Jackie and I decided to go downtown for this highland games thing that was supposed to be going on downtown yesterday. The webpage said that the activities and stuff ended at 5pm with some type of awards ceremony. The webpage also said that there was a beet tent. It said that it was open until at least 8pm. So we drank two very strong vodka and orange juice drinks here, caught the bus downtown at 7pm and discovered that not alot was going on. So we bought two lemonades and a little mickey of vodka and had some more strong drinks while trying to figure out what to do. We decided to grab something to eat at McGinnis Landing and had some slings. By this time it was still pretty early, I think around 8-8:30pm, so we headed over to Nicky Zees. It was completly dead there, but the drinks were cheap. We had some Keith drafts there and then headed over to Sweetwaters. We danced and drank there for the rest of the night. We met some guy, P.J I think his name was, and danced with him for most of the night. We were getting ready to leave and he asked me something about where I lived, I said Oh I live uptown with my boyfriend, at that point Jackie asked me something so I turned to answer her, when I turned around P.J was gone. We got a cab up to my place at about 1:30am and came home and just crashed. At about 3:30am Jackie said that she was to hot and was going to catch a cab home. It really was hot. She waited outside were it was cooler and I just went back to bed. I rolled over at about 10:30am this morning and thought, I'll sleep until 11am and then get up. Well I overslept and didn't end up getting up until 12:45pm.Oh well I don't work today.Sam and I have to go get groceries when he gets home,even though I hate going on Sundays. Write later:)

This week has gone well, last night work dragged quite a bit, but it eventually came to an end. I'm going in today for some extra hours and to talk to my supervisor. I told her last night that I will be needing August 30th, 31st, and September 1st off because I am moving and will be helping others move as well. She was going to talk with Kevin and see if I could book that off as vacation time so that I can still get paid for the following Monday. She told me she would let me know today, so I kinda have to go in now. Oh well, extra money. I got paid today, but most of this pay is going towards rent and cable, so I'm not to far ahead, although all my bills will be paid. I just mean I don't have alot of extra spending money. I'm taking the later bus today, where it is just for extra hours, I can be alittle 5-10mins late. I think you have to let the people scheduled get computers before anyone who just wants extra can start anyway. I slept in today!! I usually set the alarm for 9am after Sam gets up at 6 or 7am, but I didn't today and just figured I'd wake up aboput that time anyway. I rolled over and it was 11:30am!! I showered and took Gizmo for a walk, wow is it ever hot in Fredericton today! 31 degrees today and tomorrow! Poor Gizmo, I couldn't get her into the groomers unitl Monday, so she has to suffer through this heat for the whole weekend, poor dog :( I don't work tomorrow and Jackie called me while I was in the shower and told me about a Scottish Festival that is going on this weekend, so I think we are going to go to that tomorrow. Sam and I rented Mortal Combat for the PS2 last week and we had alot of fun playing it all last week. It was really nice, we just took turns on the Conquests and when one of us died the other got a turn. I'm pretty good!! I was surprised that I enjoyed it as much as I did. I thought that it was just fighting, but there is some actual boards/levels that you complete in between the fights. We also rented Shrek grand slam. That really was just a fighting game, nothing else. I got kinda bored with that after a day or two. I think I'll start renting some games more often, we have a bunch of coupons that we got with our blockbuster gift packs that we've never really used. Gotta get ready for work, write later :)

