Nicole is awesome...

...cause she's here. That's the only reason why. (not really!).

Update

The Good News: We've got the apartment. It's going to take a whole lot of work, but we can make it nice. Alicia and I have started painting, filling holes, and other odd jobs.

It's hard to describe why the apartment is better (though $200 cheaper is a good start). By that, I mean there are a lot of things wrong with the new place. But all the problems are outweighed by the fact that the apartment has great natural light (compared to our current apartment, which has none). This means we can get a draft through the apartment, and we know whether it is night or day. Also, the new place has a much more ueful layout: the kitchen is a kitchen, the bathroom is a bathroom. Our current place? Both are hallways.

All in all, it's a move up for us.

The great news: The wedding invitations are on their way out! Look for them in the next week or two, or check our Wedding blog.

The bad news: I lost my teaching job this summer. I've already received a week course as a temporary substitute, but there's a huge difference in pay. I'm told that CityTech (where I teach) will keep me in mind if a section opens up, but I'm not holding my breath.

Apparently, there wasn't enough enrollment, so they cancelled my section. Which I can understand, as they warned me that my appointment was tentative. It just throws my summer plans up in the air. It didn't he.p that I found out two days before I was scheduled to begin! Oh well, when life throws you lemons...

What I've been thinking about: Mostly the new apartment. I'm planning on building a floor to ceiling bookcase for all of Alicia's and my books. Maybe even a ladder? How cool would that be??

Building it should save me oddles on dollars. Buying a similar Ikea bookcase may run a couple hundred dollars, but I think I can keep it under three digits by building myself.

What I've enjoyed: Been reading Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstader. Very good... Very mathy, though. Also liked the South Park Memorial Day Weekend Marathon. We're watching all 12 seasons on DVD... Still. We're calling it the Memorial Day Marathon because that's when it started, but it won't end until at least July. We're 1/3rd of the way through.