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I’m going camping today! It’s only overnight, but I’m stoked. I even took a day off of work from Job #1 to go. That’s how badly I’ve been wanting to go camping.  It should be fun. Kyle, the Roommate and C are going grocery shopping tonight (I have to work at Job #2) and then we’ll head out tomorrow morning. Yay! The doggies are even coming with us. I’m going to try and remember to bring the camera, so prepare for a possible photo-fulled post on Monday.

~2~

I’ve already started packing up some boxes for the big move. Overwhelming? I think so. I’ve taken the photos and whatnot down from the walls and have packed up bits and pieces of stuff we don’t need in the kitchen at the moment. (Basically anything that we’d use with the oven because no AC = no oven.) I’ve even packed up my bookshelf, which leaves me wondering if I should buy more books this summer since the rest are all packed up.

~3~

Kyle sold his trampoline on Craigslist on Wednesday. Before you ask yourself “Why does a grown man have a trampoline?” I will tell you that he jumps on it to stay in shape. Call it ridiculous, but it works. He could beat Chuck Norris in a roadhouse kicking contest with those legs. Anyway, I feel bad that he had to sell it. Our new place doesn’t have a yard, so there’s no room. Hopefully in the future we’ll have a yard that’s big enough for a trampoline and I’ll buy him a new one.

~4~

I’ve been at Job #2 for three months now and you know what that means? A RAISE! Yaaaay! Now if only I can get on full time there.

~5~

Kyle’s sister has already had some of her stuff moved back to Kamloops and I’m starting to get more and more apprehensive about her being under the same roof as us. I’m just afraid that it’s going to be the worst two weeks of my life.We should’ve discussed an earlier possession on the new place.

~6~

I had lunch with my grandma on Tuesday and it was lovely. I haven’t seen her since we went to Ashcroft for the rodeo back in June. We had great conversation about my new house, my grandpa working all the time and my crazy aunt. I’ve missed talking with my grandma!

~7~

I can’t even think of anything for #7. How about …. I’ve been playing a lot of XBox lately, mostly because I don’t have a book to read.

Happy Friday!

So I figure I’d do 7 Quick Takes today, since I have a zillion + 1 things to say but no desire to write a separate post about each one. Here we go!

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Our paperwork has all been cleared and Kyle and I are now officially HOMEOWNERS! *insert happy dance here* We take possession on September 3rd, so that gives us about a month do organize, pack and shop for things our little home will need. I’m a little excited about the shopping part, not going to lie! I have a feeling the month is going to either drag on forever or go by quickly. I can’t figure it out! The paperwork seemed to take forever.

~2~

I was able to cross off another thing to do on my 96 in 1096 list yesterday: Play a team sport! Kyle broke his finger back in June and he had just signed up to play slo-pitch in a beer league with the Roommate. Instead of taking back his sign-up fee, I took his place! The last game was last night, and I’m kind of going to miss playing! I’ll definitely see about signing up again next season.

~3~

One of my BFF’s just broke up with her boyfriend – again – for the zillionth time. (Okay, maybe the 8th time?) I wish I could just tell her that the relationship is poisonous, but I just can’t. The killer thing? They JUST moved in together for the 2nd time (The last time they moved in together they broke up too) AND they signed a lease on the apartment. Ugh. I can’t keep up with that girl. I may sound like a horrible friend, but I’ve stopped caring when they break up. I can’t only sympathize for someone so many times when it’s the same guy. After a certain point, you’d think it’d be common sense not to pursuit the relationship again. Am I wrong for not caring anymore?

Random post-draft update: Apparently they’re not broken up? I’m confused … I give up. I haven’t dealt with something this dramatic ever. Not even in high school. But I went to a boring (for the most part) high school. Moving on …

~4~

Oh! Because I’m getting my own house, you know what that means? I don’t have to deal with Edith anymore! Yay! Hopefully this weekend I’ll be able to go buy the vacuum of my dreams. Okay, maybe not of my dreams, because I’d loooove a Dyson vacuum, but I can’t spend $600 on a vacuum. But there’s a decent one on sale at Wal-Mart for $80, so that’ll do! Goodbye Edith! I won’t miss you!

~5~

I subscribe to Cosmopolitan and it  took FOREVER for my magazine to get here this month. I seriously thought that it wasn’t going to be delivered and was 100% ready to write a “What the Hell??” email to Hearst Magazines and demand an explanation. THEN! My book that I ordered, “Stay” by Allie Larkin, arrived and I was super stoked since it only took 3 days to get here. (Gotta love XpressPost!) I was so distracted by the quick arrival of my book that I didn’t even notice that my magazine was tucked under the book in my mailbox. Woo! It was like Christmas.

~6~

I have my first full day off of work since Canada Day tomorrow and I couldn’t be more excited! I had originally asked for the whole weekend off to go to Vancouver for a family reunion (on my Dad’s side of the family) but my boss only gave me one flippin’ day. Since I can’t go to Vancouver and back in one day (and because the family dinner is on Sunday) I’m just going to enjoy the day. Kyle and I are thinking about taking the dogs for a hike, or maybe to the dog beach.  As long as I enjoy the day! Maybe we’ll celebrate buying a house finally since the paperwork is done.

~7~

Kamloops had its first close-call wildfire the other day and it was scary-close to burning down homes. People were put on evacuation notice (but not actually evacuated). It seems to be a common occurrence in B.C. during the summer, and it shouldn’t be. The majority of the time the fires are started by people being careless – a discarded cigarette butt out a window or an unattended campfire. There’s now a campfire ban in the Kamloops area, two weeks before we’re suppose to go camping, but if that means I’m not going to accidentally burn the city down, I’m okay with that!

Have an awesome weekend guys!