Chaos. What's new?

This morning, to my horror, I found that the main diamond on my wedding ring had fallen out. Mortified, I cried out and one of my supervisors ran over to see what had happened. We tore apart the office and sent others upstairs to check the break room. My boss came over and told me to look in my car. I got my keys and went outside, my boss and supervisor trailing behind. The one thought that kept going through my head was, "Darn it, I wish I had cleaned out my car last night!" They helped me tear my car apart, but alas, the diamond was not to be found. I went straight back to my desk and began working once more, more or less forcing myself not to cry.
I had always known something like this was going to happen ever since the shop we got it from was liquidated and our diamond warranty was lost. I checked my ring everyday to make sure that the diamond was still set firmly. I never found it to be loose, so I still cannot believe that it is gone. I will have to search the apartment later tonight. I'm not expecting to find it, since I am almost positive that the diamond went down the drain with my shampoo this morning when I washed my hair.
It has been suggested to call my insurance to see if it would be covered under my renter's insurance, but State Farm has screwed me over so many times that I do not have the heart to talk to them at the moment. I am just going to pray that it works out. We have a few tricks left, so maybe they'll pan out.
I can't get too upset today. The rates just went down again, and we were locked into a 5% interest rate on our mortgage so that definitely made me feel a little more chipper.
If this next month is smooth, I will be exceedingly happy. This weekend will be irritating having to move and pack, but if it gets me away from our neighbors, so much the better.

Up, down, up, down!

We went to California this weekend to visit with Evan's West Coast family and had gone with his cousins and a friend to Disneyland when we got the call that our bid was accepted on a house. On the one house we liked the most, yet never expected to get! I am still not able to be excited about it because it feels unreal. I keep expecting my realtor to call up and say, "Oops! Sorry! I don't know what happened, but you no longer have this house." I know that the house buying process is far from over. We still have a month left of closing "fun" to get through. I'm nervous and happy and scared and worried all at once. It will definitely be nice to have a permanent address. I am not looking forward to packing up and having to move twice, out of my apartment into Mom and Dad's and then from there to our house after it closes. I suppose I will be excited once we get the keys. Then it will be for real. Lol. I have decided that I want to spend my entire stimulus at Lena's. But Evan would kill me, so I will make a list of the stuff I want the most. AH! Wish me luck!

On another note, I found a website dedicated to only fan-fiction. What is that, you ask? Oh, I'll feed you, baby birds. ;) It is where people get obsessed with a story or movie, or even a picture, and will write a story using those characters. Intrigued, I am now setting forth to do my own. I feel a little silly, but it will be a fun exercise, and I bet I can bring forth a little smoothness and, you guessed it, romance to one of my favorite games in the entire world: Zelda: Ocarina of Time. It won't be what anybody will expect, so at least that will be new- ish. Lol. Hopefully other fans will get a kick out of it too. We'll see!