New digs!

It's looking like I have (at last) found a place to live, and a pretty fantastic roommate to boot! I'm going up in May to meet him, which I am pretty darn excited about.

I know I had more to say, but really, why say more? I don't want to spoil it.

Le Sigh

I can't believe how hard it is to find some place to live in Chicago.

I sent out another batch of e-mails a few days ago and finally got a few responses. Which was actually really (really) exciting. One of them might pan out into something. Which would be really exciting. (Apparently I like using the phrase 'really exciting' a lot) He seems like a pretty cool guy and like some one that I could get along with. After I talked to him a bit I sent all the others messages basically saying sorry, not interested anymore.

So now the paranoid, pessimistic side of me is kicking in. What if things don't work out and I am left with out an apartment sometime in May? At that point I would be totally screwed. So I set up a phone appointment to talk to a College apartment finder thing. It's free, so what's the harm, right?

We'll see. Wish me luck.

Apartment search continues!

I sent 5 e-mails out to potential roommates on Sunday. Maybe six now that I think about it.

And for the first time ever I have received responses!

One yesterday, which already fell through seeing as they want some one for May, I need July.
And one today. Which I plan on replying to in the morning. But we'll see what happens when I say I'm from out of state and I probably can't meet them prior to moving in. :\


But 2 out of six still isn't great. And considering the two that did reply were on the bottom of my list of who I wanted to reply it sucks even more. (One is faaaar away from downtown, the other was slightly more than I want to pay)

So basically tomorrow I think I need to send out some more e-mails if I can find some more listings in my price/distance range.

I hope this blog doesn't continue being just post after post of me complaining...

Ding!

Yesterday the official date was set for when I leave Texas.
June 4.
Both my parents will be coming and one of my best friends.
Also bought their plane tickets for them to fly back to Texas. They leave Chicago at 6:44 pm on the 9th. :(
I'm really excited about getting to Chicago and moving in, but really sad about the fact that once they leave I will be about 1,200 miles from all my family and friends.
This is also a little earlier than I had initially planned on being up there, but this way it gives me more time to familiarize myself with the city before class starts and also to get a JOB before class starts.

Now I just need to find an actual place to move into!

First One!

I'm starting this blog to journal my BIG MOVE from Texas to Chicago. Right now that consists of me trying to get an apartment and financial aid for school and believe me that is about as exciting as it sounds-which is to say, it's not very exciting at all.

Big news (hopefully) for this weekend will be my SARS report from FAFSA, which should give me some idea of how much financial aid I am getting from the school.

I also need to track down some boxes so I can start packing things, because I just so happen to be one of the slowest packers in the world.

See, isn't this exciting? ....It'll get better, I promise.