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Rent bogusness, waves of changes, transition and battle scars

My apartment complex jacked up their rental prices, so to avoid paying an enomormous amount especially during the holidays and work through all the crazy, I chose move out by Dec 1st. Little did I know, that meant, a day of rallying, packing, two injured knees, a busted chin, crying, packing, hauling, moving, and working with my parents and two friends to get stuff out. I had so much mixed emotions. I had been with Hazel Ranch 4 years and got so used to my routines and plans, and living close to work and my friends. It was a world I took for granted especially being close to FOPC church. Yesterday I went through it all in a span of 24hrs and today I still feel it. I feel the change of living in a bedroom rather than a whole space to myself. Most of my neighbors on my group end were awesome. One person on the other side of the 300s was my only sadness, she was mean to me and talked smack and I could hear it through the wall. I did have a lot of sleepless nights and there was a lot to ...

Adventure list checkoff #3: Crest Theater

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Last weekend I went to downtown Sacramento to the Crest Theater to see Singing in the Rain on the big screen. They had old classic chandeliers, old seats, and concert was originally opened in 1912 and had some remodels in the 50s and the 60's over the years. It used to be used as a palace and in the 1980's was closed for a time while they debated refurbishing until 1995 when the decision was made to restore the place to it's glory and leaving a lot of the auditorium's original flair. The place sold beer and wine and even had one small ticket office out front just like from way back when. We got the standard old popcorn designed containers, the popcorn tasted different! I went with my friends Todd, Jenny, Sarah, Renee, and Karin. The movie is a classic favorite of mine so it was nice to have it up front as well. There weren't much rules, you could yell and clap, and sing, and dance along during the film. The program slide and projector manager came out before the...

Office Move, Spending Money, The importance of staying connected

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I have been dreading this office move from the moment I found out last week. I truly have enjoyed the people I sit near. You become so accustomed to your morning routine and who you talk to. I always eat breakfast with the Pete and Steve and then I walk over to 20019 to visit with the ballistics group and middle bay folks. I have a better start to my day that way and I feel like I am not in jail lol and I have colleagues with me during these interesting times. We are lucky to have one another even if we sometimes disagree or banter too much.   Spending money on things I put off or maybe do not need to spend. I have been going to the cafe a lot lately. I think simply too because I packed all of my breakfast items into my boxes for the office move. I was too lazy to pull them apart again and again to get to my things. It seemed a waste of effort to do if it would mess with the flow. Yes, it meant pulling out my wallet to spend on the food, but sometimes you have to do what you gott...