Condo Crazy!

I worked miserably on Saturday. It totallly sucked, but I got to go home at 1 so I only worked five hours. On a Saturday, five hours feels like ten, though. I called mom after work because I was hungry and they happened to be in town at Lowe's so we went to Culver's. Dad was acting his usually weird self while mom and I sat there, not feeling so well. Mom's got tummy issues with the squirts. I have a sinus infection that keeps breaking in unconvenient public places, but also keeps coming back. My mother, Stephanie, and myself followed Terri to Whitewater from the bowing alley on Saturday night. I brought Stephanie because she was excited for me (as I am for her, because her and Nathan got the apartment they wanted and move their crap into it, in about two weeks) and I brought my mom because she really wanted to see it, and because my head hurt so bad I didn't think I should have been driving. So, mom drove. It's fantastic. From what she originally told me, when she was half in the bag, was that it was the upper floor. But, she showed us the upper floor loft thing and I wasn't very impressed. Then, she showed us the basement/low level, and said as we were going down the stairs "this is what I think would be perfect for Corinne." It indeed, is quite perfect. If you go down the hallway, to the left is a huge walk-in closet. On the right there is a full bathroom, and straight ahead is a large bedroom with a queen-sized bed in it that I get to keep. Go back down the hallway and you walk into a sitting area/living room that is perfect for a nice big TV (WOOHOO), a couch, and a coffee table. Past that, past the stairs to he first level, there is a small kitchenette/wet bar, with a counter, cabinets, and a space for a full refridgerator. She said her brother works for subzero and she is going to be getting a new sub zero fridge in the next couple of weeks to put down there. I'll just have to get the stuff to put in it, and a pizza oven and microwave of course. Then past the kitchenette, there is a door that opens into a storage area, or what would have been the rest of the basement, which is huge. She said I can put all my crap in there and it really would be perfect! I'm so thrilled! I wish I could make it work before Christmas just because it would be awesome to spend my first Christmas alone, at the condo...with a cute little tree and stuff, and it would be awesome if I weren't moving in, in the winter, but that's just how it's working out. I pay the $300 a month, plus 1/4 of the electric bill. We will take turns paying the water bill, and she said if I want cable and internet, I'll just have to pay anything above what she's already paying. It's the perfect set up for me down there, and I have so many plans for it! I don't think I will paint the bathroom because the shower curtain I bought is white with pastel blue and purple watercolor butterflies on it...and the walls are white so I think it will be fine as it is. As for the livin area, I was thinking a muave or a sage. It would be awesome. Bedroom might stay white just because painting all that is a lot for one person. I'm glad I know what I'm doing though from working at Barker. I had to paint all the time, and I know what kind of paint is good and what is shitty...I know what covers well and what doesn't...and I know how to mix paint, so if I notice a clerk doing something wrong on my paint I get to yell at them and say "you're doing it wrong!" Heehee.

Yesterday I bought the shower curtain, a couple towels, a pizza cutter, and a new set of glasses. If anyone wants to know what they should do for me for Christmas, it would simply be to hand over some gift cards to places like Best Buy, PierOne, Kohl's, or Target. Stuff like that. However, I am not asking, or expecting anything from anyone. Please don't feel obliged, but it you want to help me out, I will be less reluctant for those gifts than I have been for gifts in the past. I'M SO FLIPPIN EXCITED! Mom's gettin me a kitten when I move in. I think that's the part that's going to mean the most to me...having that companion that is my own, and having a companion will help, this being my first time truly on my own. I can't wait! Yay!