i finally have peace of mind. no more searching for roommates or apartments! i called a man today in boulder about a lovely, rustic townhouse in a place called winter green townhomes on hickok place. the rent is only $350/month per person! how awesome is that?! it's 3 floors, which includes a finished basement with den, 2 full baths, 3 bedrooms, ( Read more... )

tomorrow is the day that decides whether or not i'll continue to work for the postal service. last week stan told me that as of tomorrow i would be starting to do collections, which would add another 12 hours onto my weekly schedule, increasing from 60 to 72 hours a week. now i tend to have patience, but that just put me over the edge. i already ( Read more... )

i found myself a 3rd roommate! the first roommate that i found is from northern new jersey near NYC. she's 23 and is really into running. she's planning on getting residency in colorado to attend grad school. oh and she's german and her name is crazy weird but for short its Uli. the 2nd roommate's name is Kari and she's from cincinati, OH. she's ( Read more... )

i still haven't gotten used to the walking that goes along with the job. my feet have been pretty sore by the end of the day. they keep givin me mad overtime so i am gettin kind of burned out already. i guess it is just a matter of bein tough and taking one day at a time. so far these are the hours i've gotten in just the first 5 days since i've ( Read more... )

so i call the office today and Stan Phillips answers the phone. i wanted to see what time they wanted me to start on saturday. Stan is like, "we don't have you on til the 28th." i'm like "what?! Human Resources told me the 12th!" so he's like ok we'll call headquarters and find out when they want you to start. so he calls back about 15 minutes ( Read more... )

ever since i went camping in the adirondacks, i have been feeling kind of down. i really enjoyed myself there and wished i could have stayed longer or at least go more often. time spent there is so peaceful, stressfree, and comforting. i loved just walking through the woods on the trail and not thinking about anything like work and driving. ( Read more... )

yes for sure it was quite toasty today. i believe it got up to about 87 or 88 degrees today. got a lot done around the house though. mowed the whole lawn from road to back woods, trimmed around everything, and weedwacked. i used to not enjoy weedwacking, but it's really not that bad of a job. plus it makes your arms stronger sicne you gotta hold up ( Read more... )

well all of my appointments and interviews are finished with the postal service. i had to go up the first time to downtown buffalo at the headquarters for the drug test, photo ID, interview, and to fill out some paperwork. the 2nd time i had to go and complete an 80 question health questionnaire and get fingerprinted. they have this cool new ( Read more... )

so this weekend was the big camping/hiking trip ( Read more... )

3 finals out of the way, 1 more to go. the easiest is last thankfully. should take no more than 45 minutes ( Read more... )