Home is where the plumbing clogs

Internet… for reals!

We’ve finally ironed out the kinks  with our internet, and by that I mean that the cable guy came and hooked up our modem.  We still don’t have a wireless router, but we set up an ad-hoc network through Bobby’s computer.  The only downside is that the modem is in my bedroom, and if Bobby wants to use his computer, he does so while sitting on my bed.  I don’t actually care that much.  I just wish that I had my desk.  It’s bothersome to try and type while sitting on the bed.

Our plumbing issues (did I mention those?  I’m so… distant… today) are mostly finished.  I think the plumber is just leaving, actually.  So, yay!  Toilets and showers and dishwashers and laundry machines…  All of them you take for granted, yes?  At least, maybe not for granted.  Just… it’s so nice to have them.

Bobby’s first reaction upon getting internet was to check his e-mail…  So our first internet experience was a bit… unsettling.  Stef had sent Bobby a link to a current news story (a few days old by the time we got it).  One of our friends, Danielle, has been kidnapped by her parents.  She converted to the Mormon church, which greatly upset her very Catholic parents…  And so they flew up from Texas, shoved her into a rental car, and disappeared.

This is… very upsetting.

And as usual, I am the only one who seems really phased by it.  It’s obviously going to be okay…  They did locate her in her parents’ house in Texas, and she told police that she was fine…  (They didn’t bother to get her separate from her parents for the interview, by the way.)  She will be fine.  She may have to endure a summer in a house with an abusive parent, but she’s gotten through it before, and she can get through it again.  She’s going to be fine.  The whole thing is just awfully upsetting.

You can read the whole story here if you so choose:  http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_12351673

Bryan was supposed to help me get my desk into my room today.  He decided to work on dual-booting his computer instead.  I mean, we did need to be around for the plumber and cable guy, but it’s nothing that Bobby couldn’t handle…  Just frustrating.  And I’ll get my desk tomorrow.  Hopefully.

We’re going to ask John to not move into our house.  First he threw a whole bunch of drama out because he didn’t want the loft.  He hasn’t even begun to move in yet, because he doesn’t want to move in until everything in the house is ready (he wants us to finish cleaning and get the plumbing/internet/etc fixed before he’ll even think of beginning to move in).  He also invited his girlfriend over yesterday, and had her make cupcakes, and they made (literally) the biggest mess I have ever seen.  Bryan worked on cleaning the kitchen for an hour before I got home, when Bobby and I helped.  It took the three of us another hour to get the kitchen to an acceptable state.  (Keep in mind that we also have to work around a drainage issue in the house, which made cleaning super-gross, and was a lot of the reason that we didn’t want to cook anything messy.)

It’s not that he’s done anything particularly awful, but more that he has shown completely no consideration for others throughout this whole process.  That isn’t likely to change any time soon, and it isn’t something we want in a housemate.  So, as long as he hasn’t moved in yet, we might as well ask him to just not move in.  We showed many people the house, and there were quite a few (four, I think), that not only would love to move in with us, but had the loft as their top room pick.  It’s mostly that the whole asking John to not move in thing is really emotionally draining on everyone involved, and no one wants to do this.  We just have to, for our sanity.

I’ve been cleaning so fucking much lately.  I’ve completely dusted everything in my room, as well as most of the room adjacent to mine and our front entry-way.  I’ve also cleaned a lot of the windows, and done a fair amount of random cleanly things around the house.  It’s ridiculous how much dust this house has.  The good news is that it won’t be dirty for long!  Buahahahaha!!

Bryan has been sleeping in my room for the last few nights, because he hasn’t moved his bed into the house yet.  We were supposed to move that in today (like my desk), but just haven’t gotten around to it.  *sigh*  While I love it when he sleeps over, I just really want my own personal room.  It’s definitely one of the most traffic-y rooms in the house, currently.  Bobby needs it for internet, Bryan sleeps here (and comes here when he’s upset), it’s my room…  Hopefully it will get a lot less public when we get settled.  I’m craving a bit of personal space.

(And definitely not ready to be sharing a room with Bryan, oh my goodness.  I’m so glad we realized that we’re not at that stage while we were planning this whole thing.  Living together?  Great.  Sharing a room?  I think we’d kill one another.)

I just want to get my damned furniture moved in, that’s all.  Just want a room.  And no arguments with my housemates.

This house will be really peaceful, once everything settles.  It’s all so hectic right now.

Just need to remember to breathe.

And guys, I know this is a bit out of character for me to ask, but could you keep Danielle in your thoughts?  Just send out some positive energy or pray or do whatever it is that you do when you want something to turn out well.  I’m really worried about her.