Friday night Ryan picks me up and tells me he's got a surprise for me. We grab dinner, head home, and I'm corralled into the bathroom where there's a shiny new towel rack like I'd been asking for. I figure this is the surprise, but I'm held hostage a few minutes more before I'm summoned to the kitchen where he's set up a dozen delicate little crystal roses, each in it's own little crystal vase, in appreciation for all the extra time I've put in at work and all the work we've been doing for the apartment wen I get home from work. It's extremely touching to know he not only appreciates it, but appreciates it enough to tell me so. It was a stressfull few nights before we found somewhere secure to keep them though!

Saturday we tried to meet up with his sister for Jam on the River, but decided against paying $50 a pop to get in. Instead we took a scenic tour through NE Philly before an ATM on Allegheney froze with my card in it. Awesome. We finally made it home and made a LOT of headway on the bookshelves and the kitchen.

Sunday we finished up a lot of the unpacking before heading out to Marakesh off South St for Rich's birthday dinner. If you've never been to Marakesh, go ASAP! It was absolutely wonderful! If you've never heard of it, Marakesh is a traditional Morroccan dinner-style restaurant where they invite you in adn serve you as if you were a dinner guest to a home in Morrocco. Aside from the fact that we'd both forgotten to reconnect pumps and Morroccan food is a carb-fest it was wonderful!

Monday I had the good fortune of being granted an all day LWOP, so I was able to work a bit more on the apartment after hitting up the BBq at Ryan's mom's. Latre that night we went out to see Prince caspian, which was great! Home home hom and prep for Ryan's first day at his new job!

Yesterday I shot myself in the foot, forgetting I'd done a time trade and needed to be at work at 7am...by the tmie I realized it was too late...well, it was to late...I was a bit sick all day, but I got the bedroom done. When Ryan got home we picked his uncle up from the airport (hah...he flew in on us at the terminal I was supposed to be working that morning) , dropped him off, did some much needed grocery shopping, then headed home to watch Starship Troopers and finally head to bed.

I'll have you all know...I made it to work just fine today.

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so the apartment is finally full of everything but the magic box since we still have internet at sumac but not yet at the new place. after spending days and nights transporting, we finally finished up saturday night! friday i was at work late with a migraine and irregular ops, which made me less than ecstatic. saturday was FULL of moving, then everyone disappeared without toasting the new place, so we got some smirnoffs and cider for ourselves and organized a bit. sunday things got interesting...

we were suppose to have a shoot out near limrick...the property is privately owned, but i was told we had permission to be there...we didn't...instead we got to stand in the rain while officer "i've got nothing better to do than make you stand in the cold rain making sure you don't go away" decided what to do with the 25 or so people who had shown up...of course the two of us were the only ones cited for tresspassing, which is absolutely ridiculous for a lot of reasons...so now we've got to deal with this crap. by the time we were done there we were done..we headed home and organized some more, took a walmart trip for some kitchen supplies, and hit acme for some actuall groceries.

the place is chaotic right now, but it's really nice. we're slowly but surely finding a place for everything. there's food in the kitchen so we can actually start cooking instead of scrounging, and aside from the occasional monetary worry, there's an optimistc buzz in the air. we are ready to be productive. we are ready to move forward. even mowgli's been more calm and obedient. a few growing pains, but all in all things are good, and it feels great to be able to say that.

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whew!
whirlwind pauses for a moment of silence and peace...and so...blogging!

Let's start with the weekend...
Friday night we had plans that included homemade jambalaya and a hot tub. Unfortunately Mother had a plan including lots of rain, which means jambalaya was reheated at 2am. Saturday brought us a nice walk through Valley Forge Park, a couple tickets, and paint swatches for the apartment. An exciting night lead into a morning full of cleaning and such. Leave it to Ryan's mom to go away on Mother's Day, but we left her a lingering pot of azaleas and a specially chosen card. We ended up catching Pho and gelato with Zakattack, then back to his place for an inordinate amount of time shootin' the shit.

Monday there's bad news, irregular ops, and lots of stress with little sleep, but there's also keys and a truck with which to start relocating our lives. Tuesday and today brought more of the same, but with much appreciated help from Zak and Darti, we are 80-90% moved into a now clean apartment! Take that U-haul! I don't need your shockless trucks this time!

Today I officially applied for an inflight position! I was one of the few people who got into Ground-Ops with no desire to ever be a flight attendant, but as life grows and changes so do goals and needs. We discussed it at length and decided it was the best "next step" for us at this time. The only issue will come when I'm based, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. Think optimistic thoughts for me, people!

