end of week 2

between moving & work & house negotiations, it's been a long crazy stretch. turns out this cute new apartment is the worst hell hole ever. i have avoided writing because i have little positive to say. being in here makes me angry & i expend a lot of energy thinking about how much i want to strangle our downstairs neighbor for filling our apartment & our lungs with his stupid stupid smoke. it's awful. i woke up last night & felt like i couldn't even breathe. it was horrible. i'd like to burn this place down (so we don't have to live here anymore & we don't have to move our stuff anywhere else).

met with our realtor today for what we hope will be our final offer & contract signing. it's been a long stretch of negotiations for this damn place. d & i were at each other's throats today about the zoning variance. do we really need a drive way? do we need to get approval before we buy it? it all boils down to neither one of us wanting to spend one more day in this hell hole apartment. it's hard to stay rational & realistic when you're exhausted & miserable. & so it goes.

my 2 weeks of insanity at work is over & i survived. the new crew has arrived & is undergoing training. one of them was assaulted (mugged & beaten in CV) last week - horrible! they're a laid back crew. i don't feel as pumped about them as the previous crew, but we'll see how they do. i'm always apprehensive in the beginning.

at the end of the week i make a quick trip to the lou for a cousin's wedding. should be fun (& hopefully relaxing...)