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Well, I'd like to say my first night at my new place was great, but it wasn't. Someone's dog in the complex next door was barking really loud, I had a hard time setting the right temperature, I'd forgotten my toilet paper at my old house, and I slept like crap.

The good news is I've ordered my internet package! I went for just basic cable alongside, since I don't watch a lot of tv, but I can still watch Cold Case come fall. Hopefully someone calls to set me up ASAP. :D The complex, as it turns out, goes through a certain company, so that saves me the stress of having to shop and compare.

I have almost everything out of here, but I'm waiting til after dinner b/c a) the contents of my freezer are all still here b) um, internet? and c) I am sore as hell from yesterday and I don't feel like lifting anything. I'll be back again tomorrow for my chair and to clean clean clean.

Normally I would not have woken up at 8am on a Saturday, um, like, ever, but I'm too damn excited to fall back asleep. My neck hurts and carrying things won't be so much fun, but I can't wait to see my new place.

I need to find out when Derek is going to be available so I know what to rent a Uhaul for my couch.

They've closed my mailbox up already. It's been rubberbanded shut and a Vacant slip stuck in it. Hope nothing important was mailed for me that would've arrived yesterday.

Been pricing internets/cable and I'm debating if I want a package or just internets. Hm. I may try just internet for a while and see if not having the Travel Channel drives me nuts or not.

Insurance has been purchased, all documents are in, I picked up a change of address form at the post office today, I'm mostly set. I just need to let the bank and work know of my new address, figure out how to get internets set up once I'm there, and uh, call a moving company. I hate having to do that, but what with my neck strain and all, I can't lift some of my stuff. And since I still know like zero people in town, having friends help...well, I kinda need friends for that, don't I?
$200 deposit for my electric bill, fucking ridiculous. I get it back, but yikes.

Oh, and I kind of need to pack yet. Yea, I might want to get on that. Maybe.


Season 4.0 of BSG has arrived today! I wasn't going to get it so soon, but I managed it for 40% off, and I wasn't going to pass that up.

Oh, and before I forget, Happy Birthday geefee!

Enough stressing. I think this was the sign I was waiting for, or something. The apartment complex that I mentioned that I like called me to tell me they dropped the price of rent, thus ending my qualms about whether I could afford it or not. So I put down a deposit and will be moving in end of June. :) I like the complex, it's in the area of town I was hoping for, it's way bigger than anyplace else I've seen (almost 700 square feet) and has built-in bookshelves (now I have someplace to finally put my books, yay!). Oh, and a dishwasher, so now I won't have to hand-wash anymore. I'm glad I held out on it. :)


I will kind of miss Dinner though. Just a little.

I have 6 days to decide whether I want to stay here or move. Since the roommate hunt is going oh so well (not), I'm leaning towards move. Especially since my landlord just announced that someone else is taking over the property management, and that makes me nervous. The first apt hunter I tried to contact (freind of a friend) has not responded to my email. Just a slight bit frustrating. I hate that I have to move twice in a year.
As much as I liked that community I was looking at before, I don't think I can realistically afford $655 rent + bills. I mean, I only pay 500 now, and that includes bills. *sigh*
I'm not doing any looking this weekend, because it's Memorial Day and I don't want to pay extra for gas or deal with traffic and figure a lot of offices are going to be closed anyway.

Oh yes, and my family is still trying to foist the new car thing on me. I should be looking for that pt catering job, but with the apartment stuff, it just hasn't happened. Well, that and I've just plain neglected it on days where I'm too frustrated to do anything. I suppose it's not entirely too late, since I started at Haworth in mid-June.

I'm feeling lonely again. I keep wishing someone will come down for a short visit, but I know it's never going to happen. Meetups are fun, but I still need to find one with people closer to my age. And work, well, the next youngest person in my department is 40.
*hugs everyone on FL*

ETA: I just found out my neighbors are moving too. Think the universe is trying to tell me to leave?

