whole lot o' nothin'

the last couple of days have been pretty uneventful. we started a new training class monday, and it looks like it'll be a good one -- nice people who participate in class, gotta love it! yesterday i presented for the first time, which made me a little nervous but i didn't completely screw up. (yay me.) i was in the classroom at 6:30am to prep though, which was painful. by 5:30pm i was ready for bed. i managed to run an errand after work and treat myself to sushi, and then was snoring by 10pm.

tonight i really have to hit lowe's for house stuff, especially a dehumidifier. this whole place smells musty (i have a really shady lot), and if i don't get a dehumidifier soon i worry i'm going to rot this house into the ground. between the dampness and the spiders (how can there be SO MANY types of spider, and why are they all in my house?), i feel like i'm living outdoors. angus's killer instincts are coming out in full force, he has become a total bug ninja... practically every day i'm seeing him batting a spider around or chewing on something that i'm sure i don't want to know about. and the little dude can totally smack flies right out of the air, i'm so proud.

ooh -- i need to buy hedge trimmers too... my shrubs are getting out of control. if any boys would like to come over and do my yard work shirtless while i sip a mojito and watch you be all sexxxified, let me know. i'm taking applications.

like a good neighbor...

one of my neighbors stopped by tonight, the woman who lives in the house behind me. i'd met her last weekend when i moved in, and i've been trying to figure her out ever since. coming recently from boston, and having lived in apartment buildings for the last 10 years, i'm very used to not knowing the people around me... in contrast, L is not just friendly, but also has a much more intimate knowledge of my hosue than i do. she grew up in her house, and has been in mine through every owner and every renovation, so she knows every nook and cranny.

this is a good and bad thing. good because she's not afraid of the dark and creepy crawlspace, and she knows every old and damaged tree (and has offered to cut my lawn for $25 a time, YAY!), and knows everyone in the neighborhood. bad because, well, i'm immature and i feel odd that she knows SO MUCH about my house that i don't know, which makes me feel less like the owner. (and her comments don't help, like tonight... her: "i hope you didn't mind the pile of branches that i left in your yard after i pruned your tree the other day." me: "i didn't even notice it." her: "*chuckle* yeah, i didn't think so.")

so tonight she came by with a couple of beers to say hi and chat. and look around my crawlspace. and tell me all about the people who lived here before me, who she became SUCH GOOD FRIENDS with. i'm glad i got a chance to talk with her a bit, and i feel kind of bad that i haven't been more neighborly and gone over to say hi before this... i just have to get used to having friendly people around me who want to be social, after keeping to myself for so long.