Back in NYC

This morning, Mom helped me finish packing up my things, and my folks returned me to NYC. There were complications along the way, mostly in the shape of an RD who is out of town and forgot to leave my keys at the security desk, or in fact, anywhere that anyone could get them without having to call the head of Reslife, get permission to open his office to get the master key, then open the RD's room in order to get my keys from where he'd left them. The whole thing took ages, and was totally absurd- although the security folks were really very kind and helpful about the whole thing. But it was a bit of a nightmare of phone calls and administrative error for a while, there.

So, a new semester, a new room. I've unpacked and mostly put my things away- easier when you're only bringing stuff for 4 months, not 8 (and not even quite all I need for 4 months- I'll swap off some summer stuff for winter things a bit later on. One advantage of wanting to be home a bit more often this semester, since I'm not going to be so local next semester, and because it should facilitate some of this wedding planning business, and because I'm enjoying seeing my parents- things can be swapped off.)

I need to get some sticky tack to put up my posters, after which the place will feel a bit more homey- but so far, so good. A little lonely feeling right now, but not too bad, as far as "just moved in" feelings go.

To do (in no particular order: Acquire sticky tack, groceries. Acquire blank paper, maybe some pretty paper too for putting my name on the door, and also for making my machzor noticably different so I can keep track of it. Work on sermons and touch-up liturgy for Rosh Hashanah. Prepare for the start of classes. Get comfortable here. Wonder why my computer is acting up this time, maybe even fix it. And the rest of the usual stuff...

But in any case, I've returned to the city.

Back in NYC

This morning, Mom helped me finish packing up my things, and my folks returned me to NYC. There were complications along the way, mostly in the shape of an RD who is out of town and forgot to leave my keys at the security desk, or in fact, anywhere that anyone could get them without having to call the head of Reslife, get permission to open his office to get the master key, then open the RD's room in order to get my keys from where he'd left them. The whole thing took ages, and was totally absurd- although the security folks were really very kind and helpful about the whole thing. But it was a bit of a nightmare of phone calls and administrative error for a while, there.

So, a new semester, a new room. I've unpacked and mostly put my things away- easier when you're only bringing stuff for 4 months, not 8 (and not even quite all I need for 4 months- I'll swap off some summer stuff for winter things a bit later on. One advantage of wanting to be home a bit more often this semester, since I'm not going to be so local next semester, and because it should facilitate some of this wedding planning business, and because I'm enjoying seeing my parents- things can be swapped off.)

The room is a pleasant one- courtyard side, so it's fairly quiet and there's plant life out the window, and someone left a trashcan, and a bedside structure, and the modem, so even though facilities isn't open today, I have internet that isn't the fairly unreliable wireless.

I need to get some sticky tack to put up my posters, after which the place will feel a bit more homey- but so far, so good. A little lonely feeling right now, but not too bad, as far as "just moved in" feelings go.

To do (in no particular order: Acquire sticky tack, groceries. Acquire blank paper, maybe some pretty paper too for putting my name on the door, and also for making my machzor noticably different so I can keep track of it. Work on sermons and touch-up liturgy for Rosh Hashanah. Prepare for the start of classes. Get comfortable here. Wonder why my computer is acting up this time, maybe even fix it. And the rest of the usual stuff...

But in any case, I've returned to the city.

Ugh: Computer Unhappiness

I think that my computer is not long for this world- it is not a happy machine right now- wouldn't turn on, for a few hours (then consented to do so once I called tech support), and the cursor keeps doing absurd things.

So I think I'm going to be in the market for a new computer shortly. Eep- this is not an area of expertise, nor was it precisely in my budget plans. Still, it's been 4 years, nearly precisely, since I acquired this one (always a smidge fidgety), so it's about time, I suppose.

And while I'd go through with tech support to try and figure it out- apparently since it's out of warranty, if they help me in any depth, they charge for tech support too, even if it doesn't help. Since the thing is dying, it makes me more likely just to go get a new one, rather than trying to eek out more time with this one, if I have to pay for that privilege.