I’ve finally moved all my crap into my new house. It was a long, drawn out, painful process and I never want to move again. Even just thinking about helping Nate move in a few months makes me want to throw up. I haven’t even unpacked anything yet. It’s just sitting in boxes in my living room.

We ran into a few snags along the way, to make things even more fun and interesting!

I have a queen sized bed, which is 60″ wide. The distance between the corner of the riser on the stairs and the ceiling above it is not 60″. I’m not sure how high it is, but the fact of the matter is, there is no way to get the bed up the stairs. And don’t give me that, “Oh, you’re just not trying hard enough, I could get it up there!” crap, because it’s crap. This is an old house and every single one of my friends has said that exact same thing and no one can get it up. So right now, the bed is in the dining room. My options are to get the bed through a second-story window (though I still have to measure the windows to see if this is an option), or to sell it and get two twin mattresses and a strip to “zip” them together like this.

For now, the bed is in the dining room, but I have no curtains, so I’ve been sleeping at Nate’s. I tried to get some yesterday, but I have six windows that need covering (and one of them is extra wide, so basically seven). Target’s cheapest curtains were $10 a piece, and there were only 5 left. Even just flat sheets would be fine, but I can’t seem to even find those. I measured the windows for length, too, and if I just draped fabric over the curtain rod, I’d need THIRTY THREE YARDS of fabric, and the cheapest fabric I could find in the ONE fabric store we have in town was $5/yd, plus it was crayon-bright felt. If I had a sewing machine, I would just need 17.5 yards. Well, I have one, but I don’t know how to use it. But anyway, since I’m looking for a no-sew option, I’ve got to double-over the fabric (which probably isn’t a bad thing since I’m looking for privacy here, and one layer of fabric probably won’t provide much).

So I guess it doesn’t much matter where my bed is, since I can’t sleep in the dining room without the whole world peering in anyway. My mom couldn’t understand why I didn’t sleep on the floor the night I closed on the house; it’s been almost a week and I still haven’t spent a night there. I broke down in tears last night at Target because I just want to sleep in my own bed in my own house for fuck’s sake,  and I can’t even do that. Nate is tired of me getting hysterical over the tiniest things (as am I), and I’m sure he wants me out of his apartment as much as I want to be out of it. Little things he does are making me more and more crazy the more I’m here, and I can’t even imagine how much I’m irritating him with my little things.

I’ve already gotten six offers and the listing has been up for four hours. I wasn’t thinking I’d get more than one or two. Now how will I decide? Also, feel free to make your own offer, or pass it on to someone you know who does this sort of thing.

I wrote an entry the other day about this phenomenon in my other journal. If it weren’t STILL DOWN, I’d post this entry there, but I don’t want to lose this in the meantime.

Oh, God, this poor woman.

Valentine’s day was actually kind of awesome, once I finally got to leave work. I’d gotten him some cinnamon hearts and put them in a chinese takeout box. It seems like we get chinese food a lot. Or maybe just more than I am used to. So anyway, I thought that was appropriate. I also got him a card. I can’t remember what it said. It made me laugh, though.

Also I basically finished raggin’, so there was minimal sexing. But then, I had to be at work at 0630 this morning, so leaving was tough but necessary. YAY for 4 day weekends. Except that he is out of town until Sunday, and I am not in town on Tuesday. But close enough. We’ll get a couple nights together.

[This is where I edit the parts my mom doesn't want to hear. Ha! Hi Momma. Come to think of it, she probably did not want to hear that part immediately before this, either. Don't worry, Momma, I am just taking out details of birth control!]

I am probably repeating stories because I can not remember which ones I have told to which people. And I am pretty sure everyone is tired of hearing it. But it’s hard because he is kind of like the awesomest person I know. EVEN MORE AWESOME THAN ME.

Anyway, it started when Alix said that it’s def serious if f-book says it is. And then there was (rightful) mockery of how serious it is if I left my toothbrush there (accidentally!). But last night he said I should come to Portland with him to meet his friends and I said I JUST DON”T KNOW IF I”M READY FOR THAT KIND OF COMMITMENT. Because I am hilarious.

My cheeks kind of hurt. I feel like this.

Both of the scarves I want to knit are green and black. I knew I should not have gotten a blue coat. Curses! I suppose I could make the binary one in white on blue.

(Tangent! I did not know if it was scarfs or scarves.)

I wish I was handy and not afraid of the Dremel. I’d totally make myself one of these.

Also, this kind of makes my knees knock:

And yes, Alix, I gave you a video of Bre Pettis, just so you could cream your pants.

Two updates after the mailman came!

From Alix

adam knits!

oh yes he does. i think another crush has emerged.

“Hmmm, let’s see…I’m a guy who knits. What else do you need to know? ;)

Pretty much all my free time these days is spent playing with fiber in some form or another. Whether dyeing up some yarn for Yarn Nerd, or knitting myself some comfy socks, I’m definitely smitten with the sticks and yarn.

I’m also an Electrical Engineering Grad Student who spends a lot of time doing MATLAB simulations and nerding out over Cellular System Design.

Whatever time is left after work, school, dyeing and knitting is spent with my wonderful dogs, Dallas and Emma. I also love to cook and clean and am learning to enjoy gardening. Some of my friends call me the Renaissance Man, but I think I’m mostly too ADD to pick one passion.”