The Universe Has a Funny Sense of Humor!

This was supposed to be my day to relax but no such luck. When I woke up Brian told me there was a message from New School on the machine. The lady from housing said there was a spot in a single sex apt if I wanted it (I was set up to live with 2guys and a girl, no pizza place tho hehehe). As if I really wanted to change my housing 3 days before I moved in! I called back to find out more about it, it was in another building. My last choice out of all the housing options. I told her no thanks I watned to keep my current room. That’s when she told me it wasn’t possible!!! The building i’d signed up to live in is for continuing grad students. Someone had given up her space and because i’d sent in my housing app early they putme in her spot, even though I”m only a first year. Except it turns out there was a paper work error andth e girl never really gave up her housing at all, whihc means I got bumped. The housing lady explained to me that she could try and get another gilrin the building ot move out into the other buildng and then I’d get that room as a single even though the room was meant ot be a double (cause i’d signed up for a single) I told her I’d really prefer that and she said she’d see what she coudl do. 2 minutes later she called back, the apt wouldbe with 3 smoking roomates, did I mind? I thought about it. It wasn’t my top choice but I saidI’d suck it up and deal with it. I mulled over the situation and went to go take a hot bath. No sooner had I filled up the tub then the phone rang — housing lady agian, this time asking if I wanted to share and apt in that building w/3 non-smoking males. HUH??? She apologized for the weird housing assignments and for theextremely short notice. I tried to rank my preferences: a room in the builidng i didn’t want, a room in the building I did want w/3 women who smoke, a room in the building I did want w/3 non-smoking guys I/ve never met. Oy! They all sucked. I told her I appreciated her willingness to work with me tbut that i was espescially annoyed because before I signed up forhte building for continuing grad students I’d signed up for the new dorm as my first choice and now I was gonna wind up with my last chocie. Then she told me there’s also a spot in the new building. It’ a single with 3 undergrad girls. Score! But then I remembered the two cons to that place — not within walking distance to class, gotta take the sub (minor), and can only stay there 9months instead of a full year (MAJOR). She told me I didn’t have to decide right that secodn and appologized again but asked me to please let her know as soon as possible.

I hung up and pondered some more.

I started to reallythink about the single in the building that was my last choice. I called her back for more info. Who would i be living with? 3 non-smoking girls, two continuing grad students and one new grad student (like me). How big was the room and how much would it cost? She didn’t know off hand and would have to have the Grad Assistant for that building called me back. Sure why not.

While waiting for him to call I thought of another important question, what floor am I on. The building i was supposed to live in has an elevator, the one I was now considered doesn’t and it’s a 5 story facility *shudders at thought of movign all my crap up tothe 5th floor on move in day* The guy called me back pretty quickly. He was very helpful in answering all my questions. It was a large room (not the extra large I was promised in the orginal aptment, butr not a small either) And would cost around 10k for the year (cheaper than the 11.5 K I’dbe pyaing at the first apt, plus no smokerz and no random guysI’d nevermet before) I”d be livignont he third floor (doable, I’d done it last year)Doesn’tcome with internet hookupbut can easily be activated through the local phone company. Ktichen already set upby the gilrs living there now, full bath tub, possibly a dishwasher (YAY!) I decided to take it. Though it was orignally mylast choice the more I foudn out about itthe more I liked it. And I can still change aptsmy second year if I really hate it. And I still get my own room year roundand am still in walking distance to the school. The olly other drawback I remembered after I’d already chsoen the dorm is that there’s no laundry facilities in the building which means I’ll have to go to the laundromat (and pay laundromat prices, sigh)

But over all I’m happy. And the best part is my stomach relaxed once I made the decision so I know it was the rihgt one 🙂 So even though this day started out really crazy it wound up wroking out ok in the end.

Mom and Dad took me and Brian out to dinner tonight (me because i leave on sunday and Brian becasue he passed his learners permit test) at this authentic Italian resturant where the wiaters and waitresses sing opera in between serving you. The food was excellent and our wiatress had an amazing voice! It was really relaxing. Just what I needed after such a crazy day 🙂

Steph