...I would be bankrupt if I did. I mean it.

Nah, I live a block away (granted, never home) but there's only so much you can eat or buy. You shop more often and buy less.

I really should get to sleep, since I didn't get much sleep last night, and I'm defending tomorrow. Sleep not so much happening, though. Too jittery.

I'm also looking around my apartment and realizing that I just have too much stuff, and my apartment is too much of a mess. I'm going to have to massively clean, and probably throw out a ton of stuff.

Go to sleep, Hil!

Don't do like me, make yourself a mojito and then start cleaning the kitchen and the bathroom so the fire department can come in and troubleshoot the fire alarm system in the building tomorrow. They will be here between 8-12 to fix whatever kept setting off a false alarm on Saturday. There's 10 units in my building, I hope they do me last so I can get the floor vacuumed and a few more things put away.

I'm eating a peanut butter sandwich now. Then I'll try sleep again.

Sleep, Hil. Less stressing. Sleep.

[edit: Heh, learn to read timestamps, Cass. Just because it was the last post, it was three hours ago...]

You live across the street from TJs?

...I would be bankrupt if I did. I mean it.

Really and truly across the street. Once people see it, no one wonders why I've kept the six-week sublet for five years so far. Even though the bathtub sucks. I've got a fireplace, lots of trees around me for privacy and TJ's across the street...

I really do nearly all of my shopping there. I absolutely spend more than I maybe should, or at least could, because it's so easy to wander over and experiment. But I don't go bankrupt, just make a lot more frequent trips.

Hil, I feel your pain. When I packed up and left for Texas, I had 8 years in one apartment, and lots of pack-rat tendencies. Lots to do. One could say borderline overwhelming. But someone on here gave me great advice. Lists. Look around. See what needs doing, and make a list. Then as you get things done, you cross the item off. Voila. Less stressful, and you can see your growing list of accomplishments (as it is inversely related to the shrinking list of things to do). You will be fine. Oh, but one thing. Don't do like I did. Ask for help. Yeah, I was stupid. thought I had to pack everything. If your place is like mine, you have tons of books. Have others pack the books, cd's, dvd's and such. While they do that, you can go through all the papers and figure out what can be tossed and what can be saved.

Quester, good luck, and lots of continued ~ma for your job search.

Yay, Hil!

Bev, I'm glad things worked out.

I only got a sublet, and planned to get a real apartment once I was already ensconced. IIRC, Plei got the keys and a look at the place (after I'd already agreed to take it) and told me it was nice.

IIRC, just the outside? Been a while, OMG!

I'm babysitting this morning, and thanks to YoYo Gabba, G hasn't even noticed his parents are gone yet.

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