Apartment Drama

I bet you're expecting catfight type drama, since I now live in a pretty small three bedroom apartment with five other girls.  But none of that.  At least not yet - we've only lived together for two days.  Not that I expect much of it, since we're pretty drama-free girls.

But there has been a lot of issues.  When I got in yesterday, both of the toilets were broken.  (Although they were fixed within the day.)  There was no shower curtain in one of the bathrooms.  The oven made a frozen pizza nearly burnt on the edges before the cheese was melted.  There's barely enough room in the fridge and pantry for all our food.  But this is not the worst that's happened.

Only one of the new arrivals has gotten their key.  (I'll admit, it wasn't me.)  We were coming home from shopping, only to find out her key didn't work.  The one girl who was already here and has a working key doesn't get home til midnight - and this was about 6.  So we were locked out.

Fortunately another girl came by as we were trying to come in the window.  Since the door wasn't deadbolted, she got the door open in about one minute with a credit card.  It's very nice to be back inside, but it's a little disturbing to know it's that easy to get into the apartment.  We'll have to leave it deadbolted.

Moving!

Yesterday I moved into my new apartment. Well, I still haven't fully moved in.  Or even at all.  Basically I've put my suitcases and boxes in my room.  But it's gone pretty well.

I drove 3 hours to get a cheaper ticket.  I got to the hotel at 12:30 am and didn't get to sleep till close to 2.  Then I had to get up at 5 for my 7 am flight.  (But it meant that I arrived in the early afternoon, so that's good.)  So not much sleep.

Security went really well.  There weren't too many people, since it was 6 am at a pretty small airport.

My first flight was a little less than an hour long.  We got in 10 minutes early, and the landing was so smooth that I didn't even notice when the wheels touched the ground, just when we started braking.  I had thought about sleeping on the plane, but I didn't.

I had about an hour layover before my next flight.  That one was longer, about 3 hours.  I did sleep then.  It was really nice because I was the only one on my row.  And we were half an hour early, so I only had to wait 10 minutes for my shuttle rather than 40.

Then I went to get all the stuff I had put in storage.  I had some huge boxes, and it filled up the car.  One of the huge boxes was full of books, and my friend and I could barely get it into the car.  So I got a random guy from the apartment complex to take it in for me.

After that, I mostly chillaxed, instead of unpacking like I probably should have.  I ate some of my friend's pizza (I have not bought any food yet) that was cooked in a partially functional oven, so the crust was crispy, but the topping was not totally cooked.  She finished it in the microwave.  But it was food, so it was good.

Then I got together with some of my friends from last year.  We had an amazing time.  It was possibly the best night of my life.  It also didn't hurt that we were nearly all punch-drunk from insanely little sleep.

So today I'm getting some more of my stuff from a friend who drove - all of my dvds, my printer, and my Star Trek glasses.  That's probably the thing I'm most excited for.  Although it will be nice to be able to watch movies again.

And I get to shop for food and unpack.  I'm more excited about one than the other.  Because shopping for food means I'll get to eat.  Which is an awesome idea.

My Very First Blog Post

I have to admit, the title of this post is a little bit of a lie. The previous posts were on my Myspace blog. But I haven't been on Myspace in years, and I finally got around to canceling the account completely rather than just letting it sit ignored. So this is a fresh start.

I'm a very different person than I was when I used Myspace, anyway. I started it pretty early in high school, probably freshman or sophomore year. Now I'm starting my sophomore year in college. I've noticed the most changes since I started college. I'd lived in the same house for my entire life, and so I had gotten used to my environment. When I left it, I couldn't be the same person I had always been. So I changed. But I am definitely a much better person. Even though I had to deal with some difficult personal issues, I learned from them. And one of them led me to what is quite possibly the best thing in my life so far.

I know that is very cryptic, but not all of the people involved know the whole story. Even if I did want them to find out their role, through a blog post is not the medium of choice.

Earlier, I told you that the title of this post is a lie. However, the title of the blog is not. I have a strong tendency to ramble (especially when I can't see my audience). So fair warning. And I'm a Chemical Engineering major. Although I don't see any reason someone would want to lie about their major. Unless it was to impress people. But my major is impressive enough, so why bother?

Part of the reason I wanted to start a blog was because I was bored. But that was because all I did was sit at home. Classes start on Monday. And since I'm taking Organic Chemistry and Multivariable Calculus, I doubt I'll have as much downtime. In retrospect, this was probably not the best time to start my blog. But what's done is done. And I'll never have to regret not starting one.