Last night's Jacktown Rundown!

Last night was a meeting for the running club I'm a member of... I was pretty tried last night and really hoping it was going to get rained out, but no such luck. It was poring rain on my way to Fenian's (our meeting place), but by the time I got there it had stopped. I decided to just do the two mile course instead of the four miler. And was I glad I did. Just went we were finishing, the bottom fell out!!

Once the run was over, I was glad it didn't get rained out. I felt like I had actually accomplished something and had earned my dinner.

Here's a picture taken at dinner (I think I look a little funny in this pic, but here it is haha!)

I also completed day two of Insanity! I got up early before work to get it done!! Yea!

Insanity Take 3 and Dinner!!

So, I started Insanity over again for the third time... today was just the fit test. Hopefully I can actually make it through the whole thing this time without interruption.

I got up and did my Insanity video before work, thinking after work I would go couch shopping. While at work, I got a message for a friend inviting me over for dinner and to watch Dancing with the Stars and scrapbooking. I don't watching Dancing with the Stars, but figured dinner with friends would be fun!

So Karen and I met over at our friend Jessica's house for supper. Jessica fixed a real feast! She grilled salmon... it was the biggest piece of salmon I had ever seen! She even made a homemade teriyaki sauce to put on top of it. It was so delicious! Possibly the best salmon I had ever eaten!! She also served baked vegetables and salad. And to top it off she had a tangerine cake for desert! I'm going to have to start practicing my cooking skill if I ever want to come close to preparing a meal that good!

We didn’t get any scrapbooking done but dinner was wonderful and Dancing with the Stars wasn't too bad!

Apartment on Display.... Already!!

SATURDAY!

I woke up around 5:30 a.m. to try and get some last minute things done at my Mom's house. I was getting excited about the move and even more excited that the weather was going to be wonderful!! The moving process started around 8:00 a.m.!  We started at my Gramma's house, getting all the furniture from her house and then moving on to my mom's house to get the rest. Amazingly enough we were done moving all the furniture into my apartment by 10:30 a.m.!!! I couldn't believe it only took 2 1/2 hours! I was thinking it would take until at least 12:00 p.m. but we were done BEFORE lunch!

We all stood around talking until about 11:00 a.m. when half the moving party had to leave to do other things... luckily some of them stayed around and let me take them to lunch. And were did we go... Hooter's! Ha! I thought it was funny taking my Mom to Hooter's (I don't think she will ever go back though).

Everyone left around 2:00 p.m. at which time I said a little cheer! The moving was done and I was finally in a place of my own!!!  I got started setting things up the way that I wanted them... mainly working on the kitchen, laying down shelf liner and watching the State / GA Tech game.

I finally decided to take a break around 4:30 p.m. and make my first Kroger run! It was pretty fun... I got enough groceries to last me a little while and it didn't hurt my bank account too much. Haha!

I came home from Kroger, got everything put away and started back on the setting up process. My goal was to get all the beds made and all the boxes in the room where they would be unpacked. This did not happen... around 10:30 p.m. I was beat and went to bed.

SUNDAY!

My Gramma wanted to come over to see my new apartment (even though I had just moved in the day before). I wanted to make it look good for her, so I woke up around 7:00 a.m. to get started again.  I did everything I could before I needed to meet my Gramma, mom, and sister for lunch and was very excited about the progress I had made!!

I met the family at Raising Cane's and then we heading to my apartment. (Me making a stop at Newk's to get something to serve for dessert)!

They were all very impressed with the progress I had made in just one day and so was I!! Here are a few pictures to show my progress:

Living Room (Can you guess the movie I'm watching?)

Dining Room

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Guest Room

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Guest Room

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My Bedroom

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My Bedroom

Boxes!

Teresa and I managed to get all the boxes in my apartment tonight (and in just one trip)!!!

We also managed to get a few other odds and ends in tonight. Bookshelves, night stand, and the mirror for my dresser. I had pretty much moved everything but the big furniture! I was very excited, I had gotten more done today then I ever thought possible! I was still a little nervous about tomorrow, but felt great about all that had been accomplished tonight!

I got the keys to my apartment!!!!

Oh yes! I now have the keys to my apartment... I'm not signing the lease until tomorrow but the manager when ahead and gave me the keys. Here are some pics of my empty apartment (some of the came out a little blurry)...

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Living Room

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Dining Room

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Kitchen

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Kitchen

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Laundry Room

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My Bedroom

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Guest Bedroom

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Empty Closet

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Another Empty Closet

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My sister and I moved in all the stuff I got at Wal-mart last night and that was about all we got done before heading to Fondern After Five! Karen and Jessica H. came over too, to see the apartment and so we could all leave together.
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Fondren after 5 for a bit of a let down then time... we tried to get there early to get some of the free food and wine, but no one appeared to have any food (even the places I saw advertising for it)!! Grrrr!

So, we decided do just pick a place and get some supper.  We decided on Brent's Drugs.  None of us had been there and we all wanted to try it.

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Brent's was great... I got the sliders basket and a vanilla coke!  A real vanilla coke!! It was so delicious!