My big day is tomorrow

Yup. I start my job tomorrow. Looking forward to it. It may sound strange, but I really want to work.

Still, I’m uncertain how much this job will help me. Better than nothing, I know. But I did some number crunching and, even if they were to work me full-time (which they won’t at first), I’m still going to come up short with the rate they’ll be paying me. So I’ll have to look for some way to pick up the slack. I’ll be getting some help with it at first, and I still see good opportunities from working here.

I’ve been looking for apartments since I’ll only be house sitting here til the end of the month. I was thinking I’d really like to live in the International District because there are some places with cheap rent and really good Asian restaurants and supermarkets.

However, one of the efficiency studios I looked at today, albeit in a cool location, had a really musty smell that gave me a headache the moment I walked in. Also, the “walls” that separated the shower, kitchen, and, uh, toilet room didn’t go all the way up to the ceiling. There was about a foot of space, so they were more like partitions to divide the room. As the studio was only a hundred some-odd square feet, I kinda felt this was borderline violating the principal of “don’t crap where you eat”.

But I don’t know. I think it was the musty smell that bothered me the most. The view was great. A big window faced the west, so, it had a lot of natural light. Also, being small, it would be easy to heat, and each studio had its own water heater.

We’ll see. I’m checking out other places that are a smidge more and that I’d feel more comfortable inviting people to see.

Anyway, I’ll try to post soon how things go.