Thursday, October 25, 2007

Whoops!

Posted by Laura / 1 comment » / , life, money, musicals, the future, unpacking

In all of our ‘Living Everyday Life’ stuff, we kind of forgot to write about any of it. Whoops.

Johnathan did a little bit more unpacking the other night, which helped clear out our living room. Now all that’s left to unpack is in the corner of the dining room, and really, there isn’t much of it. We put up my corkboard (again) – this time with nails, got my wooden Lion King poster up as well as two of his small framed photos. We need to put up my Waterhouse print in the bedroom but keep forgetting. Otherwise, we’re well on our way to a fully organized apartment, at which point we can focus more on the decorative aspects of it. First priority, though, is to get a new bed, because this bed isn’t in bad shape, but it’s only a full, and we’re not small people, so it’s really quite a snug fit. That’s certainly first on our list of big expenditures.

I met Johnathan’s dad last night. He seems like a really nice guy. He was a bit high energy last night, but he raved about my cookies, my candy, the pumpkin seeds… that can’t hurt, right? I swear, sometimes I think that if you just show up with a full plate of sweets, people are more disposed to liking you. Maybe that’s why I keep baking all of these things. That, or I just like baking, go figure.

While his dad was over, Johnathan mentioned culinary school in passing. It wasn’t the first time I’d considered it, but definitely the first time it struck me to consider it in all seriousness. If I didn’t think I’d make a lousy chef, I’d go for it. At least then I’d learn more skills for my own interests. However, culinary school is expensive and I don’t think it’s an expense that I can justify at this point, given I’m completely broke at the moment. I need a job first.

I had an interview on Friday, and the lady who interviewed me said I’d know by midweek about whether I got it or not. It is now past midweek, in my opinion, so I’m going to assume that I did not get that job. It’s a real shame, too, because it was one that I believe I would have excelled at and thoroughly enjoyed. I’m still at it, though, throwing my resume at any job posting that even vaguely looks like I could do it.

Something that Johnathan and I are considering right now is setting up a home phone situation via Skype. I can’t get any cell phone reception in the apartment at all, and his is sketchy except on his work phone, so we need a place where people can contact us. Obviously, a home phone is in order. Johnathan already subscribed to SkypeOut so we got a SkypeIn number that I could put on my resume and in the job applications so that nobody had to go straight to my voicemail anymore.  We’re going to try to figure out a situation where we can plug in an actual phone and have it ring anytime someone calls on Skype, that way we’ve got a phone that we can hear. His dad has called both of us several times in the last week and gotten voicemail every time because of our reception issues, and I just don’t want anyone to think that we’re avoiding them.

On Saturday, we’re going with Johnathan’s dad and stepmom out to the Westside Market, which apparently is a ‘neato place’ according to Johnathan’s dad. It should be an interesting day, given they want to meet at about 8AM and I can’t usually get Johnathan out of bed at 8AM for work as it is. We will see, though. We both got up at 4AM to head out for my move so obviously it isn’t impossible.

I can’t believe it’s Thursday already! My how the weeks do seem to fly.The rest of my week will be comprised of more job hunting, even though it’s been slim pickings so far this week, and I believe I’m going to bake some pumpkin gingerbread with the pureed pumpkin we have. We baked up a pumpkin and now have thirteen + cups of pumpkin puree to work with over the next several months. I kind of would like to do a second one, just so we can have fresh pumpkin pie next may if we so choose. It would be silly to do that with our limited space, though.  Otherwise, Saturday we’re going to the Westside Market and then on Sunday night, it’s The Drowsy Chaperone tour cast in Cleveland! We’ll get to see Jonathan Crombie, who I have idolised as Gilbert Blythe since I was a kid, and Georgia Engel, who was in the original cast of the Drowsy Chaperone. Our Janet van de Graaff will be played by one of the girls who was in the (very, very small) ensemble in the original cast. I believe she was the understudy for Janet, so hopefully she’ll be a treat as well. I’m very excited to see that.

All in all, we’re keeping busy, eating well, and just generally trying to make ends meet while I endeavor to secure employment. It’s not a bad life right now except for the money stresses, which I’m hoping will wane soon. All in all, I feel pretty good about how we’re doing and how things are coming together at home, even if they aren’t so much employment-wise. We are happy!

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