Hello family. Justin left a little while ago to head out to Ohio for a couple gigs so I am left with some time to write a real update.

Bullet points:
-Found a new place to live. If you didn't know, our current home is way too small. It has no storage space. We knew this when we agreed to take it but somehow we thought we had a steal. Then we moved our stuff in and since then it's been chaos. Mess and chaos. I haven't really ever felt comfortable in this house. I feel like our stuff is always out in the open. PLUS we had/have an ant issue. As well as a brief mice issue a few months back. Both of these things made us super anxious to find a new place to live but we thought we were stuck in our lease until December. We thought wrong. We discussed with the landlord (rather, Justin discussed.) and he said the lease was really just there in case we up and decided to disappear one day. So at that time we began to look more aggressively. Knowing we had more time and could make an informed decision we looked at a lot of places. Some of them were nicer than others but we always found a problem, mostly that we couldn't figure out the moving IN process. The living there would be okay but moving in, not so much.

Finally we happened upon a second floor, two bedroom apartment with laundry hookups IN the apartment (Horray, no trecking down three flights of stairs) It has TWO entrances including an open stairway in the back to a private deck. The bedrooms were moderately sized. But with the HUGE living room we weren't too worried about bedroom size. The most important part is that there is an extra room for ALL of Justin's musical equipment. So now we can have a REAL living room with an entertainment area and if it works out, maybe a space of my own at the back of the room.

Its not the prettiest of places, they don't allow pets :( (we might be able to get around that after they have seen how we are as tenants) and its a stall only shower. But its certainly workable. And its somewhere that I can see me being able to get creative with. Oh and it has off street parking which is a Godsend.

So we're moving in a week. I will update with my new address when I figure out what it is exactly.

-The day after move in, our two friends are getting married. Steve and Mari. Steve used to be in Draw the Line but isn't anymore. Details need not be posted all over the internet. It just wasn't his decision. But he's happy. Anyway, Mari lives in PA right now so recently we took a trip down to PA and spent a day touring Philly with the two of them. It was a lot of fun. Anyway, their wedding is Quohasset, Mass. Right on the water. It's going to be beautiful! Plus two of our friends from MI are flying out for the wedding so we get to spend time with them.

It's going to be a busy week. After we move in and attend tis wedding, we have to get as situated as possible so we can pack for our vacation. October 4 we fly to Los Angeles. We're staying with Justin's grandma Wanda. Sunday we think will be touristy stuff around her area...which HOPEFULLY My best friend in the whole world will be joining for as she lives in CA now. Monday and Tuesday we're planning for Disneyland with one of those nights devoted to visiting Casey at her home. Wednesday we're going with Justin's grandma to Hollywood!!!! Thursday is Universal and Friday we fly to Hawaii where we will probably spend the next three days on the beach. Then Monday we fly home. Well..we start our flight home.

We leave Hawaii Monday morning. We get to Los Angeles at 9:30 something at night. At 11:55 pm we have to board a plane to Atlanta. Then we fly to PVD from there. If we get home without any delays it will be a miracle. A serious miracle. Please pray for me.

And thats all the excitement I will be having for a while. I want to come home for Christmas but I don't have a plane ticket yet and I dunno how I will be able to afford it since I can barely afford to pay my bills. Justin is coming home with me though.

On the work front, I've been told that when the people in suits decide to address our staffing issue, I will be promoted to secretary and get a hefty raise. But I dont expect that to happen soon so I am not sure what to do. I have to get extra money somehow. I was approved for SOME overtime but its only going to amount to like 50 bucks if I just work 2 hours...so I don't know.

Ah well I should go now. I have been going into work half an hour earlier this week so I can leave at 4:30 when the rst of the non-billing staff leaves. I like leaving early but getting up earlier kinda stinks! BED TIME

Hi hi.

Couple items of interest:

I started a Project 365 today. This is a project a lot of people do. You take one photo per day and share it. Most people do it of themselves. Others do it of objects and things in their lives. I dont know which I am doing. However, my first photo and all the ones to follow can be found at this link

http://shuttercal.com/calendar/iamrenaldo/

Today is the one year anniversary of me moving away from Illinois. Crazy. Maybe I will write about more later but I am on a time crunch. Things are fine, moving into a new place just as soon as we can make a decision. Will be sure to keep everyone updated.

Love ya!