I've made my big move and gotten mostly settled into my new apartment, bought and assembled my own furniture for the first time, opened a new bank account with no maternal assistance, and done about a fourth of the ton of paperwork I have to do to get everything in order for the semester. I have more paperwork to complete and a second graduate ( Read more... )

It was blessedly cool this morning, and it rained this afternoon! That's exciting for me, after so many very hot, dry days. Not as exciting as the fact that I have LESS THAN A WEEK BEFORE I MOVE, though. I think I've managed to sell or give away pretty much everything I can convince somebody to take ( Read more... )

I did a lot of sorting and packing this afternoon, and I realized just how many books I'm going to have to leave behind when I move. They're simply not going to fit, and I've had to be more ruthless in cutting down the collection than I had expected. Anyway, I found a place that will buy my books, assuming that I can manage to transport them ( Read more... )