I was feeling pretty good because I finished my papers early, and I was ahead of the game. Somehow, while making breakfast, Jillian and I got on the topic of our study room and backyard. Both are a mess and have Michael's stuff stored everywhere. We decided today was the day we were going to clean stuff up! So, Jillian sent him an email asking him if we could clean up the backyard and what was trash (weeds, stacks of wood, pile of dirt, pile of tile and wood scraps, pile of rug and batting scraps).. Then we rearranged the study room. We put the two desks he's storing into an L shape and made one side an office, the other side has the couch and nice seating area. We vacuumed and were pretty darn proud of ourselves because it looks nice.
Then we got an response about the backyard - no, don't touch anything. It'll be cleaned up "soon", "as soon as the weather clears up", etc. This always seems to be the answer, and we've lived here for almost a year with it just getting worse and worse. We felt a little deflated. We just want to help and make it look nice. We're even able to do the hard work ourselves... But nope. So, then I worked on papers for the rest of the day, finishing up the two that are due soon. In the evening, we walked to Rosalie to replenish our wine supply and walked back. On one of the bottles it had a tag: "That's a cracker!" What?! Another said "Top Drop!" We asked the store keeper what this meant and he told us that you want every last drop! Oh.. Ok. So weird! I thought we'd lived here a while and we're still learning new Aussie slang!
Oh, and my professor emailed the class to let us know that we have an extension on the assignment (Environmental Impacts Paper). Now it isn't due until the 24th. That's the one I JUST worked my butt off on all weekend and finished!!! UGH!! Oh well. The 24th is right after my boyfriend leaves, so I would've had to finish it early anyway.
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