading as opposed to skimming) since flamika said Takada makes a cameo. So I've been trying to spot her (even though I have no idea what she looks like. It's been kind of a challenge). But I did notice something. In the scene where Raito (or Light. Whatev.) is talking to Misa for the first time, he says to her, "You killed innocent police officers. How is that any different than the man who killed your parents?" This gives me some indication that he hasn't (at least at this point) completely gone over to the Dark Side. He's on the verge, but not there yet. I just thought that was interesting. And you know, I think I want to scan the little skeleton guy inside the front on the first page and maybe make an icon out of him. I think he's kinda neat lookin'.

Trivia of the day: One of the fattiest fishes is salmon: 4 ounces of the delectable fish contains 9 grams of fat.

Man, being dead-ass broke totally blows. I still have to renew my license plate tag, which, since I have a specialized plate, costs about $50.00. Plus, I accidentally missed my student loan payment this month, which means I have to pay double next month and hopefully I wont get screwed by being late with the cable bill and stuff. Usually I'm much more on the ball with this sort of stuff.

It doesn't help the fact that I remain unemployed. You know, I'm qualified to get a job with the local pharmaceutical company and shill for them, but you need to have a charismatic personality. Unfortunately, I was born a shy violet with a feathery voice. Hard to believe, eh?

And when did I get to a point in my life where I practically get a hard on when browsing the cleaning supplies aisle, even though that's physiologically impossible due to my gender?

"Ohh, a new mop, I need one of those!" "New and improved cleaning liquid! I gotta get me a piece of that!"

*face palm*

I finished the sequel to 'Howl's Moving Castle,' 'Castle in the Air,' It was pretty good. Good timing too since it's due back at the library Friday.

Wednesday we take our cats to the vet's so they can get their shots.

And I so need to go outside more and do more walking. I didn't do it any last week and I'm beginning to feel a bit like a slug again. It's not that I don't like doing it, bit I think it has something to do with the skin melting heat and the soul crushing humidity. I'll not feel so bad about it today since I burned a lot of calories cleaning the bathrooms yesterday. And anyone who says housework isn't exercise is lying.

Quote of the day: "The giving of love is an education in itself."-- Eleanor Roosevelt