Mrs Kioski

I was walking out to our car this morning and heard someone speaking over a walkie talkie below me. My first thought was “cops!” Sure enough, there were two cops knocking at someone’s door in my apartment building. They sounded pissed off because the person would not open their door. When I passed the door all I saw was the door closing. I have absolutely no idea what happened there. It seems odd that the police actually went in the apartment. When I went outside I saw a fire truck parked outside our building. It made me a bit nervous to see all of this. It could have been nothing or it could have been something big; I dont know. I guess that’s Minneapolis for you.

Our cat has a cold. She has been sneezing and sniffling a lot recently. I think that she got a cold because our heat is never on! I keep calling the landlords about this but they tell maintenance about it. It works once after maintenance is informed and then it stops working again. I am so sick of being in a freezing cold apartment. You would think that they would be more motivated to fix it since we have a baby, but it doesnt seem to make a difference. My father was an electrician and when he got a call that someone’s heat was out he left to fix it, no matter what time of day it was. It is important to have the heat working in MN!!! Mike asked someone else in the building if their heat had been on and they told him that it had not been. I really hope that they are complaining about it too. When I called they told me that the landlord that lived here had not said anything about it. Even Mike has been cold and he stays warm more easily than I do! We have our radiators set exactly the way that they are supposed to be and they are not on.

because everything is recyclable. If you dont want something all you have to do is put it on the garbage can and it will be gone by morning!

So now that I’ve got this job, after some saving, Mike and I will be able to afford to move into a bigger apartment. The one that we just looked at last week is HUGE and CHEAP. It is called a 2 bedroom, but it technically has 3. It also has a living room and a dining room (and bathroom and kitchen of course). It is seriously as big as the first floor of a small house. I am so freaking excited to move out in May. We werent allowed to take pictures since someone is in the process of moving out, but I will post some pictures once i get them. It is lead safe and everything. I am so excited since we will finally be able to have guests over since we will actually have room for them. Mike and I also love to cook, so having a larger kitchen is a definite plus. This move is going to be hard though since it is our 3rd move in the last year and we lead very busy lives.

Emma also hit the big 6 months on sunday. She had her shots today, which of course were not fun. The ped told us that she was doing great and they were very impressed by her health. I find it so interesting that although I had some problems during my pregnancy Emma turned out just fine. It feels great to have a healthy baby. Just one less thing for me to worry about.

I was doing laundry the other day and all was going normally until I went downstairs to put the loads into the dryer. I saw some clothes in the waste basket and realized that the shirt lying on top was my tank top! It was wet and clean, but in the trash. I have no idea how it got there and why it was the only thing of ours that was in the trash. My guess is that someone was going through our laundry and heard me coming while he/she was in the middle of doing it. How else could have ONE article of clothing been thrown in the trash? I love these apartments…

So, the fire drill went off in our apartment building tonight while Erik, Rhea, Mike and I were settling down to a game of Settlers of Catan. In a panic we all started grabbing stuff to head out the door. Naturally, I forgot the one thing needed to keep me warm, my coat. On the other hand, I grabbed the DS, Emma’s blanket and hat, and of course, Emma herself. Mike grabbed the cat. As we headed down the steps to go across the street to Erik and Rhea’s apartment we could smell something similar to burnt food. I saw a guy come out of an apartment on the floor where the smell was coming from with a very sheepish look on his face. I am guessing that he must have accidently burned something.

Meanwhile, Mariska got to meet Erik and Rhea’s cats. Apparently their male cat Sox has a crush on Mariska and was very excited to see her. Mariska didn’t like this very much so she hid in the bathroom while Sox watched her. After the fire trucks left and our apartment had not burned down we headed back over to our place to finish our game (which Erik won). Nothing was left of the fire except the faint smell of smoke.

This got me thinking about how much effort it would be to replace everything in our apartment. It has probably taken a 100 trips to Target to get all of the stuff in here. Not only that, but we would lose all of our presents from the last few years. Yes, we do have renters insurance, but it would not be fun to replace everything. I am so glad that our apartment did not burn down.

