Woo-Hoo! It's Spring!

I don't care if all the weather "people" want to hesitate about calling us as officially in break-up season (or what you people who don't have to deal with REAL winters like to call "Spring"), I am officially declaring that we are through with winter!

I woke up this morning, and when I left my house, the sun was shining, the sky was blue, and there is NO ice on the streets! Now, this might seem so trivial to most of you, but you have to understand that here in Alaska, if the sun is even UP at 7 a.m. it's definitely a wonderful time of the year, because that means no more cold weather!

Everyone is only hesitating to call it "spring" because of the Iditarod. That, and the Fur Rendezvous, which I believe is officially over at this point. (By the way, notice the correct spelling of Rendezvous? It's something that any person raised in Alaska knows how to spell correctly....except for me apparently.... I had two people point out that I had spelled it incorrectly when I spelled it Rondevous.... "You're missing a 'Z' in there somewhere, look it up")

Let's see, how productive was I today? I managed to sweet talk a neighbor into changing both the light bulbs in my hallway...(what can I say, I HATE changing lightbulbs... it's like most women when a mouse runs in front of them... it's like a phobia of sorts... I know, I'm weird!) And I also managed to give away three beds, and had all three picked up today too! Got the new cable line installed in my bedroom, thanks to the permission given to me from my totally KICK ASS landlord! (Example of how totally awesome my Landlord is... last night when Dave was painting an empty unit for him, my neighbor J was over there, talking with him, and as I was standing there, asked him "Hey, you know that wall in the bathroom that sits between the washer and toilet? Mind if I knock that wall down?" and D, the Landlord, shrugs and says "Yeah, go for it man." I just had to shake my head and tell him what an awesome and totally understanding LL he is. I swear I brag about what an awesome LL I have...I talk about him the same way I do Dave. I was at the cable company last week scheduling to have them come out and do this install, and when the lady asked me if I had permission to put the line in, I was all "Pfft. Of course I do. I have the COOLEST LL in history. I wouldn't move if someone tried to pay me to. Of course, I had to go through a LOT of bad ones to get the one I have now... and I mean a LOT of really BAD ones!!" and as I'm saying this, I realize that I say the same thing about Dave all the time. (But, come one, the LL is letting me paint the walls whatever color I want to, and if I want to do stencil work, or anything else like that, it's totally cool!)

All of the emotional crap I mentioned before is getting sorted through. It's 19 years in the making, so I don't expect to be through it all anytime soon, but all the REALLY HEAVY shit is getting worked through.

Oh, and just let me say WOOHOO the asshole finally got voted off of The Apprentice. John, the sexist asshole scumbag pig that did nothing but ride the coat-tails of all the really talented people and never wanted to take any of the blame for his own fuck ups, is finally OFF the show! Yay! ( Dare I say I hated him more than Omarosa? Nah, but it WAS pretty close!)

And on that note, I will head to bed.

Until later, Ciao!