Current Status

(I'm in Panama City Beach with my family on vacation, but I'll come up with a good update when I get back. Byyyyyeee)

Way in over my head

Adulthood has been busy kicking my butt.

So, as I have no idea how to be an adult, I've been doing a lot of things for the first time ever in my life. To give you a taste of what it's like to be me right now (since this is my blog, after all), I present to you the following list of 20 things I have had to do for the first time since I moved out of my parents' house:

1. De-bone and boil a chicken breast

2. Cook chicken that wasn't in a frozen Tyson package

3. Come up with things to eat besides baked ziti and pizza rolls

4. Set off a smoke alarm while cooking. Twice

5. Change the batteries on a smoke alarm

6. Adjust a bike saddle

7. Assemble a dining set

8. Use a socket wrench

9. Use a hammer

10. Use any tools at all

11. Hang wall decor with anything other than painter's tape, command strips, and push pins

12. Buy furniture

13. Pay an electric bill

14. Pay for the Internet

15. Take a sick cat to the vet

16. Clean cat urine out of upholstery

17. Cross ocean on a ferry (while I was the one driving the car)

18. Help a turtle cross the road

19. Drive across town to recycle something

20. Prefer Target over Walmart


Tomorrow I am going to the beach and making a pizza.

Today's YouTube video of the day is what I wish my apartment tour looked like:

Byeeee

I think I made a terrible, terrible mistake

What's up, y'all? I am sunburnt.

This intelligent med student decided to bike 10 miles without sunscreen today.

Also Galveston sucks at sidewalks and there were so many tourists on the Seawall either walking or biking with their heads in the clouds (like seriously...are these people going to reproduce? I'm quite concerned for the world if that's the case.), so it took a little longer than it should have to get to the freaking Kroger and back.

 But it was worth it because beach and exercise.

There were also the people who WALKED(/danced/ran/skipped/skateboarded/biked/spazzed/acted like a prat/died) IN THE STREET when I was trying to get to a place where I could see the fireworks (I eventually turned around and went home).

(Daniel shares my hatred for people's stupidity, I don't know if you can tell)

Anyway...other than that, not much to report. Still waiting for the dining set so that I can show you pictures of my apartment. Still spending most of my day dancing to Daft Punk with no pants on (no, Mom...I don't leave the blinds open).

And eating nothing but unhealthy frozen food (i.e. pizza rolls) because I still can't really cook.

So..

Skype me, yeah? I need people to talk to.

Here's Grace giving real life advice on the vlogbrothers channel with "50 Way to Pretend to Be Smarter":

LOVE YOU ALL

All Grown Up?

Oh hey!

So...it's been a while. I've been a bit busy moving and stuff.

I officially moved into my new apartment on Saturday, after driving through both Dallas and Houston with a cat that was so scared he had peed himself and wouldn't stop meowing.

I was pretty proud of myself for driving through Houston by the way. I knew exactly what to look for: losers cutting me off every two seconds.

Saturday and Sunday were CRAZY and non-stop, but we managed to acquire the furniture I had pre-ordered and buy a mattress, then assemble everything. Over the past few days, I've unpacked and decorated the apartment, gone to Walmart four times and Target three times, bought Internet (after spending an hour on the phone with my dad trying to get it to work and naming my Wifi The TARDIS) and Renter's Insurance, purchased a 5-piece dining set from Amazon, and (obviously) spent much more money than I care to think about.

I haven't managed to have a day so far where I haven't gone to the store and made a major purchase (whether at the store or elsewhere). Today's major purchase was a Schwinn bicycle, the last thing on my "big kid purchase" list, so that I can ride to the beach for the 4th of July tomorrow.

With all of the tourists around, it will likely look like this:

The goal for tomorrow is to not spend money. We'll see how this goes.

The apartment is almost done, I'm just waiting on my dining set. Once that comes in and I have assembled it (I am so over my head with the handyman crap), I will post pictures!

This post is just an update, but I should be posting something tomorrow. I'm definitely having an interesting experience adjusting to both Galveston and adult life, so there is much to talk about.

Today's YouTube video is one of my favorites:

Adios!