"brand new" toilets

Yesterday, my entire building was outfitted with “brand new” toilets. I put brand new in quotations because that’s the way it was written on the notification left on my door. I can’t help but think…is our manager just stupid and not aware of when using quotations is necessary or are the toilets really “brand new” as in, not new at all but new to me? Either way, I don’t like the new toilet. It’s weird. I’ve lived in this apartment for over a year now and even though the seat on the old toilet was broken it was MY toilet. I feel like I’m living in a stranger’s house now. Hopefully these feelings will pass. I guess if they don’t it’ll be just that much easier to move out in a month!

Speaking of moving, I have channeled my slight obsessive organization disorder in to planning our move. I started a binder with sheet protectors inside to hold important information. So far, this is what the binder consists of: Front of binder has a calendar of the next month with deadlines marked on it. Once inside you will find a to-do list (which has the exact same information as the calendar…) that notes the due date and person that is responsible for each task. Following this there is a list of outstanding questions that I must seek answers for and an inventory list of furniture in our apartment to decide if we should keep trash or attempt to sell. After that the plan fizzles – there are some rates for moving trucks and pictures from West Elm and Crate and Barrel of things that I want in my new life. Oh yes, the back cover of the binder has a map of Austin where I have outlined the neighborhoods and highways to assist in our house hunting.

This is how excited I am about moving – there is really nothing that I can physically do for another couple of weeks so I am obsessing over every tiny thing that might happen. I have a feeling this binder will be very much like my vacation plans – I create itineraries and maps and then half of the time I leave the print outs at my house and everything works out fine without them. I’m sure the binder will be lost in the move but I will continue to work on it diligently nonetheless.

:)