Moving In, Moving On

It's hard to keep up a daily blog when your computer is in pieces on your new IKEA desk, you have no internet connection at your apartment, and your only means of blogging would be at work...which, of course, I took off in order to move. *sigh*

I am completely, finally, moved in to my own place and have officially spent my first night alone. It's amazing how much you can learn about yourself--and life--in one night. Such as:

1. Hand soap is NOT a suitable replacement for dish soap. It may smell nice, but it does NOT make nearly enough bubbles, and it will cause your glasses to taste like aromatherapy beads...not water or soda or juice.

2. I have learned how NOT to dismantle a chicken carcass. Gross? Yes, very. Shop Rite tricked me into buying a "whole chicken in a bag." I fell for it. I cooked it. (And by "cook," I mean my boyfriend turned on the oven, put the already-bagged chicken in said oven, and took it out. I did none of the actual "cooking.") But I did dismantle--or attempt to dismantle--the chicken myself. It started with cutlery. It ended with greasy hands, a puddle of chicken juice on the floor, a lot of cursing, and a vow to never make a whole chicken. Ever again.

3. The white cable just sitting on the floor needs to actually connect to your TV if you want to watch something.

4. I've learned that tasting every flavor of sorbet you bought that afternoon is perfectly fine, so long as no one's watching.

5. You should not throw all of your jewelry into one big bag and expect it to stay untangled. (This is a job I refuse to do as of yet. Maybe next month.)

6. My family and friends are absolutely priceless! (Especially when you need furniture carried up the stairs and put together.)

7. Hangers, tuna fish, paper towels, and lettuce are expensive items.

8. Life without a computer is a life not worth living.

9. I talk to myself more often than I'd like. This is especially apparent now. Being alone does things.

10. Getting a phone call from Grandma is way more exciting than ever before.

11. Vacuuming is necessary. (I would like to apologize to my mom here for knocking her incessant need to vacuum. I get it now. I really do.)

12. I hate washing dishes, but I enjoy it more without pants.

13. The people in my life love me way more than I ever thought.

14. It's OK to watch 5 rerun episodes of Criminal Minds in a row, even when you've already seen them. It's different (and better) when there's no one there to interrupt Shemar Moore when he's speaking. (Which, by the way, should be considered blasphemy.)

These are just a few of the important things I've figured out thus far. Something tells me there will be a million and one other little minutiae that come up and teach me some kind of big life lesson.

I. Am. So. Ready. (Bring it, Universe.)

Tonight: dinner at Pancho's Burritos with one of my favorite people. (I've been there quite a few times before, but I feel like it should be fresh in my head in order to write about it.)

Current song: "Careless Whisper" ~George Michael. (A classic. Done and done.)