Okay, unless Orange County, Florida has really weird requirements on what sort of a background their temps can have, I should be starting my new (temporary, alas, though I am holding out hopes that this will lead to something permanent) job possibly by Thursday. Maybe even tomorrow, but I haven’t gotten a call yet telling me. I don’t particularly want to work for the county (government jobs, urgh), but a job is a job. It’s some sort of accounting clerk thing, probably just filing and data entry as the pay isn’t that great. On the other hand, it’s more than the unemployment was — and after this week, it will be all I will have.
I also went and looked at some small studio apartments in an older part of Orlando. The building was old but sturdy (it would have to be sturdy to last in Florida, the climate here is hell on anything that isn’t made of concrete), and the studios small but laid out well, with lots of closet space. More than I plan to need, actually — I’m going to be getting rid of a lot of stuff. I just can’t stand it anymore. I wear maybe one third of the clothes I own, and I have those three crates of LPs I never play, and the stereo is old and broken anyway. I also have boxes of books, but I am just going to store most of those. Also I’ll be getting rid of most of my furniture. It’s all second hand stuff anyway except for the bed, which I am going to either sell or store. I can sleep on the futon on the floor.
Oh well, it’s nice to make plans. Considering my lousy credit and my employment situation it’s a crapshoot on whether or not I’ll be even able to get into another apartment. It would be embarrassing if I had to hang on here month by month, not to mention too expensive.
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March 4th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Andrea, I hope I can say this without you taking offense – women our age should NEVER sleep on a futon on the floor by choice. I remember when you got that bed, you were almost giddy. It’s the one thing you need to hang onto! Make it into a daybed thing or something if you have only one room, but it pains me to think of you getting up & down from the floor. Besides being undignified, it’s unhealthy for people “of a certain age.” Yes, you’re younger than me by quite a ways, but you’ll get here soon enough, so take care of what you can while you can.
Hope to be able to help out a bit Friday or Saturday. Thanks for keeping us informed.
March 4th, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Yeah — that’s true. I had the futon on the floor before I got the bed and I just loved staggering up from the floor every time I had to pee — which is sometimes every hour, especially at that time of the month. I am actually thinking about a day bed. Or a fold out couch — now that Ikea has opened a store here they have some nice, inexpensive choices.
Of course, I may end up moving someplace big enough so I can keep my bed. This particular studio was rather small.