I called Philip (future landlord) and asked him if he remembered mentioning that he thought about putting a door betweent the kitchen and room next door with the fridge and if that would be a possibility. He told me that it was something that he had thought about doing, but the elctrical box and wires were in that wall making it a big renovation project. I told him that was o.k and I was just wondering about it and thanked him. Last night at work his wifes sister introduced herself to me. Sharon (his wife) had mentioned that her sister worked at a call centre downtown when we met on Monday. She mentioned that I also worked at a call centre downtown to her sister. They both know my supervisor (Charlene) and she asked to meet me. She seemed like a very nice person as well. Charlene said that Philip and Sharon are nice people too. I called and got my phone and cable switched over for the end of August. Aliant waived the switching fee b/c I'm a value package customer and Rogers doesn't have a switching fee. But I have to be at the new apartment on August 31st between 2-5pm. I mean really, do they need a 3 hour window? Is it that crazy to actually give people appointments? hmph! I might see if my landlord can just let them in for me if we're not home. For my room/dressing room mom is going to let me use their day bed so that we can have room for guests and something in the room other than my dresser. It has been SO ridiculously hot in Fredericton the last 2 or 3 days! Yesterday and Tuesday it got up to over 30 degrees and today the high will be 33. Have I ever mentioned that Connect North America has no central air conditioning? No?hmm....well the don't! We just have a couple wall air conditioners placed reandomly around the room and some floor fans, and then a wack of computers that let off alot of heat. It is brutally hot in there all summer and cold in the winter b/c they don't want to over heat the computers so they don't turn on the heat. grr....Oh, I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I found out from a coworker that part time staff can get benefits. Full dental, vision and a blue cross plan for $22 a pay. I thought full time staff were the only ones that it was available to. I might sign up for that when my blue cross runs out at the end of the summer. The job market in this city sucks! There are no job opportunities for recent graduates. Well, that's not true, if you have one or more degrees and your masters in one of them you might have a chance, but a plain old undergraduate degree? nothing. I do not want to be stuck in a call centre for the rest of my life. I could have got a job there with my high school diploma and saved myself about 20+ thousand dollars in tuition costs. Oh well, maybe something will turn up. Anyway I'm going to make a coffee....

I started packing away some of the things that we don't use everyday. I packed away my bookshelf with my school books and binders (I went through my binders to throw away the unimportant stuff) and Sam packed a couple of boxes last night. I don't think it will be to much of a problem as long as we keep packing little by little. We also found out that Luke and Tina are moving the end of August as well and Luke offered to help us move and use his truck. We'll help them move and they will help us. Which worked out really nice for us, considering neither one of us have our drivers license. We would have had to get a friend to rent a truck for us or pay movers, either way it would have cost us a lot more. We're still going to offer Luke money for gas and buy him a case of beer or something, but it worked out nicely. Sam and Luke booked August 30th,31st, and September 1st off, so I'm going to book that the 30th and the 1st off too. I don't work Friday's. Work went by pretty quickly this week, we got off an hour early on Tuesday, Wednesday was alright and Thursday went by pretty fast as well. I work tomorrow, but I'm off at 6pm, so I can still go out and do whatever in the evening. I'm going to go bake something, maybe some cookies.....hmmm....:)

We went to see the apartment this morning. It turned out to be a nice place and the owner seemed to like Gizmo(I brought her with me). We can move in before September or whatever time we need to move in. He said he would give us the keys whenever we paid for Septembers rent. I just have to call and get our t.v, phone and internet switched over for the end of August beginning of September. It turned out to be a 2 bedroom and another room that is going to be our computer room. There is a big backyard that the owner said we could use and have BBQ's at. There is still a convenience store pretty close, and we aren't that far from where we currently live. It's at 816 Regent (between kings college and Montgomery.Did I mention that Gizmo is allowed? yup, no problem. :)
The lease is from September to May. He said that he doesn't like people moving in and out in the winter. He said that he was going to paint and finish some trim work before we move in. The bathroom is a split bathroom, meaning that one room/hall is for the shower and there is another room for the vanity and toilet. The kitchen is laid out alittle weird. The sink and stove are in one room and right next door is the fridge and room for a table with a little window. He said he was thinking of putting a door in, I think I'll mention that I think it is a good idea when I drop of the rent cheques, etc. My stupidly expensive cheques arrived today, I need them for my rent now, b/c most landlords like cheques. The only reason I bought them is to write rent payments. The cheques say my current address, so then I'll have to scratch out the address and put my new one. That will look really nice. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now, cause I'm not ordering more cheques. Our lease, which is more of an agreement, is from September-May and then will figure out what we want to do.He just said that he doesn't like people moving in and out in the winter. Which is fine anyway, I think I would avoid moving in the winter. I'm very excited, it will be nice to have a new place that Gizmo is allowed at and only have two neighbors. Sam and I are going to rent a movie or game, write later...

