Friday, 7 November 2014 02:07 pm
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deckardcanineI have been shamefully late in telling my LJ readers that I am moving to an apartment close to my office on December 13. It will be my first non-college address outside DC, albeit a short walk from the DC border.
You may recall how I wanted to move in part because a long subway ride would get expensive. Well, my parents persuaded me that I could afford to spend a bit more than the equivalent of my current rent plus two subway rides every workday. My new budget gave me more promising options, and I decided on something about 15 minutes' walk from my office, half a block from the subway and bus stops, and not even that distance from a large supermarket.
I spent a while fretting that I would forget to do something important in the process of moving. Now that I have a written list, it doesn't bother me as much. Instead, I'm fretting that I may have chosen the wrong apartment. First, I didn't actually visit the one in question, just a similar but slightly larger and differently shaped one; floor plans had to help my imagination along. Second, I might have underestimated how much space I need. I hadn't thought of a dinner table, for example. Mom keeps telling me I have so little stuff, but I'd say it does a pretty handy job of filling my current space. Third, I may have been too hasty in my comparison to a nearby competitor apartment, which feels less like a hotel room and more like a one-story house.
Still, it's bound not to have some of the drawbacks to my current residence. It's on a high floor and less open to the outdoors, with readier temperature adjustment, so I'll be warmer in the winter and have fewer bug invasions the rest of the year, and no one outside could look thru my window. The kitchen includes a full-size fridge and a full-fledged oven. The complex seems to have a better reputation than others in my geographic and price range.
That leaves the time to steel myself for shifting a lot of objects in a short time. Think I'll bring some more to my office and discard more of what I'll probably never use (again).
You may recall how I wanted to move in part because a long subway ride would get expensive. Well, my parents persuaded me that I could afford to spend a bit more than the equivalent of my current rent plus two subway rides every workday. My new budget gave me more promising options, and I decided on something about 15 minutes' walk from my office, half a block from the subway and bus stops, and not even that distance from a large supermarket.
I spent a while fretting that I would forget to do something important in the process of moving. Now that I have a written list, it doesn't bother me as much. Instead, I'm fretting that I may have chosen the wrong apartment. First, I didn't actually visit the one in question, just a similar but slightly larger and differently shaped one; floor plans had to help my imagination along. Second, I might have underestimated how much space I need. I hadn't thought of a dinner table, for example. Mom keeps telling me I have so little stuff, but I'd say it does a pretty handy job of filling my current space. Third, I may have been too hasty in my comparison to a nearby competitor apartment, which feels less like a hotel room and more like a one-story house.
Still, it's bound not to have some of the drawbacks to my current residence. It's on a high floor and less open to the outdoors, with readier temperature adjustment, so I'll be warmer in the winter and have fewer bug invasions the rest of the year, and no one outside could look thru my window. The kitchen includes a full-size fridge and a full-fledged oven. The complex seems to have a better reputation than others in my geographic and price range.
That leaves the time to steel myself for shifting a lot of objects in a short time. Think I'll bring some more to my office and discard more of what I'll probably never use (again).
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There's no grading on moving, as long all all the needed stuff gets from A to B in the end, it's good enough :D
Mako