What do you think that you would bring with you if your home was on fire?

Poor little Emma had 4 shots yesterday. She absolutely HATED it. It was terrible to watch her scream and cry; no one likes to see there child in pain. It was a huge comfort to have Edrie there helping out. Emma loves her Grandma. These shots are so important for her health though; as Edrie said, we have a duty to get our babies immunized if we can. She’s forgotten all about the shots today though. She woke up several hours after her shots and was crying again because her legs hurt. It also didnt help that our neighbors were blasting their music and partying again. It just aggravated her further. After a while, we finally got her back to sleep (after the police shut up our neighbors).

There is always something more to do; whether it be homework, cleaning the apartment, or errands; there is always something more. I dont think that I will ever actually get caught up. I have a project, 2 essays, discussion answers, and a short answer all due by the weekend. How I am going to get this all done is beyond me. It is extremely hard to get homework done when someone demands all of your attention. I can only work when Emma is sleeping. She wont allow anyone else to hold her for very long when she is awake without crying for me. It’s great that she loves her momma so much, but it will be very nice when she is ok with spending time away from me.
Our cat does not add to the stress in the least bit, in fact she helps relieve stress. I am used to taking care of a cat since I have been doing that my entire life. It’s just something Ive always done so it doesnt really feel like a chore.
I think that I am getting up earlier and earlier each day in order to get everything done that I need to. Emma has a tendency to sleep more in the morning than evening. Unfortunately I like to sleep in the morning too, but if i want to get anything done i must get up. thank god for tea.
If only a day was 36 hours long instead of 24!

Here’s some pictures of Emma enjoying the music coming from her bouncer. She was also very happy when Rhea and I were dancing along with the music.

Mike and I have been spending the last few days living in his parents’ condo. It has been great! We feel like we are living in a hotel. Im so thankful that we were able to do this because we have not been able to go on a honeymoon yet. this isnt a honeymoon, but it feels close to one. plus, it is a great thing to do right before the baby comes. it is also soooo wonderful to cook in a real kitchen again with all the utensils i need.
being at the condo also gives us some more time to get a new air mattress. ours sprung a leak and is trash. we managed to find a really nice one on Craigs List. but at the moment have no way of transporting it anywhere. it’s extremely important that we have something to sleep on besides the couch because i am due so soon. i feel like a giant beach ball that cant get comfortable no matter how hard i try. my feet swell up often during the day making it hard to walk. the miracle of life is a hard thing to go through.

Our new apartment is wonderful! It may be small, but after most of the stuff has been unpacked its really not that bad. We had the most exhausting weekend trying to get all our possessions into the apartment. I’ll get some pictures later. I think the highlight for me was going grocery shopping. It felt great to buy all the food that we liked, and boy did we get a lot of food!
Sam and Leah came over to help move in yesterday. We didnt really have anyone else available to help so they were definitely needed. Mike and i had a lot of fun spending time with them and they got to meet Edrie, Greg and Sean (Steve was asleep all day). It was well worth the drive so that we could spend the evening with them. It worked out perfectly too, we only had to go to my old house once. We just picked them up from work.
So, we are happily settled in our new place and look forward to spending the next year there.

Sean was kind enough to pay for Mike to enter the Dissension Prerelease tournament today for his birthday. I must say that it is weird to spend a Sunday without him, that doesnt happen very often. I miss him, but i think that i can make an exception because its his birthday and he doesnt get to play MTG very often anymore. I hope he wins something, that would definitely make it easier to give him up for the day!
Now that he’s gone i have a little more time to get ready for finals. it’s so hard to do homework with him around, he’s so damn distracting (not that thats a bad thing).
So, we’ve started our last week at this house. It’s an odd feeling, i guess i hadnt realized how attached i had become to this family. im really gonna miss them when we leave. it’s also going to be weird to only have 2 people (3, including fetus) in our apartment. it just wont be as…busy. i love this house and am both overjoyed and sad to leave.