Don't Change A Thing...For Me

We're going to Seattle tomorrow to check out and possibly buy furniture at IKEA. In trying to figure out the best way to get up there and have room in whatever vehicle we take to bring stuff back, Matt found out that one can rent cars from dealerships. He's been wanting a Toyota Matrix and thought it would be fun to drive one to Seattle. So he looked online and found out that the Toyota dealer in Beaverton does in fact rent them and it wouldn't be that expensive. I'd never heard of dealerships renting vehicles so I was curious about how it worked and asked Matt for the details. He said me asking him how it worked made him feel like I thought he was an idiot and didn't know what he was talking about. I don't get it...Am I missing something? Asking questions has always in my mind been indicative of not knowing what was going on and wanting to be educated...so why would I ask an idiot? It boggles my mind the things that come out of that guy's mouth sometimes.

Later, at the grocery store, we got into it about the jam I chose and how much high fructose corn syrup it has in it and why I should get a different jam. He actually said that I might as well take up smoking as it was about as bad for me as the corn syrup in my jam. Oh. My. God. I'd be happy to give up some of the junk I eat but we were talking about jam. JAM! I checked my e-mail today and found he'd sent me links to 4 different webpages with information about how bad high fructose corn syrup is and a note about how he has a hard time staying away from sweets and has diabetes in his family so he wants to avoid them as much as possible and how much easier it would be for him if I was doing the same thing. I can see that but, since I'm always the one who wants salad and fruit and veggies and drinks a ton of water, I feel like I'm already behaving myself for the most part. Considering my previous eating habits and how much weight I lost by changing how I eat a few years ago, I actually think I'm doing pretty good if I only indulge in jam or have a soda with my lunch once a week or whatever.

I'm not the sort of girl who smiles and says "Yes, dear." to everything so I asked him last night to let this one go...he'd mentioned awhile back something about picking your battles and I wholeheartedly agree. I don't have the energy to argue about this one.

We're Shackin' Up.

The deposit has been paid and the date has been set. Beware the Ides of March, yo. We move into our new place on NW 23rd and Everett March 15th. Got to clean out and sell off or trash a bunch of crap before then. The trip idea has been postponed until further notice but I still have my birthday celebrating and new apartment decorating to look forward to in the coming months. Can't wait to get things moved and settled...

Pook, Pook, Pook.

Fun weekend... stayed home Friday night, made dinner and watched tv. Went shopping with my boy Saturday and then met up w/ T & D for dinner at Navarro and pool and singing at the bar after. Yesterday I woke up to the smell of french toast and bacon - M had gone to the store and gotten movies, bought me a vanilla latte (my favorite) and pepper bacon, come home to cook and served breakfast in bed! Happy Valentine's Day to me! We went shopping again after the movies, grabbed dinner while we were out, then came back to drink raspberry champagne and watch Bitter Moon (weird movie). I loved the whole weekend.

Today, we went to look at an apartment during my lunch break. Super cool place over in NW w/ hardwood floors and lots of light. We took an application so now we have to figure out how to make this work in the next few weeks. How exciting!

Feels Like A Made-For-TV Movie...

Ok, check it:

1.) M got his unemployment (finally!) and has been treating me to everything for the last four days. So sweet!

2.) I may or may not have a job here at some point in the next 4-6 months because the company has put the property on the market. They'll give me a staying bonus and severance package if I stay until it sells and they can't place me elsewhere within the company and the buyer doesn't offer me a job. I'm interested to see how this all pans out.

3.) M is seriously looking into the Army as a career option. Life as we know it would end if he signs up. I am not thrilled.

4.) We're still staying at Hotel Jensen and it's really nice. There's been talk of moving in together and more, but I can't take it too seriously because of all the Army talk. I don't know if I'm ready for all of this.

5.) I'll be at the bar tomorrow night and since I haven't seen some of you in awhile, I'd love it if you came out.

6.) My birthday is just a few weeks away and I'm hoping to take a little 3-4 day trip somewhere fun next month. Vegas or Disneyland are possibilities...still trying to work out the timing, how much I can afford, etc.

7.) My brain is going a mile a minute and it's freaking me out.

You Know What's Good?

~Trader Joe's Strawberry Smoothies.

~Celebrity Poker Showdown on Bravo.

~Free doughnuts.

~Hearing someone say they're falling in love with you.

~6pm on Fridays.

~The Killers.

~Oriental flavor ramen noodles.

~Knowing that no matter how little money you have right now, there's more coming soon.

~Tax refunds.

~Pretending you're on vacation at a hotel when you stay with your boyfriend at his parent's house while they're out of town.