Coasting on through the month of May
What a glorious, miserable, rainy day. Willie is at work and I am at home with nothing pressing to do. It's the perfect type of day to take a chunk out of the "stuff I need to do but keep putting off because it's not urgent" list, but the more likely outcome will be a lot of lying around watching hulu. If I get anything done, it will probably be the more fun stuff like cooking and going to the gym.
It's my time to relax and focus on me for once. I know I had a vacation in April, but it was mostly spent fulfilling either family or friend obligations, which was fun, but not quite restful. May is looking better. I'm done with all of this semester's grad school work and all I have to do is show up on Thursday for the final class. Then I'll have a break until the end of the month when summer classes start. Work is a lot better now that the Quality Review is done and we got "well-developed" of course, like we always do. Although, not to seem arrogant or anything, I think I've pretty much figured out how to efficiently get through all the stressful stuff at work without bringing much of it home with me at all. That's not to say it's not still challenging, but over these next two months, I think it will only really bother me from 8 to 3 like it's supposed to.
And the best thing about May is that I won't have to do any apartment hunting, because Willie and I already found one! We signed the lease yesterday on a large yet affordable one-bedroom that's literally two blocks from the Brooklyn Museum, one of the best libraries in the state, the Botanic Garden, the Franklin Park beer garden, and our choice of express trains. Plus, it's a five-minute walk to Prospect Park! I may never go to Manhattan again! The building and appliances are on the older side, but the place has charm and it's a definite upgrade from the nasty wall-to-wall carpeting, the leaky ceiling, and the dying refrigerator I deal with now. We get the keys Memorial Day weekend, and I can't wait to move in! It was only the second apartment we looked at, and although I feel a little weird about having made the decision so quickly, it's a big weight off my shoulders to not have to worry about it anymore. I was spending so much time on craigslist, I'm not quite sure what to do with myself now!
But whatever it is, I know it will be nice. I have high hopes for May.
It's my time to relax and focus on me for once. I know I had a vacation in April, but it was mostly spent fulfilling either family or friend obligations, which was fun, but not quite restful. May is looking better. I'm done with all of this semester's grad school work and all I have to do is show up on Thursday for the final class. Then I'll have a break until the end of the month when summer classes start. Work is a lot better now that the Quality Review is done and we got "well-developed" of course, like we always do. Although, not to seem arrogant or anything, I think I've pretty much figured out how to efficiently get through all the stressful stuff at work without bringing much of it home with me at all. That's not to say it's not still challenging, but over these next two months, I think it will only really bother me from 8 to 3 like it's supposed to.
And the best thing about May is that I won't have to do any apartment hunting, because Willie and I already found one! We signed the lease yesterday on a large yet affordable one-bedroom that's literally two blocks from the Brooklyn Museum, one of the best libraries in the state, the Botanic Garden, the Franklin Park beer garden, and our choice of express trains. Plus, it's a five-minute walk to Prospect Park! I may never go to Manhattan again! The building and appliances are on the older side, but the place has charm and it's a definite upgrade from the nasty wall-to-wall carpeting, the leaky ceiling, and the dying refrigerator I deal with now. We get the keys Memorial Day weekend, and I can't wait to move in! It was only the second apartment we looked at, and although I feel a little weird about having made the decision so quickly, it's a big weight off my shoulders to not have to worry about it anymore. I was spending so much time on craigslist, I'm not quite sure what to do with myself now!
But whatever it is, I know it will be nice. I have high hopes for May.