Cat in the Stacks

I am feeling very random, as in...random thoughts are going to now be hurled into cyberspace.

• I'm watching When Harry Met Sally right now.  Great movie.  I think it's inspired me to have a board game party night.  I want to have a get-together very badly at my new apartment, but money is not good right now... It'd have to be a pot luck deal if I were to do anything.  (Z and I have been eating pasta and PBJ sandwiches for so long...we're probably malnourished now, haha.)
  
• I walked 4 miles yesterday and boy, are my legs tired.  I stopped by the gym today to do some crunches and embarrassed myself on a machine where you do leg lift things that work your lower abs... I can normally do them, but today I couldn't do them because my legs hurt from said walk... An ab exercise should not be impossible because of leg pain.  That just is wrong...  There was no saving of face.  Alas.
• Z and I both have had our transmissions go ka-poot.  We have one car between us and it's actually my dad's...  (Thank goodness he's letting me borrow it...)  That basically translates to Z and I having to buy two new/used cars.  Car payments, student loans, credit card payments, and bills galore.  (Neither one of us have actually gotten around to getting a new car yet, but it's on the horizon...)  Things are just frustrating right now.  (My job holding my paycheck for a month isn't helping matters.  Neither is the fact that Z's job isn't giving him any hours hardly.)  If I had the luxury of daydreaming about cars, I'd be interested a hatchback of some kind...  As far as used cars go, I'd take whatever I could get.  If I had the really BIG luxury of daydreaming about new-new cars, the following interest me: Toyota Yaris, Chevrolet Aveo, and Kia Rio5.  (Personally, a Volkswagon Beetle or Rabbit would be SWEET, but those are out of my price range.  Heck...everything's out of my price range right now, truthfully.)
• I am going to California for a few days in a little over a week.  I am starting to get nervous because I still have to make some arrangements, like airport pick-up and drop-off.  I'd really rather not be stuck in Anaheim after the ALA conference is over.
• I miss having pets...  My budget doesn't let me have one period and Z's allergies prevent kitties with fur...  *sadness*
• Work's been interesting... Lots to do, including a grant-writing project.  Fun, fun.

Question... I am curious if any of my friends read this blog.  I keep up with all of my peeps through Google Reader and I think blogs are a great way to keep up with people in this crazy day and age.  I like Vox a lot, but I think it puts up a barrier between Vox and non-Vox users...  So, yeah, if you're a friend of mine and you do keep up with this blog, message me on Facebook or something.  I'd hate to start ANOTHER blog, but I may have to start a personal one with another service because I'm definitely feeling some disconnect right now..

Now, back to reading through the massive amount of feeds in my Reader...

What lesson did your father teach you that still helps you in life?

    "Don't be stupid."

    (It covers everything.  Thanks, Dad.)

Things that I have done in the month of May:

• Graduated with my M.A. in Library & Information Science
• Moved into a new apartment with my fiancé
• Started a new job in an Archives & Records Department at a local non-profit

I am really liking my new job.  My boss and fellow employees seem great so far.  This job is going to be pretty challenging...  Apparently a former employee hadn't cared adequately for the department for the past seven years or so...  There's a lot of stuff that needs to be done, in other words!  (Ohhhh... I also got a fun title change.  I'm Assistant Archivist now.  Much better.  In two years or so I can take the test to become a certified Archivist.  Exciting!)

With all the good that's happening, I hate that I feel so down right now...  I made a stupid mistake this past week and it's landed me in money troubles.  I wrote a credit card cash advance check to myself.  The amount posted to my bank.  I paid my rent and such after I saw that the funds had posted.  A few days later I see that I've really overdrawn my bank account because the cash advance check was declined and thus taken away...  Another one of my credit cards does not have a cash advance limit... I didn't realize that the check that I HAD used was for a card that DID have a limit...  Now I'm really screwed...  Relief won't come for a few more weeks since my job holds my first paycheck for a month after my start date.  June is going to be not very fun, in other words...

Things to look forward to...lingerie shower, finishing my apartment, returning to wedding planning, and going to the American Library Association conference at the end of June.  (California, here I come!  Thank goodness the expenses are covered by the ALA Student-to-Staff program.  It pays to be involved with extracurricular activities!)

Show us your daily planner.
Submitted by sarah louise.

Nothing to show really...  I use a combination of Google Calendar and Remember the Milk.  'Tis awesome.  Now all I need is an iTouch or a PDA...

Show us a picture of your reflection.

Mirror, mirror...

Here's a quiz about how one fits in with technology nowadays.  I'm an "omnivore."  These were my results.

Take the quiz here.

What's the worst thing that could happen to you today? Bonus question: How would that thing potentially benefit you?

I could hear that I am not a candidate for an interview with this job that I really want... I don't really see at this time how that would benefit me, other than to let me know to move on...

Show us what makes you sleepy.

When it rains outside, I want nothing more than to curl up and cat-nap.  I know I'm not alone in this!

Water-drops on glass

Show us something that's got you hooked.

http://www.thedailyplate.com/

Show us a picture of you when you were a baby.
Submitted by yuki.

Grrrr...