Sami's Journal

Dedication

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:21:14 GMT

Derek was sick yesterday. Well, he's had a cough for a couple days because of a "tickle" in his throat. Well yesterday he had a temp of 99.8 and we had to cart around my dad while he ran errands while his car was getting an oil change (no appointment mad,e of course). We even went to the mall where he sat and waited for me to shop for two pair of shoes at Payless (B1G1 50%). That's dedication. He just complained of being a bit cold but he was hot, too, so he was running a fever. When we got home he was 100.3 before we went to the grocery store to pick up OUR stuff. Well he took children's ibruprofen (can't take pills) and the fever went down and his achiness went away so we went to play BINGO. Good thing we did, he won $100 on the 13-jar! So we paid for our trip to BINGO last night and he has the $60 to pay off his video game. He's feeling pretty good now, too. Hopefully it was the "24-hour bug" and he's better. I would hate to find out he had the flu or something. But he'd still feel like crap, right? We'll see. French toast for breakfast today, then more running around. yay. -_- I hope I find white heels at Goodwill, that's the last place i've yet to look and I wanna stop today. *sigh* stupid winter and big feet. Ciao.

~SAMI~

Awwww and Huh?

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:36:45 GMT

First the Awwww:

When I met Derek, he only ate corn, lima beans, and peas for veggies, and apples, bananas, and canteloupes for fruits. I now have gotten him to try and eat green beans, carrots, and broccoli! :D Yay!!! I hope our kids eat veggies. Oh, and he tried kiwi but didn't like it. *shrug* more for me.

****

Next the Huh?:

I was driving home yesterday behind a Prius. Someone driving a Prius wants to save the planet and the environment and whatnot right? Well, apparently this one's just concerned with gas milage..... as he threw his cigarette butt out the window LIT! *headdesk* idiot.

*****

Oh, and another Huh?.... I feel like Boomshiggy..... stupid Miley Cyrus. We were watching Biggest Loser last night and I heard a song I kinda liked... Apparently "The Climb" is by Miley Cyrus, which sucks. Lol, it just sucks, trust me. Time for me to go, watching Jay Leno from last night. Ciao.

~SAMI~

What a Headache

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:09:32 GMT

So my CD-ROM drives stopped working... and my SD card reader. I got fed up with it all. Between that and cookies not being held on secure sites, it was time for a new computer. Well.... we saved $400 and did a total system recovery on this one. What a headache. I'm still doing updates, and we were up til almost 1am doing them last night. It's so hard getting everything set back up the way I had it. But my computer is *slightly* faster than it was and the CD-ROM drives work. That's what I was going for, so we'll see if we can keep it this way. Figured I'd share the terribleness that plagued me all day yesterday. Of course we started the recovery at like 11am and I'm now finished transferring everything back on here, reloading programs, and doing updates (til I go to the update website again lol) so that's not bad.... Oh well, hopefully I won't have to do it again. Ciao.

~SAMI~

Halloween 2009 Pumpkins

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:38:25 GMT

Here's oure pumpkins from this year :)

Derek's on the left, mine on the right. Ciao.

~SAMI~

"Drag Me to Hell" = Comedy?

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:25:12 GMT

Lol, I know what you're thinking with that one, but seriously, have you seen it? I'm hoping that Jason has and can agree with me on this one. We watched Drag Me to Hell last night and it was more comical than horrific. I mean the effects were awesome (thank you Mr. Raimi!) and the Lamia thing was really neat. Some of the parts made my skin crawl, but most of it was the "jumpy" scary. Like BOO! And I don't like those because they aren't SCARY they are just startling. I think I might have actually jumped a teeny bit ONCE.... other than that Derek and I were laughing at everything. Oh, 'cept the kitty... poor kitty. We knew it was going to happen though, I mean, seen one movie, seen 'em all. But anyway, I just wanted to know if anyone else saw it and thought the same thing. Ciao.

~SAMI~

Sand Artist

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:22:31 GMT

Got this from a survey site community I'm on. A Ukrainian sand artist on the Ukraine version of "America's Got Talent". Pretty neat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yYcEX5O5a4
Any thoughts? :) Ciao.

