I became a homeowner in March! I was able to tax advantage of the $8,000 tax credit and get into a gorgeous brand-new-never-lived-in house on a beautiful side of town. I’ve never felt so lucky, honestly.

I had been living in a fourplex for the past 4 years, which I used to really like. It was a nice apartment but in a horrible area. The straw that broke the camel’s back was a shooting that happened in front of my doorstep. I was outside with my dog and noticed a car full of people at the end of our driveway… and they were just staring at me. I had become so cold to all the suspicious activity from living in the neighborhood for so long that I didn’t really thing twice about it. I take my dog inside and 5 minutes later, gunshots. Someone from the car had broken into the apartment directly facing mine, literally a few feet away, and they exchanged gunfire. Both the intruder and my neighbor both shot each other. My neighbor was taking a shower with his gun when the guy broke in (to collect a drug debt), so obviously he knew it was coming. One of them crawled out of the apartment on his elbows and laid in the driveway, pooling blood, while the other laid shot in the shower. It was a crazy thing to see. And knowing that I was outside just seconds before it happened was enough for me to give my 30 days notice to my landlord the next morning.

So the move was the most major thing that’s happened this year. In June I got “promoted” at work, so I’ve been adjusting to my new position. I’m now responsible for the bookkeeping and accounting, which was a completely new thing for me. Math has never been my forte, so it’s been a learning experience for sure. I like it though. I was ready for the challenge. 

Other then that I’ve just been working on getting moved in. Yeah, I technically moved in 5 months ago, but I’m still not unpacked! Shopping for house stuff is so fun too. Now I walk through Home Depot with a purpose LOL. We just finished landscaping the backyard. My boyfriend owns a landscaping company so that was convenient They installed irrigation and hauled 22 tons of decorative rock! We went and picked out an apple tree, two pomegranate trees and a tangelo tree to plant. The tangelo tree is so special to me because my grandparents had tangelo trees too. One of my favorite memories as a child is picking tangelos with my grandma. Everytime I look at my own tangelo tree I think of them. It’s my way of always keeping them close to my heart and that is really a priceless gift for me.

I’m still doing web design, and more importantly, still loving it! I’m a busy girl but I wouln’t want it any other way. Man, I miss blogging here

I just revamped my diggs, check it out.

In other exicting news, I finally broke down and bought me one of them fancy shmancy washers and dryers, hot dang!! No seriously though, I’ve been lugging my laundry around for 4 years, and I’ve had an empty laundry room for 2 years just begging me to fill it up with some sexy appliances. I finally gave in and bought the Whirlpool Cabrio set. I like them because they have glass doors, so you can watch your clothes wash & dry LOL. I am easily amused, I know.

OH another exciting thing, I was asked to participate in career day at a local elementary school in April! HOW CUTE IS THAT? The counselor contacted me and said she was referred to me by somebody, and they would love to have a web designer because it is a very non-traditional career, especially for a young female. I get to setup a display table and talk to kids grades K-6. That is gonna be the highlight of my year I swear!

Speaking of purchases.. I just bought the prettiest dining room table ever! I’ve been wanting a nice table for sooooo long. The guy at Oak Express gave me a really good deal on a normally $1000+ table. It should be delivered sometime this week YAYYY!! I stole a picture of it from the catalog.

Not really much going on with me otherwise. I’m still staying busy as an office bitch and with my web design. I’m getting pretty skizzilled with my photoshopping enhancement work, which is always good of course Blahbitty blah. Just wanted to tell everyone that I am still alive.

Besides the extra web design work, life is chugging along as usual. My parents finally have their divorce settled this week, on Friday. I hope things go well for my dad, as we all know what a lying bitch my mom can be. I’m still not allowed to speak to or see my brother and sister. I assume that won’t change until they get older and can make their own decisions. They know I love them and will always be here waiting for them with open arms.

OH FUNNY STORY TIME!!!!!!!! So Mikey wikey decided that he wanted to camp out in front of best buy this morning to start a line for the PlayStation 3 which is released FRIDAY. Yes, today is Monday. That means he wants to wait 5 fucking days out in front of a store. Okay anyways.. so we go at 6am this morning to get my dad’s RV for him to have a place to shit in and whatnot, go and get him sodas and munchies for his ice chest, chairs, blankets, etc. We get to Best Buy and set everything up. I’m just about to drive off to work when this PRICK ASS FUCK HOLE employee of the store comes outside with a chip on his shoulder (because apparantly you are THE SHIT if you work at a deadend place like Best Buy making $6.50 an hour). He rudely tells us to get off “his private property” and that he would be calling the cops if we didn’t. I was like W to the T to the F?

Since getting arrested wasn’t on my morning agenda, we packed the ish up and took off. Mikey wikey is very sad. He is on the phone with Best Buy’s coorporate office as we speak, hahah. Good times.

I’m so fucking irritated right now. Ugh. I hate life.

Now for those of you who aren’t aware, there is a new security measure being taken at all US airports. You aren’t allowed to bring anything liquid or gel onto the airplane. I always take my purse on with me, so I had to put all my makeup into my checked bag. That included my foundation, mascara, lip glosses, etc.

So this leads me to this morning, I woke up and started getting ready for work as usual. All of my shit from California was still packed up, so I started digging through my bags. I noticed that the side pocket of my bag was open. I look through it and, OMG SURPRISE, everything in it is GONE! All of my makeup that I took out of my purse, gone. Three pairs of earrings, gone. Favorite necklace, gone. So that really fucked the beginning of my day up.

Then I proceed to go to work. I sit at my desk and see a little note with my name on it. I open it up and it appears to be an office memo, except I was the only one in the office who got it. The note reads as follows:

“Due to changes in the office structure, the following policy has been implemented starting with this pay period:

1) A 1-hour lunch break is required whether or not you stay in the office. There will be no compensation for this hour.

2) All overtime has to be explained on your pay record each pay period as to why it was required.”

I’m fucking pissed. I work my ass off here. And I’m the only one who gets paid hourly here so of course I’m the only one who this “new policy” applies to. I hate taking a full 60-minute lunch because there isn’t shit to do for an entire damn hour. And I’m sure as hell not going to stay in the office for lunch if I’m not getting paid, so now I have to find something to occupy myself for an hour everyday. And I have to explain why I may stay 15 minutes late sometimes? Ugh.. how about because I’m trying to help this company make money by being productive and getting work done.

Oh, and on top of that shit it’s my little sister’s birthday today. I’m going to try and call her when I get home from work and I just pray it won’t be a repeat of last year. I called up there and my mom got on the phone and wouldn’t let me tell her happy birthday because I’m “an evil, mean daughter” and told me to stay away from HER family, yadda yadda etc. etc. So I’m stressed that I’ll have to deal with that shit again.

Whatever. I feel like crying.

My 4th of July weekend was pretty sweet. I had 4 days off work WAHOO! So Michael and I drove up to Phoenix and ate some In N’ Out burger.. mmmm. I could live on that shit. And my bestest buddy Manda drove in with her hubby from California so we got to hang out and get tipsy for awhile. I wish she still lived in Tucson with me ;( Oh well.. the marines needs her more then I do I guess. Plus we would probably be in jail or something by now if she didn’t live 500 miles away from me lol.

On another note.. I’m sick as fuck of this weather. 105 degree average wtf?! I’m moving to Alaska.