Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 8:59am.
...because i found the box with all my fancy dresses, but have no idea where my regular clothes are. i felt like i was doing the walk of shame this morning on the way to work: it's a sleeveless satin-ish brown dress that has definitely gotten quite short in the last 7 years. also, i've been "borrowing" orion's deodorant since monday.
while a part of me definitely loves this thrown-together / devil-may-care lifestyle the other part feels frenzied and i might be on the verge of stress hives. i don't want to get too revealing here, but i think i would feel light years better if i could just find my box of undergarments. believe me, so-called "costume" undergarments are NOT meant to be worn all day in place of regular undergarments (especially when your day is spent chasing after 2 two-year-olds) i'm not totally convinced that my husband didn't "accidentally" "misplace" my regular stuff. i did get our hot wings "on the house" yesterday at Pizza Hut, but realized after i left that it was glaringly obvious i was somewhat, um, disheveled.
woooo, i feel a lot better having gotten that off my chest (so to speak)
also, if you know me and my upbringing (with 9 siblings) you know my perferred method of cleaning is just throw everything away. this caused orion no small amount of stress in packing to move, and i'm sort of afraid i threw a good deal of my wardrobe away. so, for all the people who are glad to have me back in the neighborhood, don't be surprised if you see me grocery shopping in a sequin cocktail dress and flip-flips or better still looking very lesbianic in my husband's weekend clothes.
however, it's all worth it! our new place is so nice! i've never had this fear of messing things up before. don't touch the walls! take your shoes off! plus in our efforts to be more "grown-up" we ditched all our college-ish furniture, so currently we have a dining room table and a love seat. so don't expect to be invited over for a little while. in packing to move, we realized that our M.O. in our old apt was simply to cover as much of the walls as possible, which isn't necessary here, so we have a LOT of wall hangings, shelving units, posters, pictures etc. good thing we have lots of storage room downstairs...
also, we currently live above our landlords (and their 6 month old daughter) which is really weird for us. and definitely not good for my paranoia. added to that is the fact that all the vents are these huge open monstrosities that i'm positive are transmitting every peep. we're just not used to this kind of scrutiny. we've always lived in big, noisy, trashy young people's buildings. i've never paid so much attention to my own habits before; every time the floor creaks i'm positive that it's pissing them off. yesterday it took me 45 minutes to figure out how to unlock the deadbolt in the upstairs door, so i'm sure it was fun for them to listen to my fumbling, jingling, and cursing loudly. how do people deal with this? they seem like such cool, neat people but i can't help spazzing out about every noise. hopefully i will have time to go through all the boxes and assemble our bed this weekend. i never realized what a private person i am. it's weird having someone wave and chat every time i come and go out my front door. also, this morning my landlady reminded me that their bedroom is right below ours... and WINKED!
FML.
I got a new job last week. or rather, i sort of forced myself upon a job. is that networking? i just need SOMETHING on my resume that will allow me to get a job when this fucking recession is over. preferably something with a nice title and lots of respect. so i got one. my new title is, ahem, "director of development and communications" which i think is a fancy way of saying "grant-writer." so yeah, i start on monday and in the meantime i need to learn how to write grants. so if anyone has any experience in that area, please help. i ordered "Grant writing for Dummies" from amazon and it came with "Understanding your Non-Profit" as a bonus. i guess the non-profit industry is not exactly booming. it should be okay, i was completely honest about my experience (or lack thereof). i have to write a bio and find a "professional looking" photo for the board newsletter... that will be interesting.
we're pretty thrilled to be back in lincoln square. no more drinking and driving for us! i'm so bummed that i missed mayfest and will therefore make up for it this weekend by hitting every bar in a 4 block radius. message me if you're down for hanging out.
also, we're working on booking a beach house in south haven for a week in august. it sleeps 21 and it's super cheap and right on the beach, so we're trying to bring as many people as possible so that we're all paying next to nothing. email me if you're interested, it should be super cheap and a lot of fun!
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