My focus is so in the toilet this afternoon, just sitting here is torture.
I don’t know how I’m going to make it through the next 27 days. I want to be in the house now! Not in the office! Not in our apartment–which is growing increasingly annoying by the second!
Blah. Ugh. Hurry up, April.
I really hate car accidents.
Well, duh. But I’m ridiculously afraid of someone I love or myself dying or being mangled in a car wreck. It seems the most likely way for someone to die. Also one of the stupidest and most senseless ways to die. One second of choice could change the outcome. I hate thinking about it.
And I really hate hearing of fatal accidents in my town. Much less on a major intersection I travel 4+ times a day. A teenager was killed at such an intersection this afternoon.
This intersection is ridiculous. I’ve lived in my apartment complex for 5 years and the area has gotten increasingly busy, to the point where the city started to expand it a couple months ago. The intersection is between one 30 mph road with a stop sign and a 60 mph road with no stop sign. The 60 mph road is only 2 lanes. It is HORRENDOUS. I’ve been wanting them to expand the road and put in a light there for years. Well, I guess that’s what they’re finally doing with the construction. The problem is that while the construction is going on, they’ve made the intersection a hundred times worse. There is no speed slow down and they’ve blocked all sides of the road with construction barrels, leaving no room to move if someone pulls out in front of you. Plus these barrels completely block the view of those on the 30 mph road trying to turn or cross.
So, it came as no surprise to hear of an accident on this road today. AGAIN. There have been countless accidents just in the 5 years I’ve lived here. People suck at driving and don’t pay attention, that’s a general rule. Add that to this completely unsafe construction and road conditions, and now we have a fatality.
Just makes me more ready to move and be done with that intersection and that road (the 60 mph one).
Sometimes I feel like car wrecks like this are some kind of cosmic warning to watch myself. Or worse, a sign that I will soon be in such a situation. Because I’m just narcissistic like that. It easily could have been Andy or me in that intersection at that exact moment. And obviously this can happen anywhere else for that matter.
Speaking of car accidents, I recently finished reading The Gargoyle, by Andrew Davidson. It starts off with the narrator getting in a car wreck that leaves him so burnt he loses all his toes, a few fingers, his hair, tear ducts, ability to perspire, burnt off lips, raspy voice—oh, and his penis burned away too. Really fantastic book though; I highly recommend if you can stomach his injuries.
I really hate car accidents.
I really hate it when people tell me how they feel so much better and have sooo much more energy they have after changing their diets to eat tons of vegetables and no sugar or fat.
Horse shit.
You know what makes me feel better? Eating a can of Pringles and washing it down with a bag of chocolate chip cookies.
And I’m stuck in an office all day.
I’d like to be just about anywhere but the office. I’ve been rather productive this week, and don’t have a lot to finish up this Friday afternoon. And my mind is every where else anyway.
This week Andy and I found a house! We entered the contract, and are closing on April 19. We have a lot to figure out before then–like how much we’re going to put down, homeowner’s insurance, tax credit, appliances and junk for when we do move. La la la.
First things first–how much to put down. UGH. We’d like to do 20%, but not sure if 20% will wipe us out too much. If we don’t do 20%, we’ll do 15%. If we do 15%, we’ll have mortgage insurance for 5 years and a few months if we don’t pay any extra. Our lender has a bi-weekly payment plan that would allow us to stop paying PMI after almost 3 years, but could we really afford that many payments? BAH. I don’t know, but we have to figure it out by Monday morning so we can finish the loan.
Then there’s homeowner’s insurance, and I wish I could get a clue with online quotes first, but the sites keep asking me questions I don’t know the answers to, and it’s annoying the crap out of me. Our realtor told us her favorite agent, so I may just call him to get started on having a clue.
Then the tax credit bit is confusing, but I think I finally figured that out. We want to claim it for 2009, but our closing date is after April 15. Looks like we can file an extension though. So that should be good. Can’t they just say that somewhere on the official first time homebuyer tax credit program website? Some of us are retarded about taxes and didn’t know you could file an automatic extension!
After we close, we’ll need to get some appliances. Like a refrigerator. Washer and Dryer. Oh, and a lawn mower and yard junk. I am so clueless about taking care of a lawn, it’s ridiculous. Haven’t lived in a home since living with my parents (10 years ago), and I’ve never mowed grass before in my life. But, I’m kind of excited about having a lawn and learning to take care of it! I just don’t really know where to start. I suppose we could always hire people to do it. But…I don’t know. I’d like to learn if I can.
Worry worry worry. I’m just ready to be done with this junk and move in. I can’t wait to have a house and be out of this apartment complex. Our neighbors get on my last nerve and I’m quite ready to be done with their elephant stomping asses.
So the house? It’s has 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. Nice covered patio. Our master bedroom has a door to the patio as well, which is really neat. It has a super pretty kitchen with dark cabinets, which I was incredibly picky about when we were looking for houses. Just not a fan of lighter wood colors there. Our kitchen also has a built-in desk with areas for sorting mail/bills.
Overall, I just love the style of the house. The archways, light fixtures, and things like door knobs are fantastic. I also love the tile floors and the carpet color in the bedrooms. The paint is pretty–neutrals, but a bit darker than normal.
I also love the neighborhood. We were hoping to find a home over there. It’s a new, fast growing area. Very close to Kroger–my favorite Kroger at that. Haha.
Anyway, babble babble babble. I’m excited and ready for April 19! I can’t decide if the next month is going to go excruciatingly slow, or creep up quickly with all we have to do.
Does anyone make Sims 3 pictures in the same way we used to make them for Sims 2?
I just can’t get into picture-creating with Sims 3. Maybe I haven’t given it enough of a chance. Maybe I haven’t seen enough examples to inspire me. Maybe I’m too spoiled by all the custom content and pose hack resources we had with Sims 2. I don’t know.
When I see Sims pictures now, I still see Sims 2 pictures. Has everyone else decided picture-taking in Sims 3 stinks, or have they just not moved onto Sims 3 period?
Anybody know of any pose hacks for Sims 3. Back in the day, my first stop to look for some would be Mod the Sims, but visiting that site now just plain gives me a headache.
One major problem I have with Sims 3 in general, but it particularly affects picture-taking is the fact that Windowed mode distorts the graphics in the game. So I have to play full screen mode, which is way too inefficient for picture-taking (and a whole lot of other things, actually).
Blah, I miss old Sims. Wish they could create a game just like Sims 2 + its expansions, with the performance and graphics increases of Sims 3. Haha.
