Finally moved in :)

My dad sent me this picture today. It's him and his peckerwood crew. He's on the far left, "redneck". :)

So, we finally got all our stuff moved in. It took 3 days! I moved boxes friday and saturday with the help of family and sunday some friends helped us move the big stuff. The living room, dining room, and kitchen are all set up but our room and Sid's room are still full of boxes.

We love it here! I can't wait for the pool to open, even though I'm sure it'll be packed at first! Sid already made some friends.

Well, I'm going to keep this one short. Our internet hasn't been switched over to the apartment yet and I don't like typing on my phone!

<3

Last day of school!

Today was my last day of cosmetology school for three and a half months. I'm so glad. I just need a break! That'll give me plenty of time to get all moved and settled in. And time to enjoy the new pool at the apartments :) And give me time to think about what I really want to do. I really thought this was the path for me, but now I'm not so sure. I don't know if it's just the school, the fact that I'm not learning anything, or that I just don't like doing hair. I wish I could afford to go to an awesome school where they actually teach you things. Here, they just teach us the basics and expect us to figure out the rest. Even simple stuff that they could easily let us know... Like, the last two sets of highlights I've done, I didn't like. I used bleach and they both turned out orange. I didn't even know if I was supposed to use bleach or color. After that, I had no idea what toner to use. Obviously if the hair is orange, you'd use purple toner... But do you mix that? How long do you leave it on? These are all things that the instructors need to tell us BEFORE they send us out on the floor to work on clients. So I don't know what I'm going to do. Right now, I'm thinking I'm just gonna take this break, and go back in the fall, hopefully refreshed. Maybe I can do my own research to learn the things that the instructors aren't teaching.

We go to sign the lease at the apartments tomorrow at noon. I'm so beyond excited. These apartments are soo nice! Brand new, no one's ever lived there. Hardwood floors, brand new appliances, vaulted ceilings. I'm so ready to have my own space again. Ready to not have my towels and food stolen ;) It's hard living with teenage boys! I think it'll be good for mine and Ben's relationship too. We've both been stressed out since we've lived in the current house. We just don't have enough space. We can't really even cook dinner because my mother's bedroom door is practically in the kitchen and the walls are paper thin. And my husband isn't exactly quiet.

Now all I'll have to do is find a job. I've applied at 10 places. I think on monday I'll call them all to check in. I hope I can find something that doesn't suck too bad. I want to make at least $1,000 a month, I don't think that's too much to ask for. I think the one I really want is at Joann (fabric and crafts). That is sooo right up my alley. Or Sally, but those ladies were really rude so I don't see that happening. I would love a desk job, as long as I don't have to sell anything or collect debts. I've tried both of those and they both ended quite unsuccessfully. I'll keep my fingers crossed for something decent.

Moving and becoming a better person

I suppose moving is going okay. I've been packing, all by myself, for the last week. But I think I'm almost done. We sign the lease on friday :) I've never gotten my own place before, I've always just moved in after everything was already set up. But today, I got the electricity situation resolved. I was freaking out when I thought we'd have to pay $300 for a deposit, but I found Reliant and their $80 non-refundable deposit. Works for me. Now I just have to figure out how to get the water put in our name. And get the cable/internet switched over. Moving is so expensive!

But on a positive note, I'm really proud of myself for something I did a couple nights ago. I had heard some really nasty things about someone awhile back. This, of course, soured my opinion of them. This person is someone my husband tattoos frequently. I had sent this person a message over facebook telling them what a shitty person they were and all these other bad things I thought about her. So when I would pull up to the tattoo shop and her car was there, I would get so mad.

Well, the other night she was there, so I backed out and left... pissed off. I came home and really thought about it... What had this person actually done wrong? Nothing. She never wronged me in any way. She had never said anything bad about me. She had never made a pass at my husband, so why did I hate her? I never really knew. So I decided, I need to be a better person. You only live once, right? Do I want to spend my one life hating people? I don't, really. So I did the adult thing, I called her and told her how sorry I was for saying such terrible things. I really thought she'd let me have it, she would've had the right to. But no, she completely understood. She said she was sorry for anything she said about me, which was nothing really. She even said to save her number and we could go get lunch sometime.

It feels so good to get that hate out of my heart. I feel like a better person now.