~SAMI~

Movie Purchases

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:12:17 GMT

Here's what we bought with the Amazon g/c (all blu-ray):

Deep Impact
Aeon Flux
Ultraviolet
Independence Day
Matrix (orginal only)
Bourne Trilogy (Identity, Supremacy, and Ultimatum)
GATTACA
Silent Hill
Blade Trilogy (1, 2, and Trinity)

Everything included, shipping and such, it came out to $256 and some change, but we had $8 left over from another survey site g/c and that covered everything. :D Though i'd let y'all know. Ciao.

~SAMI~

HOLEY SHITE!

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:34:00 GMT

Derek and I are members of SurveySpot.com. It is a great site, let me know if you want a referral. About a year and a half ago, I won a $100 gift card to Nike. In between we've cashed out a lot of checks for that site as rewards for taking surveys. Well, a few weeks ago, I was the "possible winner of an electronics prize" or something of that nature. They had me fill in my personal info and said that I could choose PayPal or an Amazon.com gift certificate. I chose Amazon since we get our movies from there, and if it was only like $25 or $50 (like Derek and I thought), or even $100 like the Nike one, it would be a nice chunk to get movies with.

I won $250!!!!!!!!

Isn't that awesome?!?! Just thought I'd share. Ciao.

~SAMI~

Quite A Scare

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:11:31 GMT

We had quite a scare last night. My sisters were with us for their birthday outing, and Derek's phone lit up while we were watching a movie. He had a new voicemail from his grandfather. So as he's rushing to get his shoes on, telling us to get ready to go, and listening to his phone, my phone rings. It's his grandfather. He says he hurt himself, and please come down (half hour away). We say sure, we'll be there as quick as we can. Well, except for some slow drivers that held us up, we made it in about 20 mins... -_- lol. We get there and Derek's worried sick, we find out he's got a lump on his shoulder. Apparently he rolled the ATV. A 75 year-old man rolled his ATV, picked himself up, and rode the thing home.... then waited 2 hours to call us. *lol* He's a tough old bird. So they decide instead of waiting for the doctor to call, we'll just go to the ER. They took him back for x-rays and a CAT-scan, come to find out he broke his collar bone. Clean in half. Anothe break on his upper arm, but we can't figure out which one that is. So he's got pain meds and a shoulder sling, gonna take 6 weeks to heal. Poor fella. He's not used to being "helpless", but he has had surgery on both his shoulders and knees, so he's kinda used to it. Deer season will be just about starting when he's all healed up, so that's good. XD Anyway, thought I'd share that. We got to the hospital about 9am and left a lil before midnight. Not too awful bad for CCGen (aka: Chopshop). Derek's still in bed, we didn't get to sleep until about 1am and he can't get up at 5 to go into work, so he's taking half a day, and I'm going in on time. Lol. I better get moving if I want that to happen. Ciao.

~SAMI~

ps--I feel nauseous... have been for the past few early early mornings when I get up to use the bathroom. But I think this is left over from the shrimp at dinner last night. Blech.

Almost!

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 13:56:49 GMT

I saved out 2,000 shares, if I would'a cashed them all in, I could have made over 1mil nps in one transaction! w00t!! Just thought I'd share to everyone who cares. lol. Ciao.

~SAMI~

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:37:20 GMT

I'm not a part of Myspace, but Derek is, and he sent me this trailer for the new 'Nightmare on Elm St'.... Haley doesn't look like himself, and the makeup is WAY different. Also, it sounds like he's got something in his mouth, but I think it might MIGHT be ok... lol, I'm willing to give it a shot.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=63620005

Any thoughts? Ciao.

~SAMI~

House Project

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:49:32 GMT

Derek and I completed our most recent house project last night. Please take a look at the photos below (only 19) and you can see the transformation! Derek did a very nice job, and I'm proud of him and our new steps. The old ones were... well... old and cracked, and they didn't have risers so they weren't very sturdy. I didn't feel safe walking down with a bucket full of salt, so we knew we'd have to replace them. He did all the work with scraps and trash from work, and made the pieces over his lunch and breaks. We even signed them and dated them so everyone would know when they were installed and by whom. :) Let me know what you think!

http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff57/samipar3/BasementSteps/

FallFest is going on in Westminster today, so we'll go to the gym and hit that since it's right behind the gym. I wanna try fried sweet potatoes (like french fries) but i wanna TRY them, not have a whole order, so I'm not sure if that will be possible. Also, COTTON CANDY!!! W00T!!! Okay, gonna go finish dailies and get ready to go. Ciao.

