getting my thoughts out on paper... or at least on blogger

This month is turning out to be kind of a crazy one. So many exciting things happening, this week I have something every day which is exciting. This weekend is Harry Potter, and a Bastille Day celebration at my bff Parker's house (okay, so maybe Parker's mom is the one really hosting the party, but my 8 month old bff will be there too); next weekend we have tickets to the WNBA All-Star game that Chris won from work. The weekend after that we're moving. Have I mentioned we're moving? I don't think I have, at least not explicitly. Oh, also the weekend we're moving is our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY! Holy cow I cannot believe it has been an entire year just about! Life sure does go by pretty quick!

A few weeks ago I made a comment that we didn't have to deal with the stupid trash pick up for much longer, but that was back when we weren't really telling people that we are moving. We aren't moving far, just about 2.5  miles, but it's far enough that we are changing wards, which is ridiculous because by moving we end up being 2.5 miles closer to more than half of our ward, silly boundaries. We're giving up apartments, and renting a duplex instead. Instead of a teeny-tiny 1 bedroom apartment we'll be in a 2 bed/2 bath duplex with a lot more storage and some better living space. One thing I'm way excited for is to not have a carpeted dining room, that's been really obnoxious. Also I'm excited because I get to pick out a keyboard (not a computer keyboard, but ya know, one that's like a piano but smaller and not as expensive :P ). I was supposed to get one when we moved down to San Antonio but after we got our furniture all in here we realized there was no way that a keyboard would fit, and since it is something that I will use often I didn't want to get one and store it under the bed and pull it out when I wanted to play.

We can get our key as early as next week (the guys that live there now are moving out this weekend) but if we wait a little longer we won't have to pay rent. Our new landlord is super cool and chill. Chris rented a room from him when he was down here for an internship. The current tenants are all in the singles ward, and one is getting married this month and was already planning on moving out. The other two guys were on month-to-month contracts and with the one roommate moving out for sure the other two couldn't decide if they were going to stay/go/find a new roommate/whatever so when we showed interest in the place the landlord pretty much just told them they had to be out at the middle of July so the place can get cleaned before we have to move in. Originally we were going to be moving in the 29th and 30th, but with them moving out earlier he said he'd give us the keys a few days early and if I wanted to clean the place he wouldn't charge us any rent for the month because he'd save money not having professional cleaners come out. If the place had carpet I would insist that he at least get the carpet cleaned, but it has 0 carpet, so that's not too much of a problem. I'm kind of obsessed with cleaning, so it should be pretty sweet. I think we'll get the keys the 25th and during the days I'll fill the car up with things to move over, go clean, and put things away in the new place. It's gonna be pretty sweet.

Also, before we move I want to get my final taken for my class. I requested the exam last week, it shipped on Friday, and it should be arriving any day now. My hope was to be able to take the exam on Friday (like in 2 days from now) but if she hasn't gotten it yet then maybe it will be too late to schedule my exam to be this quick. Next week it will be instead. I was kind of hoping to take it this Friday because we're going out to eat before we go see Harry Potter and then we could celebrate me being done with my class and celebrate Harry Potter at once. Now maybe we'll just have to hit up Happy Hour at Sonic when my test is over--nothing like 1/2 price Cranberry Limeades! Oh I love Cranberry Limeade, thanks Marissa for getting me addicted to the stuff!