Goings on

We’ve not quite decided on the house yet. We put down a deposit to keep it for now and we received the lease but we’re still considering. It’s been such a stressful situation for all of us, because of how big of a decision it is. I’m tired of big decisions. Ever since August it feels like I’ve been making them every single month.

No one ever told me how hard graduating and moving on from school would be, and I feel sort of betrayed. Everyone said how weird it was to go to college and I felt almost prepared for that. This, though. This is different. My mum keeps saying, “Welcome to the real world,” but it’s the real world on a student salary, with a student mindset, and I have known nothing else outside of what I see when I stand on the corner of Speedway and 24th Street. School.

So I’m not sure what to do right now. And even though we got the lease Friday night they’re already sending us reminders to sign it.

I wish everyone would stop talking about the economy. Talking about how bad it is can only make things worse, because everyone gets terrified and then they don’t spend money and right now the best thing everyone can do is act like everything is normal. But it’s like you can’t even read a decorating magazine or an article about bunnies without hearing about it. It’s enough to make you scream, especially for a “just-getting-out-of-school-20-something.” It’s as if people are obsessed.

It’s raining for the first time in a long time. Hot and rainy is the weather for today. Hot and rainy and therefore disgustingly humid, but it’s the first time we’ve had rain in awhile.

Tomorrow is J’s and my one year anniversary.

I’m not one to sit and mope these days. But sometimes you just need a weekend to be a bit bummed out about how fast your life is moving.

February 9, 2009 @ 9:10 am . Comments (5)

Culture — Tags: bad luck, Future, the world

Keys

Just as I was getting to work this morning I realized I didn’t know where my keys were. I searched my bag twice and realized they definitely weren’t in there. Worried, I texted my roommate who informed me that she had noticed my keys in the apartment when she left this morning. Great.

My roommate’s mum is in town, and also she works, so she would be back at the apartment at 11:30, and then the only other time she would be there was at 9:00 in the evening. So I needed to get to the apartment before 11:30 or I wouldn’t be able to get in until 9.

I took my break early and ran for the bus. I was a minute late and completely missed it. I tried calling J to see if there were any other buses I could take, but he didn’t pick up. I ran all the way back to work, and he advised me on a different bus to take. I was off and running again.

Right as I got to the bus stop, I spotted my roommate heading back. Victory! I couldn’t believe my luck. We rode back together and I was excited that I could finally get my keys.

We arrived back at the apartment and began walking up to the door. Suddenly my roommate stopped, a horrified look on her face. Her mum had her keys. Her mum was not at the apartment, since she was out shopping.

We were both locked out now.

So, we spent about fifteen minutes trying to break into the apartment. Thankfully, no one called the cops on us. I wasn’t able to stay for very long, because I had to get back to work, so my roommate promised she’d put the keys in my mailbox so I could get to them.

All’s well that ends well, I guess, but this just demonstrates exactly WHY I’m such a pessimist sometimes.

August 7, 2008 @ 11:45 am . Comments (2)

Gaming — Tags: apartment, bad luck, real life