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i am at a friend's house right now. downtown is in extreme danger of flooding, i think. i have absolutely no idea when i'll be going back to work. everything is ridiculous.

flooding in iowa bullshit.

well, i won't be working til friday the earliest. the saylorville dam is probably going to overflow & flood downtown. if that happens, i lose water & possibly power too. i am so stressed out.

this rain is such a bummer. the restaurants are probably going to flood again.

life is weird.

so, i go into work today & the ENTIRE place [pasticceria, trattoria, & part of the banquet room] flooded last night due to the heavy rain. & it wasn't water from the street, it was water from the sewers that overflowed through the drains. i just spent nearly two hours moving chairs & random things off the floor so that they could get the cleaning ( Read more... )

my life is frustrating right now. i am working too much to be able to accomplish anything, which is exasperated by my lack of a functioning car [even if i fix the starter/alternator, it's still got a leaky head gasket ( Read more... )

i finally have the internet in my apartment. a guy in my building is letting me connect to his wireless network for a set fee which is awesome. what's not awesome is that i am still couchless, so i am sitting on the floor in my living room ( Read more... )

flying back to des moines today. it's always so bittersweet. i never feel like i have enough time with my family anymore, but that may be because seeing them now is like a vacation from all the responsibilities i hold in iowa ( Read more... )

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moved into my new place on monday. it's fairly sparse, i've got a bed, a wooden trunk, & a lot of clothes. i've still got some things at the other apartment, mostly more clothes & shoes, some records & my record player, textbooks, & the like. i live on the third floor of my building which is also the top floor. i need a couch & an air conditioner ( Read more... )