Internets Down

Well my move on Saturday went quite well. We managed to avoid the rain-hail-snow-rain that overwhelmed us in the evening, which is very good. Annoyingly, my internet and phone services were not properly moved over and I'll be disconnected until Tuesday next week. *sigh* This same thing happened to me when I moved into my previous apartment in August last year, I swear I'm cursed.

Anyhow, because of this fact... no outfit posts until after Tuesday! Technically I should be busy unpacking anyway so this will probably help my productivity but... until then, only other-stuff posts. And today's other-stuff post is to thank the lovely lady at Pull Your Socks Up for a blogger award. I gather I'm supposed to share 7 things about myself now! Here goes!

Thing 1: I have been living on my own since the age of 17, when I moved out and away to attend college here in Ottawa. I've lived by myself, with a boyfriend, with several different room mates, and just recently had my parents living with me for a while, and now I am back in an apartment by myself. People often tell me I seem very mature for my age, and I think a large part of that is due to my being self-reliant from such a young age and going through a lot of events that most folks don't go through until they're older.

 Myself back in March of 2008. Big difference eh?

Thing 2: I have a lot of pets. I've posted some photos of them here and there but never talked about all of them. I currently share my living space with 1 cat, 1 western hognose snake, 2 tree frogs, 2 crested geckos, 2 ball pythons, and 8 tarantulas. I've had my cat since I was 16, but I started accumulating all the others in January of 2009. As you can see, it has snow balled just a tad, heh.

 My crested gecko, Stickers.

 My two Grey Tree Frogs, Tic and Tac.

Thing 3: I am currently in an extremely-long-distance relationship with a lad living on the border of Alberta and Saskatchewan, some 3000+ km's away. We met, of all silly ways, on a webcam site called J-TV way back in my college days in 2008. We started chatting on MSN, and in July of 2009 I flew out to Alberta to visit him and attend a music festival. I fell head over heels and we've been intertwined since. I'm going to be moving West to live with him in the summer of 2012.

Thing 4: I am only child! I will admit I'm a little spoiled, but not in the way of being given tons of things. My parents were never rich people and money was tight, but I always had their attention and they are always there to lend me a hand.

Myself at 14 with my parents.

Thing 5: I have a terrible temper, extremely little patience and am prone to being overemotional. Small things affect me far more than most people and I have a hard time keeping a hold on my negative emotions sometimes. I also feel my good emotions all the more strongly though, and that I can't complain about.

Thing 6: I am turning 23 this year, I have a college diploma, a permanent government job... and I have no idea what I want to do with my life. I hate my job, and I hate what I went to school for (which is Library and Information Technician) but I don't know what else to do - well, I don't have any ideas that are realistic. I'd looove to own a fun little shop someday though, with funky clothes and vintage stuff and hand made things. Maybe someday?

Thing 7: I do not ever want to have children. Everybody who hears this tells me I will change my mind. But I really, really dislike children. I don't even know what to do with them. My youngest cousin is 15 so I never even spent time around young kids without being a kid myself. I've never so much as held a baby. I fail completely at interacting with children without making them cry. So no kids for me!

I know I'm supposed to nominate 7 other bloggers but to be honest I'm just too stressed with this whole internet thing and I have to leave work soon and that means no more internet at home and bleh... I really hope my evening goes better. Later all!