tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post5213495276860086513..comments2024-03-28T18:38:59.308-07:00Comments on The Adventures of Notorious Ph.D., Girl Scholar: A Month of Moving, pt 1: Pulling up RootsNotorious Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-3178807840846054112015-06-07T15:44:49.894-07:002015-06-07T15:44:49.894-07:00Hi all! Belle, I have to give up my apartment. My ...Hi all! Belle, I have to give up my apartment. My gig at FPU is a year long, and I can't pay rent on an empty place for a year (I'm not allowed to sublet). The upside is that, with 7 rootless weeks in the middle, I manage to save almost two months' rent. <br /><br />H'ann, that two months' rent is going straight to the house fund. But prices are climbing again, so I may have to rent my way through another bubble.Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-48383542678162904972015-06-07T15:41:47.605-07:002015-06-07T15:41:47.605-07:00You're giving up your apartment? Wow! Big deci...You're giving up your apartment? Wow! Big decision. I'm just two weeks from moving into Paradise North, and have done it enough that I'm all excited and anxious (in the good way) - but <i>how</i> long have you been in that place??j<br /><br />I'm picturing you as a medieval bard, with your home in your suitcase/backpack. Good luck and have a wonderful time!!<br />Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10849272391043604637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-32482978857135661482015-06-05T15:10:23.722-07:002015-06-05T15:10:23.722-07:00Hey--congrats on your promotion! (I'm catchin...Hey--congrats on your promotion! (I'm catching up after my recent spate of guests and travels slowly.)<br /><br />My bet is that living out of suitcases & in a temporary apartment will either reinforce your rolling stone ways, or it will counteract them dramatically & you'll be determined to buy a house in 2016.<br /><br />Just predictin'. Historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-51808281858484361082015-06-04T10:53:05.132-07:002015-06-04T10:53:05.132-07:00I've got some of the same instincts: I very mu...I've got some of the same instincts: I very much appreciate having a home base, but I'm also reluctant to give up the option of pursuing other opportunities elsewhere (though I think I can live with slightly longer lead time -- maybe a year or two?). It's an odd combination, but maybe one that draws people to academia, with the promise it once offered of both stability/security and the possibility of change (or at least a periodic substantial change of scene)? <br /><br />Anyway, I hope the packing/moving/logistics go well. This is definitely the sort of endeavor that I, at least, find requires more energy (mental as well as physical) than I'd like. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-16555915220818004412015-06-03T19:56:56.098-07:002015-06-03T19:56:56.098-07:00Or, Comrade, if YOU get in the mood for scrubbing ...Or, Comrade, if YOU get in the mood for scrubbing baseboards pre-moveout! EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO MY MOVE-OUT CLEANING PARTY!!!<br /><br />(Which, ironically, will take place on my birthday.)<br /><br />Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-65012743196703367002015-06-03T18:17:15.368-07:002015-06-03T18:17:15.368-07:00Let me know if you get in the mood for some picled...Let me know if you get in the mood for some picled egges at Phillippe!!Comradde Physiporffeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-37982340964832953812015-06-03T13:48:06.575-07:002015-06-03T13:48:06.575-07:00Happy moving! It's hard, and it's particu...Happy moving! It's hard, and it's particularly hard if you have to decide what goes in a storage unit for a year, what you take to Blargistan, and what goes to FPU (where you will need actual winter clothes.) The logistics of that would make me nuts.<br /><br />My rule: there is always a shelf in the closet that you forgot about, with all the miscellaneous things you didn't know what to do with. And you will find it when you are doing your final clean.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.com