So Stessed Out...
Aug. 31st, 2008 11:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fersakynIt's been a few months since I've added anything to this journal. I've started a Facebook account. It's pretty fun when you're bored.
So... I have to move. AGAIN. Graduate housing is kicking me out. The lease is under someone else's name, and even though I asked her to let housing know that I and a domestic partner are willing to take over the lease (since it's family housing), she just asked if I alone could take over the lease. We'd already tried to add me to the lease contract a few months ago, and they said no. Why would asking the same exact thing change their answer??? I didn't ask her to inconvenience herself. But no, she couldn't just add "...and domestic partner" to her request. Thanks so much. Of course they said no. I'm not saying that I would've had a guarantee of staying if she had added that clause, but it would've raised the chances from zero at the very least.
Ya know, I didn't know her very well when I first moved in, but now I just dislike her. She was annoying moving out: she took my things without asking me first even though I was home at the time she arbitrarily decided to take my stuff. It's not like I would've denied her the boxes, packing tape, and packing materials, but she should've asked first. Instead, I came out of my bedroom one day, and half of my packing materials are just gone, which I could tell from the open door to the storage room. Thanks so much for your consideration. And now this latest fiasco.
Of course, I'm still writing my diss, and that's a source of stress in and of itself. But added to the "normal" stress of that process, I don't have funding for this year, and so I have to take out a student loan for the first time. It's rather unnerving to know that you're going to owe several thousand dollars to the government. *shudder* It's good that it'll be the first time I take out financial aid, but it sucks that I have to do it at all.
And finally, the last cause of stress on top of the moving, taking out a loan, and, did I mention, not having a stable job, is that the job market totally sucks. I checked out a few websites for faculty full-time positions, and there are virtually none in California. I knew it was going to be long-shot, but no positions even in Oregon or Washington State, nor Arizona or Nevada. Looks like I might be moving across the country. Scary! No seriously, my network and family are in California. I'd be totally on my own. It's friggin' terrifying.
Well... that's the end of the whine-fest. For now.
So... I have to move. AGAIN. Graduate housing is kicking me out. The lease is under someone else's name, and even though I asked her to let housing know that I and a domestic partner are willing to take over the lease (since it's family housing), she just asked if I alone could take over the lease. We'd already tried to add me to the lease contract a few months ago, and they said no. Why would asking the same exact thing change their answer??? I didn't ask her to inconvenience herself. But no, she couldn't just add "...and domestic partner" to her request. Thanks so much. Of course they said no. I'm not saying that I would've had a guarantee of staying if she had added that clause, but it would've raised the chances from zero at the very least.
Ya know, I didn't know her very well when I first moved in, but now I just dislike her. She was annoying moving out: she took my things without asking me first even though I was home at the time she arbitrarily decided to take my stuff. It's not like I would've denied her the boxes, packing tape, and packing materials, but she should've asked first. Instead, I came out of my bedroom one day, and half of my packing materials are just gone, which I could tell from the open door to the storage room. Thanks so much for your consideration. And now this latest fiasco.
Of course, I'm still writing my diss, and that's a source of stress in and of itself. But added to the "normal" stress of that process, I don't have funding for this year, and so I have to take out a student loan for the first time. It's rather unnerving to know that you're going to owe several thousand dollars to the government. *shudder* It's good that it'll be the first time I take out financial aid, but it sucks that I have to do it at all.
And finally, the last cause of stress on top of the moving, taking out a loan, and, did I mention, not having a stable job, is that the job market totally sucks. I checked out a few websites for faculty full-time positions, and there are virtually none in California. I knew it was going to be long-shot, but no positions even in Oregon or Washington State, nor Arizona or Nevada. Looks like I might be moving across the country. Scary! No seriously, my network and family are in California. I'd be totally on my own. It's friggin' terrifying.
Well... that's the end of the whine-fest. For now.