~SAMI~

WTF?

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:09:29 GMT

What the hell kind of question is this?

On a related note... apparently I won an Amazon gift certificate this morning, too... we'll see. Last time I won a g/c was for Nike and was a pain in the ass to spend. Hopefully this one is better, heh. Ciao.

~SAMI~

The Good, the Bad, and the SWEET!

Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:34:27 GMT

The good: I got free apples from the neighbor next door. In a sober moment, he gave me a half-dozen honeygold apples and 4 honeycrisps. the HC are a bit tart, and he said the HG are too, but I'm going to make apple crisp today, and they'll be good for that. Here's a picture so you can see, they are fresh off the tree:

That little metal circle is a quarter, so you can get size comparison. :)

The bad: my hives came back... this morning. I think coz I didn't take my medicine until an hour later than I normally do. But as soon as I did, they backed off. Derek said he read that some people have to take a daily dose of Claritin because they have them, too. Damn I wish i could figure out what's bringing them on. But I started my pill regimine on the 17th, and Jason said within 24hrs they'd clear up (hopefully), so that was the end of yesterday/this morning. We'll see how it goes. Today is my third 3-pill day, then I start on 2 pills for 3 days and then 1 pill for three days. HOPEFULLY they go away for good.... I don't need to take SEVEN pills every morning (C, fiber, K, Folic Acid, fish oil all currently, plus the two pills for the hives right now are 8 pills, so seven would be minus the steroid i'm on and just taking an allergy med). Wish me luck... Oh, another bad for today... I have to get my pupils dialated so the Dr can see if my pigment spot is getting bigger/smaller. I'm checking on the paper he gave me and it's not moving at least. But having a "blind spot" sucks.

The SWEET:

*does a dance* oohwa oohwa!! Now if only the other stocks I have multiple thousands of hit 60+....

Gotta go finish Neo dailies. Ciao.

~SAMI~

R.I.P.

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:03:56 GMT

Just sucks he was so young. :(

R.I.P. Patrick Swayze.

Horse Named Trapper

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:32:55 GMT

So in the epic adventures of last night's subconsious, there was a horse named "Trapper"... a small Thoroughbred. It kinda started out with this lady coveting an old peacock feather that had been made into a peice of art by her deformed daughter. The girl couldn't walk or something, she was just messed up. Well, this guy came along and said "what if you could go back in time and change what happened?" (kind of, not exact words) and then the dream went back to the day the daughter became crippled. There was the horse and she wanted to ride him. He was too tall for her, and something distracted her away from him for a minute. Then she came back and started petting the horse and asked him if she could ride him. He shook his head yes and she climbed onto the fence railing. But then something else happened which made her jump off the fence and run elsewhere. The horse became upset because apparently he wanted a rider, and he started running around madly. Some confusion in my dream, and then Trapper ran down an embankment and another horse was biting his ankles. Soon he was limping without his one back leg. Then there was a white cloth over his face and he was blind. He tried to crawl his way into the barn just by "feel" and eventually made it. The little girl came back and was sad because they had to put Trapper down. So she made the peacock feather thing anyway and the mother hung it up on a mobile above her bed (where it was at the beginning of the dream). Apparently Trapper had fallen and rolled over the girl and crippled her that way, but now the horse died and the girl was all better. Weird.

On another note... no Hershey Park today, we're going to try for tomorrow. Wish us luck! Ciao.

~SAMI~

Headache

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:11:19 GMT

I've had this lingering headache for a while now... at least two days. I thought maybe it was stress from work, but the phones have stopped ringing so it's not that. Maybe I was dehydrated so I made sure to drink a lot of fluids. Then I thought it was lack of sugar or something (no I'm not diabetic) so I remembered to give myself time to eat. Still didnt' help. I was "awake" (more like semi-conscious) the whole night with this damned headache. It's a pressure that started behind my right eye and has moved to the backside (right) and it's just awful. It's worse if I bend my neck at like almost a 90 degree angle... or if I bend over (like tie my shoe or something). I took AdvilPM 2 nights ago to try and stop it and I guess it helped... then I thought last night it could be allergies (with the weather we're having) but I don't have any allergies that I know of. I took a 24-hr allergy pill last night before bed and was up with the damned headache. So this morning I popped two migraine (that's the dosage) pills and that's the first thing that's helped. I don't have the pain unless I bend my head (or bend over and put pressure on my head). Any ideas??? Gotta go eat now. Ciao.

