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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
vicky_pi
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11:32a
many months of events
i finally feel the desire to post. really, i just didn't want to until there was actually a change in one circumstance or another. now there have been a few!
my parents sold their house at the end of november. we had thanksgiving at the house, but in the midst of many boxes, and with no furniture other than the table and chairs.
obviously, i have since moved, actually with the sister of one of my (former) co-workers. like i said, many changes. my housemate, and her old-lady lab are awesome and very laid back. everyone is adjusting to the birds and crazy cat very well.
work has been a trip, but i get pretty much full hours and now have health insurance, so i can find the necessary patience for it. there has been a little shake-up with the employees (thus the 'former' co-worker) and we are now training...4 new people. for a business of about 10 people that is a lot of trainees and a lot of training. but it also guarantees my position as long as i am willing to put up with it, which i can appreciate in these unsettled times.
ben and i are looking for an apartment together for june, so things are going well in that department. it's mostly the distance that creates a lot of the stress, so hopefully that will be resolved in the near future. he's a good guy, and even put up with my awkward work holiday dinner last night, haha. oh! we also went and visited his family in october. they are fun and hilarious - but live 18 hours of driving away (bad, bad drive!).
not sure what's happening for the holidays as i am working them, but hopefully i can avoid going into debt this year! (woo, here's to hope!)
i'm really ready to just live somewhere and not worry about things changing all the time. *sigh* but i guess things are generally changing towards the better, and that's all that you can really hope for, yeah?
current mood:  hopeful
current music: radio
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abhyastamita
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4:23a
"May I have your attention please. A fire has been reported in the building. Please proceed to the nearest exist and leave the building. Do not use the elevator, but proceed to the nearest exist and leave the building," followed by about 15 seconds of siren.
It's been doing that for only 12 minutes; I just checked, but it feels a lot longer than that. It went off at 4 AM. I couldn't find my pants that had my keys in them for what felt like a long time. I thought about taking Rooney and Dumpling with me, but decided that it was very unlikely to be real and so they could stay. I did grab my coat and hat and scarf because it's below 30 degrees out.
I got down three flights of steps and then the line of people stopped. There was an argument going on somewhere below. The people who had gotten to the bottom had heard it was a false alarm and were coming back up again. But the alarm can only be turned off by the fire department, and they weren't here yet.
So I followed everyone else up, thinking all the while that it was a dumb thing to do because if they were wrong about the false alarm, there would be no way to tell the people who'd gone back in the building. But I went back up anyway. It's cold out. And if it's real, my cats need to come out with me.
The fire truck just got here, I think about 15 minutes after. And they just turned off the alarm, at about 17 minutes after. So I guess I can go back to sleep now. For an hour. Commuting an hour every day sucks.
Still, nobody at all here seemed mad about it. And nobody yesterday on the bus was mad, even though the two earlier buses hadn't come and the bus I was on was packed to capacity. In China they might have fit more people on, but not a lot more. Hardly anyone grumbled. Lots of people laughed about it. Lots of people took the opportunity to chat with strangers. I like where I live. That doesn't happen everywhere.
current mood:  sleepy
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