Outfits June 16-30

6/19

 Workout gear but I had to post it. I love these new pants.

6/19, 20, 23, 26

6/30

I really slack at taking pictures. I get dressed for real most days too. I've started to use the timer on my iphone more. It's mostly prety good but it sort of failed taking the pic on the 30th. Since I wasn't in the picture when I hit the button, my white turned out TOO white.

7.19

Tank: Express, Shorts: F21

Dave went into work earlier to use the gym prior to work. He was quicker getting ready and was either quieter or I was more tired because I didn't hear him.  So I got to sleep in until a little after 8. Poly was so cute with me that I grabbed my laptop and used that until she decided to get out of bed at 8:50.  My alarm did go off at 8:30 and Poly lifted up her head trying to determine if it was time to wake up. I petted her to let her know she could go back to sleep and she did.  Oh the life of joblessness.

Once Poly got up so did I. I started being productive right away.  I kept starting things and not finishing them. I felt like I was trying to finish many things on my to-do list and be super productive.  It was a good feeling. I feel like every other day I don't feel like accomplishing anything and on the opposite days I want to be productive. I haven't figured it out yet.  The stairs are closed again so I can't take my quick trips down to storage or to the car. I also have 2 bags of garbage to go down the trash chute but that is blocked off since it is right near the stairs. 

I did many things on my to do list at my computer and cleaned off my desk.  Finally it was lunch time and I got to eat at the table. I snacked at the table too. I did have to get up so the remote could work for each commercial.  I put laundry in.  I had on The Talk and was able to be productive without even realizing it.  The good part about this apartment is also the bad part; if you are in one room you can't hear anything from the other room.  This is good because TV or music in another room doesn't impact you but it is bad because you can't even shout to talk to someone in the other room.  It's nice if I'm unpacking in the living room because I can watch TV and it can go quickly but then when I'm anywhere else in the place, I can't hear the TV.

Before the end of The Talk, I walked over to Sprouts. I thought it'd be like McGuinnis sisters.  Maybe 75% of the store was vegetables.  There was a cheese section.  There were meats at a counter but not what I wanted.  There were some prepacked meats.  There were some aisles of normal stuff but there were equally as many aisles of vitamins.  It was a little weird.  Prices seemed to be good for the vegetables I looked at. I took my daily picture in the parking lot. I had the camera balanced on something first too low to the ground so then I moved to a light base. I put the camera there, set it up, and some guy parked right on the other side and sat his his car. He probably thought I was weird.  It was so bright out so I ended up taking another picture at the walkway in my apartment complex.  I took the elevator up because I thought the stairs were still closed but they seemed to be opened. I didn't take my trips to the car or storage because the guy sitting on the edge of the scaffolding half hanging off just scared me too much so I wanted to stay away from  him. 

I finally went through last LR box. Just going through one box seemed to help out with space in our current living room.  Granted I left a little pile sitting there that I was still determining where it should go.

Since our table was finally up, I could cook food that required a table which meant I could cook.  Well I turned on the oven to preheat and put on the water to boil. I just dropped the meat in a pan to cook and the smoke alarm went off.  That was INTERESTING to say the least.  The oven/stove was brand new so it probably had something to do with that.  I had turned off the gas and the oven. The smoke alarm was still going off. It says "Fire. Fire" every couple seconds. Not only that but I could hear out the window that other smoke alarms were going off too. I'm pretty sure mine started it but with boiling water and preheating the oven, it could have been someone else's that started it.   I opened the door for a couple seconds to get the breeze going to get the smoke alarm to shut up. You can't take batteries out of these apartment smoke detectors.  I'm not sure how long all that took but it was fairly quick. Since it was so loud and annoying and stressful it felt like forever. Then I had to find Poly. I shook her treats and looked everywhere for her. I tried to find her hiding spots but I don't know where they all are here.  I shook her treats for a good 5 minutes before she came out. I was worried she went out the front door in the 5 seconds that it was open. She almost gave me a heart attack.   Even after she got her treat she was still scared and hiding under things.

Then after I held her she went and hid again.  This time her tail was sticking out under the ottoman. I took her picture and when I did the flash went off. She was on to me and repositioned so her tail was no longer sticking out.

I didn't start cooking again until Dave got home.  When he got home, Poly didn't even come out of hiding. Once he got home, I started cooking again and this time the smoke detector did not go off. Dave snacked while I was cooking. Apparently he was starving and can't wait an additional 15 minutes! 

