i have a master's?!?

serious work to be done today. as in my final paper for my master's degree! hurrah! otherwise i spent the day shuttling here and there. and trying to plan something with my brother, only for it to fall through. ugh...

packing: nothing new, other than my roommate gave me a "thanks for being a great roommate" gift. more stuff to pack!

graduating: made some serious progress on my paper today. going to bed now, but i'm hoping to finish it in good time tomorrow.
 
job hunting: another company called to interview me. and i had to tell them i'm available until next week. so that's another company that won't interview me because they can't wait to hire.

apartment hunting: thinking about what the recruiter said yesterday... i'll be able to afford a decent, if not nice, apartment. hurray!

money: transferred everything to my checking account. once that runs out i am officially broke! and i need to start creating an actual timeline of what i've spent. for my dad. so he gives me more money.

christian: not much progress other than the new lawyers are proving to be much more useful than the old lawyer.

good night moon

after a decent day at work, an evening outing and then an attempt at writing my paper, i'm pooped! granted i did watch quite a bit of gidget tonight. but i really can't concentrate on my paper. crossing my fingers i get everything done in good time.

packing: let's see... i brought more stuff home from work, and not the stuff i brought there in the first place. yeah! more stuff to pack! but i did bring home the large staples box for my kitchen stuff. hopefully it works. i forgot to bring home a box for my printer though. oh well... i still have thursday!

graduating: paper schmaper. i worked on it a little bit. maybe half a page. hoping tomorrow i make some serious progress. crossing my fingers i wake up early.

job hunting: i talked to a recruiter today. went really well. going to meet up next week face-to-face to go over my portfolio. i'll need to tweak that... next week. i hope he comes across something for me.

apartment hunting: nothing until i get a job.

money: i still have money coming in from temping. and of course plenty of free meals coming my way. stupid me bought too many groceries for this week.

christian: he's still battling with the greencard and the visa. mostly because the lawyer he's using for the greencard isn't as tough and ingenious as you'd want your lawyer to be in this scenario. still crossing my fingers it all works out.

g'night!

oh and i almost forgot to mention! i finally got to shower... and wash my hair! my hot water has been out since saturday at the earliest. i was really desperate to wash my hair!

easy going

so i have definitely taken it easy the past 24 hours. i went out (for the last time) with my former roomie. i woke up early and took my time with everything today. lunch, some shopping, lots of internet searches, dinner, and prepping for my move. easy.

packing: i started early this morning and did some leftover packing from yesterday. although my biggest issue today was: how do i get two large bottles of booze to new york? you can't ship it, especially usps. apparently it is actually a federal crime to ship alcohol using the federal post. fedex and ups (who i hate) both are obnoxious about sending alcohol, so you really just have to lie to them. committing a crime and/or getting my booze confiscated didn't appeal to me. so i'm going with the obvious solution. pack it with everything else in my u-box. they have nothing on their website about alcohol, besides specialized boxes for wine bottles. so i'm using some techniques i found online to pack it, and it's going in the box. (i bought a styrofoam cooler, typical size, and a small moving box to fit it in. the cooler doesn't quite fit but the bottles can lay on their sides so i'll make it fit.)

graduating: no progress here, but tomorrow looks like it'll be the day.

job hunting: made some leeway here. applied to god-knows how many positions on craigslist. i used my snappy "you need me. i'm awesome." response instead of the stuffy cover letter response. we'll see which one gets a better response. although i already got one, and it was to the stuffy cover letter. this will be interesting. i also contacted the recruiters. i don't hold out much hope, but it might come to something.

apartment hunting: since the sublet is in place, i've given up looking for a permanent place. until i get a job, that is.

money: wierd side effect of moving. everyone wants to go out for one last hurrah! and wants to pay for it. free meals. a horrible reason to get together with my friends, but really it's just a bonus! i'm so poor! it means i don't have to worry about how many people i agree to go out with.

christian: no progress that i know of. though he did have a relaxing weekend hanging out. should i warn him that it'll be his last as a single man? hahaha he'll be able to do trips like the one he did today to fire island, because i don't like the beach enough to travel 3 hours to get there. no thanks. though i think i'll be able to keep him from binging when he goes out with friends. get him to stop at a reasonable hour instead of at 3am. crazy old man!

unexpected consequences

totally weird but it is starting to hit me that i haven't told anyone that i am moving. this past weekend in new york, it occurred to me that i hadn't told one of my best friends. then a couple days ago i remembered another friend. and on tuesday, my last class, it barely occurred to me that that would be my last class ever with those people. today i happened to run into a former roommate and finally told him. and i went to my church for the last time and had to tell all of them. i didn't realize i had some many people to say goodbye to. and to tell that i'm moving back to ny. crazy.

so updates on all fronts:

packing: i made some progress yesterday. finished off my upper bookshelves and the bins under my bed. tomorrow i will hopefully pack my desk, my lower bookshelves, and the living room. i bought more boxes today, and i hope i won't need anymore. we'll see.

graduating: i have made no leeway on the paper. i'll need to hunker down monday or wednesday and do that.

job hunting: also no progress. maybe later tonight or tomorrow, i will crank out a bunch of applications. especially contacting the recruiters.

apartment hunting: the sublet has appeared to have gone through. i will have a roof over my head. hurray! i am still sort of stressed about it, but i am trying to get over it.

money: ...is what i want. what we all want. i have enough to survive. we'll see about that in a couple of weeks.

christian: there's been some progress on that front. things aren't as dire as they once seemed. still have my fingers crossed though.

the end is near

i am moving in 8 days. that's right folks! 8 days!

and i feel so unprepared. the only thing i have arranged is how i'm moving my stuff. that's it. i don't have a job or an apartment. nothing. but my stuff and i will be in new york very soon. i have 8 days, well really 7 days, to pack all my shit. the 8th day my stuff will be put in the pod to be shipped, and i will be on an airplane and in new york by that night. crazy!

so updates on all fronts:

packing: i packed several boxes a couple of weeks ago, when i was trying to be super on top of things. but then i found i needed some of the things i had packed. that ended the packing. but now i have 7 days left to get all my stuff cleaned, organized, and packed. we'll see.

graduating: class is over. tuesday was our last day. but i still have a paper to write. and so far i have nothing. absolutely nothing. what to do? what to do? it's due midnight on thursday.

job hunting: christian's colleague, jen, is being super helpful. she has given out my information to boatloads of interesting firms. and she sent me a list of recruiters/headhunters to contact. i am sure they will be helpful.

apartment hunting: i was sending out a lot of responses to craigslist ads but to no avail. then it occurred to me that without a job and any idea what i will be getting paid signing up for a year lease for an amount i don't know is financial suicide. so i am now back into looking to see if i can sublet christian's friend's apartment.

money: the good thing on this front is that my dad is going to help me out. i was really worried for a while there that i wouldn't even be able to afford moving to new york, let alone all the other expenses. but i will need to be vigilant and make sure to sock away some money to pay him back.

christian: the boyfriend. the issue here is that he is trying to get his greencard. because his visa runs out the end of november. so he's in the midst of applying for a new visa, while his greencard application is being audited. it would be great if the reason i am moving to new york is still there at the end of this year.

so everything appears to be positive and not going too badly, but i am still very stressed about it all. i am crossing my fingers that it turns out well. wish me luck!