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Thursday, 28 February 2008

I still don't have the keys but...

Joamil emailed me back to say

You're all set
I dropped them off
You are accepted

So can I say it's official?

I've already had lots of offers to help move, Thanks!

Wanna buy me something or donate something to my new pad?? My first place all to myself! There are lots of things I don't have because I just used my roomies. Erin already offered to contribute dishes.

Plus I had a really great track workout tonight. I ran from home to track, it was soooo cold out but it's a good 1.5 miles or so and then I ran another about 1.5 miles when I got to track so I did a good 3 miles warmup. Then our workout was

3 X (1000m 8k pace, 200m easy, 800m marathon pace, 3 min. rest, 400m easy)

So I ran the 1000m at about 7:20 min/mile pace which was 55 sec/200m and my 800m pace I did slower at about 8:10 min/mile pace which was ~61 sec/200m. No, I don't plan on running my marathon at 8:10 pace but it's really hard to run slower than that on the track. Then I did another 5 min. warmdown on the track and then ran home so a total of 2 miles warmdown. So total I did 9.5 miles. Yay!

Posted: Feb 28, 2008 22:10

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So listen to The Sundays 'Cry' while you read. This is my song for today. I have loved them ever since I first heard 'Here's Where the Story Ends' in high school. Basically love every song they've ever done and have such a thing for Harriet that ever since high school I've also said that if I ever have a daughter I'm naming her Harriet. I think maybe only 2 people knew that until now and I'm sticking to it so please don't scoop my name now that I've told you, though most people think it's a shitty name anyway, so good, I want it! Check out some of their other videos too.

Video again is gone! I give up.

Yesterday I saw three apts. The first one I already talked about in the sketchy part of South End. I wasn't taking that one. Then I went to see the one on Beacon St. right near the State House and Boston Common, perfect location!, in a high-rise w/ 24 hr concierge so obviously has elevator, too many flights to walk, laundry on every floor, common roof-deck. It's a studio so not huge but a nice space w/ no separate kitchen but fine for me. I was concerned about the dorm-sized fridge but there are too many other things right w/ it. Only a shower no tub and just one closet, one window. I think the positives outweighed the negatives but I had one more place to see.

Made my way back to a less sketchy part of the South End to see another studio w/ a loft above to sleep in. It had a ladder going up to the loft and fit a twin mattress. Kinda like sleeping in a coffin I thought plus there's no way Cleo could get up the ladder to sleep w/ me. That was definitely not happening! Got lots of advice from people and the Beacon St. place seemed like the one. Emailed the realtor and asked for application. He sent it last night and we arranged to meet today.

Went today w/ my application and credit card checks to meet my lovely realtor boy Joamil and see about getting my Beacon St. apartment, it was very easy. Just read and signed the lease, handed over the checks and he said he'd get the lease to the landlord to sign and then get the lease and keys to me for a March 15th move in date. Joamil is kinda funny, not the typical realtor, more just the young kid trying to make some money and make life easy for everyone, including himself of course. He said he wasn't going to do the credit check or call my landlord, 'You're a postdoc,' he said to me, like that meant he had no reason to. The only sketchy thing he did that kinda bothered me was write on the lease that I have a small dog even though I said she's more medium-sized. I don't think it'll be an issue but you never know, especially if she gets in trouble for howling and they want a reason to kick me out or something. It's a big, impersonal building for the most part, though I guess I'll get to know the concierges, so I like that because hopefully people mind their own business and are less likely to complain about stuff, like howling, and less likely to even hear it if she does. So now I'm just waiting to get the lease and keys, so it's not official yet but close. Hope it works out!

Posted: Feb 28, 2008 16:41

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