After dinner Dave and I went to the storage unit. We did some digging and I saw a box in the corner. I was looking for box 256. I stuck my arm in to use the camera phone and see if I could make out the number and it was 256! I found my missing jewelry.  We also found a family room box and better organized the unit so it wasn't like a ton of boxes were just thrown on top.

The storage place closes daily at 9pm. We got there at 20 til. At 5 til we still had a million things in the hall outside our unit.  At 8:57 someone came on the loudspeaker telling us we had 3 minutes until it closed.  We actually didn't leave until 9:15. I feel like we still need to go back and reorganize again.  Having 8 dining room chairs in there is a little awkward.

6.28

Dave's shirt and shorts: JCP
My shirt and shorts: F21. Shoes: Famous Footwear

I woke up and was going to go for a run. Instead I watched 10 episodes of One Tree Hill.  (And for some of my TV watching, Poly was in the TV stand.)
I had a Boston Market frozen dinner.  This time I ate more than last time but still didn't finish it. The thing is only about 500 calories and I can't eat the entire thing anymore.

I updated my resume a little bit and applied for some jobs.

I went to Google for dinner.  Dave and I walked around campus for about 30 minutes trying to figure out where to eat.  Then we ate but they were running out of food. I was still hungry after.  They did have good banana cream pie once I took off the flaked chocolate off.   The chicken was probably good but it was too spicy for me so I barely ate any of it.  I enjoyed making the panini.  After we ate, we heard a noise that sounded like a jet. After a few minutes we still didn't know what it was.  We saw people going over a fence. We went over. The white thing in the left picture is what the noise was.  It seemed like a gas leak or something but who knows.  After a few minutes, it turned to some smoke and then went away.  It was a very weird occurrence.  I'm glad we walked  over to see what it was.  Between us and the mysterious thing was a golf course and people were just there golfing like it was no big thing.

I ended up watching more One Tree Hill and tapped out at falling asleep during my 16th episode of the day.

5.28 - Going Away Party

My parents had a going away party for me.  Prior to that Dave and I went to North Park to run/walk. It was far too hot going there at noon so we cut our workout short and only did 2.5 miles.

We went to my parents house a little early to get Poly used to the place before everyone started showing up.

Some relatives came that I haven't seen since my wedding. We wanted to get pictures but mainly failed. Even in the group shot we were missing people from that side of the family. My mom's side of the family is the short side. Compare that with a family picture of my dad's side and in the other picture I'm wearing 5 inch wedges.

Poly had enough of everyone. Too many kids tried to play with her even when she hid under furniture.  After they left, she just chilled out.

The party was 4-9. A little bit after 10, Dave and I left and people were still there. Actually as we were getting in the car, my cousin was just showing up. I was sad I had to work the next day so I couldn't stay too late.

PS those are my "cherry" shorts and not my "orange" ones but they look so similar.

5.26

Shirt: F21
Jeans: Express
Shoes: Brooks
Armband: BodyMedia Fit
Cat: Animal Friends

Poly was in the sink.  Dave turned on the water. She didn't even drink it like I hear other cats do.

We had multiple appointments for showings of the house so we couldn't just ride around.  Dave and I picked up pizza and we went to the park and ate it. Poly enjoyed the park.  Since the appointments gave us ranges we weren't really sure how much time to kill.

A little bit later Dave and I went to Kohl's to look for a new wallet for him.  They didn't have anything good.  Then we went to the mall. We went to JCP first. They didn't have any good wallets. We were going to buy shorts but they seemed to be out.  So then he bought a few T-shirts. I like the new JCP pricing.  On our way out of the mall I went in F21 to find some shorts. I'm so hot anymore and don't have shorts so I wanted to buy some. I tried on orange, cherry, white, and a blue. The blue were too high cut and hit my gut too high and weren't good for sitting. The white ones were a little see through so I didn't get those.  The cherry and orange were good. They looked very similar. The cherry ones didn't look like cherry but more like orange.   I wished they had more colors in my size. They had a wide variety of colors and fits and styles but the only 2 that worked for me looked very similar.

The styles were a little different. One was a little more casual than the other. Both were a little short but maybe I'm not too old for shorter shorts.  Now I just have to figure out what to wear with these. So far I know white and blue. I want to buy some patterned shirts to match but I bet I won't.  At least shorts at F21 are pretty inexpensive. I figure colorful shorts won't be in style next year so $10-$12 is a good range to potentially only last one summer.  I do wish I had some normal shorts though. 

We ran into Paulo's wife and daughter at the mall. 

We watched TV after we got home.  We probably cleaned and did other stuff but I can't remember now.