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Apartment Hunting Day 1...two units in Redwood City, one in San Mateo. Let's see how this goes.

Yay, now I'll never get distracted by a must-watch tv program again. I'll just TiVo it. Perfect for thesis time.

Speaking of which...::must get started::

The apartment is oficially broken in, party-wise. And now there's lots and lots of alcohol sitting around. And lots for me to clean up.

Off to get some carb-heavy food, then clean time!

Bah...I don't like going to the dentist. Today's was relatively painless - for four fillings, only one shot was needed. Didn't feel any of the other three. But...the fourth one...apparently has potential to be a root canal situation. As the dentist put it, 9 out of 10 people have it hurting in that situation, resulting in a root canal ( Read more... )

And the circuit breaker for the living room just blew. I was trying to turn on the lights in the kitchen to clean up from lunch, but I guess not so much. And so I guess there shall be no vacuuming either ( Read more... )

Yay for being on my own wireless connection! Telecommunications is now complete! And Kelly's computer didn't die in the process! Double yay!

Umm, WTF Comcast? You don't show the first day, but call to reschedule; don't show the second day and don't call to reschedule; don't call the third day but SHOW? I just answered the door for the Comcast guy, who, as I opened the door, was in the process of calling Kelly, to see if he's home to accept service. Um, if we're not planning on your ( Read more... )

Well, I thought we'd be getting our cable and internet and phone today...apparently not. I'm trying to remember why exactly we went Comcast, but am failing to remember. I should probably get used to that phrase, since we'll probably hear it a lot if we ever need service.

The entire story can be found here. I suppose I should consider myself ( Read more... )

There are certain milestones in each move - the signing of the lease, the actual moving of furniture, the personalization of the place. But for me, the one thing that always helps cement a new place as home is having a meal with all those that you're living with, a family meal, if you will, if in fact you're living with someone. Maybe it was that ( Read more... )