Reunited and it feels so goooood....

[sarea]

*cue cheesy, swelling romantic music*

*runs, then embraces Internet*

*single tear slides down cheek*

Oh, Internet. How I've missed you! Never leave me again! I actually looked (a bit) forward to coming in to work today. I don't know that that's ever happened before. It seems like SO LONG since I've been online, and it's only been a week ... not even that. It's my crack.

What I really haven't done in a week/more is play WoW. I miss it. I dream about it. I am almost afraid to sign on after today to see if I still have sergeant status. :-S Of course, I can't actually sign on until I have Internet access at home, which I do not. The kit should have arrived by now, but it hasn't, leaving me, Jade, and Robbie to do the unthinkable -- talk to each other and stuff. It's just doesn't feel right without one or more of our faces reflecting the otherworldly glow of a computer monitor. Also, we have been eating way too much food.

I am mostly moved out of my condo and into the new house. There's still Stuff at the old place (I am prone to giving in to despair and crying dramatically, "You win, Stuff! YOU WIN."), but it's slowly getting moved over. There is NO WAY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH that this move could have happened without Jade and Robbie. Well, it would have happened eventually, but then it would be 2006 and I would probably be in a mental institution. (Shut up, Amelia.) This is even despite the fact that Robbie crashed her rental car into my garage (she backed out with one of the back doors still open, wrecking the car door and crazily twisting the track that the garage uses).

Yay to Sears for 1) having a black fridge that fit into the space I have for a fridge; 2) delivering it at 10am the day after I bought it; 3) having a helpful sales guy who reminded me of Ryan Gosling. Boo to Comcast for 1) failing to deliver the Internet kit speedily; 2) failing to get the kit out at all, as I have found out this morning. >:( But yay to them for giving me broadband access AND basic cable for $29.99/mo til the end of the year. W00t.

My new place has this security system (once it's activated this weekend) where there are motion detectors, and if you turn it on at night and forget, then move around where the motion detectors are, you will have a bunch of police and what not on your doorstep. So I hope we don't forget.

Oh yeah. I had my annual review meeting with my manager on Thursday and I got a promotion! More money, more work, yadda yadda. He knew about my house, so maybe he decided to use his powers for Good.

Comments

[xcarol.livejournal.com]

That's a weird security system. What if you have to get a drink of water?

Our security system is different. We have two options (3 actually but the last one is hardly used): stay and away. If we choose away, then moving in front of the motion detectors trigger the alarm and the cops come. If we choose stay, then we can move all we want and the alarm won't be triggered unless a door or window opens. And if you lean hard on a basement window, the alarm will also trigger. We usually use 'away' when we go out, and 'stay' during the night.

Anyway, congrats on almost being done moving! I have moved twice in the past 3 years and have helped friends move 3 times in the past year and half. Now I hate moving. It'a always so hard to find stuff afterwards.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

If I have to get up at night, there's a master control thingy in my bedroom where I can turn it off (or "pause" it or something). But of course, I won't know if any of my guests have to get up. It does seem a little weird, maybe there's a way to make it more like your 'stay' setting.

I moved around a lot growing up, so I absolutely despise moving. This experience has not changed my mind. :D

[heinous_bitca.livejournal.com]

WOW missed you too, baby!

*hug*

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

*sniff*

It just hasn't been the same without it.

[gnrationfo.livejournal.com]

3) having a helpful sales guy who reminded me of Ryan Gosling
...and you didnt see if he was single so you could get his number and go on a date with him ?!! Has your dementia set in already?!! LOL!...sorry, I just watched "The Notebook" for the first yesterday...I havent cried so much watching a movie in years !!..and OMG! could Ryan Gosling be any more hotter !...the deleted scenes on the DVD include 2 ..yes 2 alternate love scenes that have some naked Ryan in it ! Woo Hoo !

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

I have seen those lovely deleted scenes! I can't believe it took you this long to watch "The Notebook." But hands off Ryan bitch, he's mine!!

[corianderstem.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the promotion!! And yay for (almost) being all moved in! Did you guys find The Pizza Place okay?

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Heehee, we did. Thank you for calling me back that night. I kept thinking it was on the 405N because the name of the town was "North Bend." *facepalm* Who knows how long and far we would have driven if not for your intervention!

[rainpuddle13.livejournal.com]

Yaya for internet! You'll get everything done eventually....

MmM Ryan Gosling... I've just recently discovered the Ryan love.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

When "eventually" is, is anyone's guess. :p

I'm sad it took you so long to discover the Ryan love, but I'm glad you are no longer deprived!! Heehee.

[ropo.livejournal.com]

There is NO WAY ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH that this move could have happened without Jade and Robbie.

Nary a truer word hath been spoken.

[sydney-lynne.livejournal.com]

Nothing to do with what you posted, but I am so out of the loop. Are you coming to the East Coast sometime this month still and if so when?

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Sure am! The dates haven't changed, though Jade and I need to tighten up the itinerary a bit. We plan to be in Boston the 25th and 26th -- I never heard back from the Bostonites on what was best for you: movie/dessert/coffee fun on the night of the 25th, or brunch on the 26th? It's sad that we don't have much time there, because I have family in Boston also and Jade and I aren't even arriving until after lunch on the 25th. Le sigh.

[sydney-lynne.livejournal.com]

Okay, just checking. I knew there was a "6" in there somewhere and was getting freaked out that it was today, er, yesterday. :P As for meeting, I think Friday evening is better for me personally.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, Friday is not one of the days we'll be in Boston. :D It's either Sunday night or Monday brunch -- weird, I know, but that was the only way we could make it work. We're also free pretty much any time Monday during the day in case that works better for you, but ... yeah.

[sydney-lynne.livejournal.com]

I'm flexible about the time (being a slacker graduate student and all). I'll send you my cell number some time and we can see what's going on then.