The Rules

Being part of a couple means there is now a “we” and an “us” instead of a “me” and an “I”. I am not sued to this. So this has taken some adjustment. Don’t get me wrong – I love it. But I have learned that there are certain rules to follow when one is in a serious committed relationship. And these become especially important when you decide to live together. I though I’d share a few that I have learned. At first these things annoyed me but now I find them hilarious.

1. When throwing away a tissue box, it is absolutely essential that you break down the box before throwing it away.
2. When one does not have a dishwasher and does the dishes by hand:
a. One must set the glass on its side to dry NOT upside-down. The moisture will get trapped up in there otherwise and we can’t have that.
b. Do not use a new sponge to get cheese out of a bowl. Then cheese will get on the sponge and you will have to throw it away!!! Oh no!
3. Do not stack plates when finished eating. Then you will have to clean both sides. (I can’t even defend that one. Seriously?)
4. ALWAYS use a coaster. Under no circumstances is this not okay.
5. The diver always has control of the radio and no one (not even the SERIOUS girlfriend of seven months) can change the station. Especially if it’s Ludicrous song.

By abiding by these rules, I hope to make our co-inhabitance more peaceful. :)

Moving Onwards and Upwards

Before I begin this blog entry, I would like to apologize to my three loyal fans for taking so long to update it. :)

So since I last wrote, a LOT has changed. My life has now become “our life”. I have a wonderful boyfriend who I just celebrated a seven-month anniversary with yesterday. As you all know, this is a huge deal for me. He is definitely the love of my life and I’m going to spend the rest of my life with him. Before that happens, however, there are a few steps that we need to take. The first one we are about to embark upon is……..moving in together. Ba Ba Ba Bum. I thought it would be fun to write about it along the way since it will, no doubt, be amusing to others, albeit at times, stressful for us.

Chapter One – Looking for a Place

I’m excited. This is the fun part as far as I’m concerned. Austin is our oyster and the perfect apartment is the pearl we are sure to find. Or something like that.
Since I didn’t want to do all the work and neither did He, we decided to hire an apartment locator. Her name is Jody Foster. I see that as a good sign. No one with a name like that could be less than fantastic.
So after a few discussions with her, we all met up one Saturday to look at potential homesteads. Let me just say this: is it a prerequisite for leasing office peeps to be annoying as shit? Seriously, I wanted to punch every one of them. Anyway, we looked at 3 places and here’s how it went…

Place 1: Super close to His work so I thought he’d be jazzed. The place was allright, but is a Texas-shaped pool REALLY necessary? Hokey! I think the lady that showed us around was on speed and coffee and crack, all at once. I thought he place was decent, perhaps a bit small. But after we left, I found out He did not. I tried to tell Him that any apartment complex that had cookie swapping parties on the weekends couldn’t’ be all bad. But nooooooo. Next!

Place 2: This lady looked like she had been working there for 300 years. If I had a dollar for every time she called me sweetie or dear (sarcastically EVERY time), we could afford to buy a downtown loft and would not have to deal with these schmoes. Moving on….. We both LOVED this place. Great price. Good size. Decent location. But it was one of those “You have to make a decision today before it gets snapped up.” We weren’t ready to do that. Boo.

Place 3: This lady seemed bearable so it looked hopeful. Then we discovered that Dinosaur Lady hadn’t given us back our IDs and Bearable Lady apparently thought we looked like serial killers to we didn’t’ even get to look at a place. It was a bit far out anyway.

So that was that. Overall, not too painful an experience. I heart Jody Foster. She made the whole thing a lot more fun. We decided to put off looking until January.

Stay tuned as the search continues…..