Empty and Bare

8-28-08
My apartment is empty and bare. It took much effort on my part to get it this way. J I have vowed to never accumulate this much stuff again until I settle down. I filled at least 15 trash bags of junk. Mostly because I was lazy and just didn’t want to have to pack it up to unpack it at a later undisclosed time. I hate packing and unpacking. I also hate moving. With that said I love to travel.
Sidenote: I have realized when you cut a guy’s hair it gets EVERYWHERE. I trimmed/cut my bro’s hair in the kitchen. Luckily we had all our stuff packed, that we were taking from the kitchen. Otherwise it would have been a disater. So I started cutting to his specifications and I started getting his hair on my arms and guess what…it started itching me. That is another thing I learned about a guy’s hair. It itches! I went to the bathroom to wash it off…yeah…it doesn’t wash well either. When I finally got it all off (mostly) I put on a jacket so that I wouldn’t get any more on me. Well afterwards we had wads of hair all over the kitchen. My brother being the kind soul that he is cleaned it up to the best of his ability. I finished cleaning it up.
Okay back on track. I was told by a friend about 5 or 6 months ago that I was too independent. I have come to realize that he is right. Today I packed my things down from the third floor to the car. I’m not very strong, but I do know how to use my body and weight to carry things. Anyhow I carried a suitcase full of my things down using my leg to brace it and move it. Well…when I made it outside the handle broke off the suitcase. This struck me as funny, so of course I started laughing. At that time I was glad I hadn’t asked for help cuz I could just see someone’s reaction to the handle breaking off. Luckily it had a side loop pulley thing that I used to pull it the rest of the way to the car and toss in. The next big thing I took down (mind you from the third floor) was my kitchen table. Once again I used my body to lug it down the steps. Just so you know this is quit an accomplishment. It wasn’t like it is a tiny table, at the same time it isn’t a huge table either. It is more like a medium small, and wood. I was going to break it down but then realized that I had packed away the Allen wrench (in the suitcase whose handle broke). The suitcase was under the kitchen chairs I had broken down using the Allen wrench and under other things. I didn’t think it was worth it to dig through it all to find the wrench to break down the table. I even managed to get it into the car without any help. I was proud of my accomplishment, but at the same time realized I should have probably asked for help. But I hate asking people for help. Any kind of help. I do realize this can be a hinderance. I didn’t ask anyone to help me move my things…or take anyone up on their offers b/c I am so independent. Plus I hate moving and so don’t want to have to inflict that upon other people.
I adopted a car today, from DeAnne. We went and got the title transfer over and everything. I’m so excited! She named the car Fancy and has had it for about 5 yrs. so I have decided to keep the name.
I passed my RN exam! I found that out today also. I’ve been squealing off and on sporadically, clapping my hands, praising God, telling random people, telling the same people over and over. Oh yeah I’m excited. Now all I have to do is get them transferred to AZ.
So leaving Cinci today I saw the skyline in my rearview mirror and felt a pang of something. I’m not sure what. Lol. But coming home before going to AZ has made me excited. I came to the familiar spots and scenes and thought…ahhh…home. I stopped at Dairy Queen for my celebration of getting my RN. Now I also know that you are not supposed to reward yourself with food, but in this instance I thought I would make an exception. For one I haven’t had Dairy Queen since…the beginning of June I think. I love Dairy Queen. My family reunion is Sunday so I’ll have more pics and stories then.