Beth's Journal

Spent most of last weekend, this past week, and yesterday cleaning crap out of our apartment in preparation for our big move in June. We're trying to pare our stuff down as much as possible so we don't have so much to drag over to Indiana with us, and so we can get away with getting a smaller moving van. I'm starting to look forward to a fresh start, and letting go of the past. I managed to get rid of quite a few things, actually - including this nasty-smelling, ratty as all hell bathrobe I've had for 15 years that turned into something of a comfort item. I don't think it'd had a proper wash in about 10 years, and it shed chenille bits all over the place. It's probably for the better that it got tossed - I tend to cling to stuff like that, and considering it was a stand in for my security blanket for a while, I was pretty attached to that stinky bathrobe, but if I hung onto everything I was attached to, I'd have so much useless crap accumulating everywhere. So, yeah. We ended up dumping 8 bags of trash in a dumpster on campus and leaving five bags at the thrift store. Kinda hoping there'll be more where that came from, I know we have a lot of junk, but who knows.

We're actually thinking of renting a tiny storage unit somewhere in Bloomington and bringing stuff we won't need for a few months - like most of our winter clothes, our boxes of books, and some of our kitchen stuff. I just have to get on Bryan's case to pick a date for when we're going to visit IUB and stuff like that.

I have to go give a computer lesson to the guy I petsit for - today we're covering pulling videos off a camera and saving them or burning them to DVD. Which is easy-peasy, compared to walking him through the basics of Excel last week. I'm still not so good with Excel, but I'm getting there. And then I've got work at the lab tonight, which means I'm going to have to make a pot of coffee and bring it with me in the thermos so I can stay awake.

I think I'm going to make an effort to post more. I should get my thoughts out more often, and put myself out there more often. No more hermit Bethie.

Got a lot done today. I am officially Beth Hoey, according to Social Security, the DMV, and my bank. Tomorrow, the college will recognize me as Beth Hoey, and that'll be just about all the places I need to change my name. I also opened up the boxed wedding presents we got (pots and pans, and a ton of Pyrex glassware), and cleaned up the kitchen, and started writing thank you notes. I also found out there was a living room underneath all the plastic bags, greeting cards, and flowers.

Now that we're back home, it feels like life as usual. I don't feel married. (Or maybe I've felt married for two years.) I end up surprised whenever I see my name as Beth Hoey anywhere. I have to re-learn how to sign my name! I screwed it up on one of the forms I filled out yesterday, and had to white it out and sign it again.

I don't want to go back to work tomorrow. I mean, I sort-of do, but I sort-of don't. I know it's going to be crazy with phone calls from people registering for fall non-credit classes, and I'm going to be so frustrated if my email's not working tomorrow. (Apparently CTS has been replacing a borked volume on the email servers, and not only are all my saved mails gone, half the time I can't even log in!) At least I can email people with the online registration email, even if it'll seem like people are getting emailed by a robot, until my mail is fixed - OH WAIT IT'S BACK. Thank god. I need my email for work!

I can't believe classes start in less than two weeks. The summer's flown by! Granted, there were some points where it felt like it was dragging (like from 2-4 pm every day), but in general, it's just shot right by. I never even got a chance to use my new tent. (I might see if I can find a relatively poop-free spot in Caroline's backyard when I petsit and set it up there, or ask Kit if I can camp out in her yard) When the school year starts, it's going to be crazy. 12 credit hours of classes, 30 hours of work at CLEAR, and 9 hours of work at the computer lab. If I'm not dead by the second week of school, or if I don't have a direct IV of coffee inserted into me, I'll be damn surprised.

I know, I've been mysteriously absent from Dreamwidth lately. I'm not entirely sure why, but sometimes that happens. I'll go and post in my journal every day for a month or two, and then drop off the face of the earth. I wonder what that says about me.

Anyhow, I have a tumblr account now. http://purpleparadox.tumblr.com is where to find me - if you've got tumblr too, feel free to add me.

I really should be getting ready for work, but I'd much rather sit here in front of the computer. I don't know why, I know I'm going to be sitting in front of the computer all day, but sometimes it's nice sitting in front of your own computer, y'know?