New Apartment, New State, New Friends

I moved into my brand new apartment on Friday, July 31 with the help of my mom and dad. We, however, had an unexpected turn of events when I signed in with the apartment complex that afternoon. I was asked, "Did you know you are moving into a handicap apartment?" Of course I did not. I had my choice of units when I came in March/early April to find a place to live. The apartment complex had an entire, mostly unrented building that was not even completed. Once I decided on my preferred floor plan they told me which apartments I could pick from. I was not allowed to see this actual apartment at the time because the did not yet have the Certificate of Occupancy for that building and there were inspectors on the property that day. We had many conversations from that point on, both via phone and email. At no point was I told that this was going to be a handicap apartment. To make a long story short, the floor plan on this handicap apartment made it much smaller than what I was expecting and much too small for the furniture I had purchased. Thankfully, they were nice enough to work something out with us. And, I actually like the apartment I am in better than the one I thought I was getting, in some ways. I am now in a two-bedroom apartment, but they have closed off one of the bedrooms so that I can still pay the one-bedroom price.

Before my parents left, we arranged all of the furniture and unpacked most of the boxes. I do, however, still have some boxes to unload and a lot of organizing to do. Unfortunately, I have been sick with classic flu-like symptoms since moving up here. I am starting to get better, but still have respiratory symptoms. Not sure it was actually the flu, but I am glad to be getting better. I feel like I have missed out on many adventures my classmates have already taken, but tonight I was finally able to get together with some of them to meet and talk for a little while.

Tomorrow, I plan to finally finsh unpacking the last few boxes and organizing. Then, Friday or Saturday, I am going to Steppin' Out, Blacksburg's annual outdoor festival. This sounds like it could be a lot of fun. Hopefully, I will be able to do a lot and meet several more people over the next few days before orientation begins next Wednesday.