Triumph!
I am not at all sleepy, but really need to go to bed because I work tomorrow. Even though tomorrow is Sunday. There's a massive international HIV/AIDS conference going on all next week, starting tomorrow, so I shall be quite, quite busy with work and likely pulling 10-14 hour days. JOY.
But this is a happy post, because after living here for a week and a half, I finally have something that resembles a bedroom! It's actually very sparse and empty, because I don't own much stuff and the room is much bigger than I thought it was when we signed the lease (hooray, I guess!), but it's clean and unpacked. I have my closet all set up -- I own very little hanging clothing (well, I own very little clothing period) so that wasn't hard, but I think it's the first time in my entire life I've had an organized closet. And I washed pretty much all the clothing that I own (it took one load; I wasn't joking about not owning a lot of clothes) and it's all put away neatly, too. Which yes, is a big deal for me, as anyone who has seen the state of my bedroom on an average day since I was about 4 years old can tell you.
I would like to someday buy a new bed (the one I have now is a futon that was primarily intended to serve as a couch, is not a standard mattress size and thus can not be made up properly since no sheets fit it, and also it isn't very comfortable), and a real dresser (right now I have two plastic drawer thingies side-by-side), and maaaaybe even a desk. I have room for it! But first things first; this week I'm going to buy some bookshelves, because I need more than the one I have. (I'll probably buy more than I need, since I buy a lot of books...)
I need posters. I finally have walls to hang things on! I have virtually nothing to put on the walls at this point, as it's been so long since I've had a room to hang things in. I've got some action figures to hang up, and...that's about it. All the stuff I had from college has disappeared somewhere, or ripped, or I've gotten over. I'm buying that Newsies poster (I've settled on the orange one) but I have a lot of blank wall space here.
But mostly I'm just very happy. A room! That's mine! With my stuff in places I can find it! It is temporarily super clean, even! Hooray on all counts!
Okay, I'd best sleep now.
But this is a happy post, because after living here for a week and a half, I finally have something that resembles a bedroom! It's actually very sparse and empty, because I don't own much stuff and the room is much bigger than I thought it was when we signed the lease (hooray, I guess!), but it's clean and unpacked. I have my closet all set up -- I own very little hanging clothing (well, I own very little clothing period) so that wasn't hard, but I think it's the first time in my entire life I've had an organized closet. And I washed pretty much all the clothing that I own (it took one load; I wasn't joking about not owning a lot of clothes) and it's all put away neatly, too. Which yes, is a big deal for me, as anyone who has seen the state of my bedroom on an average day since I was about 4 years old can tell you.
I would like to someday buy a new bed (the one I have now is a futon that was primarily intended to serve as a couch, is not a standard mattress size and thus can not be made up properly since no sheets fit it, and also it isn't very comfortable), and a real dresser (right now I have two plastic drawer thingies side-by-side), and maaaaybe even a desk. I have room for it! But first things first; this week I'm going to buy some bookshelves, because I need more than the one I have. (I'll probably buy more than I need, since I buy a lot of books...)
I need posters. I finally have walls to hang things on! I have virtually nothing to put on the walls at this point, as it's been so long since I've had a room to hang things in. I've got some action figures to hang up, and...that's about it. All the stuff I had from college has disappeared somewhere, or ripped, or I've gotten over. I'm buying that Newsies poster (I've settled on the orange one) but I have a lot of blank wall space here.
But mostly I'm just very happy. A room! That's mine! With my stuff in places I can find it! It is temporarily super clean, even! Hooray on all counts!
Okay, I'd best sleep now.
Do you ever order stuff on ebay, or anywhere like that? I know a few really awesome/weird/cool poster shops you might be interested in.