Spider

Guess what? I actually got a cat!

I've wanted to adopt a cat for years now. Yesterday, Eileen, Chelsea and I went to see this lady who runs a rescue center near Dolores Park. http://www.savinggracerescue.com/

I had already seen an ad for one of her cats, Spider. He looked beautiful and not too crazy.

When we finally got there there were a few cats to choose from, most of them kittens but I had decided a long time ago I rather adopt at least 1 year old cat because it made more sense to me. Kittens are adorable but they need a lot of attention and care and they grow into adults pretty fast. Also, you definitely know a adults personality is like.

So, Spider is a 3. year old tappy/siamese cat with the most beautiful blue eyes. His previous owners lost their home and had to give him up. He's been pretty shy and is currently hiding under Chelsea's bed. We did get a picture of him yesterday though.

He is so sweet though. We can already tell that he is very easy going and he hasn't made that big of a fuzz living in a new home. When he gets more comfortable he is going to be hugged, loved and cared for by all three of us. It's going to be so awesome.

Bedroom news

All right. Fall semester starts tomorrow and I've been working on getting everything ready.

My part of the room still needs some organization in order for me to function properly in it but I just need few things in order to make it work.

I found this really nice table on Craiglist last Monday and bought it yesterday for $60. It is a drafting table that you can adjust to your artistic needs. It is made out of wood and is very pretty even though it has a little bit of paint and scratches on it. Something I hope to fix. We had to disassemble it in order to carry it; a few blocks in the Mission to BART and then from Powell to our apartment. It's quite the distance on foot but thankfully Chelsea and Eileen were amazing helpers.

Here is a picture of the room right now. I haven't put the desk back together because I haven't been able to clear up the space yet.

This morning I also found a chair on Craiglist for only $10. Most of the chairs I have been seeing have just been crappy, ugly and much more pricey. When I called the guy he said he would deliver it to me for extra $10. That's probably what I would normally spend on Bart getting the chair so I was very happy.

Here is a picture of it. Isn't it beautiful? I'm going to find a nice cushion to sit on. Maybe I'll be crafty and sow one myself if I won't find anything.

The only other things I'm really missing from my room now are a desk lamp and new bedsides. The bedsides. Man, has that been an adventure. I won't bore you with the details but on my last visit to Ikea I accidentally bought the wrong bed side (yeah, apparently it doesn't always come with the bed). If I somehow get back to Ikea, it will be my fourth visit there in which every time I've had to buy something for the bed. For now, I'm sleeping on my mattress but having a bed will solve some storage issues so I really need to get that in order.