Summer mission update, part deux

It's been about a month and a half since I last updated about my summer missions, so here I am to do so once again.


*I have kept trying to eat less/better and have been pretty good about avoiding certain things altogether, like regular soda. I've fallen out of the daily habit of exercising since I started working, but now that I'm done with my job I'm going to try to get back into it. I even got on the treadmill today. I started seeing results from my efforts, not much, but still something and that's encouraging.

*Trying to read 50 books in a year is still a more enjoyable goal to pursue than losing weight. I'm up to 40 now. My favorite five books I've read since I last posted are Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams, Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (favorite as in I've only read seven books since I last posted so picking five isn't that easy and I enjoyed reading it like I enjoy watching bad reality television so it makes the list over the other two books in the series), and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (a re-read, of course).

*The coffee things is out. I'm not even moving to Seattle.

*I have started and quit my job. I was working at Bed Bath and Beyond, and let me tell you: I could not be more happy to be done. I vow here and now to never work in retail again. I just can't take it. I was miserable everyday I had to go to work, I was miserable the whole time I was there, and I was miserable on my days off knowing I'd have to go back. I made some money that will come in handy in the next couple of weeks when I go to buy furniture, but it barely makes all the awfulness of working in retail worth it. Ick.

*As I said before, I'm not moving to Washington anymore, so that goal is cancelled.

*My most exciting news: I found a place to live in DC! It's the cutest apartment ever, and I can't wait to move in and decorate my new bedroom. It's a two-level apartment in a huge old house that's been converted into an apartment building. The top floor of my place is technically the attic, which means it's super hot up there, but it's also pretty huge, especially for DC. The house is in Friendship Heights in a really nice looking neighborhood, so I'll feel safe and away from everything, but I'm still in the city. I insist that people come and visit me as soon as possible, so let me know if you're interested. However, I'm not sure when I'll be moving in yet. I originally wanted to be settled in the first week of August, but as that time gets closer (and is now actually upon me), I've decided there's no reason to rush. I don't know if I'm getting cold feet or what, but I keep putting my moving date off. I will definitely move by the Saturday after this coming one, maybe sooner. Packing is fully under way, so good for me.

*Friend time is still rarer than I'd like. I need to do something about that, like now.