State of the Neko address: week 76

song+ Rolling in my Sleep- Adele vs Eurythmics (Sweet Dreams) mash-up
book+ Warhammer Fantasy rulebook
quest+ packing the whole apartment away neatly
upper+ i'm feeling mostly-better!
downer+ i was miserably (abominably?) sick this weekend
attire+ khaki pants and a green tank
drink+ AriZona strawberry-kiwi juice blend

this isn't a Monday post, but since i was feeling off Saturday with a persistent headache, then woke up voiceless and sick Sunday and slept most of Monday away as a result, this is close enough. i'm feeling (mostly) better today and my voice has returned, so that's good. turns out several people i know of were inexplicably sick over the weekend, so i'm not sure what was up, but i'm mildly comforted that i wasn't the only person surprised to be sick out of nowhere.

i hit a plateau on packing progress last week, after painting and partying, but i'm gonna try to do better this week to make up for it. Saturday morning (before Warhammer started at the comic shop) we made it by the place we'd like to move into to talk to the management. we looked into both 1 bedroom and 2 bedroom layouts, and while i'd much rather have the 2 bedroom, i can see ways of condensing our stuff to fit in the smaller one. it looks nice there, and they will have places available in a month, so that's good. Kyu is worried about being able to pull together enough to cover all the moving expenses. between pet fees, app fees, admin fees and initial rent (one or two months of it depending on credit/rental history) i can see why he's worried. i'm considerably less worried about it, what's meant to be will be. worst case scenario, we have to wait another month until our lease is actually up and move late Sep instead of late Aug. we'll be fine though. of course by his math, he's assuming we'll pay the whole pet fee up front when they only ask for half of it with the option of putting the other half across the first year's rent, which is far easier to deal with.

i (finally) heard back from the friend that wanted to split the Adamelli order, she still wants the unicorn head and legs (and spare body i included) of the set, and losing her job hasn't changed her desire to have this as her first doll. she's applying other places so she can pay me the sum we agreed upon when i ordered them, and since she's talking Dental Assisting as a job, making the 300 shouldn't be tricky at all if she can get any hours. getting that money will be nice, it'll let me order the wigs and eyes for them, and also help Kyu with various things that have been put off, but do need to be dealt with (since i doubt i'll have it in time to help with moving expenses). i need to get some of my other dolls sold, the ones i've been meaning to get rid of, but the timing hasn't felt right. i'm a firm believer in following my instincts when it comes to timing pretty much anything at all. really before i bother worrying about any of that i'm gonna focus on getting this place packed up and all sorted out.

to keep myself occupied while i slog through the sorting and re-packing i've been downloading more music (even though i'm still working my way through listening to the stuff i already had) as of today i have another 10 albums added to my iTunes library. xD i already had FAR more music than can be fit on my sad little iPod, but i'm working on expanding my tastes. i'm now at 34.86GB of music with slight overlap of tracks possible (but unlikely, i do my best to eliminate repeats) and the same 8GB iPod Touch (that actually holds closer to 6.5/7GB) that i've had for like 4 years. my listening hasn't progressed since i finished the backdrop, at which point i was halfway through Goo Goo Dolls, i think. it's reasonable progress, and today i'll be picking it up again and moving forward with it. eventually i'll get through it all.. unless i keep downloading more and not listening to anything, then trading for further new stuff with my sisters. which i have been known to do. xD