Headed Home...

I think I'm headed home this weekend with a load of stuff. This will mean less boxes, crates, clothes, etc to move when I move for good in 2 weeks. It also gives me a chance to see my sister for a short period of time before she heads back to IN for school.

Moving Prep.... Again

This week, this weekend, and next week will all be filled with re-organaizing the apartment I'm in in MO so that I can figure out how I can get it all back to Ames. We moved down with a single 6x10 UHaul truck and we're hoping to get back with a single 5x8 UHaul trailer. I just hope I can fit the rest of the random crap I've accumulated and brought with me into the 2 vehicles we'll be driving. Time to start packing the clothes I know I won't wear in the next 3 weeks into space bags. Time to start packing dishes into boxes and using paper and plastic stuff. It all has to be done by August 10, because that's when I leave for MN for the Intern Wrap Up. I don't get back to MO until Friday LATE in the evening and I will start moving Saturday when Dad arrives in town. He won't want to wait around for me to finish packing, so I need to have it done.

Ames... Cursed?

Does anyone else think that ISU is cursed this year?

July 21

Body discovered in university apartment; no foul play suspected

(And yes, I checked it wasn't my apartment someone died in!)

April 26

ISU student struck, killed by train

April 14

ISU student dies; bacterial meningitis suspected

March 15

New Mexico crash claims life of ISU student; others injured

Jan. 30

Iowa State University student is missing; police seek assistance (Later found dead)

Moving Stinks

I spent all last weekend packing up boxes and moving furniture out of my apartment in Ames and into a storage unit for the interval between moving out of this apartment and getting into the one I'm living in on campus this fall. As much as I love the fact that I'll be down to only paying one rent each month, it's still tough to drive the 3 hours to Ames, pack and move all weekend, then drive the 3 hours back. All this, while knowing I still have to go back one more time to clean it up. It's a mess, that's for sure. Furniture that hadn't been moved in forever and a day left fuzz balls on the floor. You can see where my computer was based on the mess on the wall where the fan blew dust. It'll take some time, but it'll be good to get out. I'll go back next weekend to do the cleaning and check out. Hopefully that means I'll be getting my deposit back in full and I'll be able to put it toward my savings account.