trying to settle in
and that’s really the jist of it. i have been trying to get into the swing of things over here. some issues i’m dealing with are getting my car registered before it expires in a couple of weeks, paying the rest i owe on a tux for a wedding, and living out of boxes.
i don’t actually live in my room yet. i am going to be staying with my sister and brother-in-law for a while and they have a room all set up that am going to use. but it’s not quite ready yet. see, they are adding on to their house and as part of that addition, a new master suite is being created. the room i am going to be occupying is the current master bedroom. as of now, they have just moved into the new master suite so the old master bedroom is vacant. but they would like to redo the ceiling, move a door, and lay down new carpet before i move into it. unfortunately, because of scheduling, that probably won’t happen for another week or so. in the meantime, all of my stuff is still in the trailer we moved it over in and it is making living very difficult. i’m just glad i didn’t pack my computer!
in other news, i put my laptop case on ebay a couple of weeks ago to see if i could make a profit on it. nobody bought it for the price i was willing to accept. i was a little disappointed but not much. i painted it for me and i am happy with it. if it had sold, i would have done it all again with new parts and a new design. it would have been fun but not that big a deal. i still have a bucnh of ideas i would like to try but not enough money to buy laptop cases to do them with.
i already have tutoring jobs out here. i was here for three days when i already had one client lined up. on sunday, i was talking to the family at church and another mother overheard us discussing math tutoring and she decided she wanted her daughter to tutor over the summer as well. so i already have two clients for the summer which will be nice to supplement my income with.
also, this past weekend, the chorale from christian life college in stockton california came through houston on tour. my aunt and uncle are the deans of music there and were on the trip with their group. i went to a barbecue on friday and saw some old friends and got lost in beautiful eyes again (the same thing happened to me this time last year). then on sunday i went to a local church to hear them sing. those eyes were there again and true to form, my mouth and brain cut all lines of communication between each other and my heart seemed to forget what to do with the red stuff running through it and kept spazzing out.
on top of all of that, my mom was in town to see her kids (my sister and i) and her sister (the aformentioned aunt). so i got to spend a belated mother’s day with her.
all in all, things are going well despite not having enough money.
and i miss my best friend more than i ever thougth i would. i was expecting the heavy heart and the teary eyes but the gut wrenching pain of knowing she’s not around was a shock for me. in a way, i don’t want it to go away. having the pain there reminds me just how much she means to me.
