*...been 1/3 of an amazing moving team that also included my dad and my best friend Melissa. When I say amazing I mean, among other things, easily worn out by carrying heavy things up many stairs. Being the forward-thinker that I am, I chose to move into an apartment that requires me to climb three sets of stairs to get from the outside up to my bedroom. The stairs inside my apartment are particularly steep and harrowing, but we managed to move all of my belongings--did I mention that I'm also a packer who is adept at putting as much stuff into one box as humanly possible, thereby ensuring that all boxes are as heavy as can be?--into my room. Melissa proved herself to be the best kind of friend in the world by giving up her entire day to help me with this move, and she has kept me updated on the fact that her legs still hurt. I like to make my friends work for my love, and Melissa, you've totally earned it.
*...gone furniture shopping at IKEA. This also happened on Saturday and my parents and Melissa stuck around to help. I really wouldn't have been able to do it without them since my car is small, I needed a bed, and IKEA doesn't deliver the one I had my eye on. So we went to the wonderland that is IKEA, I picked out a bed, mattress, and TV stand, and we were on our way back to my house to carry yet more heavy crap up those three sets of steps. Then we got to spend the next several hours putting it all together. I love all of my easy-to-assemble furniture.
*...made another trip out to Potomac Mills (where IKEA is) to buy a bookshelf and other necessities from Target, and to stop by Best Buy to get some advice from the Geek Squad about why my computer wouldn't connect to the internet. They were absolutely no help whatsoever. Since I was on my own I had to carry my very heavy bookshelf up in pieces and put it together myself.
*...went on my very first grocery shopping trip now that I'm on my own for good. Food is much too expensive.
*...figured out that I can't for the life of me work my gas stove. I should probably call the landlord about that since my roommate is in Mozambique until Sunday and I would like to cook before then.
*...called Comcast to come fix my internet problems. Two technicians had to come out before they could figure it out, but it's working now and I'm happy for that.
*...walked the two miles to the campus bookstore in order to buy my books. The walk in the heat was almost as much fun as dropping almost $700 on textbooks.
*...put all of my stuff in its place. My room is super cute and almost completely done. I just need to get a dresser and I'll be all set. Until then, I'm partly living out of a suitcase.
*...watched the entire second season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD while unpacking and building furniture. I don't have cable so I have to rely mostly on DVD's and TV-on-the-internet to get by. Buffy is as good as I remember it.
I'm still homesick, but that will [hopefully] pass soon enough.
Here is a photo tour of...well, mostly my bedroom, but some of the rest of the apartment, too.
It went from looking like this (with Honey, the best lil' helper ever):
To this (a dresser will eventually be going where that red suitcase is): 
My room has a little nook that I've made into an office-type space, but where I have so far spent no time since my room is so hot and my desktop computer has been acting up for the past few weeks:
Here's the front of the building I live in--it's a house that was built in 1900 that's been converted into four apartments:
And I think that's good enough for now. Give me a call or drop me a line if you'd like to visit!
1 comments:
Super cute place! I can't wait to come and visit!
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