I've been planning for all my transitions coming up this summer. There's a lot done, but still so much more to do! Every time I cross something off my to-do list, I remember 3 more things!
I've registered for my classes! Yay! I'm taking courses called Classical Culture Pedagogy, Lyric Poetry, Plato, and Latin Composition. I'm excited about one, intrigued by one, nervous about one, and terrified about one. I'll let you guess which is which.
But now that I have that done, I need to worry about tuition wavers, financial aid packages, promissory notes, TAship paperwork, textbooks, and brushing up on my languages.
I've got my plane tickets for Macedonia booked and paid for (actually, more like charged). Over a period of 33 days, I'll take 12 flights through 6 countries. I'll only get to spend a significant amount of time in two, possibly four of them.
But now I have to book some hotels, plan some sightseeing, fill out release forms, call doctors, study the previous year reports, buy my trowel and supplies, and get a basic understanding of Macedonian (or whatever they speak...)
I've tried and effectively given up on subleasing my apartment. It just seems too complicated and I think people who show interest are only being nice and don't really want it. But it's a great apartment in a great location! But it is Austin, so it is expensive... But I've found a place in Lubbock that is not fantastic, but looks good and has the potential to be great. It's in a great location, has pretty good space, is lower than what I wanted to pay, has W/D connections, a personal water heater, and comes with a gym membership! Everybody cross their fingers that the appliances, cabinets, and bathrooms aren't AWFUL.
But now I need to tie up loose ends with my current apartment, work out how to pay bills whilst outside the country, figure out moving times, give move out notice, cancel parking and various Austin-based memberships, paint and deep clean my apartment, get carpet steamed, pay admin fees for new apartment, and find a stackable washer/dryer.
I also am behind on cleaning and organizing my apartment, grocery shopping (I've been stretching my pantry and freezer pretty far), I haven't updated my 30 Days of Amy (that I started back in MARCH), I haven't updated the blog in more than a month, and I'm behind on my Happiness Project which is, not surprising, contributing to my stress. I've also been getting dental work, renewing my driver's license, canceling my cable, yelling at Time Warner for being STUPID, oh and working a full-time job.
I've been so stressed lately I've given myself ulcers, which I haven't done since college. I'm not even in grad school yet and I'm already a basket case. I definitely think that being off my happiness project for the last three weeks has adversely affected me. I've been back on it this week though. I'm not hitting every mark (never really did to begin with), but I'm feeling better about making an effort towards it. I just need to have one week off work and social commitments to just sit down and chip away at my list. Unfortunately, many of these things work sequentially, so I probably won't be finished with everything on this list until next fall. It's just exhausting to think about that.
But I have been reading a lot lately... It's been my recent escape, since I canceled my cable and all my shows are ending. I've already finished three books this week. But I'm not going to pick up another one til next week, after I've chipped away a bit more at the list.
I'll try to update this weekend sometime about my new month of my Happiness Project, but you know how I am... This month is Appearance. I'm having a very interesting psychological experience with this one.
I'll leave you with a picture. It was my birthday (and Shane, too), since I last updated!
 |
| We turned 24... Not 42. We're not so good at the math. :) |
No comments:
Post a Comment