Progress

Wow, has it really only been two days since I last posted? Usually, I'm so busy with stuff it takes me a week or so. Of course it helps that I had a friendly reminder.

But the title says progress, what progress?

Cleaning progress.  Now, I know I've been saying it for a while, both here and IRL that I'm working on cleaning up my room and reorganizing. And I get that for some of you are probably thinking, "Gee, how long can it take?" Well, let me clear up some stuff. Not only have I been reorganizing, but I've been moving furniture around, getting new furniture to replace some older stuff, and preparing for a super big change in living space. I'm sorry to be super vague, but I can't really say much about that change at this point in time.

Anyways, I finally got rid of my trundle bed mattress which means that I now have some new storage space under my bed, except that I need to make a few modifications. Specifically, I'm removing the slats that held the mattress and replacing them with support that will be a bit closer to the ground so I can actually store stuff under my bed.

 

I'm also moving a ton of jewelry making tools into a newly cleared out spot. I still need to move my bulletin board to a different wall, move my mirror up half a foot (and that thing is crazy heavy). Get rid of my old bookcases, reattach a smiley face to one of the decorations I have hanging from my ceiling, put more photos on the wall, shift things into my desk, hang up one more large key, and more. Seriously, my list feels like it never ends. I have to get the support mods done to put away half the stuff, and a good chunk of other stuff I need to retrieve from my dad's place.

Now add in job apps and school. That's why this project is taking me so long. In theory, I could have had a lot of it done over various school breaks, but on those longer breaks, I like to spend time with my friends for the short time they're here.

This weekend though, I got a lot done toward this project with my room. I organized most of my books, cleared out some space, and got my desktop computer set up finally. Now, I can actually work on homework efficiently as well as photography without waiting to go to my dad's house to do it. So yeah. Progress.

I'm not the only one working toward reorganizing though. My mom has been fixing up Keegan's room to make it "Star Warsy". He's got new paint, new sheets, a new bed spread, posters, and a new cabinet coming in. His room project is going much faster than mine is. Of course to be fair, he's got my mom working on it. For a project this large, I might have asked my mom for help, but I needed to do this one on my own, therefore, it's taking a lot longer. It doesn't help that I'm a really messy person normally.

Speaking of star wars though, it's time for my fun fact of the day!

My mom is a bigger star wars nerd than I am, and that's pretty impressive. She was part of the original star wars fan club and she kept pretty much all of the stuff from when she was like 13. This includes trading cards, Bantha Tracks (the name of the official fan club publications) up to something like issue 30, bubble gum wrappers, people magazine's special on star wars, sketches and drawn scenes by Ralph McQuarrie, and stickers. She was showing me some of this stuff the other day and I have to say I was very impressed. I also know where I get it from.

Sometimes it's almost scary how alike my mom and I are. I was looking through old family photos the other day (I needed to scan one for an English paper) and I found some from when I mom was in her twenties. The family resemblance is very, very evident. And then I saw a picture of my great-grandma Myrtle from when she was fairly young. Schmolies, she and my mom looked similar. I swear just a little different haircut on my mom and you might never know. It's really interesting (to me at least) to notice that older picture of Myrtle look very similar to my grandma now. The Schmidt line clearly has some very dominant traits being passed down.

But enough tangents. I have more job applications to fill out and plenty to do in my room before the little one goes to bed. And, I need to repair some jewelry for someone because I was supposed to have done it like a month ago. So yeah. Much art. Such busy.

Do you have any crazy projects you're working on? Let me know!

With Love,
PolarBearMoose <3

Hasty Generalizations

I really hate when people include me in these hasty generalizations of things they're unhappy about. Right now specifically, my mom is doing it. Don't get me wrong, I love my mom. But see, she really likes things clean. Okay. I can understand that. But it's hard not to hear through paper thin walls that she's upset about when things aren't clean. Again, I get it. She likes things clean. But when she comments about how she's told us (the kids) to do things a certain way, for example pulling open a shower curtain so it doesn't get moldy, hang up the mats and towels, etcetera, and we haven't done it, it's a little frustrating. Because we're too "self-involved". Now I'm mature enough to take responsibility for the things that maybe I could be helping more with, but I'm pretty sure that in regards to the bathroom for example, I've done what she's asked every time. Maybe I forget one of the ten things she's ask occasionally, but not enough to be called self-involved.

