Posted by alexandra_k on December 6, 2013, at 23:38:37
In reply to Re: bjj, posted by alexandra_k on December 5, 2013, at 23:21:57
finally.
this is it. where i'm living right now. this very room. this is my home. for the next however many years. and a very fine home it is, too. i mean... it is small, yes. but it is modern. clean. it gets the light in. it has a WICKED view. i mean, really. i got to see someone else's... i would have thought his view would be better with his aspect... maybe a little more sun, but not much. more harbour. no sky tower. i like the sky tower. it took him 3 years (just starting his masters this year) to work his way from the 3rd floor... the 7th floor... now (finally!) an upper level north facing. so... i feel a lot better about my lot in life. apparently the different floors do have different floor plans... the uppermost floors are full of 1 bedroom apartments at, like, 2x the price.
so it helped, meeting him. there is a freezer... i need to ask for a key. they just do that to cut down on theft. not many people use it, apparently. so... i'm getting handier with the microwave. can do rice... i'll get a lot better with the microwave. and i'll get a slow cooker, i think. maybe. i'll be okay. i have everything i need.
i went for a walk today. thought it might help to get into the spirit of writing. ended up at the medical campus. things are nearly dead right now. i did some writing. it did help to get out. i need to remember that. old study habits die hard (i used to smoke like a train and so needed to put myself somewhere convenient to pack up / leave my stuff for smoke breaks. i... i'm still learning to work after quitting smoking, i think.
did a little. i WILL do it. of course. i damned well want to get my PhD!!! damn well do!!! it is the only difference... i have invested a lot... also... well... keep coming back to how things will work out okay if i work okay. but everything turns to sh*t when i don't. when i bail. i need to finish this.
walked through the domain. big park. really nice walk, actually. really big park in the city. nice. there is a museum there. i will take a look one day.
i need to... get out with my laptop and work somewhere where there is social facilitation. i think that is it. when i'm not getting things done at home anyway. the city is nice. my room is nice... but there is heaps of stuff outside my room that is even nicer.
i see why people like this city. i am happy someone put the university in the city. between two parks. between the art gallery and the museum. between 2 very cool upmarket suburbs on either side (pretty as a picture). life is good.
:-)
a little too hot... but i guess that is what the pool is for. i feel... a lot of gratitude today.
conference starts tomorrow evening... hopefully it will help me get into work... i suspect it will. need to try and not be too much of a drunken lout. sigh. it is hard for me :-/
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