this is where we used to live...
01.24.2005 // 7:09 p.m.tomorrow is a big day, i'm going to go select an apartment and sign the lease... moving is one of the unfortunate consequences of changing schools... i could stay where i am, but my rent would go up & i'd have to start paying for my DSL... so... i'm nervous... i hate moving, i hate having petty conversations with landlords... or pretending to be interested in a tour.
i wonder how i will manage not to divulge the fact that i have printed out the floorplan and have systematically, over a period of weeks, created various scenarios for where every single peice of furniture will go... !!
at the same time... i'm terribly excited. i hate where i'm living right now and i've always believed that change is good... right now, i need a change of environment... i need the stability of a townhouse apartment... i need neighbors that i can talk to, not run from.. i need to feel safe...
i've been debating about asking the landlord to let us move in early... that's how i eager i am to get this whole things over with... i wonder if they can pro-rate half the month of february so that i can get out of here and get over there... and just.. i don't know... i just hate transitions
there are other things on my mind... like whether or not i should keep my old couch... or my old coffee table... i hate moving old things that i'm fed up with... a new apartment should have new things... sonoma has a gorgeous six drawer dresser... the coffee table that i've been drooling over is not *that* expensive... and how much could a new couch cost?! versus the effort of moving and later getting rid of a couch which i never really cared for in the first place?!
i've also become completely fascinated with the idea of owning a table that is also an aquarium... or perhaps a biome... and even though i know that sort of thing is likely to complicate my life rather than simplify it... i just can't help myself... at this point, i've already bought new pots & pans, new dishes, new placemats, new napkins, new nakpin rings... i'm sure new appliances will be next... all this for an apartment i've never seen...
the list of offensive items & new expenditures continues to grow... (and yes, if you're wondering, this is only one of the many extensions of my OCD... i do this EVERY TIME i move) so far, the list of potential new furntiture items stands at a new couch, coffee table, two end tables, an entertainment center, six drawer dresser, a new bedside table, a new round kitchen table and four chairs...
i've managed to talk myself into keeping a few things, because chances are i will end up putting all of these things together if i cant afford to buy them assembled... which come to think if it, i will have to somehow afford, because it will be finals week and not having furniture will drive me nuts...
anyway... that's my little moving rant. :)
