Gangsta Mittens
Words combined to express thoughts. Pictures displayed to convey emotion. Opening my brain to the world.

So Mickey said that to help myself not feel overwhelmed, i need to start taking baby steps… that way I’m forced to do a little at a time and not end up crazed when I’ve managed to wait til the last minute. Yay Mickey!

In other news, I’m starting to get really anxious about the summer. I’ve been kind of putting it out of my mind because I remember how worked up i got about last summer and I’d really rather not deal with that again…. but i just looked at the calendar and I leave in like 107 days… not bad since i started counting at like 250 last year.

I saw the most beautiful sunrise this morning and it reminded me why I’m supposed to take my camera everywhere i go. I almost went back for it but i was already runnin late.

so… I’m stressed, overwhelmed and generally frustrated. But, I’m still here. I have a buncha stuff on my plate but i’m plodding along. For the most part though, things are good. I’m currently searching for a church to join. I’m kinda torn on the topic. I mean I consider myself very spiritual, but not particularly religious. My science mind tells me this is really all there is, but my heart (and several years of brainwa… er conditioning) tell me that there is a supreme being of some sort that watches over us. At any rate, i’ve been talking to that being… asking to be brought back to the church and interestingly enough I got my “calling”. My best friend, mom of three of the most beautiful kids in the world, has asked me to be a Godmother, but in order to do that, I need to be a member of a church (gotcha, bitch!). So, yeah, I’m working on that. I’m also doing something else that’s really important but i don’t want to talk about for fear of jinxing myself. I’ll know for sure on 2/9.

What else? Oh… Monie Love taped her first XM show yesterday. I wasn’t there for the taping but i couldn’t be happier. It’s hard to believe that my annoyance/perserverance (and hers) has paid off.

It’s also almost Lent and i’ve been trying my best to figure out what to give up. I’m not quite sure yet, but i’ve got a few hours to pick something.

I think that’s about it.

*SIGH*

I’m tired… at 730 on monday morning and I’m tired. I couldn’t sleep last night. I tossed and turned over and over again and i’m not sure why. Maybe my body isn’t used to sleeping on a bed? I dunno but i couldn’t get comfortable to save my life.

This is going to be a fairly hectic week. LOTS of deadlines to meet and catching up to do. STILL a ton of stuff to do at the new apartment, although I can officially say that the old apartment is cleaned out and done with.

I also need to learn to save money. I’m about to quit my job and haven’t save nearly as much as I should have up to this point. I need to quit that. The upside of that is that I’ve paid off a huge chunk of debt so hopefully that’ll make it easier to save.

If i NEVER see another box again it will be too soon. I am literally surrounded by them. I am happy to say that my kitchen is, for the most part, big enough to house most of them… but that means that I haven’t been able to cook. You win some and you lose some I suppose (see yesterday’s entry).

At any rate, I hope to get things settled this weekend. With the new tv i’d like to be able to watch the superbowl and eat some snacks prepared in my new kitchen. I’m not sure how much I’ll get done though because I have a TON going on. Work, internship, ALR paper, unpacking, cleaning, car to the shop, etc etc.

Here’s some pics that I think are pretty dandy:

ignore the eye booger… he’s a sexy beast

Ikea is NOT for the squeamish

*THIS* is my kitchen 😦

At least he has a neat place to eat

Did i mention the boxes?

If you look closely you can see the stove

no words

So at about 640am I was about to head out my door to work (it’s GREAT living 10 minutes closer to work). Just as i grabbed my door i heard pounding on my next door neighbor’s door….
BAM BAM BAM… Police executing a search warrant open up!

For a split second i thought maybe someone was playing around until I realized that that was a lot of noise to be making at 640am for a joke. I look out the peephole and sure enough there’s the whole damn swat team out there with guns drawn about to run up into this apartment. I wake poor B outta a sound sleep and scare the shit outta him and then I just sit and wait… I mean do you go out into the hall when the SWAT team is next door? I decided that wasn’t a wise decision. After things quieted down over there I calmly (ha) walked out my front door only to be met by an officer with a gun who said “good morning, ma’am. Everything is ok”
I wish there was a camera for me to look into and give the “nigga please” look because clearly shit wasn’t “ok”. I mean granted I wasn’t the one having the search warrant executed at my house, but it’s still a crappy thing to wake up to.

Either way my day started off better than the guy next door so I guess I really shouldn’t complain.