Goodbye!

So, since blogger is giving my trouble changing my email address to my non-clemson email address, I have moved this blog.

It may now be found here

k bye!

beauty in the breakdown.

It is amazing what an iCal and a mattress can do for one's sanity.

I've been very overwhelmed the past few weeks, feeling unprepared and unmotivated. Unprepared because I have yet to pack, yet to purchase furniture, yet to figure out car stuff, etc. Unmotivated, because while I'm aching to be out of transition, there is that part of me holding back, wanting to stay in this life chapter, not wanting to move forward.

Saturday was my most restless day, and I reached a breaking point. I went into the basement and assessed all that I need to take with me, talked with my roommate and determined what we would need for the apartment, and completed my FERPA training online (*this is for my assistantship. It is basically the do's and don'ts of dealing with student education records). Then, Saturday evening, I opened up the iCal. I've resisted over the past couple of years despite KB's push for me to use it. I spent a good hour and a half sorting through all the emails my boss/the university have sent me over the past few months regarding different meetings and orientation sessions and put it all on my calendar. What a relief to have it all organized!

While I'm not too concerned heading out west without bedroom furniture, I knew that I needed to have at least a bed when I arrived. Anyone who knows me knows what a cheapo I am when it comes to money, so this was NOT any easy task getting me to lay down the big bucks for a mattress. But, I did it today, and the salesman at Macy's was nice enough to give me the Labor Day sale price a few days early. And will have the bed shipped and arriving in Seattle on the exact day I am fixed to arrive myself. How convenient.

There is still a lot to be done before I feel any sort of settlement (specifically the fact that I have to get there), but these little things have brought peace of mind for now. And of course, I have to remember how blessed I am to have the support of my friends and family right now during what it going to be a crazy transition. I love all of you!