2011-09-17 - A Place to Call my Own

So it appears I have an apartment now. That is what the universe seems to be telling me at least, I’m not sure I believe it. I seem to be here and there is no one throwing me out or demanding the keys back. It probably wasn’t the best way to get an apartment though. Someone I knew offered to help me find an apartment and ended up helping me get their old apartment while they got a slightly bigger one down the road. One the one hand it made things easier because I wasn’t competing with anyone but on the other hand the more people you involve with something the more complicated it becomes. People misrepresent what they’re going to do which makes it hard to tell what you have to do and then you spend a weekend without power. There was also something about a certain telecommunications company being really weird and not paying attention to my requests for a change of installation appointment when they said they did (hence why I haven't been updating this in a while). But I’ve got phone, and power and TV and internet now and it all seems to be going alright. There are still problems like being poor and jobless and couch-less to figure out but I am confident.

It’s quite nice to have a nice new bed and all (most) of my stuff in one spot. It’s also nice to being able to enter and leave without having to say a thing to anyone. If I feel like going for a walk I can just go for a walk. Now yes I am using most of my new found freedom to sit at home alone with the cat but at least I have it. I am also quite enjoying learning to cook on my own. The one thing about cooking your own food is that because you made it you can’t really complain about it. Yes the pancakes might be raw on the inside but that’s okay because it’s my fault. It also makes for a good diet as you put off eating cause you know it just means you’ll have to spend money to replace whatever you eat so you can have it again later. That’s okay, I don’t need food.

The Cat

My last term of school also seems to be going well. There don’t seem to be any really hard classes. Some classes that require me to maybe actually study and learn things but nothing I can’t handle. I only have 4 classes so even if they were really hard that’s still 2/3s of my normal course load.