The past few days have been busy as hell.  All this stuff going on, it’s crazy!  First of all, I put in an application and left the security deposit on a new apartment today… I’m waiting to see if they’re going to approve my sorry ass or not, it’s making me crazy with angst. Oh, I know there are other apartments in the world but I want THIS ONE!!!  I’ll know by tomorrow.  If I get it, I’ll move on March 1st. The apartment is a large two-room studio, so now is the time to PURGE HALF MY BELONGINGS!!!

Which brings me to the next thing I’m juggling: I have this huge collection of cowgirl figurines and other collectibles that I’ve been hauling across the country for the past fifteen years or so.  I’ve been wanting to sell off the bulk of it on eBay for YEARS now, I’ve just been putting it off.  I’ve tried selling and it’s a pain in the ass!!  I just don’t want to mess with it on my own.  So I finally arranged with a woman who’s probably going to become my Trading Partner.  I provide the sellables, she does all the dirty work and takes a percentage of the proceeds.  She’s coming over on Monday to help me root through all the boxes.  I need to go through them myself before then, just to confirm what I have and pull out what I know I want to keep, etc.  As soon as there’s any auction of this stuff that I can publicize, I’ll do it here of course.

Showed our current apartment tonight for the first time, to some people who actually seem like they might take it!!  I TOLD you it wouldn’t take long, but damn, the very first people who looked?!?  They’re going to talk about it and let us know tomorrow; if they want it, we have to send them to the management company to fill in the paperwork and stuff.  Even if they don’t take it, it gives me great hope that we’ll easily be able to find new tenants.  It really is a nice place, and a great deal rentwise.  We’ve had a few other inquiries too, from the ads we put on Craig’s List and in the Reader, though I’m not sure if John actually set up appointments with those people or not.

My daddy got me a cool watch for a late Christmas present, isn’t it neat-o?  It’s been in the mail chasing me across the country for the past few weeks… don’t ask!  Tracked it down, it’s in safe hands and out of limbo now, thank goodness.  I’ll have it soon and then I’ll probably never take it off.  :-)

The building’s handyman guy is supposed to come over tomorrow to do a few things: replace some blinds, replace a broken light-fixture-cover, patch a few spots on the walls, fix a loose doorknob.  Better than the last time he came over, he replastered part of the ceiling and got powder all over everything!!  But hey, the ceiling looks great so I can’t complain.

I’ve been going through and making mental notes on a lot of stuff I have to get rid of before moving day.  Don’t think I want my mountain bike anymore, John doesn’t want it either.  Want to sell my humongous accordion, my old Peavy amp and maybe the Farfisa too.  (Eeek!!  I can’t sell the Farfisa, noooooo…!!!) Lots of CDs and books and magazines and oh, all kinds of crap. I’m just drowning in it, it’s not helping me move forward in my life or nothin’.

Gotta finish getting my tax stuff together too, and off to my accountant before it all gets lost in a sea of boxes!  It’s all pretty much ready to go, I’m just having trouble getting the damn scanner to work, argh!!  I think it wants toner, but you don’t even need toner to scan something… stupid thing.

It’s been over 24 hours since I last broke down sobbing, that’s a real good thing.  :-| For awhile there I just couldn’t turn off the waterworks, just could not deal.  It was a sudden overaccumulation of stresses brought on by everything that’s gone down in the past month or two.  Now I’m just… running, and doing, and trying not to think about things that tend to get me all teary-eyed. :-|

Lots of other little things to deal with too.  Pretty nuts… just keep crossin’ yer fingers for me and John, that everything continues to go as smoothly as possible!!