Nothing happening here at all

I've been in a chatty phone mood, so I talked to the family (dad, Nick, mom) in the last couple of days on the phone, which was nice, but they were all distracted.

I have lots of work because I have to do a presentation at our group meeting tomorrow. A presentation on what, you ask? I don't know, but I better start thinking about it :)

Jen O'Meara is applying to work here. Yeah! It is awesome that we will actually have a GT aerospace precense integrating all these Calagary, Canada mechanical-type people. Maybe I will have to plan a trip to come visit her here and the rest of my gang..

Furniture overload

I am facing a furniture overload for my new apartment in Houston (too much is better than two little, though, and beggars can't be choosy). The inventory of what I definitely have:

- bed from my mother's house

- kitchen table (no chairs) from Aunt Mary

- bed frame from Aunt Mary

- pots, pans, decor for my dorm room

This was a good start, I thought. After all, its the basic staples of life, and the rest I can get as I get money. I mean, I'm only looking at 800 sqft one-bedroom places, mostly because that's all I can afford if I want something that is waterfront.

So, my Aunt Diane has been working over time and presented me with the following possibilities:

- coffee table, end table, sofa table from Aunt Shannon

- bed set from Aunt Shannon (though I can't have it until August... does someone want to explain to me how I am supposed to get it from Cleveland to Houston in August?)

- sofa from Aunt Joy (damnit! I was hoping for a sofa from Aunt Diane, she has the most comfortable one I've ever sat on!)

- lights from Aunt Shannon

- kitchen table with chairs from Aunt Joy.

- bunk beds from Aunt Diane (someone please explain to me what I need bunk beds for?)

So, to summarize, I would now have TWO kitchen tables, two sofas, two bed frames, and a set of unneeded bunk beds. Additionally, this furniture is spread out between Boca Raton, FL, Cleveland/Erie, PA, and Philadelphia, PA! I am going to have a busy vacation collecting it all. Good thing I claimed dibs on the IMAC van for the duration of the vacation. Or, perhaps, I should claim dibs on the IMAC cube-truck!