November & December

Wow…the last little while has been pretty insane! :/ I went to Brockville in the end of October and beginning of November to visit Steve for a week again, and in that time, we went looking for an apartment to rent for the 1st of December…we had been talking about finding an apartment to rent for January, but we decided to just do it for the first of December instead. So, we started looking around. We went to one apartment to view it, and it was remarkably small – very nice, but way too small for the two of us. Oh boy.  So we kept on looking…the second place was just outside of Brockville and that one was huge.

We did consider that one, as it had two bedrooms, two living rooms, a kitchen, and a deck that we could use, so it was nice, but it was right over a garage, and I was not sure how quiet it would be with it being right over a garage. Steve seemed to like it…but we decided to look at one more apartment.  The huge apartment was a bit out of the way, so I wasn’t too sure if we should take it or not, even though we both really liked it. *laughs* It was huge, really, really huge so…

We then took a look at a third apartment, just to have more options, and that apartment was where one of Steve’s co-worker also lived in. He knew the apartment well and liked it, so we went and looked at it. It was pretty nice, bigger than the first place we looked at, and the landlord was very talkative.  Pretty funny actually. She was asking me about my last name, as she knew a Stagg herself, so…I had to tell her it was my married name…heh. A little weird, I will have to have my last name changed soon…I just keep putting it off…so it’s a pain.  Steve and I both talked about the apartment and we liked the third, the price was good and the size was good, so we went ahead and took it. But the funny thing is, I still haven’t signed a lease, which is pretty ridiculous. *laughs* I have already moved in!! Should be doing that sometime this week so I can bring it in to disability and show them that I have moved.

Anyway, we looked around, and got the apartment that we wanted, and I started packing up as soon as I returned back to Kingston…there was so much sorting that I had to do so it was not a lot of fun. I already lived in a two bedroom place as it was and it was filled to the brim. *laughs* And I have to move in with someone else, so I had to really sort through my stuff and decide what to keep and what to get rid of…it’s not been so much fun actually. And also on the week that I was at Brockville in the beginning of November, I actually got to sell my engagement ring, so I was really happy about that. Heh…the older lady who purchased it loved it so much, so I got my money and that got done and over with. I still only have the wedding band left. But I have sold my engagement ring, my wedding miscellaneous…so I’m getting some good leeway there now. It’s not been too much fun actually, but I want to get rid of as much as I can.  I’m currently selling my wedding band, two Christmas ornaments that I got from my ex-husband that says Our Christmas together, and they are pretty mushy, so I thought I’d try to sell them when I could. Don’t need it now, especially not while I’m seeing Steve.

Anyway, the time before the move was a bit crazy actually. *laughs* Oh, I also went to the Pacemaker Clinic for my routine check up for my pacemaker, and the funny thing was: my doctor came up to me saying that he was going to raise the limit that the pacemaker puts on my heart rate to a higher limit, because the limit it was at right now was too low, and was actually bad for my heart. I was surprised, and went, what? It’s bad for it? It’s been like this for years!!! 12 years to be specific. Wow.  So, when I went in the clinic for my appointment, I was sleepy, and when I came out of my appointment I was perked up and awake with the small difference they put on my heart rate for the pacemaker. It was a really weird feeling…I haven’t felt this awake in years and years and years!  It’s a good thing, I have more energy now so it’s a lot better. But it definitely was scary hearing that though.

Anyway, I figured I would need to get my cat Violet declawed, because the new apartment had carpet, and I knew Violet has this tendency to claw the rugs right up, it was her thing…so I figured, that since I was moving in an apartment with carpet that I should try to see if I should get her declawed. So I called the vet, and asked about it…she needed her shots as well, and was asking about when I could get her declawed, and they said that I could do it pretty soon, so I was surprised...but they did mention that she was an older cat so she may not be too happy for a bit about it…so oops. I found out how old she was in November, they said she was 9 years and 3 months old…I didn’t realize she was that old! *laughs* Wow…I thought she was maybe 7 years old…I didn’t think I had her that long!  Time sure flies. :S

Anyway, I brought her in for an overnight visit at the vet and having her getting checked up before the surgery, and went back home…in the night the vet called saying that it seemed that Violet had something wrong with her, but wasn’t sure, and was going to keep checking up on her and finding out what was wrong with her, and if she was actually sick they couldn’t do the surgery. So I was like, okay, doesn’t sound good but okay…just all wait and see. In the morning the vet called and said that they found that she had a kidney infection and they couldn’t do the surgery yet, because she was sick with a kidney infection and had to give her antibiotics and let her heal. I was like, okay, I actually didn’t know she had anything wrong with her. When I got her back she was all relieved, but wasn’t happy she was at the vet all night. *laughs* Now I’m not even sure if I am going to get her declawed, knowing how old she really is. :S So just have to see. She’s at the new apartment right now and she still has her claws… just occasionally tries to claw the rug. The rug is pretty thin, not thick rugs like my old place had…so oh well. Just have to see…I do have to call the vet here in Brockville and have her checked up soon…actually any time. *L* And make sure she’s actually all better. Oh well… just with her being sick, the vet bill was like 360 bucks…I nearly cried. I haven’t even gotten her declawed yet and that is supposed to be over $500 to do!  That was expensive, so I have to wait and see.