Ok, back to packing! I'm not sure when we'll have internet in the new place, but I assure you it will be ASAP. We have a few other things to take care of first, then we'll be back! Until then, work and libraries it is (and the occasional night at the diner with wi-fi). Pictures eventually!

blessings!

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Ironman was awesome! I'm really glad we went to see the midnite showing. :)
Surviving work Friday wasn't too bad, got stuck at work for a while but we worked it out.
Saturday's outing was wonderful! even if it was a bit hazy, it was an excellent day. After the ritual and food and jut being in the fresh air of the gorgeous ridley park, we picked up pizza and headed out to ryan's mom's, got to see the micro-Ryan for a few hours and walk around zerns for a bit. i picked up some wonderful vargas prints and an old camera magazine from the 50's with marylin on the cover. bath time, lullabies, and a warm shower and home!
Sunday we hit SundayOut with fervor! it was a gorgeous day in old city, and we even remembered the sunscreen! After perusing the festival for a few hours we headed over to a couple thrift stores on Bainbridge, acquired a few more old photos, then over to TLA before heading home and over to Zak's for pasta and The Labyrinth.

So that's really it! heh. I'll catch you all later!

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has it really been a week since i updated? really? man when people i haven't talked to in 4 months tell me i need to update, i guess i'm slackin. then again, i wouldn't have to if we'd talked in 4 months. ;)

so friday night was stephanie's goodbye party. i say stephanie's because no one else showed up. we partied it up for a while, got a little crazy, then hit the diner for a bite before heading back.

saturday we relaxed a bit at ryan's mom's (they were out of town and offered us the house for the day/night), played some pool, and hit up zern's for a little bit of randomness. we also FINALLY got to check out The Hidden Staircase, which is this fantastic antique book store in skippack. every time we go out that way point at it and make squeaky excited noises. the guy who owns it is exceptionally friendly. we will indeed be going back. that night we rocked out to some comedy central before nice warm showers (man, it's sad when that's a luxury) and sleeeeep so we could wake up for....

sunday to help rich and kris move to chestnut hill. unfortunately something i did disagreed with my system immesurably, and i ended up sprawled on their bed trying not to throw up while ryan poured water into me like a storm drain. ugh! after the bulk of the move we got food and hung around for a while. jon and ryan did a stupendous job of moving the worlds most stubborn armchair into the basement. it took kicking, squishing, and disassembling parts of it to fit through the stairway...and the safety rail almost didn't make it...not to mention the fact that that chair will NEVER be coming out of the basement in one piece...but it's there! bravo, boys! i conked out on the couch for a while, and by the time i came to it was time to come home.

monday we spent on errands and such. went to visit rich for a while. browsed target to price check things we'll need when we move. tuesday was more of the same. packing...oh man, the packing.

today starts super duper diet and workout routine! we've got a goal by july. :) i'm confident (for the most part).

our official move date is the 17th. anyone who helps us carry shit is in for free food and beer. anyone pregnant gets a rain check on the beer (sorry, linz) please note, the beer will come AFTER the moving..i will not be the one responsible for drunk people breaking our shit. ;)

anywho, thats the update. going to see ironman at midnight tonight, and lots going on this weekend. if anyone is around sunday, find us at sunday out.

now...work! later gators!

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we signed the lease on our perfect apartment today! it's got a basement for my photo work and ryans tools and a backyard for a meditation circle and an herb/vegetable garden. we move in sometime late may, then we're having a party! in a month my credit cards will be paid off and we'll have a new apartment. silver lining time guys! thank gods! ryan's mom and stepdad came over yesterday to help us pack, and i was able to get my barstools fixed. to celebrate we went to bingo at bob and barbara's. always good to see mr bob dix. tomorrow we're supposed to be going to a goodbye party. i'm really going to miss zenobia and mary (and of course the rest, but especially those two because they've become really close friends to me :( ) Of course, now I've got couches to sleep on in Seattle (because I didn't get enough of Mary's couch in Philly). Saturday I think we get to spend at Ryan's mom's, and Sunday we help Rich relocate his stuff. ;) Things in other mundane areas are also looking up, which is great. I start my new diet/workout plan the 1st (for a few reasons), so wish me luck! Bye bye broken butt weight!

Anywho, I've got a pot of yerba mate wating for me at home...loooove!

many blessings to all of you!

and per Rich's homework.... I love me! (ok so there's no mirror here, but it's a start)

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