I haven't written in a while, mostly because I've been busy moving into the new apartment and my practicum has been running full-force, in which I'm writing notes, personally giving individual therapy, and leading the classroom. Besides that, the Internet at the apartment has been on the fritz. That and the dryer which doesn't really dry much of everything. The light bulb in my room went out this morning. Ordinarily, I would just go ahead and buy a bulb and replace it, but it's the apartment's job to fix it and I just started using that light! Everything that goes wrong in this place just makes me appreciate my house and my dad more and more.
I officially moved in on Saturday. My mom and I bought a full-size mattress and box spring on Friday. Everyone asks if I have a bed frame, yet but no I don't. Maybe with the next paycheck I'll just get something cheap, no frills. And if I'm really ambitious and creative, I'll build my own headboard.
For all my complaints, I am really happy here. I've gotten a chance to really hang out with my roommates, Saerom and Allison, and I feel really blessed because they are great! Plus, they love Biggie! They are pretty laid back and Allison is especially nice because she usually gets home before me and she doesn't mind taking Biggie out for me. I was really apologetic and abashedly grateful at first, but she doesn't seem to mind at all (she's always grown up with dogs) and Biggie is probably whining at her the second she gets home anyway. Once we get all the necessary items for our apartment, it will really start feel like a comfortable home, I think (despite/and including all the kinks).
It's actually pretty funny--the things we have in excess and the things that we are missing.
Things that we are missing: dining table and chairs, coffee table, sponges, kitchen towels, trashcan, sufficient plates, sufficient silverware, knives, and cookie sheets.
Things that we have a lot of: shot glasses, martini glasses, margarita glasses, beer glasses/steins, wine and champagne glasses, wire wisks, measuring spoons, measuring cups, brita pitchers, and those plastic cups you get for free from restaurants and college orientations.
We've got our priorities straight, don't we???
In other news, I'm excited about this weekend! I'm driving with Errol, Nicolo, and Keith to Austin tomorrow after I get out of class, and Jenny, Lemon, Ganda, and Chris are driving from Houston. We have some other friends driving in on Friday and hopefully I'll get to meet up with Joanne and Jess there, too. Tons of people, which could be stressful, but I'm hoping for the best.
I'll update more later, hopefully with some pictures of my apartment once everything looks great and in its place! There's lots of things going on, not just with me, but with my friends too. Seems that everyone is in need of prayers, prayers of thanks and request prayers. Have a wonderful Independence weekend, readers!
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