So I just drove down to South Carolina yesterday, knowing hardly anything and not even having a place to live yet. Great start to the summer! Luckily Julian, a grad student from UF, offered to put me up for a couple nights til I found a place. And I found that place today! Hooray!
But first, I had to go to General Employee Training for SRS. That entailed sitting in a room for 2 hours and being told at least 6 times that cell phones are not allowed in restricted areas. I will never be in restricted areas. I did, however, learn that I am a "remote worker" and I get a walkie-talkie. After GET, I waited for another 2 hours for the people at the badge office to come back from lunch break. Apparently they need 2 hours to eat lunch. Anyways, now I have a super cool official badge!
In the meantime, I called about half the classified ads in the Aiken Standard (local paper), slowly advancing toward desperation and despair. And then I called a trailer park. And it was a miracle! I went to check it out, and it's nicely furnished, well kept, quiet, and a great deal. I asked the landlady to hold it for me, and I'll sign the lease and move in tomorrow. It's further away than I'd hoped, but it's probably the best deal I could find. And my roommate, Matt, will move in next week and everything will be happy. Yay!
Now I'm gonna leave Atlanta Bread Co. and get an early bedtime so I can move in tomorrow morning and drive around SRS to see the corridor sites.
1 comment:
You definitely sound excited, and it sounds like you're having fun already.
Are you down in SC for the whole summer, or will you be back up around here at any point?
Either way, I know you'll have a totally bangin' time this summer.
-Chuck
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