Lindsey

So we’ve been here almost a month already, and I have to say I am liking it here.
During the move, I was practically bedridden by allergies, because I had spent the last week and a half in the woods looking for Bear. You’ve all seen Bryce’s blog, so you know what happened, but it was horrible, even more so because we had to leave and I felt like I was leaving him behind. It literally would have been better to find him dead because at least I would have known what happened. A man from the apartments thinks he has been feeding him, but I’m not sure because there are several stray black cats, and the guy can’t catch him, and I’m pretty sure Bear would have come inside by now. It has been over two weeks this guy has been feeding him, but it is too far away to go home for what is more than likely a stray cat. If Bear was around we would have seen him.
So we came out. I was sad about Bear and sick to the point of being unable to move. I felt bad because Val was here, but I don’t think I’ve felt so terrible in years.
Luckily, my allergies have gotten much better these days.
We got a new bed, it is a queen size sleigh bed in cherry with an 800 dollar semi-soft simmons mattress, and I love it. It beats the mattress on the floor, which is what we had been doing. We spent exactly what we intended to, and it was needed.
We also got a few new bookcases and a new tv stand, which we put together. We also tried to get Dish Network, but the HD couldn’t go the right way, so we were without tv for awhile, over a week. So we watched all of Arrested Development, half of Moonlighting, and all of Grey’s Anatomy. We did buy seasons 1-3 of Lost because we found an AMAZING sale - $20 a piece, which is less than anything on Amazon that was used.
I started working, which has been good. I think I’m really going to enjoy the work and my coworkers - alot of younger people, including my cohort who is also 24. We’ve spent most of our time together, since we are training. I have to dress business casual - professional, which was unexpected, so I’ve had to do some shopping, but I think it makes me feel more important. I also have to go down to the lab outside of Columbus overnight every week for one night, possibly two, through January, so that kind of stinks. But I get a raise in January already, and I’ve already been earning paid time off - I have already almost earned a full day because of overtime that I choose not to get paid for, but to turn into an hour and a half of paid time off (they call it “compensatory” time), so I’m hopeful I may be able to get off work for Christmas, since I don’t get vacation for a full year.
We also got a new kitten, as seen on B’s blog. We adopted her from a rescue orginization, and her name there was “Patches” but we are thinking of something - Sweets and Roxie are the leading choices. She is the sweetest kitten I’ve ever had, including all the kittens I raised as a kid. She has a very friendly disposition, and is both playful and a lap cat on command. She is a “tortoiseshell”, which is basically a black based calico, with more specks of brown and orange than large spots. Trivia: Almost all calico and tortie’s are female, and males with the coloring are generally sterile.
So, things have been well, with the exception of Bear, and not having had a paycheck in awhile, but we put money away for this, so I am not concerned. B’s work will get figured out, he has a fallback if the others don’t work out, so we will be two income by the end of the month. The people are nicer, although the roads are shit