Overdue Apology

130 days.

Nine years ago, I ended up turning my back on a very good friend on mine, choosing the person I was dating over him. I've always felt guilty over it and have finally found a way to send a message to him. I'm not expecting to have our friendship instantly mended, but I do hope I can be forgiven. The apology is 9 years too late, but I would rather do it now than not at all.

Two big pieces of news!

132 days!

I've gotten my first large-scale commission request! Gorgeous sunset as well, so it'll be very rewarding for me.

Second news is my best friend from high school and her fiancee have asked me to officiate her wedding! I'm overwhelmed with a sense of pride and humility that they would think so much of me to ask. I'm already jumping through the hoops to become a recognized minister in DC. Who knew it was actually so easy to get ordained? Fun fact: I'm a minister in the same church that Conan O'Brien is a minister.

So, when it comes down to it, it seems that my time left in Maryland is quickly filling up -not that I mind <3

Options for shipping things

133 days. I just visited a UPS store and got some quotes for shipping a few of my items. Just one of my kitchen pieces and my computer would be over $250. I'm looking into moving services again. If anyone knows reliable movers who would be able to move my stuff to Oahu, let me know, so I can pricematch :>

Seeing everyone

147 days. Been on a bit of an emotional rollercoaster since coundown day 150. Most people would assume that you could work it in to see everyone important before you leave in this timeframe. That's really not the case, though I did get to see my cousin and aunt yesterday, which was refreshing.

Working is becoming more of a distraction rather than enjoyable, since I know it's a means to move rather than a career. I'm currently trying to move my store management position to my associate. I'm hoping to keep focused enough at work to make a decent amount of money to fund the move.

4am, every day

This is where Baron sleeps every night. He has decided that the real estate of pillow in front of my face is the perfect couch, and my face is the perfect back rest. Just to remind you, this is the area required for breathing. If I turn my head to breathe, he becomes uncomfortable, gets up, makes another circle, and lays back down directly on my face again. This usually starts around 4am every morning, but some nights he starts as soon as I sleep.

I have tried getting up to feed him, but all that happens is he becomes happier and just wants to sleep some more. On my face. Any suggestions would be welcome.

153 days.

Out of the Blue

154 days. I contemplated making this post for a while, but decided to just make it short. For those who remember the original situation - my ex-boyfriend from England decided to message me last night (for the first time in nearly two years). I ended up being very blunt and unemotional about it, because after all of this time, I really don't care. I am glad that I can get some of my childhood effects back from him, though.

In moving-related news, I've decided that the money I'll be getting from selling my laptop will go towards shipping my entire computer, case and all, to Hawaii, so I don't have to figure out how to piece it back together!

Evernote

156 days left. I'm making an attempt at staying organized through my move by using a program called Evernote. It's like a journal, to-do lists, and every other sort of organization list all wrapped up in one free program. I have 10 notes for "Moving to Hawaii" currently, and their names are as follows:

• Carry on Luggage (list)
• Arts/Baking/Crafting Hierarchies (list of who gets first pick of each category)
• Packing/Shipping Main list
• Services to stop before moving (and steps for how to stop each)
• Notification for change of address (which service is at which address)
• To gather up before moving (emotional tidbits to take with me, like photos)
• Finance: expected vs. running tally
• Regifting list (longest list I have, and only about 1/8 is regifted so far)
• Main to-do list (milestones to achieve)
• Current to-do list (things to get off my butt and do right now)

One of the super-neat abilities of this program is I can share this list and make myself accountable to certain people. They can see every update I make, and many of these lists have checkboxes, so they can just see things as being crossed off. 

Keeping in touch

I realized that keeping in touch with my family and friends in Baltimore will be harder than I'm assuming, so I'm planning on using this to give everyone updates on me at one time, and hopefully keep connections more open than they would have been otherwise.

As a precaution to all of you, I don't really enjoy writing too much, and I'm really really bad at keeping up with things. I'm hoping to keep this going well enough that you can see and keep up with my move to Haleiwa, HI.

<3