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On my birthday, the day after my housewarming/bday party, I’m flying out to Pittsburgh for a week. Partially for an environmental tech conference. Need to figure out where I’ll be staying. Want to have easy access to station square at least Sunday through Wednesday for the conference. Don’t really want to stay in a hotel, because that would put me far from most of my friends in town.

Then there’s the brownfields development conference that’s at the same time as Carnival.

Total registration fees, $700. Flight, $160. Lodging? Depends if I’m a friend loving mooch on someone’s couch, or an anti-social spendthrift, and get a hotel. Transportation, public, rental car, or taxi, hmmm….

I “love” that my email is a universally required piece of information for a moving cost estimate.

It’s not so much that I want a do-over on life, it’s just that I feel I didn’t really understand the rules on the first play through and want to experiment with different early game strategies. Please?

What really sucks about a brand, spanking new apartment (see last post) is the massive expense and inconvenience of acquiring furniture and kitchenwares, and moving them in. Speaking of which, can I get some help moving my shit into the new place on the weekend of the 23rd – 25th? (I’ll get more specific when the time gets closer).

I also need to get new clothes (running out of work outfits), particularly pants. If anyone enjoys suggesting what sorts of pants I should wear, and/or how I should decorate my place, you’re welcome to go shopping with me, so long as you can accept that there is a limit to how much I want to spend and that I will be final arbiter of what I will actually end up purchasing and wearing/decorating with. 😉

Victory declared! It’s a really nice apartment, a bit farther south than is ideal socially, but good for the commute (half a mile from the fullerton station, a little bit less to clark street). I saw 8 apartments today. This is the only one I spotted while walking around, the rest were all internet appointments. Amusingly, it was on a “for rent” sign in a window like thirty feet past a “no trespassing” sign on an outer fence.

The next stage of mission “happy home” is to find an agreeable roommate. I’m planning on two housing ads, one a straight up housing ad, the other, well, not (draft)

Okay, I had a good date with a really great guy, and fooled around with him afterwards. After events, err, progressed, I was aggressively playful, and I triggered some bad juju memories from his past, (which he’d told me about earlier in the evening). He froze up and eventually got dressed and left. He kissed me goodnight (goodbye forever?) on his way out the door. I sent a big apology email the morning after, and haven’t heard back from him since he walked out the door. (late in the evening on Monday).

So, should I write him off? A major part of me is saying I’ve already violated his sense of safety, and I should not invade further. Another part is saying maybe he just isn’t interested. Those are the negative sides. Then there’s the “he’s an awesome guy, with more potential than I’ve met in awhile, and he seemed really interested in me, and maybe we can make this work, but I won’t know if I don’t try.”

Awesome apartment turned out to be no longer available. The owner failed to inform the brokers. Oops. Back to the hunt.

Well, I found a really spiffy 2 bedroom apartment in lincoln park. A hop skip and a jump from friends, gym, etc. And it’s a great spot. Significantly pricier (to the tune of ($75 + 1/2 internets+heat+electricity) / month) even after I find a roomie. But the location is very nearly perfect, the price doesn’t make my wallet hurt just thinking about it, and I’d get to choose my own roommate (from the usual large, but non-infinite array). I think it’s worth it, but I’m still going to sleep on it.

So, after I bought a replacement DS charger last night, I found the original charger this morning. Plugged into the wall next to the power strip I’d checked repeatedly earlier. Oh well, it was only $10.