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Every so often I still get anxious. I wish I could figure out how to beat it completely, but I think I'm a lot better at handling it than I was in the past.
Feeling some anxiety now. It's my last day of work (!!), which is quite bittersweet as I really have enjoyed it here overall. I'm going to miss it. I'm also sad about leaving DC so soon, and feeling very disorganized and behind, and I need to clean and pack, etc., etc.
My friend Todd called me last Friday to see if he would be able to come down from Massachusetts for a visit this coming weekend. I told him that this sounded great, and I was looking forward to seeing him.
That is of course still true, but now I'm nervous about that. It's been a while since I've seen him, so I want to look nice. And I want my apartment to look nice. Thus, I washed the slipcovers on my couch yesterday to make them look all nice and new, but then I put them in the dryer and they shrunk.
Now the couch does not look nice. Although the too-small slipcovers are cleaner than they were. I tried to stretch them, but the couch still looks really weird.
I should have known better, probably.
I also want to be an entertaining and fun host, so I am trying to think of things for us to do. Cherry blossoms, definitely, but the blossoms only last for about two weeks. The peak was on the 8th, so it's possible that there will still be some. My dad and I went late in the blossoming period a couple of years ago, though, and it was a bit disappointing. Most of the blossoms had already fallen off the trees.
Anyway, there are also lots of good things in my life. I am officially going to Duke Law, and my classes will start June 3rd. Orientation is May 30. I've found an apartment to rent from June 5th onward (under a 12 month lease), so now I'm trying to find a place to sublease for May. I've had some leads, but nothing definite yet.
The more I've gotten done this morning, the better I've felt. It seems that crossing things off the to-do list is sometimes what I need. The worst, though, is when your to-do list is a mile long with impending tasks, but you're not able to start any of them yet -- you just have to wait and hope you'll have time when you get to that point.
This is basically how I feel about moving. There isn't much I can do at this point, but it'll happen soon enough.
I want to get a dog when I go to school. A beagle? What is a good small apartment dog? (I will be going to a shelter, not buying from a breeder, so it'll probably be a mixed breed.)
Feeling some anxiety now. It's my last day of work (!!), which is quite bittersweet as I really have enjoyed it here overall. I'm going to miss it. I'm also sad about leaving DC so soon, and feeling very disorganized and behind, and I need to clean and pack, etc., etc.
My friend Todd called me last Friday to see if he would be able to come down from Massachusetts for a visit this coming weekend. I told him that this sounded great, and I was looking forward to seeing him.
That is of course still true, but now I'm nervous about that. It's been a while since I've seen him, so I want to look nice. And I want my apartment to look nice. Thus, I washed the slipcovers on my couch yesterday to make them look all nice and new, but then I put them in the dryer and they shrunk.
Now the couch does not look nice. Although the too-small slipcovers are cleaner than they were. I tried to stretch them, but the couch still looks really weird.
I should have known better, probably.
I also want to be an entertaining and fun host, so I am trying to think of things for us to do. Cherry blossoms, definitely, but the blossoms only last for about two weeks. The peak was on the 8th, so it's possible that there will still be some. My dad and I went late in the blossoming period a couple of years ago, though, and it was a bit disappointing. Most of the blossoms had already fallen off the trees.
Anyway, there are also lots of good things in my life. I am officially going to Duke Law, and my classes will start June 3rd. Orientation is May 30. I've found an apartment to rent from June 5th onward (under a 12 month lease), so now I'm trying to find a place to sublease for May. I've had some leads, but nothing definite yet.
The more I've gotten done this morning, the better I've felt. It seems that crossing things off the to-do list is sometimes what I need. The worst, though, is when your to-do list is a mile long with impending tasks, but you're not able to start any of them yet -- you just have to wait and hope you'll have time when you get to that point.
This is basically how I feel about moving. There isn't much I can do at this point, but it'll happen soon enough.
I want to get a dog when I go to school. A beagle? What is a good small apartment dog? (I will be going to a shelter, not buying from a breeder, so it'll probably be a mixed breed.)