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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Finally all moved in

Well, I guess I'm not really all moved in. I'm in the new place, but not completely unpacked. However, I've got a good start on getting my life back in some sort of order. Of course, being without a t.v. for a few days I've overloaded on coverage about the hurricane that hit the south. I'm now completely depressed about what the world is coming to. At what point can you justify looting a computer because you lost your house? Food, water, the essentials I can understand, but new electronics I cannot. I am so glad that I'm not in that situation because I have no idea what I would do.
Because of that, everything I would have to say about complaining about the move, work, or friends, really seems to be moot. I may get past that in the next couple of days. Work is going to kick my ass for the next several days, even for a couple of weeks. I'm all about ready for another vacation, but I can't see that happening for a couple months.
My personal life isn't completely in the toilet, but it seems to be circling. I did meet one of my neighbors though. He introduced himself in the parking lot, came up and gave me a hand hanging my pictures, and invited me down to his place for a beer. I was suspicious about the whole thing, but after conferring with a friend, who we'll just call Trainwreck, he said, "This is how you meet friends." So, I went out and bought a six pack as a thank you for helping me get my place in the beginnings of order. My neighbor, Moe, was watching Nascar so we discussed the little details. After about an hour, I got up to go home and go to bed. Moe's clever response, "I have a bed." I congratulated him on that, but emphasized that I wasn't interested, I just wanted to get some sleep, thanked him for the offer (what is the appropriate thank you for something like that anyway?) amd went to leave again. After about 20 minutes of discussing why I wouldn't be sleeping with him, I finally got out of there to get some sleep. Yes, I could have just left, but I am trying to make new friends. Needless to say, I haven't heard from him again.
Oh well, I gave it my best effort, short of putting out.

1 comment:

Gern said...

Crap! Couldn't he at least have offered you flowers first? Somehow, I don't consider hanging pictures a form of courtship, but, I do tend to live in the 20th century.
Congrats on surviving the move. Sounds like you did better than Florida, Louisianna, etc.