The Eagle has landed
All my stuff is moved into the new apartment, and I'm so so so so glad I hired movers. They were extremely quick, and the time from when they showed up at my place until they left the new place was almost exactly 2 hours. I took a cab up since they couldn't put me in the cab of the truck due to insurance reasons, and by the time I got up to the North End they were done with moving my stuff upstairs! I was very impressed.
Unfortunately since I hadn't been there to instruct them they basically set the room up like a Tetris puzzle with stuff stacked on top of other stuff, and getting everything sorted out took the better part of two hours and resulted in me hurting myself. Oh well. Now it's pretty much set up and I mostly need to put up the pictures.
Yesterday there was also an impromptu film watching later that night where several people who live in the building came up and watched Paranormal Activity, a movie I hadn't seen. I didn't think it was all that scary. It was nice to have people up and a definite change from how isolating the last place was.
I woke up around 1 today (shut up) and have been meandering around since. Angelo's friend Coleman, who lives down near Dorchester, wound up staying over from last night on our futon, which is apparently a frequent occurrence. I don't mind and we watched Fringe for a bit. Angelo also made us scrambled eggs for breakfast/lunch. Today I need to go to the Everything Store nearby and get a few things so I can finish setting up.
Oh, and I also discovered that because this is an older building the floor is slanted. I dropped a battery at one point and watched it roll across the floor and under my bed. Oh well, that's what happens when you're in the oldest part of the city.
It was also a very good thing I took today off from work, so I'm glad I did that in advance.
Unfortunately since I hadn't been there to instruct them they basically set the room up like a Tetris puzzle with stuff stacked on top of other stuff, and getting everything sorted out took the better part of two hours and resulted in me hurting myself. Oh well. Now it's pretty much set up and I mostly need to put up the pictures.
Yesterday there was also an impromptu film watching later that night where several people who live in the building came up and watched Paranormal Activity, a movie I hadn't seen. I didn't think it was all that scary. It was nice to have people up and a definite change from how isolating the last place was.
I woke up around 1 today (shut up) and have been meandering around since. Angelo's friend Coleman, who lives down near Dorchester, wound up staying over from last night on our futon, which is apparently a frequent occurrence. I don't mind and we watched Fringe for a bit. Angelo also made us scrambled eggs for breakfast/lunch. Today I need to go to the Everything Store nearby and get a few things so I can finish setting up.
Oh, and I also discovered that because this is an older building the floor is slanted. I dropped a battery at one point and watched it roll across the floor and under my bed. Oh well, that's what happens when you're in the oldest part of the city.
It was also a very good thing I took today off from work, so I'm glad I did that in advance.