The Blonde Diaries

I am so excited for Tuesday

Only one more day to go and hopefully my internet connection will be reinstated at home tomorrow morning. I can’t wait because that means I can get back to blogging regularly from home as well as starting some new memes that I had wanted to get started this weekend such as Scrapbook Saturdays and Thin Thursdays. Work has just heated up so much lately that I haven’t been able to sneak away and blog during the day like I have in the past during lunch hours.

I also rerequested maintenance to stop by my apartment today so I am hopeful that they have solved the sink leak and have looked into my dryer issue. Our laundry is starting to pile up and I don’t want to hang dry my towels and each individual sock. Kinda seems ridiculous you know. Wish me luck on the dryer issue. I am a tad worried that they are going to say everything is hunky-dory with that one.

Well off to the gym I go. I am getting serious again with my exercising and I need to go put in an hour tonight. Not sure what I am going to do but something is better than what I have been doing which is nothing.

Heart Surgery and Recovery is such an up and down road

I was not very involved with things when my grandfather had open heart surgery twelve years ago. I guess I was still in high school and my parents felt that I was on a need to know basis. That or he didn’t really have the complications my grandmother has had during her recovery. Either way, my family is giving me daily updates and it is hard for me not to be “in the know” this time around. Last week while we were in the hospital, one of the nurses mentioned that the road to recovery from heart surgery has many ups and downs. I didn’t quite understand what he meant at the time but I do now. Just two days ago we heard that my grandmother had a stroke and was unresponsive. We were all preparing for the worst and then last night when we received our updates from my family up north we heard she was awake again, moving, responsive, and following commands. Definitely another low followed by a high. I’m not sure what the future will bring us on this road to recovery but I have learned to never give up because you never know what small surprises are around the corner.

Make your next move less stressful

This move of ours has been creating more and more stress by the day. If it isn’t the changing of my address for all of my bills or moving my services (internet and insurance), it is the packing! Today I spent a few minutes trying to pack up my kitchen and I ran out of boxes. I am going to have to try and find some spare boxes at work tomorrow and Friday. Luckily, I am just doing a building switch so I can quickly pack, unpack, pack, and unpack throughout the weekend. I am starting to double think first my move and second that I did not hire a professional moving company to help me with the packing process. I originally thought professional moving companies only helped those who were moving internationally or across the country but I found out that there are some companies like Vanlines.com who are moving companies and provide professional services such as packing and unpacking. All you have to do is let them into your home and they do all of the work for you. If I ever find myself in a situtation where I am moving across country or overseas I am going to use a service like this so I do not have the stress of packing for a huge move. Maybe when Mike and I finally do purchase our first home I will be able to talk him into using movers to pack for us then too.

Growing up and learning about responsibility

I find that growing up isn’t something that happens overnight. In fact, I have found that growing up and learning responsibility has been quite a long road and I am still learning. Last week, I opened my first Roth IRA. This week I am looking into insurance policies, specifically life insurance. I know that I have a small policy through work but I don’t think that would be enough to cover expenses should something happen to me. So tomorrow and through the next week or two I plan on obtaininglife insurance quotes to see what is available to me and the cost associated with it. I am hoping to find some good websites out there to explain the different types of policies, the advantages, and disadvantages so I can make an informed decision similar to when I decided on an IRA. If you have any tips please let me know.

Moving is a PITA!

If I haven’t said it already, moving is a PITA! I am so tired of packing and cleaning and changing addresses and getting services in order. Right now I am just ignoring everything. I am not packing. I am not cleaning. I certainly am not thinking about changing any more addresses tonight. I have a list and I’ll just get back to it tomorrow. For now I think I’ll head to the gym to blow off some steam, calm down from family problems, and to get away from the election results. Doesn’t seem like much is going “my way” right now. Hopefully things will turn around.