Long Overdue Update

A combination of being super busy as well as having really shitty internet at home has kept me away from here and my dear side-project, GCU. Without getting too into it, last week my landlord and I really had it out, culminating with him yelling, "Missy you don't know who you are dealing with! You don't want to mess with me!" Uhh... actually I do but I don't have the mental energy. Instead I showed my apartment to about 8 people, and got it rented to someone else. So I'm moving out! I also found a new place within the same week. The landlord of that place rented it to somebody but found some red-flags on the guy so he withdrew it. Gave it to me instead yay! I'm super happy - it'll be closer to the train I take to work, to the restaurants I go to regularly, to Nate, to a spankin' new grocery store. It'll be good. It's on the second floor, has central heat and a/c, dishwasher, a normal sized bathroom, bedroom, living room, den/office, kitchen, hardwood floors...pretty much everything I wanted. I can't wait to decorate! I have movers coming on Saturday to do my dirty work. I've never hired movers before, so I have a mixture of stress about them messing up and relief that I don't have to do it myself in February. This will be my 9th apartment since I was 19. I'm 26 (and a half!) now. With each one I say "this is it until I own" and so far that hasn't happened.

Aside from crazy home stress, I've had an ok time. Went to a show that my coworker was playing with my boss and my student worker. That was really fun. I also decorated cookies at Natalie's house with Nate and their friend Kim on Saturday. Went to a surprise birthday party for Amanda where I had some quality talking with Andy. I feel like I'm missing something huge here...oh yes! Film school.

Tonight was my second film class at Facets. The first one was about the hybrid documentary The Kid Stays in the Picture. The teacher is a really nice woman who runs some pretty decent film fests. There are 7 people in the class, and they are all from a wide variety of backgrounds. One guy even owns his own high-rise window washing company! It was a reminder to me that even the most 'normal' people out there can be super cool too. I was put in my place. This week we watched Touching the Void, which is a super intense hybrid documentary. Next week is a film I've seen before but slept through, In the Realms of the Unreal. I'll be interested to see what the 'expert' says. So far, I've held my own on film and documentary knowledge, so I'm pretty proud of my self-education in the film world. It's so nice to be out doing something that is 'my own' and is different and interesting. It's a refreshing way to start the week, spending my Monday night in a tiny film house talking about my passion - documentaries. I'll have to get more involved with this kind of stuff. I've been saying I want to go to the experimental night at the Siskel Arts Theater but never seem to make it.

So it's been a wildly busy few weeks. Saturday I move, Sunday I unpack, Monday my cable guys come, then hopefully by Monday night I'll be mostly moved in. I'm so excited about it I can barely sleep or concentrate on anything.