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In the past few days I have amassed quite a few adult-type items. Like an ironing board. And an iron. And pots, and pans, and a brand-new double bed (mattress courtesy of my mother, and the frame, an antique, c/o my father the entepreneur) and this is EXCITING because oh my god, for the first time ever I will not be sleeping in a twin bed every night.
I also have a lovely antique kitchen table and chairs, which I will frequently accent with my grandmother's china and Waterford crystal. Because such things should be used, not hidden in boxes, and because the iconoclasm of fine quality things contrasted with my other, shabby, mismatched furniture will entertain me.
I am trying not to mind the fact that my apartment will not, by financial necessity, entirely reflect my precise personal style. I am mostly succeeding. Bad with the good, and there's still way more good. And it's not going to be like unliveable or anything. It will be quite cozy.
Just not *perfect*.
But I can handle that.
Really. I *CAN*.
Hmmph.
I've requested my phone line hookup - we have Verizon - but I'll be getting USADatanet for long distance and dial-up, because my family's used USADatanet for three years now and we've always had good service. It's really an excellent deal, too.
I will of course continue to miss high-speed internet access, but I've been managing without it all summer, so I think I'll survive.
I don't think I ever realized JUST how easy the whole living-at-college thing was. I mean, I paid a phone bill once a month. That was the extent of my responsibility. Cable was just magically there, and so was food, and ethernet, and housekeepers, and man we were SPOILED. I mean we were paying good MONEY to be spoiled, but still.
Now I'm poor, and I get to deal with all of that stuff I never had to think about. But, you know, it's fun.
It'd be more fun if I weren't currently COMPLETELY baffled by how to switch banks, though. I mean, I picked a local bank out. NH doesn't seem to have any Fleets, which really I don't mind, except that it's inconvenient and I JUST ordered new checks (grrr). But the new bank has less than half of Fleet's monthly fees and also doesn't have Fleet's absurd no-human-interaction rule.
But I'm still confused. I will be happy when all of these technical issues are sorted out. I haven't ordered cable yet, either.
I'll probably start packing tonight. It's a good thing we're bringing two cars, a van, and a trailer, because I have an awful lot of crap.
I'm not sure how I feel about having BOTH my parents help move me in, but I really have little choice in the matter, so.
I also have a lovely antique kitchen table and chairs, which I will frequently accent with my grandmother's china and Waterford crystal. Because such things should be used, not hidden in boxes, and because the iconoclasm of fine quality things contrasted with my other, shabby, mismatched furniture will entertain me.
I am trying not to mind the fact that my apartment will not, by financial necessity, entirely reflect my precise personal style. I am mostly succeeding. Bad with the good, and there's still way more good. And it's not going to be like unliveable or anything. It will be quite cozy.
Just not *perfect*.
But I can handle that.
Really. I *CAN*.
Hmmph.
I've requested my phone line hookup - we have Verizon - but I'll be getting USADatanet for long distance and dial-up, because my family's used USADatanet for three years now and we've always had good service. It's really an excellent deal, too.
I will of course continue to miss high-speed internet access, but I've been managing without it all summer, so I think I'll survive.
I don't think I ever realized JUST how easy the whole living-at-college thing was. I mean, I paid a phone bill once a month. That was the extent of my responsibility. Cable was just magically there, and so was food, and ethernet, and housekeepers, and man we were SPOILED. I mean we were paying good MONEY to be spoiled, but still.
Now I'm poor, and I get to deal with all of that stuff I never had to think about. But, you know, it's fun.
It'd be more fun if I weren't currently COMPLETELY baffled by how to switch banks, though. I mean, I picked a local bank out. NH doesn't seem to have any Fleets, which really I don't mind, except that it's inconvenient and I JUST ordered new checks (grrr). But the new bank has less than half of Fleet's monthly fees and also doesn't have Fleet's absurd no-human-interaction rule.
But I'm still confused. I will be happy when all of these technical issues are sorted out. I haven't ordered cable yet, either.
I'll probably start packing tonight. It's a good thing we're bringing two cars, a van, and a trailer, because I have an awful lot of crap.
I'm not sure how I feel about having BOTH my parents help move me in, but I really have little choice in the matter, so.
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And you'll figure it out soon enough. I really believe things have a way of working out for the best.