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dude.
i have 3 more days in which to totally finish my move, including loose ends with my incompetent outgoing landlord (seriously, so glad to be leaving that behind) and my geriatric incoming landlords. the new place is really cute, a good amount of space and in a decent location, and you really can't beat the price, but some parts of it are old and crumbly in need of repair, beyond the extent of "charming" (and i am a lot more lenient than most when it comes to defining the line between charming and dilapidated). i wouldn't care so much, but i would like to be able to enjoy the company of a certain 5-year-old, and that makes me a little more cautious than if it were just me. so i'd like to start off on the right foot with these folks and keep the communication lines open.
i will get to spend two nights, tops, with lila before i go out of town, and i already haven't spent a night with her in almost a week. plus, she'll be getting used to a new place without me. annie will be checking in on her (and pia, who is staying with us for a little while longer), but i just wish i had more time to get them settled in myself.
in case you may not have known, being in two places at once is, in fact, not possible. there is part of me that wants to spend every night at jacob's place, especially now that k is in town, but the hour-long commute is a stressful one (even though i enjoy driving) and i have the aforementioned crapload of stuff to do here.
my cats are in one place, my stuff is in another place (and still mostly packed up), and the people i'd like to be spending time with the most are in a third place, the farthest away. and i am spending eight hours a day at work, thinking about all the stuff i'd rather be doing at home or with them. i also have a new cell phone that, although it's nice, is not very much like my old one and i don't know all the shortcuts yet. i don't even know how to reject an incoming call or adjust the ring volume. needless to say, this all adds up to me feeling very unsettled.
on a more positive note, i went to the orthopedist today, it only cost five dollars, and i got a referral for physical therapy and a prescription for more ibuprofen. he recommended that i stay on NSAIDs of some sort to facilitate mobility. but it looks like i am moving along just fine.
next week i am going to try to chill the eff out.
i have 3 more days in which to totally finish my move, including loose ends with my incompetent outgoing landlord (seriously, so glad to be leaving that behind) and my geriatric incoming landlords. the new place is really cute, a good amount of space and in a decent location, and you really can't beat the price, but some parts of it are old and crumbly in need of repair, beyond the extent of "charming" (and i am a lot more lenient than most when it comes to defining the line between charming and dilapidated). i wouldn't care so much, but i would like to be able to enjoy the company of a certain 5-year-old, and that makes me a little more cautious than if it were just me. so i'd like to start off on the right foot with these folks and keep the communication lines open.
i will get to spend two nights, tops, with lila before i go out of town, and i already haven't spent a night with her in almost a week. plus, she'll be getting used to a new place without me. annie will be checking in on her (and pia, who is staying with us for a little while longer), but i just wish i had more time to get them settled in myself.
in case you may not have known, being in two places at once is, in fact, not possible. there is part of me that wants to spend every night at jacob's place, especially now that k is in town, but the hour-long commute is a stressful one (even though i enjoy driving) and i have the aforementioned crapload of stuff to do here.
my cats are in one place, my stuff is in another place (and still mostly packed up), and the people i'd like to be spending time with the most are in a third place, the farthest away. and i am spending eight hours a day at work, thinking about all the stuff i'd rather be doing at home or with them. i also have a new cell phone that, although it's nice, is not very much like my old one and i don't know all the shortcuts yet. i don't even know how to reject an incoming call or adjust the ring volume. needless to say, this all adds up to me feeling very unsettled.
on a more positive note, i went to the orthopedist today, it only cost five dollars, and i got a referral for physical therapy and a prescription for more ibuprofen. he recommended that i stay on NSAIDs of some sort to facilitate mobility. but it looks like i am moving along just fine.
next week i am going to try to chill the eff out.