![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Life updatery... mostly stress /o\
So, since my last post, Dissertation panic has abated *somewhat*. I have things more or less sorted out - people were wrangled to sign everything that needed signing at that point (which involved some mailing of things to be sure about timing). Now I am only waiting on one form from my chair that I only found out about yesterday, and doesn't need to be in until July 31. I'm not too worried about it, as I can even get someone else to sign it if necessary.
I still have stress, though. My house (well... okay... a it isn't a house, it is a condo, and B I'm renting >.>) seems to be conspiring against me.
Things I'm dealing with there include:
Fleas (ARGH FLEAS)
Borked AC
Borked Internet.
Fortunately, I'm not actually staying there this summer - I'm house/pet sitting (erm, for my Chair... but really that is because our dogs are doggie-bffs. They pet sit for me all the time, too). But since I have no license (ironically I do have access to a car I could use if I did, *sigh*), it is a lot of going back and forth to check in on things and make appointments and etc. And it is Texas summer, which means it is ass-tastically hot. So, that's a thing.
On the upside, I think the fleas are mostly dealt with? They were never terrible, just annoying, though i was worried that they were a risk of becoming terrible. The upside is that i now have my cat with me where I'm staying instead of having to go and check on him every other day. The downside is that he has tapeworms from the fleas -_- I gave him meds for them yesterday. Then he threw up. The vet tech said to wait and see if they had time to get into his system, so I have to keep watching out for worms :p Gross.
The AC stuff (HVAC, really) is put of my hands atm - I have it turned off completely. Hopefully the power bill will be a little better for it... Or at least it will balance out the fact that the inside until was running for a few days straight. Ugh /o\. The basic issue is that the wireless device that is supposed to communicate between the inside and outside devices doesn't work properly, so the outside one doesn't come on. And the inside one *keeps* running because it never actually cools down... If I'm home/awake/aware, I can reset the outside machine and that will usually fix it. if I'm none of these things... Because I'm staying at the other place (!!!), or asleep, or whatever, then I do't notice and can't fix it... and it will inevitably happen a few days later anyway. They need to replace the wireless device, and should have done so ages ago, except when they originally installed it, they stuck it behind the drywall where no one can get at it >_< So they need to cut into the wall again. And hopefully be less dumb about where they put the new one.
I'm pretty sure the internet issue is the modem - the'online' light isn't coming on, but everything else is. Hopefully I can get it switched before I move back. And if the modem has been fritzing maybe that will take care of the other connection glitches I'd been having...
My biggest source of stress right is actually financial. There are two factors here: 1 - I was expecting to have started the new job already, and not be waiting another month or two before hearing about my Visa. 2 - graduation is expensive, especially since I decided I would walk for it, and thus needed to shell out to rent robes. I may not have done if my dad wasn't coming down, but he is, so hooray!
Anyway, the first one is the real killer - I should have been more wary about the time frame, but I was not and now I'm pinching pennies. Things will get a *little* easier soon - I am expecting a reimbursement check for having been double-charged for insurance I'd already paid for though work, and the ppl I am house sitting for are going to send me some money soon to cover some house-related necessaries. The fact that I am house sitting has been helpful, as I haven't needed to get much for groceries in the past week. Friends and co-workers with over-producing gardens have also been a boon in that regard, though I'm coming up on the end of what I can scavenge. Ironically, my own larder was decently stocked with meat before this all started, so it is more veggies and such that I'm short on. I'm not in any danger of starving but there is a lot more pressure to be conscious of my food preparation and all expenditures.
If that was all, I would probably just be slightly annoyed, but I feel like there is a sword of Damocles hanging over my head... If I don't get my visa by the time I graduate, I won't legally be allowed to work, and I can't even leave the country while I'm waiting for the Visa. Because of this current money crunch, I don't have any savings to keep me afloat if it comes to that, and I'm not really in a position to put anything aside right now, either. So anyway.. Stress.
I promise that next time I update it will only be good things. Possibly cookies :) Right now I'm off to pick up some dog food so I can feed the fuzzy ones and prevent a revolt!
I still have stress, though. My house (well... okay... a it isn't a house, it is a condo, and B I'm renting >.>) seems to be conspiring against me.
Things I'm dealing with there include:
Fleas (ARGH FLEAS)
Borked AC
Borked Internet.
Fortunately, I'm not actually staying there this summer - I'm house/pet sitting (erm, for my Chair... but really that is because our dogs are doggie-bffs. They pet sit for me all the time, too). But since I have no license (ironically I do have access to a car I could use if I did, *sigh*), it is a lot of going back and forth to check in on things and make appointments and etc. And it is Texas summer, which means it is ass-tastically hot. So, that's a thing.
On the upside, I think the fleas are mostly dealt with? They were never terrible, just annoying, though i was worried that they were a risk of becoming terrible. The upside is that i now have my cat with me where I'm staying instead of having to go and check on him every other day. The downside is that he has tapeworms from the fleas -_- I gave him meds for them yesterday. Then he threw up. The vet tech said to wait and see if they had time to get into his system, so I have to keep watching out for worms :p Gross.
The AC stuff (HVAC, really) is put of my hands atm - I have it turned off completely. Hopefully the power bill will be a little better for it... Or at least it will balance out the fact that the inside until was running for a few days straight. Ugh /o\. The basic issue is that the wireless device that is supposed to communicate between the inside and outside devices doesn't work properly, so the outside one doesn't come on. And the inside one *keeps* running because it never actually cools down... If I'm home/awake/aware, I can reset the outside machine and that will usually fix it. if I'm none of these things... Because I'm staying at the other place (!!!), or asleep, or whatever, then I do't notice and can't fix it... and it will inevitably happen a few days later anyway. They need to replace the wireless device, and should have done so ages ago, except when they originally installed it, they stuck it behind the drywall where no one can get at it >_< So they need to cut into the wall again. And hopefully be less dumb about where they put the new one.
I'm pretty sure the internet issue is the modem - the'online' light isn't coming on, but everything else is. Hopefully I can get it switched before I move back. And if the modem has been fritzing maybe that will take care of the other connection glitches I'd been having...
My biggest source of stress right is actually financial. There are two factors here: 1 - I was expecting to have started the new job already, and not be waiting another month or two before hearing about my Visa. 2 - graduation is expensive, especially since I decided I would walk for it, and thus needed to shell out to rent robes. I may not have done if my dad wasn't coming down, but he is, so hooray!
Anyway, the first one is the real killer - I should have been more wary about the time frame, but I was not and now I'm pinching pennies. Things will get a *little* easier soon - I am expecting a reimbursement check for having been double-charged for insurance I'd already paid for though work, and the ppl I am house sitting for are going to send me some money soon to cover some house-related necessaries. The fact that I am house sitting has been helpful, as I haven't needed to get much for groceries in the past week. Friends and co-workers with over-producing gardens have also been a boon in that regard, though I'm coming up on the end of what I can scavenge. Ironically, my own larder was decently stocked with meat before this all started, so it is more veggies and such that I'm short on. I'm not in any danger of starving but there is a lot more pressure to be conscious of my food preparation and all expenditures.
If that was all, I would probably just be slightly annoyed, but I feel like there is a sword of Damocles hanging over my head... If I don't get my visa by the time I graduate, I won't legally be allowed to work, and I can't even leave the country while I'm waiting for the Visa. Because of this current money crunch, I don't have any savings to keep me afloat if it comes to that, and I'm not really in a position to put anything aside right now, either. So anyway.. Stress.
I promise that next time I update it will only be good things. Possibly cookies :) Right now I'm off to pick up some dog food so I can feed the fuzzy ones and prevent a revolt!