I may have found an apartment that will allow Gizmo. Well...I don't know if they really accept pets, but when I told the man that the apartment was for myself, boyfriend and little dog, he made no immediate objections (so I took that as an o.k to the littel dog). He told me he was going away for the weekend and to call him on Monday to set something up (that was Thursday). It's on Regent street, which isn't ideal, but I can't be to picky with Gizmo. The apartment is a 2 bedroom + extra room for storage or study area and heat + lights are included for 650$ mth. It's available for SEptember 1st as well. He also mentioned that he is flexible with the leases. I found it completely randomly. It was posted online at some strange site. He said it was a home, where he and his wife lived as well and there was another apartment with an older lady. I really hope that this is an actual apartment with actual rooms and doors. That one that we went to see in May was such a huge disappointment. (with the curtained off kitchen as a bedroom). It says in the ad that it has a split bathroom, what does that mean? I am so frustrated trying to find a place. stupid people and their hate for dogs or even pets at all. Keep your fingers crossed for me...I'll need it! :)

The lady called this morning to let us know that we had been approved for the apartment. I was pretty excited, but then I asked about the leasing arrangements. The ad lied and it isn't month to month, but actually a year. AND you have to give them the damage deposit before you even get your keys. I was going to transfer mine over, but Pat isn't going to give us our damage deposit before we move out. So, just to make sure that I wouldn't get evicted and loose my damage deposit I mentioned that I had a little dog and asked the policy. The lady said that she also has a little dog so she had already enquired and this new company said that they have a zero tolerance policy, so I would get evicted and be stuck without an apartment at an even worse time then right now. I figure I've still got over a month and a half to find something, I'm sure I can. I've gotten a couple of emails from people about my ad on the adsforum. The apartments are to far away from anything though. Maybe I'll luck out and someone will email me with a better location. Wish me luck! :)

We seen the apartment this afternoon and it was nice. We filled out an application and are just waiting to hear back from them. It's only a block from here, so we're still pretty close to everything. It didn't have a balcony, but that's o.k. Sam and I seen a fenced in yard when we were leaving, so there is still a spot where we could have BBQ's and stuff. It's on the top floor, but pretty close to the door anyway. It has very separate areas for everything. Our current apartment is kind of everything together, dining, living and kitchen. This place is alittle different. you walk into the living room and then to the left you walk into the kitchen, where there is room for a table and dishwasher, washer. To the right of the kitchen is the bedroom, which is alittle smaller than our current bedroom, but still large enough for our stuff. Around the corner is a linen closet and then the bathroom. The apartment is painted a light beige instead of just plain white, which I like. I went and ordered some cheques alittle while ago. I told the lady why I was ordering them and she said to change the address on them after I move. I asked her if they would still be valid and she said they would, so I'm hoping that works out o.k. The smallest book of cheques that I could order was 50!! I don't need 50 cheques! That will last me 4+ years! I wouldn't use them for anything other than rent. I've never had them before, but this way we don't have to deal with care takers, (who lives downtown BTW). Did I mention that it's month to month!! Well it is, and I'm pretty happy about that. The lady said that Colpitts developments just took over and they may actually replace some things before we move in, she wasn't to sure how they operate b/c the switch just happened last week. The carpet wasn't that nice, but I have my blue one and she said that it would be cleaned before we move in, so...as long as it's not dirty the color of it doesn't matter. It is really security locked, much better than this place, there is an intercom, not just a buzz. O.k....I'm pretty excited about this place...but I swear that I'm not imagining this...while we were waiting for Janet to arrive...I heard a dog bark!! So someone else in the building is also hiding a dog! Woohoo!! Janet said that she was heading over to drop the application off, so we might hear back relatively soon. My cheques will take 5 business days to arrive though, oh well I'll figure something out. Wish me luck in getting the apartment. Write later. :)

