just a reminder

I'm no longer gonna be posting here at lissalo.blogspot.com. From now on Thunked and Befuddled will only be updated at http://thunkedandbefuddled.wordpress.com, ok? Ok.

the hips, the hops, and the haps (updated 12/31)

Be sure to read everything if you haven't already, or else the updates won't make sense.

UPDATE #2 (12/31/08): Well everything seems to happen all at once these days. Two updates in one day. I told you stuff changes quickly around here. Okay, here we go... My dad called from his interview (well, after his interview) and apparently it's down to him and one other person. He has to take a drug test. He's pretty sure he got it though, since the HR people were welcoming him to the company. Any my mom told him about the apartment stuff going thru. And then my dad says maybe we won't move, because this job might pay well enough. My mom just kinda lets it go, although her and I just wanna get the move over with. I would rather live in an apartment we can afford and still maintain our style of living then have to constantly be under living in this house. As much as I love this house, the apartment just makes sense. On top of that, my mom and I have been getting in the mindset for the move. I was actually kinda looking forward to it a bit. I mean, right by the Browns, and they're nice apartments. And I'd finally get the pool I've wanted since I was 6. Kinda. Haha. Anyway, I'm rambling. After my mom hangs up with my dad, her and I talk about all that stuff I just said. Then our realtor, John, calls the house, and neither of us answer because we don't know what Dad wants to do yet. He leaves a message. The buyers have pretty much accepted our counter-offer with one little change. So...yea. This all happened within an hour. It's crazy.

UPDATE (12/31/08): Today the lady (I think her official title is "community adviser" or something equally dorky) at the apartments called and we were approved for the move-in date of January 10th. So according to my mom we're moving. My dad might not agree with her, but he's not home right now, he's at a job interview, so we'll see.

Original Post (12/30/08)
Hullo! So I realize I haven't been keep everyone entirely up-to-date these days on what's going on over here in Corona...concerning the house and jobs and whatnot.
Part of that is because, well, it seems a little weird to call everyone and tell what is happening. Just like how I didn't tell half my friends that Opa died. It seemed weird to just call Kristin or anyone up and say "Oh hey, my grandpa died, just calling to let you know!" So yea. Not that anything that is happening here is bad news necessarily (altho some of you might take it as such) and no one has died. But still. It's a random thing to call about. And it's usually too long to explain in a text, aside from little snippets. And I also feel like when I text little snippets like that I'm either going to annoy people or that start asking questions that I can't answer via text message. Do you see my dilemma?
And even if that weren't the case...the situation around here changes every day. Seriously. So if I tell Allison something today, it might be different from what I told Jeremy yesterday, and different from what I tell Nathan tomorrow. Then there's mass confusion when different people are thinking different things...and, again, I'm not about to call everyone every day. And don't feel bad Norcal people, the Socal people don't know any more than you do, with the exception of Nick, but he's related to me so he can't help but know my business. Haha. But James and Markis and Kristin? Clueless. John knows a bit more than them because he's really the only person I have conversations with pretty much every day, because we both stay up waaaaaaaaay too late and chat. So it's not just you my dear long-distance friends. It's everyone.
(Actually, Todd and Debbie don't entirely know everything either, so that'll be fun...)
So basically, all I can do in this blog is tell you what the situation is right now at this very moment. It can change in two hours for all I know. But as of right now, this is how it is:
-The house is still for sale, we got an offer last week sometime and it was a really low offer. We sent the counter-offer yesterday.
-My mom is still working at the library, and my dad has had a few interviews (he currently has a couple prospective jobs that he's trying to get right now), but he still has not found work in Norcal or Socal.
-I'm looking for a job (I have my sights set on either Disneyland or as an assistant at a local event planning agency) and I don't plan on starting school again until I know exactly where I'm going to be. No point in starting school here if I might have to move out of the area in the middle of the term.
-We found an apartment in Riverside in the same apartment community/building/complex/whatever you want to call it that the Brown's live in. Just like old times at the Gables, eh Nick?
-Yesterday we filled out our renter's applications and paid the security deposit, reserving said apartment. If that all goes thru, we can move in January 10th.
-If the buyers accept our counter-offer, we'll go into escrow and we'll be out of the house by the 26th of January. My mom and I plan to start moving out as soon as possible, because neither of us want just one big moving day.

That's that folks. If you have any questions, go ahead and leave a comment and I'll answer them in either a separate blog or in an edited/updated version of this post.

this is so freakin adorable to me

the road trip

(just realized I forgot to post this here)

Christmas

Well, I didn't go over to Jacob's today. Didn't talk to him, the one day out of the year I could have. Didn't even bother calling his house yesterday to ask when they would be calling. I really wish I had.
Me = horrible friend.

Dear Santa,
I know I’m a little late in writing this. You’ve certainly already left for your yearly route, and even if I had sent this a bit earlier, this request would probably take quite a bit of time to fulfill. Assuming I was good this year.
Anyway, I guess I should just tell you what I want this year. It’s a bit awkward, I know…I haven’t written in a long time. I feel like it’s rude to ignore you for so long and then just ask for a pretty huge favor like this. I should be asking you how you and the misses are…but we both know you won’t respond so I won’t bother with being polite this time around. This year for Christmas, I want quite a bit actually. I want it to actually feel like Christmas, for one. Here I am at 12:37 Christmas morning, and I still don’t feel like it’s the Christmas season. So that’d be nice. Also, I’d like things to make a little more sense. I know I can’t have all the answers…but life is just a little too confusing and crazy these days. So a little more normalcy would be appreciated.
Another thing I’d love, maybe as a stocking stuffer, is some proof that money isn’t everything. Every day I find myself becoming more and more focused on it (can you blame me?) and I miss knowing that life was just about money, or that if you didn’t have a lot of it other things would fall into place, if you were a good person and all that. I’m not sure I believe that anymore. But I want to believe it.
All in all, I’d like things to work. More to the point, I’d like life to work. I know it’ll never be perfect. I know that I’ll have to make choices soon that will affect some all aspects of my life, but once those choices are made and the dust has settled, I’d like things to work. No matter where I’m living, where/how much I’m working, whether or not I can go to school anytime soon, I just want it to work out. I don’t need to afford my 21st bday trip to WDW. I can sacrifice that. I can sacrifice free time. I can sacrifice the home that I love. I can sacrifice being close to Jeremy if it comes to that. I just want it to work. Whatever it happens to be.
I want people to know that I’m thinking of them this Christmas. You know who they are. I know who they are. With your help they’ll know who they are. Some of them I miss, some of them I don’t really. I just can’t help but wish them the best, and care about them, no matter how much they don’t deserve it. (This goes for two people right now) And I hope that they know that. And then there are the ones who do deserve it and that I haven’t been good about keeping in touch with. There a bunch of people that fall into that category. The Heins (my siblings), the Kozinskis (my biological great grandparents), the Bendixens, Jacob, Brad, the Englands, etc.
And the winning Lotto ticket would be nice too. Money might not be anything, but we all know it helps.
I understand if I can’t get all of this Santa. But it’s Christmas so I figured I’d ask.
Best wishes,
Alissa