So it has been basically a month since I last posted and as usual that was not my intention. Honestly though, it was even less my intention than ever other time I have fallen off the face of the planet. Usually, there is something going on that just wipes all motivation from by body but this time it was different. This time I was highly motivated but lacked time. So what was I doing that took so much time, you ask. Trying to move. Obviously I was going to feature some fun pictures with this life update. Like always, bloopers at the end. Outfit details: Red Flats (similar)- WhoWhatWear x Target, Pineapple Crossbody - SheIn, Red Tassel Earrings (similar) - SUGARFIX by BaubleBar, Sheer Lace Top (Similar), Jean Shorts (similar) - Old Navy I knew I was starting laboratory rotations at Rutgers at the beginning of July and I get major OCD when it comes to moving. So back at the end of May my Mom and I, with my intricately organized spreadsheet, went to NJ to look at apartments. We were suppose to look at places if Harrison, Jersey City, and Hoboken but so many realtors flaked. We ended up looking at 9 places out of the 20 I has scheduled. Unfortunately, none of them were a perfect match and I have a hard time settling when it comes to my living space. I was able to identify that I wanted to live in Hoboken or very near by. So I went back to DC and I kept up the search remotely. This was a major time sink! I would sit down on my sofa around 9:30 am and next thing I knew it was 7 pm and I had nothing outside of looking at Zillow. I was forgetting to eat lunch! This went on for a while and I even took a day trip up to Hoboken at one point but nothing was panning out. I had someone to live with but couldn't find a place or I could find a place but not someone to live with. It was a high anxiety, low productivity, exhausting, and unrewarding experience. I was investing days upon days with little return. About a week before I needed to start my rotation I had pretty much given up and decided to stay in an Airbnb while I looked for a place. That same week, I happened to see an ad for a room coming available at the end of August and I jumped on it. So here is where I am at in this moment. I am currently living in a one bedroom apartment, its kind of a dorm but also kind of not, in Newark. Definitely not ideal but it does the trick and it is around the corner from where I am working. I have been working in the lab for almost two weeks now and so far it has been great. Everyone is super welcoming and it just feels good. At the beginning of August I move into an Aibnb in Jersey City, unfortunately its not in the best part but it was cheap. And I will be moving into my apartment at the end of August. I got my ideal location, in a beautiful building, for less than I would have paid with all the other places I looked at. This past weekend my father and I went down to DC to pack up and move all of my stuff into a storage unit around here. It feels like things are finally coming together. I won't feel settled and at a "Pam normal" resting anxiety state until I am in my apartment but at least I know where that is now. And I'll keep you all updated with how all my moving goes. I was thinking about starting a Grad School Diaries section, what do you think? Should I PamSplain what being a PhD student looks like? Note: these are all pictures of me wen I wasn't stressed, 'cause who takes pictures of themselves in that state?
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