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HIDE YO KIDS, HIDE YO WIFE
Tuesday. 4.3.12 1:45 am

I GOT OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING.



The first things will obviously be a bed, a mattress, some sheets, a desk, and a wardrobe. After that, hopefully I can work my way into affording a rabbit and two finches. Rabbits aren't too costly, once you pay for their initial housing; they need pellets, hay, veggies, fruits, and something in the litterbox. Apparently, the most costly part is going to be buying the bunny toys.

...So bunnies are weird.

But, I feel kind of akin to them, since I'm big on veggies with a tasty little fruit snack, and I get bored if I don't have something to fiddle with. Apparently, bunnies also like slinkies.

That makes two of us.

(Side note: If anyone gets me a slinky for my birthday, I AM THROWING IT AWAY. I like playing with slinkies, but let me be clear, I DO NOT LIKE OWNING THEM.)

Anyway, the finches are sort of more of a comfort thing. I love the sound of birds chirping, when I wake up, and finches can be so sweet and tender with humans. And let's not even get into how AWESOME it is that birds are technically dinosaurs.

I have a nice window, in the corner of my room, so I'll probably hang the cage of finches there and have the bunny nearby.

Let's stop for a moment and reflect on how amazing my living situation is about to be. Obviously I can't SEE THE EIFFEL TOWER FROM IT (ahem), but it's okay for a twenty-year-old undergrad.

Life's going pretty well. I'm kind of overwhelmed, right now, because I have so much to do before school gets out...and then it only gets crazier. The moment I stop doing exam-y things, I'm moving into the new place, and then I'm off to Florida for a couple days to volunteer at the Special Olympics with a small group of friends, and then I'm working oh just CONSTANTLY. But it's okay, because I walked out of one of the guest bedrooms at the B&B where I'm a housekeeper, looked over the balcony onto my beautiful, beautiful city, and teared up a little, so I know all this crazy stress is worth it.

Not a lot of my life is within my control. I don't have total financial independence from my parents; and I don't want to be in a relationship, usually, but when I do, it's with someone who also never wants to commit (so despite the chemistry, nothing, which frustrates me on a regular basis, because I don't often want to be in that situation). I'm always feeling pressured by my parents to make decisions that make them happy, too, which honestly has way too much bearing on what I do with my life. I only recently started defying what they wanted on a large scale.

Coming here was the first big choice I made all for myself. And, sure, there have been several other choices, since then, that have held about the same amount of weight, and I won't say that all of them have had pretty results. But, every time I realize that I'm doing what I want to be doing, I get really freaking emotional. Talk about repression, right? They tell me I'm Irish; I believe them.

It's just really great to be here, making choices for myself.


If you got this far through my rambles, you've earned this.


5 Comments.


I'm listening to a Starwars compilation, and there is a weird gap at the beginning of the song I'm on right now...I forgot it was supposed to be playing. So I watched your video, and RIGHT when it ended there was a blast of trumpets and timpani and I was really confused.
» middaymoon on 2012-04-03 11:48:53

Awesome!! Are you going to paint? I have to have colored walls lol.

Have you ever owned a bunny before? Do you know what kind you want to get? I think lionheads are adorable but every one I've known has been mean and/or psycho. I used to have a chinchilla rabbit and he was my baby. Sooooo soft and adorable and sweet. Just make sure you get lots of chewing things or else it will eat your stuff lol. My bunny also really loved yogurt drops but those are treats and not at all chewy.

Isn't another tanger about to volunteer with the special olympics? Are y'all some of the random people who know each other IRL lol?
» lyndeep on 2012-04-04 08:19:52

I have never wanted to own birds because I can see myself getting annoyed by their noise all too easily. But that is a lovely thought, waking up to delightful bird sounds, happy that it's a new day.

=)
» invisible on 2012-04-05 02:54:54

well what the hell am i supposed to do with this case of slinkies i just bought specifically for your birthday?
» thaitanic on 2012-04-05 05:08:11

^ I second what thaitanic said. I have a big ol' jar o' slinkies here.
I used to have a parakeet. And 17 rabbits. Well more than 17 rabbits, but 17 was the record for most rabbits had at one time. Rabbits are cute! Your new living situation sounds awesome!! :D

And seeing the Eiffel Tower from your window is totally over-rated.


Just kidding-- it is so awesome my head explodes every time I look out the window.
» Zanzibar on 2012-04-06 05:09:17

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