Well I have finally moved into my new apartment. Most of it took place yesterday and let me tell you...I hate moving! Not because of the emotional stress, it's because of the whole "what do I take with me, what stays here" and of course...carrying those heavy boxes of extra clothes that were forgotten. Not to mention extra items that I needed.
Thankfully my mom and I went to the store yesterday so I now have a start to what I'll need in terms of breakfast, lunch, and dinner items. I also got the essential things that I'll need so that's good.
I was surprised at how smoothly last night went. I thought I was going to be a nervous wreck but thankfully I wasn't. It was as if I am completely ready for this (which I now know I am). Now all I have to do is finish unpacking.
One thing I'm rather thankful for is the fact that my parents have told me that I'm more than welcome to do my laundry at home instead of having to spend $1.50 washing and then another $1.50 drying my clothes. This is something that I'll definitely be taking advantage of. :-)
Oh and then there's the football game that I watched yesterday. Now this wasn't just any old football game. It was the FINAL game (of the year anyway) between Ohio State and Michigan. For those who may not know, these two teams are rivals...I mean big time rivals. They have been for a rather long time. Anyway, it was probably the closest game I have ever seen...not to mention one of the best! In the end, Ohio State won 42-39. YAY!
That's about all for now. Have a great rest of the weekend.
-Lisa
Sunday, November 19, 2006
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Almost There
Well it pretty much became official today: I am now officially renting an apartment. My Dad and I went to the complex today and I signed the papers that needed to be signed and paid my first month's rent (well since it's the middle of the month, it was only 3/4 of the rent). The movers then came and hauled all of the heavy stuff (furniture, stuff I packed in boxes, etc...) over to the apartment while my Dad and I took everything we bought at Bed, Bath & Beyond last night over.
I was surprised that it only took a little over 3 hours to get the enitre move done. And it really wasn't expensive at all! Well not as expensive as I thought it was going to be anyway. The two guys who moved my stuff were great; they were very careful to not break anything and had a good sense of humor (which was a good thing considering the weather here...it's LOUSY outside!). They did a great job.
Anyway, my apartment looks pretty darn good I must say! It looked so boring before but now that I have furniture in it, it now resembles a "home." Now all I have to do is unpack, bring some more stuff over (like my clothes and some other things) and get my cable TV and internet hooked up. Unfortunately that won't be until next Saturday, but my parents being the very considerate people that they are said that I could stay at the house until Saturday so I won't go crazy with no internet, LOL.
I will try to take some pictures of the apartment and post them on here at some point in the near future.
My nerves are not quite as bad as they were last night. In fact, they're almost gone! All that's left is excitement and the feeling of accomplishment. This, for me was a HUGE step in my life. Change has never come easily for me and I just took a big step today. I'm rather proud of myself. :-)
Anything else going on...well work is going pretty well except for the fact that one of the teachers in my room does not seem to know the meaning of the word "team." There is supposed to be a 1:5 ratio of teachers to children in the room at all times and on MWF, there are 15 children (if they all come). Well she tends to leave the room for periods of time (longer than 5 minutes) and that, for us anyway, is illegal. The other teacher and I then have a ratio of 1:7 1/2 children. I know that doesn't sound like a very big change, but trust me...when you're working with 15 2-year-olds, it's a BIG difference. So things are a bit tense between my co-teacher and I versus the other teacher. I just hope it doesn't turn into what it did this past summer. Now that would be bad. I'm not going to go into detail, but if that does happen again, my co-teacher said that she will do whatever it takes to get this woman fired.
Anyway, enough of that, hehe. My weekend began with a lot of anxiety from my move and anger towards this one teacher, but the anxiety is passing and hopefully the anger will as well...if she can get her behind into gear. Now my weekend is turning out to be better than I thought it would.
And that's all I have to say. Have a nice weekend!
-Lisa
I was surprised that it only took a little over 3 hours to get the enitre move done. And it really wasn't expensive at all! Well not as expensive as I thought it was going to be anyway. The two guys who moved my stuff were great; they were very careful to not break anything and had a good sense of humor (which was a good thing considering the weather here...it's LOUSY outside!). They did a great job.
Anyway, my apartment looks pretty darn good I must say! It looked so boring before but now that I have furniture in it, it now resembles a "home." Now all I have to do is unpack, bring some more stuff over (like my clothes and some other things) and get my cable TV and internet hooked up. Unfortunately that won't be until next Saturday, but my parents being the very considerate people that they are said that I could stay at the house until Saturday so I won't go crazy with no internet, LOL.
I will try to take some pictures of the apartment and post them on here at some point in the near future.
My nerves are not quite as bad as they were last night. In fact, they're almost gone! All that's left is excitement and the feeling of accomplishment. This, for me was a HUGE step in my life. Change has never come easily for me and I just took a big step today. I'm rather proud of myself. :-)
Anything else going on...well work is going pretty well except for the fact that one of the teachers in my room does not seem to know the meaning of the word "team." There is supposed to be a 1:5 ratio of teachers to children in the room at all times and on MWF, there are 15 children (if they all come). Well she tends to leave the room for periods of time (longer than 5 minutes) and that, for us anyway, is illegal. The other teacher and I then have a ratio of 1:7 1/2 children. I know that doesn't sound like a very big change, but trust me...when you're working with 15 2-year-olds, it's a BIG difference. So things are a bit tense between my co-teacher and I versus the other teacher. I just hope it doesn't turn into what it did this past summer. Now that would be bad. I'm not going to go into detail, but if that does happen again, my co-teacher said that she will do whatever it takes to get this woman fired.
Anyway, enough of that, hehe. My weekend began with a lot of anxiety from my move and anger towards this one teacher, but the anxiety is passing and hopefully the anger will as well...if she can get her behind into gear. Now my weekend is turning out to be better than I thought it would.
And that's all I have to say. Have a nice weekend!
-Lisa
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