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31 August 2000
  • Phil “Mr. Perfect” Schwan has berated me twice now about not updating my activity log.
  • Today is affectionately called “Move-in Day” here in Boston, and I can definitely see why. I have never in my life seen so many U-Hauls per square mile as I have today. Yeesh. Crazy college kids.
  • That said, I got the key to my apartment today and checked it out. It seems that the contractors didn’t finish by the 15th of August like they said they were. What a surprise. But, it is a lot more finished than it was when we were there last. Mostly it’s just taking away their trash and small things, although they also didn’t sand and refinish the wood floors. I haven’t gotten the approval of Vlad and Ian, but I think I want them to do it anyway. I mean, why not? The downside is that it needs to air out for something like 3 days, but I’ve still got my old place, and Vlad and/or Ian can crash there if they need to. Or, they could keep staying at the office like they were before.
  • I got the key, and since the hardware store was two doors down from the realtor, I had several sets of keys made. Then I went to my apartment.

    In retrospect, that may have been a bad idea.

    Because, when I got there, I couldn’t get in.

    With the help of my realtor, we figured out the lock and that the door sticks very, very badly. I had to throw my whole weight against it to get it open. Anyway, she told me to make a list of absolutely everything that needs to be fixed, even really small things, because my landlord feels really bad about the fact that the contractors haven’t finished.

  • Jacob: acrophobia.
  • Nat and Jacob were kind enough to help me move today after a stop at Pamplona. We got all of the small stuff moved over. The only stuff that remains are my bed, chairs, a lamp or two, and a couple of tables. I am going to hold off until Vlad and Ian are in town to move that using their U-Haul, because the BMW 328i isn’t up to the job (the back seats don’t go down! doh!)
  • Nat has had better days.
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