welcome home?

so, i'm pretty much settled. and it's pretty boring. i've been doing a lot of craigslisting and watching "the office" and reading about cells. since daniel's left it sorta sucks here. i did make a snow angel and a snowman for the first time ever! it was sorta fun. i made the snow angel in washington park. it's so gorgeous there. but, there were families (probably rich families) playing in the snow in the park. kids on sleds, dad's pulling them and what not. so, i laid down next to a tree where i couldn't be seen (at least i think i wasn't seen) and quickly made a snow angel so as not to look like a crazy loner who drove up to the park, walked across the street, made a snow angel, and walked away. p.s. when making a snow angel, make sure to pull up your pants and pull down on your coat as you are laying down. otherwise, you will get ice down your crack. here is washington park:



and here is my snow angel (see the shadow from the tree?):



that all happened yesterday after i picked up a very pretty mid century desk from someone at DU. this morning i woke up and wanted to make a snow man. so, since the snow hadn't melted away yet, i went out onto my balcony and did just that. in the middle of my 10 year old fun, the guy who lives across the way from me (who looks like vince young by the way..i don't think it's really him though) stared at me for a little while. i pretended i didn't see him. i'm pretty sure he thought i was a child. anyway, the snow was cold, duh. and i was all alone. and my snowman only got to be 18 inches tall. i could've made him a little bit taller, i had more snow...but it was too damn cold! soooo, the snowman experience could've been better. making one alone definitely made me feel like i was the weird kid in 1st grade that played in the corner. here is herman, my snowman (with spaghetti hair and smile, blueberry eyes, a carrot nose, and drillbit arms):



ok, so moving in proved to be a bit of a problem. mainly because the person who's lease i was taking over was a bit difficult. he agreed last week to sign the lease on tuesday at 4. so, i made all my arrangements around that. then, monday, he says he can be out on saturday...not thinking that signing the lease meant peace out buddy. after some talking, he agreed to move out on wednesday, so daniel and i stayed in a hotel on tuesday night. oh wait, tangent! monday night, daniel and i got to visit with his extended family in amarillo and hereford. his family is the best. daniel and i got some adult time sitting at the adult table (it's weird to think that i'm an adult...) and talking adult things (not like that). then a little before we left, i got to see his little second cousin's rooms. he has the CUTEST little second cousins. they're both girls and they're about, 7 and 8 i think. anyway, little christina wanted to show me her room so i went in there and she sat me down on her bed and said, "jessa, i miss you. i never get to see you" in the most serious voice. i didn't even know that a 7 year old could remember a person she had only met once over a year before then. i wish i could hang out with those little girls more. they're amazing.

ok, back to moving in. we had some time to kill on wednesday before getting my keys from the slow poke. so, daniel and i saw "the fighter". pretty good. good story, good acting. amy adams was pretty provocative. i liked it. i don't think it's going to win best movie, but i would definitely advise my friends to see it.

finally, 4pm rolls around and the kid is out of the apartment. (he said he was getting a truck at 11...i really though he woulda been done sooner. he didn't have much stuff. but he did smell like the ciggaweed when i got the keys, so things may have gone slowly.). i get the keys, and walk in and the apartment stinks. not any worse than it did when i visited the place, but still, yuck. so i busted out the air fresheners i bought. daniel and i moved everything in from the packed to the brim car. then, it was off to pick up a couch and a bed. the couch. i LOVE. it's orange, it's courdoroy, it's streamlined, it's comfortable. ♥


not a great pic, but it's the one from the craigslist ad.

the bed, EHHH. i wanna get a new one. but, yesterday, i bought a desk. and that is just gorgeous too. and my $15 brown tweed steelcase chair i brought along from austin. (daniel has a matching one ♥)



all in all, i'm liking how my very first living by myself apartment is coming together. the only problem (besides the walls being entirely too white) is that i don't like being alone! i miss exploring this new city with daniel. i went from living at home, to living with roommates, to living with daniel. if i were a single person, this might be pretty cool, but i have a boyfriend. i don't like being away from the life i made in austin too much. but, sacrifices. i must live here to get the good degree i need for a better future for myself and a my future family. right? yeah. and, i oughta live by myself at least once in my life, eh? better now than later (because that would mean bad news bears in the relationship department). ok. peace out homies. gotta read. teacher gave us reading to start on 2 weeks ago! gotta be prepared for my first day :)

let it snow

FIRST TIME IN REAL LIVE SNOW!

so, i don't remember if i blogged this, but two fridays ago, i was in denver and it snowed a little bit. i thought that was awesome. it only snowed like, maybe a quarter of an inch and it was all gone by noon. i did not know what awesome really was until yesterday. daniel and i got up, went to a breakfast place called snooze (uhhhhhhhmazing btdubs), drank oj/pomegranite mimosas while we waited 30 minutes for a table, and then ate a delicious breakfast. when we came out, the streets looked like this:



while we were finishing breakfast, my heart was POUNDING. i was so excited. it was like, when a boy you like is calling and you're letting it ring just a little getting the courage to answer it. i was infatuated by the snow! once i was in it, i was in love. it was soft, and powdery, and felt like sand when you walked on it (in boots..not barefoot. never barefoot!). and it wasn't as cold as i expected it to be. and it was just beautiful. daniel and i couldn't wait to make snowballs and throw them, but we didn't have gloves on, so we had to.

later that afternoon, we trekked out, rode the light rail downtown, and found a place to eat soup. it was perfect for the weather. just what we needed. then, we ran into the local tj maxx and bought some leather and cashmere gloves. after jumping off the light rail home, we made snowballs and threw them at street lights and signs. i was too scared to have daniel throw one at me. you have to pack them so tight just to get them to stay in a ball like shape, that i thought it might hurt! then, we realized the temperature was in the single digits, and walked home as if we were in antarctic. it was sorta painful. daniel even told me to wrap my scarf around my face and he would lead me home ♥. i wanted to tough it out though. our first snow experience was a great day. too bad his flight the today wasn't cancelled.

oh lord

yesterday denver experienced it's first snow of the season. lord help me.