The rate I am going I am honestly going to be unpacking until like end of April. Thank goodness my parents came over last weekend to unpack the essentials and get me going. When I mean essentials

* The kitchen stuff is unpacked
* My bedroom stuff including clothes and shoes are unpacked
* Bathroom stuff is unpacked
* TV is unpacked and operating



So I have all the essentials unpacked, well most of them. I am using my laptop for Internet.

I unpacked a few boxes in my "office room". Unpack in the word.. not put away. My goal is to unpack everything including all the computer stuff. This office stuff includes essential and nonesstential junk!

All those ikea boxes I got 2 years ago I have to trash because the tape damaged them. I am going to have to find a store that sells nice organization boxes.

Things I'd like to do in my new office.

Get an extra book shelf.
Get an actual table or desk for projects
Organize eveything into pretty little boxes
Keep the cat toys in here.

Organize! Organize!

This will be my office and cat room. I had an orange accent wall painted. It's going to look Ikea like cool. Too bad there isn't an Ikea in Indianapolis. :(

I better get my lazy butt up and start dinner and focus on keeping the rest of the apartment tidy and organized. The office room is like the forgotten room right now.

Tonight I need to:

• Go grocery shopping @ Marsh, it is like the "Jewel" (chicago chain) of Indy area except BETTER and twice as big. They have a whole section of organic foods. Prices are about the same as the Chicago Jewel. There are a few other grocery chains I want to check out around here. I have to get some items for my lunches for work this week.




• Iron clothes!




• Take out some things I unpacked to the trash!




• Clean and organize




• Unpack




• Read

My weekend went by too fast, seriously. I think it was watching too much TV.

Got up around 5am to take a shower and drink some water. Laid around in bed before then because I was thirsty, hot, and countless thoughts kept running through my head like complex mathematical equations, lines of code, and my brain consistently going through the solutions. The effects of the mid-term exam crisis in my life still had not abdated. Plus thoughts of work related communications and I self-critiqued myself adding more salt to my fragile self-esteem.

Everything felt better after I drank half a water bottle of cool purified Dasani water from my fridge, took a shower, sipped two spoons of peptobesmol for my Friday night Bacon-butterburger and cheese curd sins, and laid back into bed.

I slept until 10 am and woke up healthy and refreshed. My mid-term exam was removed from my mind.

I tidied up a bit and then logged into work so that I could work on my individual development plan that should have been completed Friday.After doing the dishes and some of the laundry I decided to go out and get a pedicure. The first place I went to was too busy so I left. I ended up going to a Nails store one owened by chinese near the Trader Joes in Lombard on Roosevelt. As soon as I walked in the door, there was a seat ready for my to take a pedicure. I had no wait time and I tipped her well. She laughed as she washed the bottom of my feet and I wiggled them because it tickled. I told her this is why I only get this done twice a year! After my pedicure I went in search of the small Pet Store that used to be in that strip mall, but apparently they went out of business, which is a shame. I walked over to Trader Joes and stocked up on "bag" dinners, mostly chinese food and I happened to buy some fresh flowers, cheese cake, and other delicous items.

After trader joe's I had an inkling for something to drink and contemplated the dairy queen in the same strip mall. I walked in and did not see anything that would satisfy that drink need until I remembered I had about a half a can of diet coke left in the car and left.

I drove home and was lucky to find a space empty in front of my apartment building. I was glad that all my food from trader joe's was packed into one easy to carry brown paper bag. I grabbed my mail on the way into my building.

Did a lot of Bills, yuk, then went to the apartment office to pick up a package. My new DDR pad came in, and I must say I am not impressed. I did get what I ordered, but I thought the pad would be a little bit better. :(

What else did I do today? I made some garlic chicken pasta mix that I bought from Trader Joe's, oh was that oh so good! I cleaned a bit, but not too much. Did dishes, laundry, took out the trash, played some Sims2, studied, played with my kitties, surfed the net at my friend's wedding site. My friend Andrew whom I meet at Valpo is getting married in less than a day (in the Phillipines)!!!! I'm so so excited for them. I want to attend their ceremony in Culver, IN but am getting worried about that weekend. The professor in my class said he would give us another take home exam on the 12th of April, and if it was as difficult as it was before, I will need all the time I can get.

Anyways, I'm enjoying the night on my balcony and reading with nice outdoor lightning. The kitties love it too! Tomorrow I am supposed to visit Joe. I am looking forward to that.