soon

things are all up in the air again. the place they said we got we didn't. at least not for some time. and we don't have time. even though it was advertised as a short sale already approved it still had to go back to the bank for their approval. so we went up and saw a bunch of places and ended up putting in an offer on a place we didn't even see. it looks nice enough on the internet and gareth's mom said it looked good to her in person. they're taking everyone's best offers now and we should know next week if we got it. if not we're really running out of time to figure something else out. so i hope this works out. i started writing this a few days ago. it's been a busy week and weekend for me. friday was my last day at bbuster. yay. i found out that day that my reputation over the years there has been that i'm outspoken to the point of annoyance. i'm glad to be known for being outspoken but it's too bad i'm also known as being annoying. oh well. it's not like i'm listing anyone there as a reference. there's no managers left i've worked more than a month for. tomorrow's my last day at the kennel. and i get paid time and a half today. i'll be sad to leave the dogs. but happy i won't be working there in this summer heat for long. we went to see the new pirates last week. unfortunately we saw it in 3d and could barely see half of it since it mostly takes place in the dark. we finally got new releases at bbuster and i got to see a few before leaving. the green hornet and the dilemma weren't very good. no strings attached was actually entertaining. i haven't sent my resume out yet since we don't know where we're going to be. i hope to have that and everything else figured out soon enough.

brink

they accepted the offer on the house. it should be closed by june ninth. less than a month away. i'm looking forward to the fix up and hope we can get it all done before officially moving in. i've been watching hgtv and becoming inspired. i'm almost ready to send my resume out. i found half a dozen places within just a few miles to apply to. only one is actually hiring but most at least say they're always accepting applications. i got to take colby with me to work this past weekend. it's probably the last time he'll go there. he got to play with lola. i don't think it will be an option to get her any time soon. i can't believe she's still there though. budd's down to one egg left. there were eight all together. last time it was a total of six. her chin's healing well but slowly. i've gotten to watch some movies lately. bbuster hasn't gotten anything new for about a month now so nothing new for me to see. i'd never seen the pirates of the caribbean movies before. they were alright and entertaining but much too long by the end of the series. i'm not too excited to see the newest one coming out. we haven't been to the theaters in quite a while. gareth went to see the opening of thor though. he really liked it. i guess there's not a lot else going on again. i feel like i'm on the brink of a lot about to be going on.

eggs

one decision has been made in the past week. i didn't get into school. a decade ago i didn't get a good enough grade in chemistry. if i'd never taken it i could just sign up for it as part of the program. it's kinda bs but i now have to take it before being accepted. maybe next year... there's been yet another twist in housing. gareth's aunt backed out of buying anything so now his mom is trying to buy us a townhouse in centreville. i saw it yesterday and it has great potential. she put in an offer and we're waiting to see if it's gone through. not to put all my eggs in one basket but i'm excited. again. i went home for mother's day and got a nice meal out with my family. we celebrated dad's bday early too. he's going on a rv adventure to rhode island for a few weeks. budd's been laying eggs for the past few weeks. there's been six so far. these were all laid in one night. i'm taking her in today to get an x-ray to see if there's any more and also to get her chin rechecked. i'm not sure how a turtle's skin's supposed to heal so i want a professional opinion on if it's healing correctly. not too much else going on. having some extra days off is pretty nice. i'm looking forward to june.

home

i needed this

anything

we're back from our vacation now. it was much needed and a lot of fun. i just finished uploading all the pics on webshots. it'll be a little while until i'm able to edit and caption them all. i go back to work tonight. i was going to be back at least volunteering yesterday but the clinic was cancelled. it was nice to have an extra day off. and in the past few weeks there's been a change in management at bbuster so now i'm not being scheduled all the days i'm available like i was before. so i have two more days off this week. i'm glad this is my last month here and there. we still don't really know what's going on with our housing situation. i haven't gotten my rejection letter from the school yet. and there's a house in annandale apparently that has been deemed pretty perfect. we weren't planning on being that far away from the school. but i have no idea if school's still an option this year. or if online might be an option next year. or anything. so a week away didn't help decide anything. but it was nice to not have to actively worry about all that. kitt's been better since the day after her episode. we decided to leave budd home and she's doing ok. the cut didn't get any worse but it still needs to be tended to now to get better. colby had an amazing time in florida. he did scratch up his paws and leg running around and jumping into and out of the pool though. i think he thinks it was worth it. i'm glad we all had a good time.