Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 1969 Location: Newbury Park, CA Country:
Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 11:45 pm Post subject:
I moved! After 5 months in a miserable rented room, I took the plunge yesterday and moved to a small one bedroom apartment on my own.
I have no furniture and very little of anything but I'm thrilled to be out. It's a little scary as I'm making very little money and figured out that after rent and student loans, I'll only have about $800 a month to cover everything else (car insurance, health insurance, cell phone, internet, electricity, and food!). As if this wasn't enough, having next to nothing means I will have to buy all kinds of things - a bed, a table, a desk. All I have in the way of furniture right now is a computer chair (my computer is currently propped up on boxes). So.. it's going to be a difficult time, but I'm ready to do what's necessary to make it work.
Amazingly, I'm 28 and this is the first time I'm really on my own from top to bottom - Everything I will have in my household will be mine. It's a good feeling. _________________
"Actually, I don't have bones. I'm supported
by a system of fluid-filled bladders"
Joined: 08 May 2007 Posts: 2331 Location: in South Atami Country:
Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject:
phlargo wrote:
I moved! After 5 months in a miserable rented room, I took the plunge yesterday and moved to a small one bedroom apartment on my own.
I have no furniture and very little of anything but I'm thrilled to be out. It's a little scary as I'm making very little money and figured out that after rent and student loans, I'll only have about $800 a month to cover everything else (car insurance, health insurance, cell phone, internet, electricity, and food!). As if this wasn't enough, having next to nothing means I will have to buy all kinds of things - a bed, a table, a desk. All I have in the way of furniture right now is a computer chair (my computer is currently propped up on boxes). So.. it's going to be a difficult time, but I'm ready to do what's necessary to make it work.
Amazingly, I'm 28 and this is the first time I'm really on my own from top to bottom - Everything I will have in my household will be mine. It's a good feeling.
Congratulations! And once you have managed to purchase all you need, you can make party!
Joined: 13 Apr 2007 Posts: 12121 Location: It was fun while it lasted. Country:
Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 12:37 am Post subject:
phlargo wrote:
All I have in the way of furniture right now is a computer chair (my computer is currently propped up on boxes). So.. it's going to be a difficult time, but I'm ready to do what's necessary to make it work.
Omedetou! Just remember, there's nothing wrong with having "early garage sale" style furniture.
Amazingly, I'm 28 and this is the first time I'm really on my own from top to bottom - Everything I will have in my household will be mine. It's a good feeling.
Good luck. Soon enough I hope to have the same feeling you have right now.
I moved! After 5 months in a miserable rented room, I took the plunge yesterday and moved to a small one bedroom apartment on my own.
I have no furniture and very little of anything but I'm thrilled to be out. It's a little scary as I'm making very little money and figured out that after rent and student loans, I'll only have about $800 a month to cover everything else (car insurance, health insurance, cell phone, internet, electricity, and food!). As if this wasn't enough, having next to nothing means I will have to buy all kinds of things - a bed, a table, a desk. All I have in the way of furniture right now is a computer chair (my computer is currently propped up on boxes). So.. it's going to be a difficult time, but I'm ready to do what's necessary to make it work.
Amazingly, I'm 28 and this is the first time I'm really on my own from top to bottom - Everything I will have in my household will be mine. It's a good feeling.
Omedeto gozaemasu!
I was in the same situation when I moved out at 30: I had a card table, a desk, one chair, a beach chair, a 13" TV, and a single bed... And I had to immediately run out and buy a fridge and washer/dryer.
Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 1969 Location: Newbury Park, CA Country:
Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 12:57 am Post subject:
gaijinmark wrote:
Omedetou! Just remember, there's nothing wrong with having "early garage sale" style furniture.
Hehe.. thank you all for your support - it's obviously an exciting time in my life.
~January '08 - moved to a new state where I knew nobody
~Jan-Feb - studied my ass off for the bar exam
~March - joined Jdorama after watching Nodame Cantabile.
~April 20th - got a job with a law firm (part time)
~May 3rd - found out I passed the bar exam
~May 20th - moved out of hellhole living conditions into my own place.
~July ? - Resolved global health problems and built universal food and water supply network _________________
"Actually, I don't have bones. I'm supported
by a system of fluid-filled bladders"
Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 1969 Location: Newbury Park, CA Country:
Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 1:16 am Post subject:
bmwracer wrote:
That's gonna take a bit of time.
Yeah..that's why I allocated that step nearly two months - it'd give me a chance to run through some of my queued dramas while i'm doing it _________________
"Actually, I don't have bones. I'm supported
by a system of fluid-filled bladders"
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 5042 Location: where the sun never stop shining
Posted: Thu May 22, 2008 1:37 am Post subject:
phlargo wrote:
Hehe.. thank you all for your support - it's obviously an exciting time in my life.
~January '08 - moved to a new state where I knew nobody
~Jan-Feb - studied my ass off for the bar exam
~March - joined Jdorama after watching Nodame Cantabile.
~April 20th - got a job with a law firm (part time)
~May 3rd - found out I passed the bar exam
~May 20th - moved out of hellhole living conditions into my own place.
~July ? - Resolved global health problems and built universal food and water supply network
u got a lot done omedetou one everything
yea i am can of late
but keep it up and soon more will be added _________________
I moved! After 5 months in a miserable rented room, I took the plunge yesterday and moved to a small one bedroom apartment on my own.
I have no furniture and very little of anything but I'm thrilled to be out. It's a little scary as I'm making very little money and figured out that after rent and student loans, I'll only have about $800 a month to cover everything else (car insurance, health insurance, cell phone, internet, electricity, and food!). As if this wasn't enough, having next to nothing means I will have to buy all kinds of things - a bed, a table, a desk. All I have in the way of furniture right now is a computer chair (my computer is currently propped up on boxes). So.. it's going to be a difficult time, but I'm ready to do what's necessary to make it work.
Amazingly, I'm 28 and this is the first time I'm really on my own from top to bottom - Everything I will have in my household will be mine. It's a good feeling.
Sugoi! Congrats on the move. Were you living at home before? And wow, you're 28? I thought you were a lot younger. _________________
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Just remember, there's nothing wrong with having "early garage sale" style furniture. 
