So I'm settling into the new house okay, though I am learning quickly that the best laid plans change once the first arrow leaves the bow... so to speak. It still doesn't feel like I own a home, though it's been more than a month since closing. First mortgage payment is due 11/1 which is not too terribly far away. Should have no problems with that. I got well more than my share of the bills, but....

It looks like I have a lot of stuff to buy: A new dresser, nightstand, bookcase as my existing furniture just wont work in my new room.

We left a lot of stuff behind as it was crap and in need of replacing, but couches and tables are *not* cheep! My credit is almost exhausted, and actual monies are becoming quite scarce.

I think we need to take a step back and prioritize things. I can do without some of the niceties until the financial situation settles out a bit.

So I hit level 72 today on my Tauren Hunter. Feels good man, though she is under geared still, I'm steadily working on it :) Sitting pretty on 1500 gold in the bank waiting on the lowered riding costs in the next patch. A little birdy tells me that *may* be as soon as tomorrow though I'm thinking prolly not till 3 weeks from tomorrow, but who knows?

The cast of characters so far:

(F) Bahka the Tauran Hunter:        72
(M) Morridi the undead deathknight: 60
(F) Amaraikwa the Blood Elf Rogue:  60
(F) Lindri the Blood Elf Paladin:    8
(F) Kaego the Tauran Druid:         14
(F) Baruu the Orcish Warrior:        8
(F) Rizaki the Troll Priestess       2 (I think thats her name)

The house seems like its a go, hopefully we'll get the closing done soon so as to have most of July to pack and move. Looking forward to getting out of that shithole townhouse, and looking forward to maybe getting a house kitty to snuggle and love on.

Car transmission seems to be doing wierd things. Will have to take it in and have it looked at after we get the house settled out as that will be the first time I will have disposable income.

We'll just have to see how it all comes together.

We are setup to go over to the new place today after work to do the Mortgage-required house inspection. Once this step is complete we should be able to get final approval from the mortgage people whether they intend to go ahead with the mortgage proceedings, or drop out for any number of various reasons.

Looking forward to this despite the stress of dealing with house buying, moving, and the like.

In other news, I am using the Refer-a-friend deal in wow to move characters to level 60 pretty fast. So far, the total is:

(F) Bahka the Tauran Hunter:        60
(M) Morridi the undead deathknight: 60
(F) Amaraikwa the Blood Elf Rogue:  33
(F) Lindri the Blood Elf Paladin:    8
(F) Kaego the Tauran Druid:          7
(F) Baruu the Orcish Warrior:        6

These characters are all on Earthen Ring, but I am plannign to open up my Allience characters, probably with a Male Dwarf Paladin on Elune (maybe)

Got my computer fully online now with no sound or OS activation issues. Granted it is down a 1TB HD, but whos counting?

Went through my third WoW install in as many weeks, and it was just as lengthy and annoying as the other times, but its running and doing well now that Blizzard got their thumbs out and respec'd my moocow hunter.

BTW, for anyone who cares, got:
59 Tauren Hunter: Bahka
7 Tauren Druid: Kaego
2 Blood elf rogue: Amaraikwa
58 Undead Death Knight: Morridi

All on Earthen Ring RP.

Maybe more on the housing situation in a week; we'll have to see what we see about that.

As I approach my 4 year anniversary working at Brighthouse, I have to sit back and wonder about it all. I both love and hate this job. I loathe going in every night to do the same shit over and over again, and yet once there, I generally have some fun because I work with a great group of people with whom I can talk with on just about any topic. Its a fucking conundrum...

So 4 years its been; 5 since I was fired at AT&T. That was another job I loathed every minute of the day, and yet had so much fun while actually there. had a lot of stuff happen while I was there. Met Heather, and though I still love and miss her terribly to this day, I feel that I would have been much better off for never have met her at all. Had a brief fling with Angela while I worked there. That wasn't a good idea at all. Not sure what I was thinking then, or why I did some of the outrageous things I did back then.

These days I am concentrating more on my own situation rather than trying to fill my life with someone else. I finally got my credit back on track after destroying it at age 18. I bought my first brand new car, and am currently shopping for a house. Got over 5k in my first 401k and at the start of my 5th year with BHN, I'll be in vested in the pension plan, so things are, for the most part, looking up for my financially.

Once I get past these baby steps, as I think of them, it'll be time to work on my personal issues. getting myself back into the dating game, looking for someone to spend the rest of my life with. Things are looking up, but in true form for me, I'm always looking out for the other shoe to drop...