Monday, July 7, 2008

whirlwind

so it's been a whirlwind for the last few weeks, and I just have to procrastinate on the things I should be doing (studying) and put down right here the recent goings on.
quickly:
I packed a truck with most of my stuff on Monday June 23.
I pack the rest of my things into a trailer on Tuesday June 24, leaving behind a few things because I couldn't fit them. A further dissertation on my emotional place at that point will be left for another writing.
I drove to NC, my home state and home town of Winston-Salem, arriving in the morning of Wednesday June 25. That day I returned the trailer, checked in at UNCG, bought my books, found out where my classes were. Slept.
Thursday June 26 was the first day of class. Microbiology lecture and lab.
Friday through Sunday I had off. I tried to rest as much as possible, but had to study too. It was Mom's birthday on Sunday. I gave her the gift of cleaning her living room, including the windows, and accumulated mold. uck.
Monday back to school. Four and a half hours a day.
Tuesday the truck arrived and mom wrangled some hands to help put things in the new place. (after school)
Wednesday I had my first test in Lecture. I got an A, but barely.
Wednesday class, and some poking around the new place.
Thursday was the first night in the new place. After class I went to BB&B to get some necessaries. Pi and I enjoyed our new place. Friend Meg came by and hung out, helped me figure out some kitchen details.
The DSL and phone was supposed to be up Thursday, but it didn't work. And by the time I found that out it was too late to call, and the next day was independence day. Ugh. I called Saturday, but they were out for the holiday weekend.
Monday morning I called at&t to be told that on their end everything was fine. The landlord told me the lines had been ripped out when they took out the old carpet. He didn't put them back in since everyone is using cell phones these days. Hmmm. Mom is not going to want to call me long distance on my cell phone when I live across town...
I have my first "Unknown" in lab later Monday (that is today) Luckily I got an easy one and got done early. I have a test in lab and a test in lecture tomorrow. There's a lot of information on line for these tests. good study opportunities, chat rooms, etc. I NEED MY HIGH SPEED INTERNET!!! Friend meg offered her place and gave me a key after a mild fiasco of her locking herslef out of her house whilst in her jammies. I arrived shortly afterwards, took her to get a spare from a friend who works at whole foods where I ran into an acting teacher from my youth. Re-connections already starting!
I stopped in at my mom's to pick up some stuff and was confronted with a letter from my former landlord who itemized every thing that was wrong with the place I just left, including a whole bunch of stuff that the prior tenant did. He took some money out of the deposit. I was ok with that. It was the itemized list that burned me.
So I went back to my place, fuming. Got on the floor to play with the cat a bit, when I spied the cut phone line at the baseboard of the kitchen.
My McGiver skills went into action. I got my wire cutters and spliced a wall jack into the loose wire.
And here I am writing this down. Now, I really should go and study viral anatomy and synthesis.
CIAO YA'LL!

2 comments:

Todd said...

You actually might have gotten something out of NCSA! Hooking up those wires sounds like a real techie thing to do. Good job!

THORN said...

rock on boogie woman!