Do not fear, Danielle is still here!

Wow, it’s been quite a while! I’ve had my hands full lately, so I haven’t had much time to blog.

First and foremost, welcome my new addition — Remey the chinchilla!
I brought this handsome man home last Saturday. I found him on Craigslist. He’s such a sweetie; I absolutely adore him!

Secondly, I’ve been working on some websites for people. I’m trying to break into the freelance design world. So far, so good! I’d like to save up to go to college, if at all possible. I would’ve gone straight out of high school, but certain things in my personal life prevented it.

Oh, and Bobbi, I’m still alive! It’s just been hectic. I’ll post a more lengthy entry later, but right now I have to get going.

PS: Dani-Lynn.com may no longer exist soon. I can’t afford to renew the domain (it cost me $100 through BlueHost; and while I love them, there just HAS to be a cheaper place!), and it expires the end of August. What should I do?!

Dude.

Is it just me, or is this stuff just basically glorified toast?

Oh well. It’s still tasty.

Ugh, Minnesota, you’re killing me.

I’ve been living in this state for what, 3 weeks now? I lost track. I don’t know. But aside from the Mall of America, I’ve had nothing but HORRIBLE shopping experiences in this state. I’m hoping that will change soon. Anyway, here goes - the first experience was at Walmart here in Bloomington. It’s pathetic. It’s jumbled up (as in their electronics are next to the milk! YAY!), it’s messy, it’s packed, and it’s scary. Plus the cashiers are the most unfriendly bunch I’ve ever seen. I mean, really, people.. I was a cashier for over two years, and while I hated my miserable job, I didn’t show it at work. I especially didn’t purse my lips and look grouchy at the customers. Bleh. So J and I have decided we’re going to drive OUT OF TOWN to a better Walmart. Which is ridiculous, because THIS town, of all other towns in this STATE, having the Mall of America and everything, you would THINK would have a decent Walmart. I mean, really.

And then the second experience was at a grocery store down the road from our apartment. We couldn’t do our usual jumbled-together shopping at Walmart since their grocery section consisted of pizza rolls and bread (I kid you not), so we had to find an actual grocery store. Like whoa. Anyway, we find one, and we go inside.. and the prices are ridiculous. But I suck it up and deal with it because we’re pretty much broke until next Friday, and can’t continue to eat out every night, so I NEED TO BUY GROCERIES. We spend $113 on stuff for the next week, after dealing with yet ANOTHER grouchy cashier, and various other stupid people throughout the store.

I hate to sound so.. negative. But really. Way to go, Minnesota. Way to make a girl who just uprooted herself from her home state question why she moved here in the first place. If J weren’t here, and if he didn’t have an awesome job that KEEPS him here, I’d drag my butt and his back to Wisconsin. RAWR.

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Sorry, everyone. I’m just terribly homesick. So everything is pushing my buttons. I miss my mom. And my dad. And my friends. All I have over here is Jason, and one of my cousins (who happens to live less than 20 minutes away, thank goodness). I feel terrible, because right before I moved, one of my best friends told me she was pregnant, and I’m the godmother. I promised her I’d go to all of her appointments with her, and now I can’t. I moved away. I’m going to miss most of her pregnancy, if not all of it.. with gas prices what they’re currently at.

I really wanted to go home for Mother’s Day, but it looks like I have to wait until next weekend. I don’t know. We’ll see. At least one good thing has happened… I GOT MY TAX REBATE! $300, baby. And I wasn’t even expecting it, because I didn’t get a slip in the mail like everyone else I know did. How awesome is that?!

Once again, I’m sorry I’m a Debbie Downer (LOL I had a Chemistry teacher who used that phrase all the time); please excuse me. It’ll get better. It’s just been a rough week, with the move and all sorts of stuff going on.

I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC Friday; I’m so excited for the weekend! What are your plans? Is anybody doing anything special for Mother’s Day?

Sometimes I wish my head would just explode already.

Sorry for the lack of updates once again. I’ve been sick with a headache the past two days. I think it might be a sinus headache, and it feels like if I could just drill a whole in my head and let the pressure out a bit, I’d be okay. Bleh. It’s feeling better now, though. Thank goodness.

I’m not sure if I like Bloomington yet. It’s so.. huge. You see, I’m a girl who grew up in the countryside (aka a place where the population was “Unincorporated”). A small town consisting of MAYBE ten families. Maybe.

Here, in Bloomington, the population is like 85,000+. That’s CRAZY. I can’t even register that number in my head as POSSIBLE.

Not to mention, I’m not sure I like our apartment. We’re on the 2nd floor and the people above us have two kids who constantly run around. Which is great fun when I’m sick with a headache and can’t stand even the slightest noise.

I’m probably just whining. I think the main reason I’m so uncomfortable is because I’m so far away from my family. It was bad enough when I was an hour and a half away from Mom & Dad; now I’m 3 hours away. And with gas prices being outrageous, I can’t go and visit them nearly as frequently as I would like.

I’m rambling. I apologize.

♥ Dani

The dust is settling!

We’ve moved into our new place. It’s only blocks away from the Mall of America (how awesome is that, girls?!), and like 15 minutes away from J’s work. Which is awesome, because he was spending at least $400 a month on gas living where he was before.

The new place is going to take some getting used to; it’s nothing special, but it just needs a feminine touch. I’ll TRY to post some pictures once things get looking a little better, but right now there’s boxes in every corner and the furniture isn’t even completely arranged yet.

However, I like our new place. It’s nice to be out from under J’s old roommate. He was a very negative person and I don’t care to be around people like that.

Thanks everybody for the comments on the last entry! It means a lot.. I’m glad to see I still have people out there reading this stuff.

I’ll update more later; I have some unpacking to do! Hope everyone’s weekend went well! ♥