State of the Neko address: week 12, part 2

song+ Boyfriend- Ashlee Simpson- I Am Me
book+ Alias TP V2
scent+ dust and dog food
quest+ saving to visit Roro
upper+ i've almost got Rosalie!
downer+ my lungs are attempting to escape
attire+ pajamas
drink+ dr pepper

still sickish and violently coughing. sometimes so hard i pee a bit, and once so hard it made me throw up. not pleasant. also, at one point yesterday my eye was so inflamed from whatever this is that some of the blood vessels burst and it was bleeding. Good times. X.x

ANTM finale aired last night. as i expected, my girl Raina got second. Krista won, and i'm okay with that because it wasn't Angelea. i'm kinda considering it a victory anyhow. xD

no further Rocking has occurred, LEGO or otherwise. i'm hoping to feel better soon so i can play it this weekend in celebration of paying off the last bit on Rosalie. final payment goes out tomorrow, so i should have my girl home in a matter of weeks. after this weekend, i'm fast-tracking the saving-to-see-Roro. there's other things i need to take care of, but my priority is getting together what i promised i would, or as close to it as possible. like i have a pretty huge pile of stuff at the main store, like $260 in subs, waiting to be picked up. and as soon as i have the funds to spare, i'll go get it all. for now though i've been getting it one bundle at a time, the oldest first. When i can i'll go get it all, but for now the store can just deal since i'm usually one of the most reliable when it comes to picking up my subs regularly, a whole bunch of expensive things just arrived all at once. -_- it seems to have calmed down though, so i should be able to slowly catch up over the next month or so.

Moose, Kyu and i finally had the kind of discussion most have BEFORE becoming roommates this week. like what we expect from each other, what's fair in terms of splitting the bills, and what's fair to ask of each other. it's already made a pretty big difference, so hopefully things'll continue to improve. there's still more to be said, but i think it can wait until we see how much of this conversation actually took, and what's a temporary easement of grievances.

no one's said anything, but i think that moving in early summer has kinda been deemed unlikely by each of us. at this point i'm thinking waiting until August wouldn't be too bad. it'd give us time to save up to cover whatever costs there are, like deposits and whatever, and late summer -if we HAD to- we could each take the same day off (Moose earns her first 8 hours Paid Time Off this July) to get moving stuff done. i'd rather not have to resort to that, but later this summer it's at least an option. also, selfish as it is, i'd rather not spend the time right before Roro-time doing stressful moving stuff. xD i guess i should bring it up to them for roomie voting before i go and decide everything. xD

even with thinking it's better to wait, i wish we were at the point where we could tour the new place and start thinking of how we want to arrange everything. xD that's my favorite part of pre-moving, and i think Moose enjoys it too. i guess for now, i should focus instead on making this place more bearable for the duration of our stay. also, sorting through my things and trying to weed out more things i can live without. i have a lot of stuff and never enough space..

i could probably sell a good chunk of what i don't want for enough to more-or-less break even. i doubt i own anything secretly super-valuable that'll leave me stinking rich, but i do have a lot of gently-used collectibles i haven't even looked at in almost a year except to shove them out of the way and get to something else. xD the thing about collectibles is that i end up buying the 65% i don't actually want just so i can say i have it all. i think if i sold a lot of that (the in-demand stuff) the resulting funds could get me more shelving and organizational things to keep the new place looking nice. The pack rat in me is clinging desperately to “but it's a WHOLE COLLECTION and it's mine!” but really, who cares if i never play with it? i do have some collections i don't feel the need to pare down (because i play with them) or play with (like statues- not meant to be played with) but i have a lot more that i don't really need or want: lots of comics where i also have the trade, some trades i just didn't like, a lot of Final Fantasy action figures (of which i really love maybe 10%), some manga i outgrew in high school (but kept for completion's sake) and a box of stuffed animals of mystery origins. the box that was all gifted is safe from this potential purge, but i seriously have a box of stuffed animals that i don't remember ever purchasing or receiving as any type of gift at all. that can all go to the thrift store or charity or whatever for all i care.