Yes, I am moving with my mom and dad. I've already been one step ahead of my parents for my end of the deal. I've called AAA and got quotes from them, I called my vet and spoke to them for about 20 minutes about transitioning my cat, and I called the vet a second time regarding pricing and what shots and exams I need for a puppy, I called different German Shepherd breeders and found one I like, I got information about the DMV...lots and lots of phone calling and email going into this.

I have been working hard to save money and by the end of my employment I will have saved almost $6k. A portion of that money is for AAA and another portion is set aside for the puppy.

Almost all of my stuff is packed up in boxes ready to go. I have my utmost personal belongings in safe places where I can easily find them. The PTSD from the fire has me prepared to be ready for anything, so my hope is that if there's an emergency I just need to grab and go...but I doubt that will happen again *knock on wood*.

I've already begun to prepare for Christmas and my parents birthdays in October. For my dad's birthday, I built him a BBQ caddy from scratch. For my mom, I got her a lot of makeup-and-spa stuff to wrap up individually, and I may get her a marijuana pipe because she said she's never tried but would like to now that she's retired. For Christmas, I found a collector's edition of Abbott and Costello's Buck Privates which one, my parents love Abbott and Costello, and two, Buck Privates is one of our all-time favorites. Also was able to get my dad a really cool-looking book on sci-fi/horror short stories that looks like it'd be up his alley, a true-account war book (he likes military history) and I cannot believe I found this but an "Animal House" book...yes...a "sequel" to the movie Animal House with John Belushi in book form written by the guy who LIVED IT!

I try to balance work and fun, and a lot of the time, "fun" means doing good things for my loved ones.