What really frustrates me though is that I'm the only one of us (the kids) that seems to care enough to try and step-up a little bit more. The responsibility for compensating for everyone else seems to always fall on me. Which really just isn't cool. I'm sorry if I can't spend every second of every minute of everyday making everyone else around me happy with out going literally insane. Excuse me if every once in a while, I'd actually like to be happy myself. I apologize if I'm too "self-involved" to have done all those things in the bathroom that were asked. Since I am so self-involved, maybe I shouldn't have gone and hung up the coat that fell out of the closet (no fault of my own) because it was lying on the floor in the middle of the hallway. I'm so darned self-involved that volunteered to go out and get a separate dinner for my mom the other day because she was having a break-out in her mouth. I guess that's just me being self-involved.

Sorry for the rant guys. I'm just feeling a little frustrated at the moment.

Hope you're having an okay Monday.

With Love,
PolarBearMoose <3

My New Desk!

It finally came!! Yay! Rather than spend my afternoon doing an essay (due tomorrow, yikes!) I spent my time building my desk. I have to say it's perfect and exactly what I was looking for. It took me so long to find one that I liked, but once I did, just wow.

It's quite a bit more "decorated" now (aka, covered in school work and stuff because I need to clean still). But I love it. I think I'm going to go out and get baskets for it next weekend. And also set up my desktop and stuff. Gah!! So excited. First time I've had a desk in two weeks. Now I can stop charging my laptop on the floor. Ermagersh! Seriously loving it.

Ooh, but guess who is officially registered for classes for next quarter? This girl! I don't quite remember if I've mentioned it before or not, which is why I'm talking about it now. Anywho, I have two English classes and a psych class and a yoga class and last but not least, a history class! I know, kind of a flip-flop compared to this quarter. Oh wells!

Ooh and, I get to go to Mexico this year!! Woot! I probably won't stop mentioning this, even after I go. Sorry, but you're just going to have to deal with it. So many exciting things happening. Yay! Anyways, that essay is kinda sorta still waiting for me.....soooooooo....I gotta go now.

Adios amigos!
Au revoir!
Adieu!
Arrivederci!

Okay no more procrastinating for me (well, at least not for the minute).

With love,
PolarBearMoose <3
 

Impatience

Gahhh! So my room has kind of been in shambles while I redecorate and what-not. I moved my desk out I my room to make room for one that my grandma helped me order from IKEA. So now, I'm just waiting for it to come. It's pretty much supposed to come any day now. I'm really really impatient about it coming though. Plus, I feel a little stuck with cleaning until it comes. Argh! I mean, there's stuff I can do, but it's hard because the stuff I I really want to take care of is stuff I need the desk for. Also, I think I want to get different bookshelves too.

Of course, cleaning and redecorating has kind of taken a back seat until finals are over. I can't wait until this next week is over. Then it's freedom! At least until next quarter. But I get something like 3 weeks of vacation, so, that's something. Also, my finals week coincidentally ends the same day that The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug comes out. Which means that I get to have my own little party of one to celebrate surviving my first quarter of college! Or at least it's a party of one until people come home again. Actually, that's a bit of an exaggeration. There are plenty of people here that I could go see it with. But I don't really want to see it with anyone else until I see it with some of my lunch bunch. Which may never happen, but I'm gonna hold out hope that I can which is why I'm not planning on going with a bunch of people. And that is why I'm planning on going by myself at least the first time around. 

I just want this quarter to be OVER already. One more week left. And, I'm pretty sure I'm past the worst week. I only have like 3 more things due next week and the rest is all tests. Two of them are on Monday and the last is Friday, meaning it should be a breeze. 

Anyways, hope your week went well. Fun plans? Stressing plans? Let me know! 

And now I will bid you adieu.

With Love,

PolarBearMoose <3