The day I dropped Violet off to the vet, I found out that my desktop computer wasn’t working right, and I was a bit confused…kept on checking and checking, and found that one of the drives that Windows was on had become nonexistent, so that was pretty sad actually. Ugh. So I just left it alone and started using my little netbook instead for the moment so…that wasn’t much fun. After I moved to Brockville, I went to Future Shop with Steve to look for a new computer, and I found one, a good sized one and bought it, it was nice and cheap actually so I liked that. Heh… So I bought it, and have been using that computer since. Oh well!!! I like it, though not used to working with Windows 7 at the moment. *smile*

I went out to Raxx’s a bit with my mom and her boyfriend and his sons…so that was good…just having a break and getting out of the house with all the boxes and all the disaster that was in the apartment with me sorting through my stuff. Wow.  Steve decided to come down at one point, to bring me the lease so I could sign my name on the lease for him and the landlord, and I brought him to Raxx’s there for their rib special…it was good.  Heh…

Then the moving day was pretty insane.  Steve moved a few days before the 1st of December, but he was lucky, didn’t have that much to move anyway.  So I hired movers to move my stuff and all that, and they came first thing on the 1st of December, and started moving stuff, then drove to Brockville, while I rode with my mom and John, and they started moving up stuff to my new apartment. *laughs* They really didn’t like the stairs much actually. I personally don’t like the stairs, but there’s no elevators in most apartments in Brockville so it was pretty insane.  So they had to just do it. *laughs* This was the reason why I got movers actually…no one wanted to move my stuff up and down the stairs. Haha… Funny.

A lot of my stuff was all good, except for my desk where the wheels on the bottom of the desk broke, so I removed all the wheels of the desk and now it’s fine here.  My tall lamp broke in half surprisingly, but it was okay because Steve had two tall lamps anyway.  Pretty funny though. I wasn’t sure how Violet would like the whole idea of moving to a new place, and so on, and so on…after all she cannot stand Steve at all…if he comes too close to her or tries to pet her, she starts swiping at him with her claws and meowing loudly and hissing…she really cannot stand him. Poor Steve – he loves cats as it is, but Violet doesn’t like having anything to do with Steve. *laughs* It’s crazy. But overall Violet seems to be enjoying the new apartment, surprisingly enough.

The unpacking then started after the move was over, and I started getting used to the whole living in Brockville thing. It was really weird…and I soon figured out that I lived really, really close to the mall, it was actually just across the street from me…so that was pretty crazy. *smile* My bank is really close to me as well, it’s probably just two blocks away from me…so it was funny finding out all the places that was close to my apartment. *L* Everything is really close so I’m not used to it… haha.  I’m liking it, for sure!

Oh, before I moved I tried to get all my Christmas shopping done and over with, and I think I did before December…which was pretty hilarious. I wanted to have it done and over with, because of the move, the unpacking would be taking forever and so on…so it was good.  Still had a few odds and ends to pick up, but they were easy enough to get. Heh...picked them up after I had moved in so generally I’m done. That’s one nice part about it all! Haha…

What else? I also sold my old film SLR camera the other day to someone who wanted it for a Christmas present, so that was good…I was surprised it was one of the fastest thing to be sold actually…it’s a film camera? *laughs* It was funny, but the person wanted it so no problem…no complaints there!  I’m still trying to sell my Christmas ornaments, but for some reason a lot of the respondents are from Kingston, not Brockville, so it’s a little odd, for sure.  Oh well.

I’m getting there, to getting everything done before Christmas, at least. I’m still trying to figure out what I’m going to be doing for Christmas…I know that I’m probably going to go to Steve’s friend and volunteer at TVCogeco’s Christmas party with his family on Christmas Eve, but otherwise I think I’m going to see my mom for Christmas day and go out to the restaurant like I did last year and have dinner there.  I think Steve may join us, but it’s all wait and see.  Oh well…after that, I have no idea. All wait and see, of course.  It’ll be interesting, that’s for sure. Heh…

Oh, yes, last Saturday Steve was all wanting to get a videocamera, as that’s what he wanted for Christmas, but he didn’t want to wait till then, he wanted it now, and so we went out to Ottawa to get him one, and all that…then after picking up his new videocamera we then went to Steve’s friend’s house and said hey…I have never met him before, but he was pretty funny.  You can really see the difference on how Steve treats me and how he is around his friends, and it’s quite amusing.  We went to his house, talked, and hung out, till the time when Cory (Steve’s friend) had to go to Royal Oak to set up for karaoke that he does once a month, and then a lot of silliness ensued from there.  Lots of singing and of course I knew nothing as I cannot hear, but I got told who was good and bad, so it was pretty funny.  Just watching everyone sing – Cory, a couple of guys that just went ahead and sang, and Steve even sang one song…he has said he is a really bad singer. Haha…Figures. It was just more silly than anything else…around 10:30 or so, Steve and I headed back to Brockville.  I even asked Kat if she wanted me to stop by, but since it was a bit too last minute, she was at her parents place so I didn’t get to see her at all. Cory actually lived close to Kat so that was a little funny. Maybe another time – Steve likes to visit his friends in Ottawa a bit, so it’ll be good anyway.

It’s been a crazy little bit, that’s for sure!  Whew!