good things in my life...

After all the whinging I've posted on this journal lately, I should mention a few really good things that have happened.

1.) I found a place to live! My current place is a 6-month lease that ends Mar. 31. I don't know whether I'll be staying in this area long term or not. My roommate and I couldn't afford to go month to month because of the exorbitant charges that would be added to our rent, and she's already making places to buy a townhouse with her boyfriend in an area that's about 45 minutes from here. I mentioned my situation to someone at my church, who said she knew something who was a landlord and had houses to rent. I called her up, she had a townhouse for rent, I looked at it, I wanted it, I signed the lease--Yay! She wrote me a special 5-month lease (march-july) and I'll pay about the same as I'm paying now, and get 2 rooms and my own bathroom. A great weight of stress lifted from my brain.

2.) I talked to my advisor, and it turned out that the whole thing about him not being willing to recommend me w/o reservation was all a big misunderstanding. He apologized for upsetting me and said he wished he had talked to me before he had said
anything in the email. Double plus good!