Hi all,
I promise I have not forgotten
about the fact that I am blogging. Without internet at home and a lot going on
it has been hard to blog. We should be getting internet at home any day and my
blogging will continue. I spent all of last week looking at different places to
live. I think about nine total. At the end of the week I was starting to
believe I might be homeless. Well, just kidding really. At the final moment I
decided to go with a group of four people to see an apartment I believed to
only house four. I was quite bummed because I did not think I would be able to
live with two girls that I really wanted to live with. We then starting talking
amongst ourselves and realized that one of the rooms was big enough for three
girls to comfortably live. Score!! The apartment seemed perfect... It was just
the right size, perfect location, safe, and seemed like a quiet neighborhood.
On Friday we went and signed our lease and our landlord was definitely not
prepared. It took like two and a half hours to sign it after she prepared it.
After that was all said and done two of the girls went to drop off some of
their stuff. Come to find out our water heater blew. Ah! They had it fixed by
the time we moved in. Good deal. Saturday we moved in and everything went
smoothly. We also got our furniture delivered.
It is nice stuff too. Our couch is super comfy. Come to find out, we did
not have hot water. Not okay. On Monday we found out that the heat setting on
our hot water heater was never turned back on. Another downfall of our
apartment is the heating system. The vents are towards the top of the apartment
and blow directly on the windows. The first two days of living in the apartment
were freezing. In total we bought four space heaters and I bought a heating
blanket. Luckily, the weather outside is getting to be warmer and they came and
put plastic on our windows. I’m hoping that it continues to get warmer in our
apartment. We are really getting acquainted with the city and getting the grid
like system down.
As far as the internship search
goes I have picked six potential places that I would be interested in working
at. The staff at TPC is working on seeing who wants to take an intern and getting
me an interview. The internships are in social work. Some in a legal setting, a
couple in a hospital, and one in a school. As of now I am waiting to see if I
need to call for an interview or if my advisor is setting them up. I find out
tomorrow morning.
We have had a lot of fun
exploring the city, trying new foods, getting to know the others in the
program. I am a bit homesick, but I am managing! I can’t believe my birthday is
right around the corner. I love birthdays. I have both my classes on Monday.
Power and Authority is on Monday morning. So far I really like the class.
Monday nights is Abnormal Psychology. I really like having class only once a
week. I need to make sure that I stay on top of my work and not procrastinate till
Sunday night. I went to a zumba class. That was interesting. I could not really
follow the moves, but I am still quite sore.
For the rest of the day we are
going grocery shopping, laundry, and I am not sure what else. I attended an
interviewing workshop and it was extremely helpful.
High: Really liking my roommates!
Low: It's so cold in our apartment!
Yours truly,
Katie
<--- This is me signing my first lease!
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