I was trying to understand why it felt like it has been so long since I last wrote. After looking at when I completed my last daily post I realized it had been super early on Tuesday morning, which meant it was still Monday in my head since I hadn’t gone to sleep yet.

So really it’s been a few days. And this past day and a half has been pretty busy.

I went to work yesterday morning, 5am, which meant I was awake at 4. The lab is pretty big so there were a lot of questions. All of them were pretty awesome, though, and everyone is pushing ahead on the assignment. It looks like it will be another good month student wise. Huzzah.

The class also opted to take their break at the beginning of class, which means instead of coming in at 5am lab would start at 5:40. Woo. Another score.

While we were on break Tuesday I went to the gas station to fill the car up and to get some Gatorades for the gym. I also picked Clavan up a Red Bull since he asked.

After lab I went to the gym and biked for 16 miles. My legs were pretty sore afterwards. I haven’t really given them a break this week, and I haven’t been stretching as much as I should.

After the gym I went to the storage unit place across from the apartment. I checked out a 5×10 unit, but that seems pretty small. Trevor has a few art desks that he would be putting in there. It also wasn’t climate controlled. Since he’s going to be putting chemical stuff in the unit I wasn’t sure if he had a preference.

I was glad that I went and checked it out though. Seeing the space really helped solidify what we’ll most likely need.

I’m thinking about not taking my futon with me in the move. Zane already has a bed. He actually is going to replace it with a queen size once his bike is up and running. So there’s really no place for my futon. I don’t want to move it again. And in all honesty, if I ever needed another bed I would most likely get a queen sized futon with the fluffier mattress. It would free up more space in the unit too, if I didn’t bring it with me.

I’m going to ask Jeremy if he wants to keep it. If not I will put it up on Craig’s list. I’m sure it would sell for $50 or $100.

I messaged Jeremy about the move, and how I would most likely be out either this weekend or next, depending on how soon the room can get cleared out for my stuff, and how soon we get the unit. I’m hoping for today in that regard.

Jeremy was super cool about it and said he hoped I enjoyed my stay. I replied back saying that I did, that he was awesome, and that he really helped get back on my feet financially.

I got a message from Ashley a little later saying she heard I was leaving, and hoped it wasn’t because of anything she said or did. I can’t lie, part of it is her, but I said it wasn’t because I didn’t want to make her feel bad or cause any issues with moving. I’m not going to stay so there’s not reason to start drama now. We didn’t mesh well, there’s nothing bad about that. It’s just how it worked, or in this case, didn’t work.

I think she knows she was part of my reasons, though.

I ended up not going to the dojo last night. I took a nap once I got back to the apartment for a bit, but was still super sore when I woke up. I worked on my assignments for the week instead, which was a little frustrating. I haven’t used Illustrator in a while, so I am having a hard time navigating around the program. There are things that I know you can do with shortcuts, but I can’t remember what the shortcuts are, so I end up ‘wasting’ time trying to remember them on my own, only to have to look them up online because I can’t get it right.

It would have been so much fast to just bit the bullet and go straight to the Internet. Too bad I’m too stubborn to admit defeat.

I got through one my school assignments fully, and made good progress through the second assignment before getting frustrated to the point of needing to step away from the screen.

I cooked a red chicken curry last night. Overall it was decent. I loved having a ton of veggies, and I loved that I cooked for everyone. There wasn’t a whole lot of rice though, so there wasn’t seconds, and the curry sauce was a little bland in my opinion, which is something the recipe reviews said might happen.

I plan to cook it again but with trying it with a few add-ins. It was a super easy recipe, and has potential. Some minor tweaks and I think it will be great.

I talked to my mom for about an hour yesterday evening as well. I told her about the move. She just laughed at me. I told her I was worried about her worrying about me, and that I hadn’t wanted to tell her, but that I knew I wouldn’t have been able to keep it a secret, nor did I want to lie to her.

She said it was more the fact that I was moving in with people she didn’t know that bothered her, but that I was an adult and had to make my own decisions.

It’s nice to know that she isn’t mad or resentful about me moving. She may not 100% support my choices, but she still loves me, and knowing that means a lot.

We talked about me bringing the rest of my stuff down to the storage unit. She’s been packing up everything for her move to Vegas. The house is about to go on the market, so she wants to be ready to go incase the house sells super fast.

Zane and I got through all of Archer Vice yesterday and started watching season six with Danielle and Trevor last night while we were eating. I love season six so much more. It’s a lot like the first seasons. You know… actually funny. So that was nice.

I ended up going to sleep after the second episode. I was tired and had to be up fairly early in the morning.

I woke up at 4:30, thirty minutes before my alarm. Zane had fallen asleep on the couch, so I woke him up. He asked if I was going to stay awake since I wanted to go to a class at the gym at 6.

I took stock of how I was feeling and said no. My muscles were too sore for strength training, and I needed more sleep still. So we both went back to sleep until I had to wake up at 8 for work.

I had an egg sandwich while I poked around online and drank my coffee. I had a nice, unrushed morning. The trip to work was short, and I feel pretty alright. Still sore and a little tired, but I think I can hold on to the day.

I’ve already finished my second assignment, so the last thing I want to get done with school for today is to do the brainstorming for the main project.

After work I’m going to go back to the house and pack up my bathroom stuffs along with a few other miscellaneous things like my skillets. I need to take measurements of my furniture so Zane and I can figure out how to arrange the room. I’m also going to stop by a different storage place to see their 7×10 units. They’re climate controlled so it will be a bit more expensive, but Trevor and I are ok with that.

Aside from that I’m going to aikido at 7 since it’s a fundamentals class, and will most likely stay for the open class as well since I didn’t go to the gym. I’m not sure what’s going on for dinner. I found a chicken recipe that looks good and already sent the link to Zane. It feeds six so there would be enough for everyone with leftovers.

Pretty sure he’s still asleep though, so we’ll most likely talk about it once I get back to the apartment. He works until 2am tonight, so I have time to figure that out.

Tomorrow is payday and the day I get to pay off my card completely. Totally can’t wait. It’s going to be fantastic. And since it’s Friday I’ll treat myself to my sports bar since I haven’t been there is almost two months.

Friday, in general, is going to be a crazy day. I have lab at 5:40, graduation at 11, a meeting at 3, and critiques at 5. Though I don’t think I’m going to run critiques this month. It would be easier for me to delegate that to Monica again. And I say delegate like running PCC critiques are part of my job description when they’re totally not.

It was nice not having to worry about that place last month, and right now it would be awesome if my Fridays weren’t 12-hour workdays. I would actually prefer to go to the open mat on Fridays at the dojo instead. Or go home to sleep since I know I’ll be tired by then.

I guess in short, it would be nice to not have that obligation for a little while.

Maybe that’s what I need right now; to focus on me a little more, and work a little less. So yeah, that’s what I’ll do. I’ll let Monica keep championing the critiques for this month while I get the recharge I need and maybe next month I’ll take that project back, depending on how the schedule goes.

For now I suppose I should get back to my to-do list. I really don’t have much else to write about yet. I haven’t started re-reading my book, so I don’t have any writing for that yet, but it’s still on the list. Maybe I’ll add that to the list today. I’ll re-evaluate I where I’m at once I get back home. And by home I mean ‘home’ home, and it’s nice that I can say that again after eight months.