oof da. You guys need something to read.

So for all of you who have been wondering what I’ve been doing with my time for the past month or so, let me assure you that I’ve been productive. I’m currently in the middle of an intensive two and a half week training program for my new job. It’s so intense that I have homework.

At first I was stressed out about this whole training period, but I’ve reached a point where I realize that I can choose not to let it the stress bother me. After that realization, my training has been sailing right along.

I’ve been keeping busy looking for a new place to live. My lease for this place is up at the end of the summer, which means that it’s time for Seefox to move out and move up. (My place now isn’t the nicest I’ve ever lived in, let’s just say that.) My latest hunt for housing led me to a joint by Lake Calhoun. It’s decently close to the office, decently nice, and close to the lakes, but the downside is that I probably couldn’t play my drums in an apartment building.

And who wants to live somewhere where you can’t play your drums?

“Not me,” said the bee.

I’ll keep you posted on how things unfold. Thanks for checkin’ in.

MacGyver Moments

***Dear Readers,

Who’d have thunk that blogging would be such hard work? Needless to say, an update has been overdue. This is a belated update that I meant to post last week (ie the last week in June) instead of this week (ie the first entire week in July). Yikes. I’ll try to do a better job keeping you up to date in the next few weeks. With that, enjoy this older, yet still entirely enjoyable, blog post.***

Here’s the experiences from the past week, as outlined in an easy to understand format.

Bad Things:

-This heatwave! Minnesota is having hot flashes.

 

Good things:

-New AC unit

-Bike Lights!

-The world’s largest pepper mill

-Good times with new roomie B.Ryba

 

I will admit, it was a bit of a trick to get that new AC unit working. Apparently, there’s a small rubber stopper that you need to prevent the air conditioner from dripping water all over the place.

I first realized something was wrong once I stepped into the big puddle of water that had collected on my bedroom floor. I took the AC unit in the bathroom and cursed my rotten luck.

My mom called shortly after to inform me that I had managed to leave the plug behind. She dropped in the mail for me that day, but in the mean time I needed to cool my bedroom. I took a quick inventory of makeshift plug materials I had in the house. No putty, no sealants, no corks, no nothin’. With no help in sight and a sweltering, restless bedtime fast approaching, I had nothing left to do but improvise.

I grabbed a potato out of the pantry, took a few Qtips from the bathroom, and in a jiffy I MacGyvered myself a makeshift plug.

Fix an air conditioner. Just one of the many things you can do with a potato and a Qtip. You can’t make this stuff up.