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My boyfriend and I have ALMOST completed our move! There's still a TON of boxes in the living room, but we at least now have a livable situation that can work for the time being. It took A LOOOOOOT of work to get here though, these past two weeks have been quite a trial!
Basically, I was completely unprepared for the experience. I have moved once before to a tiny shoebox of an apartment, but that was only for school and I still had my own room back home, with an expectation that I was coming back home after graduation. This time is FOR GOOD. I'm doing the FULL move out, and it's been a challenge. I piled my entire life on a moving truck and made the caravan down here with my entire family and my boyfriend.
When I got here… I didn't realize how much STUFF we had. SO MUCH STUFFFFF D8 Our apartment was quite chaotic for a while, and both of us had breakdowns over how to organize so much stuff. We also had a bunch of curves thrown at us:
-Corey's car was stolen the day after we moved in. XD BUT! His parents gave him a new car that is much, much better than his old one. X3 And not only that, the police FOUND the car right after, and it's getting donated to the Make a Wish foundation. XD
-We had our internet disappear for a couple days, RIGHT when I had to register for classes. But, there is a lovely Starbucks nearby and I registered there. Also, the Cox technician came by, and the problem was simple - the old tenant had scheduled to have their cable disconnected, and another technician had done that without realizing that there was a NEW paying tenant - me!
-Then there was the thing we call the Demon Couch. We finally got to the point where we could get a living room set up, so it was off to IKEA for an entertainment center and living room furniture. We found the perfect couch, the Solsta - http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70087108/ - it was comfy and just the right size. However… from the moment I saw the gigantic box my heart sank. I'm going to have to… ASSEMBLE this thing? (All the while my brain is screaming IT'S FROM IKEA YOU DOLT, YOU ASSEMBLE EVERYTHING XD)
So, while my sweetie is at work, I decide to try to BUILD ALL THE THINGS before he gets home. And… I'm stuck at Step 2 of the couch. For TWO HOURS. All because the stupid hole for the screw would not line up with the wooden hole in the couch. >.< Then Corey gets home from work and tries it for another hour and a half before we start cursing the damn thing. BUT!!! My family comes over the next day, and thanks to my brother's ingenuity we finally have a couch! AND an entertainment center! OMFG!
So FINALLY things are calming down now, and life is looking up. I may have a new job in the works, and I've registered for all my classes - Mathematical Linguistics, Computational Corpus Linguistics, Fundamentals of Linguistics, and Syntax - so I'm looking forward to my first semester of grad school. I found two new things that are going to save my life; The Container Store (made of sheer awesome!) and a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf where I can do awesome writing things. XD
Plus, I'm glad Corey and I went through the trial of the first two weeks. It really showed us our strengths as a couple, that even though we may be stressed and at our limit we can still find solutions and love each other. Each of us has put a big effort into making this apartment our home, and we've really worked well together. I finally live with my sweetie for the first time ever, and I'm so glad I do. We keep each other sane. XD
Basically, I was completely unprepared for the experience. I have moved once before to a tiny shoebox of an apartment, but that was only for school and I still had my own room back home, with an expectation that I was coming back home after graduation. This time is FOR GOOD. I'm doing the FULL move out, and it's been a challenge. I piled my entire life on a moving truck and made the caravan down here with my entire family and my boyfriend.
When I got here… I didn't realize how much STUFF we had. SO MUCH STUFFFFF D8 Our apartment was quite chaotic for a while, and both of us had breakdowns over how to organize so much stuff. We also had a bunch of curves thrown at us:
-Corey's car was stolen the day after we moved in. XD BUT! His parents gave him a new car that is much, much better than his old one. X3 And not only that, the police FOUND the car right after, and it's getting donated to the Make a Wish foundation. XD
-We had our internet disappear for a couple days, RIGHT when I had to register for classes. But, there is a lovely Starbucks nearby and I registered there. Also, the Cox technician came by, and the problem was simple - the old tenant had scheduled to have their cable disconnected, and another technician had done that without realizing that there was a NEW paying tenant - me!
-Then there was the thing we call the Demon Couch. We finally got to the point where we could get a living room set up, so it was off to IKEA for an entertainment center and living room furniture. We found the perfect couch, the Solsta - http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70087108/ - it was comfy and just the right size. However… from the moment I saw the gigantic box my heart sank. I'm going to have to… ASSEMBLE this thing? (All the while my brain is screaming IT'S FROM IKEA YOU DOLT, YOU ASSEMBLE EVERYTHING XD)
So, while my sweetie is at work, I decide to try to BUILD ALL THE THINGS before he gets home. And… I'm stuck at Step 2 of the couch. For TWO HOURS. All because the stupid hole for the screw would not line up with the wooden hole in the couch. >.< Then Corey gets home from work and tries it for another hour and a half before we start cursing the damn thing. BUT!!! My family comes over the next day, and thanks to my brother's ingenuity we finally have a couch! AND an entertainment center! OMFG!
So FINALLY things are calming down now, and life is looking up. I may have a new job in the works, and I've registered for all my classes - Mathematical Linguistics, Computational Corpus Linguistics, Fundamentals of Linguistics, and Syntax - so I'm looking forward to my first semester of grad school. I found two new things that are going to save my life; The Container Store (made of sheer awesome!) and a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf where I can do awesome writing things. XD
Plus, I'm glad Corey and I went through the trial of the first two weeks. It really showed us our strengths as a couple, that even though we may be stressed and at our limit we can still find solutions and love each other. Each of us has put a big effort into making this apartment our home, and we've really worked well together. I finally live with my sweetie for the first time ever, and I'm so glad I do. We keep each other sane. XD