As Random as the Day is Long
Posted in Once I Was a Kansas Girl and tagged with Apartment, Fire, Friends, Smoke, Summer on August 22, 2008This will be quick, because I have a busy day in front of me. Normally I like to keep one post on one topic, but this will be random. Sorry.
Kerry mentioned the other day that maybe it’s time to update on the smelliness of our apartment. And she’s right. I mentioned way back that our new apartment smelled like a couple of smokers lived there. The smoke was drifting over from the apartment next door. After many efforts to rid the smell ourselves, we didn’t get very far. With the help of friends and heavy-duty air purifiers, it had gotten better. Then slowly the lingering smell faded away. I still ask people that come to visit if it smells like smoke, and the answer is always “no.” There’s an occasional time if I’m standing in the just right place of my bathroom or dining room that I smell it, but other than that it’s gone. I think our property manager told our neighbor about how it was affecting us and he has started smoking more outside or at least inside with the window open. He should be moving out by the end of the month, so that’ll be even better.
I have a friend visiting this weekend which is a lot of fun. I’ll also be starting back with Sunday school and Awana. The beginning of the year can be overwhelming at times.
Since everything is starting back, I think about what was going on a year ago. Things looked a lot different, that’s for sure! Thursday night before we started Sunday school was when the fire took place. It definitely threw me off a little bit, but I learned more than I ever thought I could through that experience.
Work is uncharacteristically busy today for a Friday. Goes along with the theme of the week!
A lot of my friends are going through changes of various types at this time. They’ve all been on my mind a lot, which inhibits blogging some. After all, I can’t really talk about what I’m thinking about if what I’m thinking about is someone else’s business. It also doesn’t help that I haven’t been reading; I’m sure that has stifled my own creativity. I’m definitely not winning any blogger of the year awards for this week’s material: some disorganized posts, a couple random posts, and a meme. Hope to back in better form come Monday!
Hope you all enjoy your last pre-Labor Day weekend!
August 22nd, 2008 at 2:04 pm
You have a good weekend, too!
Hugs..
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Thank you, I hope you enjoy your weekend also. I could have sworn there was an extra monday in there somewhere!
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:03 pm
Here’s hoping you have a sweet-smelling weekend with your friend!
August 22nd, 2008 at 3:43 pm
I hope your weekend is very relaxing!!!
August 22nd, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Thanks for coming by my blog. I’m a transplanted KS girl myself. I grew up in Emporia and my parents still live there. I was actually just there a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been in Maryland for 13 years but I’ll always be a Kansas girl at heart!
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Lots of interesting reading here on your blog! Thank you for stopping by Missouri yesterday!
August 22nd, 2008 at 10:11 pm
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August 22nd, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I hope you have a great weekend too! Enjoy your friend’s visit!
August 27th, 2008 at 8:24 am
I’m all about disorganized posts! :) Especially since that seems to be how my brain functions- firework after firework of random thoughts. lol