Tomorrow's just your future yesterday

Suppose I should actually update once in a while, huh?

This one's gonna be short, though. Just wanted to talk about the fact that I had a job interview yesterday, and I feel like it went really well. Got an email today from the prof I interviewed with, saying that it'll be close to 2 weeks before I hear one way or the other (because of hiring regs at the university), but that he enjoyed talking with me yesterday and that I'm high on his list of candidates.

So.

FINGERS ARE CROSSED.

(Because goddamn would I love to have health insurance again. And the ability to occasionally throw money at things I like and want to support. Like AO3. And Kiva.)

(Also, would love to be able to afford to go see West Side Story when it's in town in June. WANT.)

Recent accomplishments, since it's been a long fucking time since I updated this thing:

- Hosted Thanksgiving at my house. Only 6 people, not too bad.
- Job interview yesterday went fairly well, yay!
- Kicked ASS during Hufflepuff Knight Week at hogwartsishome.
- Made an assload of Harry Potter icons (here if you're interested)
- Finished making Tashmas gift! Two whole weeks early! (Still need to code the post and maybe make a banner. Maybe.)
- Also made an even bigger assload of Avengers icons. (Check it out.)
- Signed up for fandom_stocking. Because apparently I really like making shit.

Things I have not accomplished recently:
- Getting much of anything done on my Clint/Coulson fic I'm supposed to be working on. Oh well.
- Acquired job. *sigh*

This is something that's honestly been building for a while, I just haven't talked about it on here because, honestly, I didn't want to subject you guys to my misery. But I've been pretty much hating grad school for quite some time now, and the past few weeks have been worse than ever, which gave me the kick in the ass I apparently needed.

I'm officially quitting grad school.

I'll be sticking around until the end of summer, to finish up my project and to give me time to look for a job. But by the end of summer, I'll leave with a Masters degree.

I feel like I should regret this decision, but I don't. At all. The things I want to do with my life are things I don't need a PhD for, and the jobs I could get as a PhD are, for the most part, things I don't actually want to do. So, I'll leave with a Masters and hopefully find a job I actually like, with significantly more reasonable hours than grad school expected of me, and better paying on top of it.

Morning: Watched Chicago River get dyed green. Wandered around for a while, watched part of the parade but couldn't see much and it was hot, so we got ice cream instead. Did not encounter a single green beer along the way, for which I am deeply thankful. (Actually didn't see a whole lot of beery people, period, which surprised me a little. I mean. This is Chicago on St Patrick's Day, after all.)

Afternoon: Star Trek: Voyager. All afternoon. And yes, I'm shipping Tom/Harry even more than I did before. Been a long time since I rewatched this show.

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Today I have:
-Cleaned ALL THE THINGS (except the kitchen sink, which the Husband did)
-Washed ALL THE LAUNDRY
-Paid ALL THE BILLS
-FINALLY hung up our wedding picture on the wall

Today is Get Stuff Done Day? Or it's been Get Stuff Done Weekend, anyway, based on the amount of landcomm challenges I did yesterday.

Uh, so. Our condo decided to flood at 2:30 this morning. AUGH. We probably had 2-3 inches of standing water in our entire condo. Y'know, the one with WOOD FLOORS throughout? (Thank goodness it wasn't carpet, though. We might be able to get away without having to replace the wood, hopefully.)

And, of course, we own...one bucket, 2 mops, and about 6 towels. So, we totally had to bail out the condo with cups and a plastic trash can. And, at one point, a ziploc bag XD

My poor husband was getting ready to go to bed when he found out that we were flooding...so yeah, he just went to bed right when I came home from work this morning (like...20 minutes ago?)

I'm very frustrated that I can't find my hair dryer. Because, while most of our stuff has been unpacked by now, the things that weren't? Were mostly ALL OUR ART, which was in a cardboard box on the floor. This consists of some pictures Bry's great-grandma painted, some paintings by my grandfather, and some photographs I took in a photography class a while ago, all nicely framed and just waiting to be hung up. Thankfully, the pictures themselves look okay, but all the mats are soaked, so I want to dry them out with the hair dryer before they start to mold. Problem: CANNOT FIND HAIR DRYER.

Thank goodness we managed to get our bottom-shelf books up high before they got ruined.

...So much for getting to see Harry Potter this weekend.

So, uh. I'm moving tomorrow. o.O All our crap is in boxes right now and there is literally NO SPACE TO MOVE in our tiny apartment because the floor space is all taken up with boxes. We've got 2 giant boxes crammed into the tiny kitchen because there's no place else to stick them.

It's awesome. Can't wait to be moved.

Poor kitty is gonna be so traumatized, though.

In other news, I've been watching old episodes of Craig Ferguson. It's a good thing.
( Particularly when I discover things like this. )

Anybody on my flist in Alabama, Georgia, or anywhere else getting hit with massive tornadoes tonight, let me know you're safe?

Also hoping my cousin in Falkville, AL is safe. Haven't heard anything from her yet, but since her mother is currently visiting her and her daughter right now, I'm going to assume that they're safe and just haven't thought to call anybody because her mom is right there with her. No activity on her facebook, but I'm guessing she doesn't have power right now.

Be safe, everyone!

My husband's mug of coffee is...buzzing.

Huh.

You guys.

The sellers accepted our offer already.

Let me say that again, just for effect.

THEY ACCEPTED OUR OFFER.

I'm going to be a HOMEOWNER.

Before I turn 24.

You guys.

I'M GOING TO OWN A CONDO IN LESS THAN 2 MONTHS.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!