we are moving!

so, i still have big fat issues with management here - but today the manager did a nice thing - when i called a month and a half ago to say we were moving out, the person i spoke to didn't tell me about the move out notice having to be in writing, nor did she record anywhere the fact that i had called. today, the manager decided to believe me, and will allow us to move out on the 31st -on schedule. when we thanked her she practically begged us to go to apartmentratings.com and point out that she was nice. apparently there are multiple bad comments on there... too bad for them she told me another place i can report the absolutely pathetic way this complex is run, since now the next time i'm really bored i can go to that website and be actually honest. man, that'll be fun.
so i'll be packing and cleaning for the next couple of weeks, and then it's bye-bye management - the new place is a condo, with a private owner who actually seems like a pretty nice person. yay.

sleep and thinking about it

oooohhhh boy.
long nap today. nap breath. probably lack of sleep tonight as a result. i think i've discovered why i love sleep so much. partly because/when i'm tired of course, but mostly i want to sleep when i don't like my current reality. i noticed that the other day - i was pissed off, so i wanted to sleep. another time i was sad so i wanted to sleep. if i get a headache, or an ulcer acts up, or i'm sunburned, or have allergies, i want to sleep.
if i'm happy, i don't want to sleep. in fact, when i'm really happy i can barely imagine wanting to sleep ever again.
i've read that sleeping too much is a symptom of depression, but i'm starting to believe that it's more of a defense mechanism, or even a cure - after i wake up, i feel better. maybe not great, but better than when i went to sleep. it's kind of like a comfort food - when things are really rough i know i'll feel better if i can just have some chocolate, or potatoes, sometimes even a popsicle - something i've had a million times before, that i'm comfortable with, and that can't possibly disappoint me. sleep is like that for the most part (disregarding the occasional bad dream - there is no describing how much bad dreams just plain piss me off for wasting my sleep time).
when i'm pissed off and i can't sleep - that's when things really suck. good thing i have chocolate, just in case.

tuesday

oh boy - what to say...
work is great - all three of the ice cold bitches from a few posts ago are on vacation this week. shaggy has new clients coming out of the woodwork, or plaster, or whatever crap is on walls out here. so that's great.
we had a double kitty birthday the other day - twilight and shadow are 3! it's crazy - i remember when their brother from the litter before them was a tiny baby... and there's no way i can get away with calling them kittens any more.
why do i feel like i'm writing a letter?
time for a rant!
so i got an email a few days ago from a fellow mormon asking me to help forward a solicitous campaign email for mitt romney. now, as of yet i have nothing personal against mitt - but i definitely have not decided to swing his way. i don't even know what "his way" is - the man never discusses what his actual politics are, just tries to avoid mud-slinging. i'd have to know what he stands for before i could consider him as the next prez. and don't say that being mormon is going to determine his political views, because harry reid is mormon too, and he's pretty staunchly a democrat. so, that said - what the hell?!? assuming that i'm going to vote for someone based on religion?!? i have a big fat problem with voting against someone solely on basis of religion, so it seems pretty hypocritical to me to support someone for the same reason. i am pretty close to hitting "reply all" on that email with a campaign hit for someone else - not hillary because if they take me seriously and think i support that idiot, that would suck. of course, she's the only one that i'm actually anti right now. since i'm not affiliated with either party, it doesn't make much sense for me to get too involved before the primaries.
i would love it the country was multi-party in actuality instead of just pretending. maybe if high schools started teaching kids about more than just two... i didn't even know other parties really existed until i saw nader on my first ballot. wouldn't it be cool if normal people could run for office instead of only fabulously rich people?
i'm noticing that all my rants end in "wouldn't it be nice"'s.
c'est la vie.