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My Grandmother's house, that is. 

On August 8th, 2014, she decided that she'd done enough suffering and finally left this veil of tears, passing peacefully in her sleep. 

Then came the crazy business of settling her Will, which left her estate to myself and my two aunts to split, which we've been working on.  My Brother and I have been working toward buying out my aunts so we can keep the house and my grandmother's vehicle.  We got word today that we were approved for the loan we need to purchase the house, so we will get to stay living where we are (THANK GOODNESS) and we can finally--officially--move in our roommates [my boyfriend and his two brothers].  All that's left is the closing, and this big ass house will officially be MINE; well, mine and my brother's, officially.  We'll be joint owners.  So, among the 8 zillion other things going on, I'm trying to stay updated on everything else.  It's not really happening, but I'm trying.

Being an adult is HARD WORK, y'all!
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In my last journal, I talked about my grocery store closing down, and not knowing what I was going to do. 

Turns out, the upper bosses just transferred me to another store in the company, and I got a promotion out of the deal, too.  I'm still thinking very seriously about putting out some applications elsewhere, especially to try and find something closer to home--the location they transferred me to is half an hour away from my home--but for now, I'll keep rocking along with this job.  I'm curious if I'm getting a nice pay raise with this promotion.  Sure as hell hope so, if only to cover travel expenses.  Gas is CRAZY.

Lots of upheaval in my universe right now.  My grandmother is still in the hospital, and stubbornly refusing to do what she needs to do to get better enough to come home.  I'd wring her neck myself if I knew it would snap her out of this stubborn streak.  I managed to get my brother a car, too, so he can find a better job without having to worry about carpooling with me.  We would have done that sooner, but He has zero credit, and I didn't have enough until now.

Things seem to be tentatively ON TRACK for right now.  Back to juggling bills and managing finances again.

Wish me luck, friends!
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Two weeks ago, I found out that the grocery store where I work is going out of business.  I've worked there 11 years--it's the only job I've ever had.  And then they tell me, "Oh, we aren't sure we can guarantee you a spot at another location.  We'll TRY, though."  As of now, I'm STILL not sure what's going to happen.  And the store's last day is July 5th.

So, with little-to-no warning, I suddenly find myself about to be out of a job.  Isn't that nice?

Truth is, I'm scared out of my mind.  I have no idea what's going to happen, and not sure what to do.  If I need to start job hunting, I wish they'd tell me.  I'm so tensed and stressed I can hardly function.

It doesn't help that my grandmother, whom I live with, has been in the hospital for almost 4 weeks due to breathing issues.  We don't know if she is even going to be able to come home again.  More trouble and stress on my plate.  At this point, ANY kind of good news would be a blessing.
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Happy New Year, fellow Deviants!  (better late than never!)


With that said, February is swiftly approaching, and with it, Season Six of KAMI-CON here in Birmingham!  I'm SO EXCITED to go again this year!  They're doing the Cowboy Bebop Reunion panel this year with voice actors Steven Blum (Spike), Wendee Lee (Faye), Beau Billingslea (Jet), and Melissa Fahn (Ed)!  FANGIRL SCREAMING.  Also they are having the 20 Year Anniversary of Sailor Moon Panel with Linda Ballantyne (Sailor Moon), Toby Proctor (Tuxedo Mask), Katie Griffin (Sailor Mars), and Susan Roman (Sailor Jupiter). 

:iconpartycannonplz:

Also, two of the Con-chairs are getting Married (congrats!) and they are having their wedding AT THE CON [AND ON VALENTINE'S DAY :heart:], so all of their loving and awesome fans/supporters can attend!  That's AWESOME.


A group of my friends are going to meet up at the Con for the cosplaying.  My Brother is going as Pangoro (the pokémon), and I'm going as his Pokémon Trainer.  I'll probably spam my page here with progress pics and stuff as I'm building cosplays and props!

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I am currently taking double antibiotics and a pain killer, thanks to a rather painful case of SHINGLES located not-so-conveniently on my SKULL, just behind my left ear.

Woo-Hoo.

And to make matters worse, it's spreading down my neck and around onto my FACE, and is doing its best to make my left eye swell shut.

Oddly, I've need drawing a lot and feeling rather creative lately, but I've just been too worn out to do much of anything with all of that creativity.

I hate being sick.  :(


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