August 03, 2004 :: 12:05 a.m.
the clutter, oh god, the clutter!
So, today. More packing. That's about all. Exciting, no? Oh, and there was some running also. It was marginally less fun than packing, if only because of the copious amounts of sweat. I hate sweat. I especially hate it when I'm the one covered in it. Ugh.
I really don't like running very much. I've very recently come to this realization, and it's making me less than the gung-ho run bunny than I'd like to be when it comes to this whole jogging schedule that Joe and I have going on. I guess it doesn't really matter, though - in about a week or so I won't be here to run with him anyway. So that's one good thing about the move, at least.
"One good thing? But Amanda, I thought you couldn't WAIT to move out!"
Yeah, well. I haven't even moved in yet, but already the whole new and exciting thing has been stomped on by the much less pleasant scary and expensive thing. I think maybe I should have kept looking for a less expensive apartment. As much as I like this one, and I do quite a lot, it's really too much money. I was super-excited about it before because I thought it was a steal at $395/month. And I know $450/month isn't awful, but it's a good $50 more than I wanted to spend. As it stands now I'm fairly sure I won't be able to afford food or gas unless I procure a fairly well-paying part-time job. Which I was planning to do anyway, but now it's an immediate necessity rather than something that I'm just planning to do because I want to have some extra money.
I know, I know. Welcome to the very first baby step toward independent adulthood. Rejoice! Celebrate! Revel in the freedom! Except not. Oof.
It'll work out somehow, I know, but right now everything is still so up in the air money-wise that it's just really scary. Urgh. I hate uncertainty even more than I hate sweat.
Well, back to packing. I've accumulated an amazing amount of crap in my 21 years. It's quite impressive, really. But now that it's all got to be stuffed into boxes and hauled away it's mostly just annoying. I need to join Packrats Anonymous, stat.
(Clutter is a really weird word. Don't you think? Just say it a few times. Clutter. Clutter. Clutter clutter clutter. Hrm. Yeah, definitely odd.)
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