the maintenance guy showed up this morning, knocking on my door at 8:30am. I was still asleep, so I threw on a robe and opened the door for him. He left to get some necessary materials, so I threw on some clothes. He came back with materials and another worker. They replaced the line valve for the gas, replaced 4 power outlets, and worked a bit ( Read more... )

Alright, so the last installment led us to August 12 - the day before the big move, and disasterously underprepared.

And as this update truly is long beyond my belief, I'm utilizing LJ-cuts for the sake of your friends' pages...

( 13 August - The Big Day. )

Ok, so this is going to be a long one. In anticipation of that, I'm going to break things up into multiple posts (based on the amount of time I have for writing ( Read more... )

Ok, so I saw a little tiny place in Long Beach last night. It was cute. It was DEFINITELY affordable (about $380 cheaper than my current place). I put in an application. Then I got home and graphed the dimensions and started trying to arrange my furniture. No space for my desk, let alone a couch, TV, bed, 3 bookshelves, another desk, etc ( Read more... )

So yesterday I went out to Valley Village and took a look at a beautiful little 1 bedroom place that would cost me about $225/month less than my current place. I really liked it. It was a little small, but I could deal with that (especially as it's unfurnished and I don't have that much of my own furniture I'd be bringing along. Best part was ( Read more... )