~SAMI~

Pregnant Vampires and Stupid People

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:44:46 GMT

I'm going to start with the stupid people part and then I'll put the part about the vampires in a cut... it's prolly gonna be long. **EDIT** I realized how long it go to be and put the whole thing under two cuts to separate incase you aren't interested in one or the other.

So I went to the eye doctor back in May and they had my fill out a postcard to come back in four months to do another dialation. I have a colors spot on one of my pupils and he wanted to check its progress in four months. So i got my pink postcard today and called the doctor right away to see if maybe I could go in today (not likely but I'd try). Here's the convo and what I can remember:

Phone answerer: Thank you for calling the vision center inside of wal-mart this is luke how can I help you?
Me: Yeah, I got a pink postcard that says I need to schedule a dialation.
Luke: ok, hang on please
*xfer to someone else*
Someone else: blah blah would you like to schedule an eye exam?
Me: Well no, I got a pink postcard today to schedule a dialation
SE: Okay, when would you like to come in?
Me: Got any openings today?
SE: no, sorry we don't
Me: That's okay, I didn't think so but I thought I'd check
SE: How about Tuesday?
Me: How late are you open?
SE: On Tuesday?
Me: Any day during the week
SE: We can schedule at 530pm
Me: Ummm....
SE: Would you prefer a Saturday?
Me: (happily) YES!
SE: We have the 19th open
Me: What times?
SE: 130 and 530
Me: 130 is fine
SE: okay it will cost 20, 25, 30, 35, or 40 dollars
Me: oh, okay well that's fine I have insurance
SE: We don't submit to insurance
Me: Well, Dr K-- told me to come back in four months
SE: He always says three months
Me: Well, he told me four months and had me fill out this card
SE: Oh, you got a card?
Me: Yeah
SE: Oh I didn't realize you had a card.
Me: That's what I said--nevermind, go ahead
SE: well, we'll see you on the 19th.
*headdesk* Doesn't take a genius to see at the top of the convo STARTING OUT I mentioned I got a postcard. What kind of retards does he hire??? So anyway.... yeah... onto the dreams

*Dreams*
I had what I think was one long dream last night but I can't remember all of it and it will be confusing so I'll put what I can. I remember being in a house that was being attacked by vampires or demons or something and they kept jumping up to the windows and trying to get in. I was speaking some kind of weirdo language and trying to get them to go away but it wasn't working too well. They kept breaking the windows and trying to get at the people in the big room we were in. There was a girl (can't remember who she looked like now) who was pregnant but also a vampire so she was very "valuable" and there was a baby vampire who was growing up (normally whenever you become a vampire that's the age you stay at, remember?) and that was very "valuable", too. We formed a group to try and escape the house and when we left in a giant group (keep valuables in the middle) there were these zombie-like dogs and other creatures that kept trying to attack us. I can't really remember anymore now that I'm awake and have been up for a few hours... But I know it was a really long dream that kept going even when I woke up a few times to pee.

Derek was snoring really loudly last night so I ended up putting the earplugs in. Which was good since we woke up to the neighbor working on some project next door that involved a saw and hammering. What a jackass. Probably drunk again. *rolls eyes* Well today we are busy busy! Going to a "housewarming" party for a friend of Derek's, then to the MD State Fair (Daddy's a security guard again). But I'm going to go take my hair out of this towel and then make lunch coz I'm HUNGRY! Ciao.

~SAMI~

Holey Moley

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:45:07 GMT

Nah, j/k... Some kinda icky parts in here, skip if you wanna..... did I mention on here that I had two moles removed? Well, three if you count the one from back in June... The one on the back of my neck (stalk-like with a ball) was nice and easy and healed real quick. The other two I got off Aug 18th (my sisters' bday), the one at the base of my neck and one at the base of my shoulder blade. The ones on my neck (back of) I got off because necklaces and shirt tags kept getting caught on them. The one on my shoulder blade--bra straps. The reason I bring this up now is because the two scabs on my back came off this morning (rescabs actually) and I can touch the "wounds" and they are dry. So that's good because that means they are really healing good. And they should be, it's been 2 weeks and they weren't bad at all. Yes I pulled of the last scabs because they were huge and hard and getting caught on stuff like the moles did. Derek's putting vitamin E lotion on them to try and minimize scars but I'm happy the moles are gone. *lol* Well, enough about my personal health, I just thought I'd share XD Ciao.

