Hi. Remember Me?

So, yeah, it's been a long time. I've been busy. No excuse, I know. But still.

I have to leave for work soon, but I thought I'd drop in a write a note.

Here's the news in my life:

1) Mom found out about the cats. Disowned me for about a week. Dad could care less, and I believe he finds this whole event funny. The more she said things like "ugh. she's an ugly cat." The nicer looking the cats got to my dad (for example, Katara went from being a nice looking cat to a pretty cat!)

2) We found a place to move. No, we didn't buy a house. We're renting again. We couldn't find anything we liked in our price range where we wanted to live. So, we're renting somewhere else. We're moving on Weds, April 25! Help moving gratefully appreciated!

3) I bought orchids at the orchid show at my mall. I bought more orchids than I should have. And they're not happy. I think my apartment is too warm, too dry, and doesn't have enough tempature variance for them to be happy. As long as they can hold on just a few more days.... I'll repot some of them and hopefully they'll be happy.

4) I am completely off of Effexor. YAY!!! It was a miserable and intense week once I stopped taking it. I'm not going to go into all the fun details. Let me just share a piece of advice: if your doctor suggests Effexor for depression for you, tell him NO! The stuff is addiciting and the withdrawl symptoms are hell to go through. You know anything nicknamed "brain shivers" isn't going to be good. Since being off of it around 2 weeks now, I've lost 5 pounds and am in better moods (ok, the welbutrin I'm on instead is helping with that, I'm sure. But I feel so much better! Whoever thought to put an angsty teenager with self-image problems on a drug whose side effects include weight GAIN...... grrrrr..... 50 pounds gained since I started taking the stuff).

5) Did I mention we're moving? To a bigger place? In Belleville.... just about 3-4 miles down the street from where we live now. And we're moving on April 25...... (hint, hint.... help appreciated)......

6) The bird show is April 21. Oh. Joy. Stop me from being so overwhelmingly happy. (can you feeling the sarcasm?)

That's it. I gotta run off to work now.