Only 2.5 weeks

Originally Posted on MySpace

Current mood: optimistic

I keep telling myself only 2.5 weeks. Only two and a half weeks that I have to deal with other people eating my food, and keeping me up by making lots of noise when I've gone to bed. Only a short amount of time that I have to wait for the bathroom or be extra quiet in the mornings (though they don't do the same for me at night). All in all, as roommates they're good people, but our ideas of "respectful" differ greatly.

I guess that means I'll have to start packing soon. Bleargh. I hate packing. You know, I've moved over 40 times in my 28 years. Admittedly, most of it was when I was a kid, but I've moved over 15 times in the last 10 years. College brings it on, I think, and also the training as a kid to move often. *sigh* I'd like to be in this new place for a long time, if it suits me as well as I think it will.

The only problem with staying in one house/apartment for a long time is the stuff accumulated. The longer you stay in one spot, it seems, the more junk ends up inhabiting said place. So when you do finally move, OMG, there's so much to sort, get rid of, and pack. I'm glad I got that out of the way back in September when I moved into the closet which I rent as a room.

I will get to packing soon, but this week my goal is to make a duvet cover for my comforter, as my bed will double as a couch in my new place. I bought some Waverly "Castille" in Jewel a few years ago on e-bay. I've got about 10 yards of it, so that's what I'll use. I bought some sage green fabric on discount last night at Jo-Ann's Fabrics to be able to run a stripe down each side, as the fabric (from edge repeat) is about 52.5" wide, and my comforter is 86" x 86". It should turn out nicely. I'll post more about it when I get more time.

Have a great day, y'all.

--Sanourra

Currently listening : Garden State By Various Artists Release date: By 10 August, 2004

Cupboards and Kooks- ah the fun of apartment hunting.

Originally Posted on MySpace on February 20, 2006

I saw 3 apartments over the weekend. The first one was smallish, expensive, and came with a kooky landlord who lives in the house on the property. It seems the studio was once a garage. The owner got rather... erm... enthusiastic in speaking about how upset the previous tenant had made her... There were also large gates at any entrance which were locked most of the time. The neighborhood didn't seem to be that bad, but, I dunno, I don't live there. Anyway, what it came down to was that she was charging too much rent for too small a space and tacking on 1/3 of the utilities on top of it. Oh, also I couldn't smoke on the property or have many friends over. I'm not a party animal, but I do like having friends over sometimes.

The second one was so small and so wrong on so many levels. And I do mean levels- One has to step up to get into the bathroom, then step up again to get onto the toilet level. The shower stall (I hate stall showers, btw) and sink are on the first level, then the toilet is off in its own little raised nook. Wacky. Then there were the stairs up to the "upstairs." The stairs were about 6 inches deep all the way up about 9 or 10 stairs. I swear you go from downstairs to upstairs in the horizontal space of 3 feet. The "upstairs" has about 12 square feet (closet-sized) in which one can stand upright- the rest slopes with the roof, and very sharply, I might add. I don't even want to talk about the non-existent kitchen. Needless to say, I politely thanked the woman showing me the place and wished her luck in finding someone to rent that cupboard masquerading as a 1 Bedroom.

So the third one I looked at caught me. It's advertised as a 1 Bdrm because it's so large, but the main room doubles as living room and bedroom. This is not a problem for me. The main room is roughly 25' x 25'. The kitchen sits off of the main room and is about 12' x 14'. There's a large closet (in the kitchen, oddly enough), and a really small bathroom with a full-sized tub. Also there's a small, enclosed front porch area that's technically mine, but the upstairs neighbors pass thru it to get to their domicile. AND the rent is cheaper than the other two places I looked at.

Yes, I did just say "technically mine," because I signed the rental agreement and paid the security on the apartment ealier this evening. *insert enthusiastic bouncing and squealing here* I'll get to move in around the middle of March.

I can't believe how smooth all this went... I had a really hard time finding a place last fall. This time, I found a place I'll enjoy within five days of starting a serious search.

*sigh* Now I just can't wait to get there.

Here's wishing similar luck to all those looking for housing or love or jobs or anything else right now.

--Sanourra

Currently playing : Dungeon Siege 2 Release date: By 16 August, 2005

My First Blog - Originally Posted on MySpace

A little test Current mood: chipper Category: Quiz/Survey I forgot to put this in my last post: If you think you know me, go to my Johari page and let me know how you see me. It's really cool to see the difference between how we see ourselves and how others percieve us to be. Tootles, Megan Currently listening : Mezzanine By Massive Attack Release date: By 12 May, 1998 3:02 PM - 0 Comments - 0 Kudos - Add Comment - Edit - Remove

My First Blog Hi Y'all. Thanks for reading My First Blog. Kinda like My Little Pony, but with less sparkles and plastic, eh? I should have started this thing over 2 years ago when I started losing weight. Oh well. So I found out last night that I have to move by the middle of next month because my landlord/roommate wants his girlfriend to move into the space I am currently inhabiting. No big loss. I don't necessarily enjoy living in Glenwood with a bunch of young party animals, but didn't want to have to move again so soon. Oh well... It's a good nudge to get me into a studio that I would enjoy. So if any of you know of a studio or 1 BR apt. for rent for under $500, let me know. I'd really like something in the west Eugene area, between Lincoln and Chambers. Whitaker is cool, too. To tell the truth, I'm really excited about this move. I wasn't excited about my last one, because I was moving out of a place that I really loved, but couldn't afford when one roommate moved to Portland for college, and the other decided it was the perfect time to get a studio (which is a very awesome place, btw). *sigh* Hope I can find one that cool. Anyway, not much else going on at this point... I still need to update my profile on here... blah blah blah. Check out some webcomix: Something Positive Questionable Content Girl Genius they're my favorites --Megan Currently listening : Furious Angels By Rob Dougan Release date: By 03 June, 2003