~SAMI~

I Didn't Want Another Blasting

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:26:08 GMT

Yeah remember that "blast from the past" yesterday with Angie? Well, tonight I got on Yahoo! Messenger and had an IM from Andrew. Yeah, ex-boyfriend-before-Derek Andrew. Weird. Just out of the blue, too.... I wonder if Daddy is still talking to him on FB. *shrug* all it said was "hello?" so I'm sure he's not even interested in sparking conversation again, although it'd be interesting to find out what piqued his interest in contacting me. That's all.

Derek's at tax-school. He's taking a class through HR Block so he can prepare taxes at my grandmother's CPA firm. He got a break and texted me and told me that he prolly won't go back because they only train HR Block employees, not to go work for someone else. My grandmother told him to sign up for the class, though, so I told him to call her tomorrow and talk to her about it. I'm gonna go take more surveys now while I have time to catch up. Ciao.

~SAMI~

Seriously? AGT

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:48:15 GMT

Do you think anyone noticed? I mean, it took me a second but then it was like "OMG I can't believe they did that!" And believe you me, I'm NOT voting for him anyway.

Derek and I have been rooting for "Paradiso Dance" since their first audition, but we are waiting until next show to start voting. Ciao.

~SAMI~

Blast from the Past

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:58:05 GMT

Woah, this was weird and creepy at the same time. Yesterday was REALLY busy at work. A red-headed gal came in with a question about her bill. Right from the start she looked familiar. But she said something first, so here's the convo:

Girl: You look really familiar. Where do I know you from?
Me: *shrug* I'm not sure...
Girl: Did you go to Key?
Me: Yup, graduated in 2003.
Girl: I graduated in 95... oh OH I know, ok, yeah...
Me: *curious look*
Girl: You dated my brother
(at this point I'm frantically trying to remember who i dated that had a sister)
Me: Ang--/Girl: AJ

Yup, AJ's sister came in to work. Apparently she lives in Westminster. whoopee. Angie, the older one I met like 3 times, maybe. She used to live in Frederick somewhere, I remember going to her house/town for fireworks one year and getting rained on and soaked. I had to wrap a towel around me while she put my clothes in the dryer. Talk about embarassing. Yesterday was kind of, too, but I solved the problem on OUR end (nothing we can really do) and gave her a suggestion she's going to use. Hopefully it all works out and she doesn't get the bright idea to send in her brother to make her water bill payment. *facepalm* that's all I need.

On another note, the new person still hasn't officially started yet, so I'm still waiting to MEET the person. I think it's a gal, they only interviewed one guy out of four people total. Wish me luck I like the person and they like me! Ciao.

~SAMI~

Yay Me

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:21:10 GMT

And everyone else. *lol* They put the Editorial out and everyone knows how to get the avvy now. I had a Blumaroo Steak in my sdb, but i bought an Orange Juice for 15k and the Gourmet Cooking for Your Pet for 1.44mil from Jazzie. I wanted to help a friend. My next purchase is the Magic Marbles of Mystery if I can bring myself to parting with the 8mil *lol*

Ciao.

~SAMI~

Photos from Beach

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 13:13:22 GMT

Here are the pictures we took at the beach. http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff57/samipar3/Beach2009/ It was in the lower 80s while we were there and it was great. We didn't even sweat while we were walking around the boardwalk. I got a white necklace (the kind made of little square pieces of shell), Fisher's popcorn, and sweedish fish. Derek got 1/4lb of cookies and creme and 1/4lb of peanut butter fudge. We also took a trip through the Ripley's museum. All in all, the trip cost $65, including 1 tank of gas. Traffic wasn't nuthin' on the way down, but it did take almost the whole 3hr 54min of our estimated drive. On the way back we hit traffic before the Bay Bridge, and it didn't let up until we got over the bridge. It SUCKED. But I got some cool pictures on the way over. I pushed fear aside a bit and took some pix for Derek since he couldn't really look. Oh, we also figured out that there's segregated sections of the beach. We parked at the Inlet (1200 spaces to park in) and on that side of the pier were mostly Hispanic, Black, and Asian folks. On the other side of the pier the Whites started to trickle in. it was really really weird. We kept getting weird looks while we were walking through the one side of beach to get to our car.

