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My meeting with my bosslady the other day was great. As far as she is concerned, the organization I work for will fully support my Back To School plans. I know that I have given a lot to this job and been responsible for some pretty cool things happening here. It is nice that the Powers That Be recognize the awesomeness of me. Hee.
Of course, going back to school is a huge time commitment that will drag on for years and years and years (mostly because I am planning on only taking 6-7 credits a semester and no summer courses). Summer 2007 is my last bit of utter freedom. I work hard at work, but it doesn't come home with me, and outside of the job I have very few responsibilities. However, some big, time-consuming stuff may happen this summer. If all goes well, I may be moving into a new house, someplace that could be very long term, someplace that I may buy (not immediately). The story is this: the 'rents are trying to purchase an investment property, and I will be their first (and maybe only) tenant. As is often the case with real estate deals, there are a huge number of complexities, the top of which is we're not sure if the current owners are really going to sell the house to us (them)--even though they moved out yesterday. This leads me to think if it happens, it will happen FAST. These sort of circumstances aren't covered by Amy's Moving Handbook--a document honed over the course of MANY MANY moves*. Though perhaps going from "I love my apartment" to "I live someplace totally different" (across town) in less than 30 days is the challenge all my other moves were leading towards. [Weird grammar there--that sentence should include something about "preparation" and "triumph", but I somehow can't string the words together. Obviously, someone** needs to go back to school and remember how to use her brain.] Anyhoot, moving and settling in someplace new is stressfull and time consuming, and while I REALLY want the move to happen, I also just want to bang on the drum all day. So yeah. Hopefully we'll know soon if it is going to happen. The best part of the whole thing? If I do get to move in, my dream of becoming a puppy parent happens SOON. Tremendous excitement, trying not to let myself get too excited, and a lot of fruitless speculation is going on in my brain.
Since I am not magic and have no crystal ball, I will try to instead focus my mental energies on looking forward to hanging with my favorite nurse--Turbo is home from SF for the weekend--and riding around on my lovely Peppermint Patty in the lovely spring weather. She (Patty, not Turbo) recently underwent some minor surgery to correct an ambulatory problem (exploded innertube from a curb-hopping incident) and inflamed joints (fenders squishing the tires were bent out of the way). See how I kept with the medical theme there? Nurses! Bicycle surgery! Funny!
Oh, and just because it wouldn't be me posting if I didn't mention a little bit of knitting--I've started the blankie I'm making for the soon-to-be newest addition to Mammacita's household. Based on the Hoover blanket from Knitty, the border is bright blue, and the center will be double-knit reversible red and yellow with randomly placed circles. I drew the color charts yesterday! Though I bet Mammacita would rather I finished her maternity tops before the knitting. Hrm. Maybe this weekend I will finally just get 'er done. Keep your fingers crossed!
* note to self: For serious, write down Amy's Moving Handbook. It is awesome and might be helpful to the internet.
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