I saw a place I liked today. $650 per month, which is at the top of my price range. but way nicer than anything else I've seen. I'd like to ask my roommate what she thinks of wherever she's living now, but the longer this shit goes on, the more and more pissed I get at her, and I'm not sure I'm capable of being civilized at this point. It's especially hard to budget when you have no idea how much you've been using as far as energy and water (downside of all bills paid). I keep telling myself that I'm not on as tight a budget as I've been living on, especially now that my income is actually steady and it's not like, say, January when I only earned $400 that entire month. But I live in fear of putting myself in a bind.

And I swear to god if my mom suggests that I get a new car one more time, I'm going to scream at her.

Speaking of things I'd rather just say fuck it and give up on, plans for Dragon*con are still at a standstill. I can't find anyone willing to split a hotel/motel room, so unless I find a Super 8 that's like $30 a night, I can't afford to go. I know hotels can get pricey, and this is Atlanta we're talking about, so that automatically means more costly. I really want to go, hell I'd love to go on a vacation anywhere this fall when I can use some off time, but just as was the case with my mutliple failed attempts to create a sparkly gathering, it's probably just a pipe dream. *sigh*

I need to stop before I go off on someone. I'm not in a good mood. Can you tell?

I know there's some sort of recommendation on what percentage of your income you should allot for rent/mortage, does anyone know what that is?

Been apt hunting still today. I don't know if I can afford to get my own place on what I net after deductions. Living by yourself does not come cheap I'm afraid. Maybe I should get a hot rich boyfriend. ;) Kidding.

Earlier today landlord calls and says some guy wants to come over and see the place. Ok, fine by me, still wary about the possibility of living with a guy, whatever. Says he'll be here around 6.

It's 6:30. I just got a text message from landlord saying "he's not coming". This is the second time this has happened. I'm starting to question landlord's judgment.

I had gotten a hit on my ad a few days ago from someone local who wanted to come by and see the place. I emailed back with my phone # saying to call if she wanted to set up a time. Nobody's called. This really isn't going well.

Guys in the other half move out April 30. I've got a month to find a new tv and coffee table. I'm going to talk to him later and see about buying the couch off of them. If whichever one wants to keep the couch, I'll have to look for a new one of those too. :(

If the job I am *this* close to getting pays more than I currently make, I'm going to look into a new place come June. Living alone is so much better than putting up with a roommate, I'm finding. I certainly wouldn't have to deal with situations like this. :P Admittedly, I'll miss having all bills paid as part of rent (which makes life a lot easier, but I can deal). And I've developed a bit of an affection for Dinner, I think I might actually miss his crazy self.

8 days be damned, it's been less than a week. I am now officially roommate-less.

In the past two days I have obtained: a wireless router, a cabinet for my movies/video games, bread (for lunch, yo, I cannot go without bread), pots, pans, hot pads/oven mitt, super cheap clock radio for work, a vaccuum cleaner, 2 bar stools (this week only $35, like I'm gonna pass that up), additional hangers, a box of Kleenex, a small piece of wall art, and one very empty bank account.
Add that to the cutlery/utensil set and rice cooker I bought earlier this week, and you get the impression of all the stuff I've had to replace.

On my list for next time I get paid is a book shelf (yay books!), perhaps a small table for the router and whatever else to sit on by the couch, and a DVD/VCR combo. They were $70 at Target, which isn't bad at all. It's so old fashioned to want a VCR, but I still have a number of movies on VHS, plus my footage, yo. But both my computer and my Playstation play DVDs, so I'm not in a real rush on that one.

And yea, yea, what if my new roommate has all these things, but if I move to my own place sometime later, I'm gonna need them anyway.

At least I got to keep the couch.

I'd had what looked to have been a promising lead on the roommate situation, she came over to visit the place and seemed like a nice person. But I got an email from her today saying she's tied up in some mess with her old lease and won't be able to move after all. Crap. All the other hits I've had are from foreigners, which sounds like a cool prospect, but if I have to rely on the probability of my roommate obtaining a visa....well, if you know anything about how the American immigration system, you understand.

And unfortunately, I've only been getting 2 hits per post. At that rate, it's going to take me forever to find a roommate.

In other news, I wish I could go to this. It looks really interesting.