A Place to Live

I've been looking at some living options for if I get this job, and I find my priorities are very different than they used to be.

While I have always been drawn to older homes with wood floors and big back yards, I have decided not to look at anything like that for my next housing environment. I'm a single girl; I don't need that yet.

Most of the places I am finding are a 15-20 minute commute to work. These places (often for not much more than I have been paying) include swimming pools, fitness centers, and tennis courts. Many of them have options to have a fireplace and a garage. Some of them even include wifi and free movie rentals.

Of course, there is one where I could live a 2-3 minute commute to work (13 minute walk, which I think would be nice with parking in mind). I don't believe it has a garage option, so that's a major drawback. I would also have to find a gym nearby, and I keep finding all these militaristic gyms and martial arts places--no thank you. Although I did find a yoga studio near where work would be. I could become comitted to yoga. There's also one center that looks promising but that doesn't have a web site--it looks like they have pilates, which I love. If they have a kickboxing class, I'm sold.

Of course, if I can get a ground level apartment, I could also invest in a few Wii fitness games.

Not sure the place close to work is worth it. Although, I might be tempted to join the yoga place even if I live further away.

Week 1 of Being an Adult...again.

So I'm an "adult" again. I work 8 hour days. Well actually I worked 9 hours days this week and got off at noon today, but it all works out the same.

I'm gonna be a lot less bored at work this time around, I think. We're transferring our site to a new content management system, and it's going to be a bit insane. Good news is, I have a good shot at being approved for overtime, which means I can make this job worthwhile. Working overtime won't seem hard at all after grad school.

Of course, if I work too much, chances are slim that I will finish my novel while I am here. I need to not lose sight of that priority.

Also, I got an apartment by the park and some tennis courts. It's a nice place to go running, and maybe I can find a tennis friend. That should be good. My neighbors on either side are a blind lady and an old man with short term memory loss. Hooray for quiet neighbors?

I already found a hiking buddy through work, and she invited me to a poetry reading yesterday too. Yay for prospective good friends.

Now I just need to get my own internet access.

Having a Place to Sleep

I have been generously granted a spare room at some family friends about 30 minutes from my job. It's a comfortable bed where I crashed last night for post grad school catchup sleep--7:00pm to 5:45am. And they feed me dinner and breakfast. They would probably feed me lunch too, but I bought my own to avoid that.

Futhermore, they have a wonderful cat and a donkey. There's also peach orchards everywhere and vineyards and the most beautiful view of the mesas. Palisade, CO is literally the most amazing place I have ever been. My daily commute is stunning.

I did find a place to live. Saturday I move into a crappy apartment, but I will have my cat back. I should also be able to ride my bike to work. Once I'm in my own place, I will be able to work out again, too. I'll also be able to establish a firmer internet presence. Hogging someone elses computer just isn't right.

I should go read. Peace at last. No fun, though. :(