BJ and I spent all day yesterday and all morning today cleaning up our apartment. We've lived here three months, and last night we finally unpacked all of the boxes in the second bedroom that we hadn't been using. Now, it's actually a study, like we intended it to be! I think Omelette is a little confused because he no longer has a jungle gym of ( Read more... )

I am so happy that I didn't have to drive all the way to Roanoke today. My professor canceled Biology today, and in History we were only doing a "Research Day" today, so I saved about twenty dollars in gas by staying home. Last night I was having an attack on my self-esteem (one that I was delivering on myself), so this morning I decided to get off ( Read more... )

Once again, I find myself not looking forward to some of my favorite holidays, such as Halloween and Christmas. I am a sucker for going all out on Halloween, but BJ and I are so broke that we practically can't do anything. It's not that we don't have money for costumes, it's that we don't have money period. We barely have enough gas money to last ( Read more... )

Or, for that matter, how am I going to pay my mother back the money I owe her for paying my tuition at the beginning of this semester? I cannot apply for a loan right now because of the economy sucking so bad; basically, I went to various websites and they all said that due to the status of loan conditions, they cannot take any new applications at ( Read more... )

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Today is such a happy day! I had a grueling weekend at work, I hardly saw my honeybun the last three nights, we had to borrow money again from BJ's folks, I just paid off a speeding ticket for BJ that cost me $160, and the farmhouse that I really, really wanted was already rented out by the time we met with the landlady yesterday (she still gave us ( Read more... )

...I'm going to finally update this thing! So, life in Roanoke has been a little monotonous lately. Most of my days I spend at work, and then usually BJ and I head over to his parents' house to eat dinner since our pantry is probably the saddest pantry ever. That's about it. There have been several attempts to hang out with someone after work, but ( Read more... )

I got engaged nearly two weeks ago. BJ totally took me off guard when we went home to my parents house Tuesday evening. I was under the impression that BJ was going to ask Dad's permission formally and then we would just announce at the dinner table what our intentions were for the fall. Well, BJ sure did ask for permission to marry me. However, he ( Read more... )

I GOT ENGAGED!!!!! Details and pics later! AHHHHHHH!

Yep, Friday BJ and I signed a lease with a place really close to work, and it's awesome. It's a duplex (we have the top floor), one bedroom apartment in an older house. It's pretty neat. I'll post more about it later. Also, BJ got a job at Target! Yay for employment! He should be hearing from Amy about when orientation is sometime soon. So, we're ( Read more... )