apartment update

After another long weekend, we're still not quite 100 percent settled in the new place. But we're closer. The office still needs some work, but it looks worse than it is. There are several boxes in there that just need to go to the basement, and that will make a huge difference. The next couple evenings, I think, is all it's going to take to whip the office into shape. Then we can start thinking about things like curtains, new rugs, a coat rack, etc. Progress!

Things that will happen in the near future: Getting a cat. Editing my novel. Fixing up my desk. Getting caught up at work. MAYBE a trip to Vegas. Stay tuned for more updates!

a moving dream

About a week ago, I moved from Astoria to Williamsburg. Last night, I dreamed that my partner-in-crime and I had to go back to our old apartment to clean it out. When we got there, the whole neighborhood was sort of crumbling and returning to the elements. One side of our old building had fallen away, so the basement studio was wide open. There was an old mattress in one corner, and drifts of fallen, rotting leaves everywhere. There were porcelain dolls and coins and pocket watches and candy scattered beneath and around the mattress. Someone had built a wooden deck off one end of the apartment. It was completely overwhelming, and utterly fascinating. My parents and my younger sister, and a good friend's mother, came to help us clean up, but right when the landlord arrived to deal with things, we were expected somewhere else, so we had to leave and just hope our family would take care of the mess well enough.

I woke up really wishing I could hang out with my mom today.

We made good progress on the apartment. The bedroom is mostly settled now. We're contemplating rearranging the living room. The office is still definitely a work in progress, but it'll get there. And once we're done rearranging furniture, I'm getting a cat.

Happy Tuesday, everyone!

moved!

Two days ago, I finally moved out of the basement apartment in Astoria and into a two-bedroom apartment in Williamsburg. I have windows! And sunshine! And separate rooms! It's amazing. We're not totally settled yet; the kitchen and the living room are good, but the living room and my office need some work. It'll take a week or two, I think, to get through everything. But I don't mind that. I need to start a list of things we need for the new place. I need to go grocery shopping. I need to finish my freelance project! I'll get it all done. I'm just happy I finally have an office, with a desk that faces a window.

Happy Tuesday, everybody!

happy new year!

Happy 2012, everybody! I hope last night was full of good company and good booze and that today has minimal hangovers involved.
I made my list of goals for 2012:

• less work


• more yoga


• read fifty books


• spend fifteen minutes a day on myself


• finish/submit the ghost/witch novel


• finish novelizing Emmelina


• write two shorts


• start the fey folk/secret societies novel

Pretty good list, hmm? I think it's reasonable. How about you? Any goals or resolutions for this year?