New Beginnings

Too busy to create any large posts, but this pretty much sums up how
we have been trying to see the world lately.

Sacked...

Following my two week notice at the restaurant, Aaron was promptly fired for no substantial reason from the same place. Now we have to shift the focus from finding an apartment (which we had done and had to back out due to the "no employment" thing), to finding new jobs. We cannot get a place until we prove that we have jobs.

We were hoping not to stay at Aaron's family's house for more than a couple of weeks...We own a cat, they own a dog...

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers. We have had a hell of a week. We are trying to remain positive under major adversity. To top it off today, we got a $250 school zone speeding ticket because we were so stressed out and preoccupied.

The best thing we have going for us right now is that we are doing well in school and have families and friends who love us. It has definitely made Aaron and I even closer.

Homeless @ Mid-terms

We are out of our old apartment!
Time for change.

We are also smack-dab in the middle of heavy school work and testing.

It has been crazy busy around here trying to find a new home. Aaron and I have seen each other for about two hours in the past two days.

I happen to be searching for a new job as well.

If You Are Into Hearing Loss

For a birthday present my brother took me and his friend Rachel to see The Hives, a rather over-the-top Swedish band. My ears have been ringing for three days. They all dress to the max in suits. Hilarious!

It was an exhilarating live show. The Donnas opened for them, and I was quite impressed with their petite guitarist. She rocked my socks off.

Moving Day

It's moving day, and we're getting rid of junk. We think that since our cat was once abandoned by its owners, he is anxious that we will do the same. He has been acting strangely. He knows we are leaving soon.

We will be staying with Aaron's dad and family until we find a place. It has been difficult since we are in the middle of school and work. We have to leave this apartment however. There are bed bugs on the 1st floor (we live on floor 2), and we want no part of them and the chemicals that will repeatedly try to kill them.

Once you have them in your home, they are very hard to get rid of. They feed off of your blood leaving a trail of nasty, itchy bites. Also, bed bugs can survive long periods of adverse conditions. I have been informed that their population has been on the rise throughout Denver.
OOoooo, buggiiiiieeeess...

Save Trees. Dumpster Dive

Aaron & I took a trip to Office Depot to see how much new boxes cost since we are moving to a new home. A sign claiming "Great Deal" turned out to be not so great. It was something like 4 rather small boxes for $20.

I don't think so! I have worked far too many retail jobs to ever justify buying new boxes. When I worked at the Pottery Barn, they recycled for a while and then stopped altogether because the new dumpsters "looked nicer." Mind you, this was behind the building!

I am no hippy however, what about the earth? It made me feel awful knowing how many hundreds of boxes were thrown out each day, and this was just for one store. Not only is this sad for the earth, it's unfortunate that so many lower class families are having to spend money on dumb old boxes to move with, when they are thrown out by the tons every day.

The U.S. is great in so many ways but it is sad how we are such a "disposable" society. I feel that many things are not produced for long lasting quality as they were more often when I was a child. Also often times, it's just more convenient to buy new things.

I also feel that we have crossed our disposable mentality from literal things to relationships, as we tend to no longer support marriage or long-term, monogamous relationships. The bigger, faster, new car upgrade, has now influenced our choices in mates. The woman in a relationship is upgraded. The face is lifted, the tummy tucked, or the woman is traded for a younger, more energetic and impressionable woman. The man can be easily written off for not making enough money to support habit or taste.

I didn't mean for this blog post to become my soap box today, but this is how I have seen the world lately from what I have noticed in observations, experience, advertisements and the media.

Needless to say, we spent 20 minutes at various business dumpsters around our apartment and got all the clean, barely used boxes we needed to pack our belongings (with plenty of green to spend on a nice lunch.)

I think it's important to remember that diversity happens in life and it's never fun, but we are stronger for learning how to cope and think critically. I have greater peace when facing problems rather than when I choose to deny them. The search for perfection is a never ending search, whether the happiness is sought from things or relationships. We've got to make the best of what we have and evolve within it. We must also strive to be mindful of the earth and fellow beings.

[END SOAP BOX]

Thanks for observing my point of view.
Alina

Alternative Therapies.

I am starting to really get into alternative medicine at school, and I'm loving it. There is a great apothecary on 6th Avenue in Denver called Apothecary Tinctura.

They carry great tinctures, herbs, and aromatherapy for all types of uses. Check it out.

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Also, you can find unique gifts for all ages. Woo-woo