Back in Waltham
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breakinglight11Well, this is my first post since I have returned to Waltham for the summer. Getting here was a hell of a lot more difficult than I thought it would be, given the sudden arising of housing snags the week before we were supposed to move in. We were originally going to have a group of seven living in the house this summer, but the landlord insisted we keep the number down to five, so we had to scramble to figure out who was staying and who was going to have to find another place to live. Tegan and her friend whom I don't really know very graciously bowed out, leaving Mac, Sheena, Dave, David, and myself. I can't get over how reasonable and accommodating Tegan was the whole time, she really did the rest of us a solid. I'm very glad to hear she's already found a place she likes. We were worried about her, but it looks like she's going to be okay. We were also unsure of whether or not the landlord would let us stay the night on the first night. Fortunately everything got cleaned in time for him to be okay with it, but I have to say it bothered me, considering our lease said we were to take possession on the 1st. And seeing as I had work the next day, I needed to be in there.
So all day yesterday was spent moving in. Thanks to the efforts of those mentioned above, my parents, and a very kind Bernie and Alex, all the furniture I brought with me got set up. That means my bedroom set and the couches and things I brought for the living room. Not all of my smaller things are unpacked yet, but at least my room is set up. It was nice, but still strange to be in there. It doesn't quite feel like my place yet. That'll come with time and settling in. The place is nice and clean, and we're starting to make it ours. I think we'll end up being very comfortable there, and we'll have a good time having people over for things like dinner and gaming.
Speaking of gaming...
One benefit of having fewer people in the house is that we have significantly more space. One of the rooms that was going to be occupied as a bedroom is now empty and at our disposal. So, we have decided to turn it into a gaming lounge. :-) My dad wanted to get rid of the enormous television set in our basement at home-- ten years old but in perfect working order --so the thing is now in one of the basement rooms of the house, along with a Wii, and I think soon to be a PS2 as well. We'd also like to put comfy things to sit on down there so maybe it would be a nice place for campaigns to happen as well.
Right now, I'm at my first day of my summer day job, office assistant in the Computer Science Department at Brandeis. There has been so little to do thus far that, frankly, I'm kind of uncomfortable with the feeling that I'm doing something wrong.
So all day yesterday was spent moving in. Thanks to the efforts of those mentioned above, my parents, and a very kind Bernie and Alex, all the furniture I brought with me got set up. That means my bedroom set and the couches and things I brought for the living room. Not all of my smaller things are unpacked yet, but at least my room is set up. It was nice, but still strange to be in there. It doesn't quite feel like my place yet. That'll come with time and settling in. The place is nice and clean, and we're starting to make it ours. I think we'll end up being very comfortable there, and we'll have a good time having people over for things like dinner and gaming.
Speaking of gaming...
One benefit of having fewer people in the house is that we have significantly more space. One of the rooms that was going to be occupied as a bedroom is now empty and at our disposal. So, we have decided to turn it into a gaming lounge. :-) My dad wanted to get rid of the enormous television set in our basement at home-- ten years old but in perfect working order --so the thing is now in one of the basement rooms of the house, along with a Wii, and I think soon to be a PS2 as well. We'd also like to put comfy things to sit on down there so maybe it would be a nice place for campaigns to happen as well.
Right now, I'm at my first day of my summer day job, office assistant in the Computer Science Department at Brandeis. There has been so little to do thus far that, frankly, I'm kind of uncomfortable with the feeling that I'm doing something wrong.
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