I may have found a place! It isn't far from here, about a block away, behind the city motel. It is a one bedroom, heat and hot water included for 625$ mth!! It is also month to month lease, so I'm not stuck, and the apartment is available September 1st. I didn't mention that I have a little dog, fuck it. I did however inquire about onsite landlords or what not. The care giver is off site, so i don't have to worry about them seeing Gizmo. I also made sure that it's not a basement apartment, I'm not very fond of them. All is not lost!! I will still have my school bus pass until after September and then I'll just find out what colors the stickers are to validate my id myself! ;) I hope it has a balcony, it's on the top floor, but she didn't mention a balcony...whatever. They do allow cats for an extra $20, so if they find out somehow I'll offer them the extra $20. I'll just get mom to take her for a week or two when we first move in. Woohoo!! I think Sam will like the sounds of this as well, he'll be getting home pretty soon. Today has been a good day all around, I took two scratch tickets in (that I thought I had lost on) and won 4$ on one and 2$ on the other! It's also a pretty good day out as well. It looked kind of like it would rain this morning but recently the sun has come out and it's gotten quite warm. Jackie if you read this before I talk to you next are we still going out on Saturday? Let me know, I think it would be nice. Anyway I gotta go get ready for work...write later

I took the bus downtown to go to work this afternoon, walked in, looked around and the place was completely EMPTY. I turned around and seen a woman sitting in one of the offices and asked her where everyone was. Turns out that the dialer had crashed and Connect North America had lost their internet access. They had sent everyone home at 1pm, and she was calling night staff to tell them that they didn't need to come to work at 5pm (I had gotten there shortly after 4pm). I left and walked over to Kings place and got back on the bus! I'll just go in tomorrow and Saturday and then I get Sunday off again.Woohoo!! :) I mean, I could have used the extra hours, but I can't do anything about them not being open, so I can feel guilt free! If Sam gets home in time, we can go see a movie tonight. I've heard good things about Transformers and Fantastic Four. He said he was leaving Saint John at 4ish, so he should be home soon. :)

Today has gone well...I competed and mailed my taxes....I know...I may be a little late, but they're done now. I went online and looked for some more apartments, I had called a couple of places yesterday, but nothing really appealed to me. There was one place down on Regent that had potential, but it was pretty far downtown and not near much, and pets weren't allowed (I was going to sneak Gizmo in), but I think I'll try to find a place that will allow her. I emailed someone about an apartment building that allows dogs today, so I'll see what comes of that. I also have the names and numbers of a couple of landlords who allow pets as well, so all is not lost...yet. I enjoyed having these last couple of days off immensely!! It's been great! Sleeping in, staying in my P.J's until after 11am, well today I woke up at 8:30am and couldn't get back to sleep, but other than that it's been nice. I may be sleeping in alittle late because Sam is in Saint John visiting his family as well, so I'm not sleeping that great. It's hard trying to find a place for September though, because if the ads are posted now, landlords are looking for tenants for August or ASAP. It's hard to find apartments that are available for September, let alone ones that allow dogs. Well I'm going to go make something for supper....

Last week at work went by pretty quickly. I went into work on Saturday to make up for last Saturday and they let us go early. Instead of working until pm, we only worked until just after 3pm. I think they ran out of leads for that campaign, oh well. Last night Jackie and I hung out and drank. We went downtown at about 9:30pm and watched the fireworks at 10:40pm. They were pretty good, the finale was great. There were tons of people downtown and we just started walking (hoping we would be able to wave a cab down) and we finally came to Greco and called a cab from there, except...no answer, so we just walked home. We took Regent street and made it home in about 30-45mins. It seemed shorter than when I used to walk up York street, hmm. I got home just after 12am and watched some T.V before heading to bed at 1am. Sam stumbled into bed at around 4am...ish. He had to work this morning and it took me awhile to get him out of bed at 8:30 this morning. He worked until 4ish today and his dad just picked him up. He's going to Saint John for a couple of days to see his family. I'll have to ask him what he did until 4am, hmmm.....I slept in ridiculously late after he went to work, until 12:30pm ish!! I feel pretty well rested today though, so I don't regret it in the least! I paid my rent yesterday and it really dawned on me, that I'm going to have to move the end of next month!! I may have found a couple of places. I know of one spot that the landlord is offsite and lives in another building, so if need be I can sneak Gizmo in. A girl that I work with also said that there were apartments on Parkside that allow small dogs (261), but I haven't seen any ads for those ones, so I don't know if they are available. There is an apartment down the street that I partied at once, in the basement, and the top floor tenants are using a flag to cover their bedroom window, which isn't working very well, so that's kind of sketchy....but I might check to see when it's available and the landlords feelings about dogs. I cropped my PEI pictures and they are all ready to be printed. I bought a ton of stuff to make a nice scrapbook. Gotta run....write later ;)