Moo-ving tomorrow!

I'm packing up my last few things and preparing to move!

I think I got off the phone with the, hmm, 4th person from Verizon I've talked to since less than a week ago. Maybe, just maybe, I'll have a working phone line when I get to Virginia tomorrow. It's not really a flaw in the design but no one really knows what's going on in that place. They all know their small portion of your order and then send you to call someone else in a day or two. I also have no fewer than 5 reference numbers that I need to have on hand when they call and I don't really know the difference among them...I just sorta say stuff until they go "oh that one will work".

I'll post at some point after I get there. If anyone's passing through VA or DC lemme know! Also, for people who are still apartment hunting...check out apartmentratings.com after you've narrowed things down. The numerical ratings are pretty misleading, but the comments people leave might show a trend. For example, the place my sister lives has a rating around a 60/100 even though it's really nice...however the comments complain about construction on the nearby streets being atrocious...and it is. :-) My mom is still mad I didn't find out about the site earlier 'cuz there are some problems she would've liked to avoid...but I think it'll be alright.

Mmm, I think I'll add s'more labels. Also I write long posts everywhere I go so I'll try and post sparingly. :-)

Paradise City, redux

06520 has its wonderful moments, but really, there's no place like home. So for the next year, 07036 will take the place of the 'Have as my own little paradise city. I'll have no comments about the ugliness we passed through on the Turnpike on our numerous trips to NJ (Penn, Princeton, IHOP, Freedom Tour). My town looks better from the Parkway anyway.

Today I started my first day of work for the summer at the Information Technologies Department of my town's school district, where I've worked for the past three summers. I'll continue here for the foreseeable future, though I can only work part-time (19 hours a week) once the 2007-08 school year starts. When that comes, I'll [hopefully] be working as a substitute teacher in my old high school for the year, alongside the same teachers I tortured during my time there.

If anybody's stopping through the NJ/NYC area at all this summer, let me know! I work a full 8-4 day from Monday-Thursday, but Fridays are negotiable (I'd only be working for 4.5 hours anyway) and you'd be more than welcome to stop by. Or we could try to get people together to meet up in the city sometime. And I'll be heading up to the 'Have for at least a couple of weekends, especially for the purposes of playing YSS Kickball on Thursday nights.

Leave it to me to write the first discernibly long post. Oh well. Much thanks to Diana for such a great idea and getting the ball rolling on this!