We did get in the water, and Derek almost drowned--twice! It came up over his head and he wasn't expecting it. But we got in and it was fun. I hardly got sun, which is good, so I'm not miserable today. Speaking of today, we have a long one ahead of us. Gotta mow the lawn, go through the yard sale stuff, clean up the house (including dishes), and take trip to Wal-Mart to find me new sandals since mine broke. Blech, I love those sandals, too. :( well, here's one pic to leave you with, and you can check out the rest.

http://s241.photobucket.com/albums/ff57/samipar3/Beach2009/

Ciao.

~SAMI~

Hey, How's It Goin'?

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:15:36 GMT

Derek made the comment that I don't update anymore. Well, here's a little one since I have some time this morning. I made it under my first goal weight of 200lbs (so I'm less than that now lol). As a reward I got to wear my new black dress that's a 12/14 I told you about before. The goal after that was to be less than Derek, which I was (FINALLY) this morning since he had dinner from Arby's last night at 9pm. As a reward for that we are going to the beach!! w00t!! Rehoboth Beach, DE and we are going tomorrow. Just for the day. My "target" weight is another 20lbs away, but I'm thinking I can do it. I mean, I gotta jump-start it again at the gym, so I might try the elliptical again and see where that gets me. I have been doing the StairMaster and it was doing well, but we'll see what going back on the elliptical, now that I've been on the SM, will do. Might not do anything, but it doesn't hurt to try. My weight-lifting abilities are getting better, so that's good. Tonight we are going to try a "new" (to us) Chinese restaurant in York. It looks good and we have a coupon (lol) so we are gonna try it. I'm just hoping that skipping the gym tomorrow to go to the beach doesn't kill me. We will be walking around a lot, and in the sand, so I'm sure it won't be too awful bad.

We were at the grocery store last night and daddy called. *facepalm* He's going through his mid-life crisis... doesn't that happen in your LATE 40s? He'll be 44 in Feb 2010, so I'm not sure he qualifies. But he bought himself a new black Jeep. For a guy that drove a Toyota Matrix as the biggest vehicle he's ever had, he went from a Corolla to a Wrangler. WTF?! He's gonna come by work today at lunch and show me. *bangs head on desk several times* no gym at lunch today either I have a feeling.

Speaking of work... they are interviewing for K's job! *dances for joy* She didn't get an interview (yeah it sucks, but she doesn't meet the qualifications for the job) so I know she's not up for the position. She's been screwing up at work even more though, after realizing she won't be there much longer. More interviews today and Monday, so I'm REALLY hoping they find someone worthy and that fits with the group. We'll see.

And last but not least, the parents-in-law are OUT! MIL's last night sleeping here was last night because she doesn't have sheets on the bed in the new place, hell she doesn't have ANYTHING but a bed in the new place! No TP, no towels, no food, no TV.... so Derek's gonna help her out today getting stuff together, and her friends are pitching in some used stuff for her to furnish her place. She's never had a place for herself, she's always lived with a "roommate" so it's gonna be tough. The apartment is nice, I mean it's small, but it's just her so it'll be okay. It's on the second floor and it's got a balcony. Nice-sized bathroom, and I'm envious of her sink/cabinets because we don't have a bathroom big enough for a sink with cabinets. *lol* But the whole building is brand-new so it's not a run-down place like his father got. FIL's last day was yesterday, he slept in his new place last night. It's one room in an old hotel. He's got a private bath... in the room.. no IN the room. Like if someone has to pee he has to step out of the ROOM because his room is an old bathroom. Yeah, nice. *rolls eyes* but at least he knows who's been in it before he takes a shower. He's gotta clean it himself, but at least he knows who was in it before he gets in. *lol* Derek's gonna help HIM get the rest of his stuff out today (save what we are "storing" for him) alongside helping his mom. Poor guy's gonna be run ragged. But at least after today we'll be all done. And we'll have the house to ourselves again!!

Okay, time to get movin'. I gotta eat yet, so that's all the update I've got for now. Ciao.

~SAMI~