Waiting at the DMV to take my test (eek!) for a new driver's license. My couch gets delivered tomorrow! My bookcases won't be here until next week, though...

So, I'm slowly getting settled into the new digs and trying to get myself together before classes start in a few weeks. I've got to solidify the assistantship stuff so my tuition is paid and I can breathe easier, but overall, things are going pretty well according to schedule.

It's definitely far more rural around these parts than I'm used to... Just past the shopping center next to my house are farms. Legit fields, livestock, and barns farms. And that's all there is surrounding this little college town...

I have yet to explore the closest city, but I'm hopeful that there will be actual people there since I'm pretty sure have this town's population is at the DMV with me right now. Luckily, school will put me in regular contact with more people and my cohort should be a decent (double-digit) size.

High apple pie in the sky hopes.

Meanwhile, this wait is making me a little sleepy/delirious...

Packing up the last few days before the big move... Its mostly exciting, mildly annoying (not bad considering how much I abhor the act of moving), and even a touch sad. I've spent the last couple of weeks trying to soak up all the family time I could before I leave the state again in anticipation of not seeing them again for a while.

I can't wait to get to the new apartment, get residency stuff out of the way, and nest for a touch before classes start. This will, after all, be the longest I'm in a single place in quite some time.

So much... and all of it pretty exciting. 😊 The beginning of a thing is always full of such bright and shiny possibility.

Found the apartment (it was actually the first one I looked at) and even have a fully executed lease in my possession...! I'm very excited about the place that seems like I can stay for the duration of the program AND there's a dog park in the complex!!

Now I'm at t-minus 2 weeks before move in and I'm a bundle of nerves and excitement.

Things to do this month:

• Go through the belongings that aren't ruined and moldy from the garage flood a few weeks back.
• Wash everything I'm keeping. At least twice. Mold and I don't play well together.
• Reserve a rental truck for said salvaged belongings.
• Decide what furniture I'm going to buy and what will have to wait.
• Celebrate Fourth of July with the fam.
• Go on the annual camping trip!!!!!
• Pack some stuff

Oh, and I need to find an assistantship so that tuition is paid and that I can pay rent for the length of the lease. Details. 😉

Oh, and I think I might have work-related duties somewhere in there, too...