1) Find someone to rent my apartment. I have an apartment in Bryan that I have been paying rent to despite the fact that I haven't lived there since December. I'm having a lot more fun in San Antonio, so I'm glad I'm here, but it sickens me to literally throw money down the drain like this. My roommate also recently informed me that he's struggling to pay his part of the rent, so it looks like we're going to have to find a way out of this place. The leasing agency allows you to break your lease with a fee (not to exceed 80% of one month's rent, which isn't really that bad). I suggested this early on, but he was lax to move for various reasons (despite constantly complaining about the place, I thought he'd be ecstatic to get out). I even offered to pay the entire fee, whatever it might be. Now he can't afford the rent, I'm leaving in four weeks, and my lease doesn't run out until August. That's right, the lease will run out just in time for me to get back from Japan. Unacceptable. I had tried to find someone to take over my 1/2 of the lease, and got a few hits, one of which was especially promising. He jumped through all the hoops (and there were many) but in the end he couldn't pass the credit check. Nor could his co-signer. Nor could his OTHER co-signer. This is not the fucking Hilton, so I don't know what they're looking for. I am frustrated by this.
2) Get my student's visa. Now, before you start to lecture me about waiting for so long to get my student's visa, you should know that to do this I require a CESR from Osaka University. I just received this YESTERDAY. Now, I have to go get a photo taken and then mail a couple of forms, the CESR, my photo AND my passport (this makes me more than a little nervous) to Houston so the consulate there can send me back a student visa. The only other option is to drive to Houston and I have no idea where I'd cram that in over the next few weeks (remember, this weekend is already taken).
3) Get to BCS (Bryan/College Station) to get some items from my old apartment. There is some stuff there that I forgot and that I want, and if we're going to get rid of this place, I am going to have to retrieve my stuff post-haste.
4) Get Enrollment Verification Forms for Fall 2010 and Spring 2011 to the company that's handling my federal student loans. Happy day.
5) Completely tidy up the room I'm in so it can be used as a guest room. This sounds simple, but if you knew the way I live in my room, you'd know better.
6) Pack! This is going to be complicated because I am going to a foreign country for 5 months, so I need to make sure that one, I have everything I''ll need (and I do mean NEED) that I can't get in Japan (such as clothing that fits, etc.), two that I don't have anything that will piss off customs and three, that I have enough of everything for five months, but that I don't try to take everything but the kitchen sink.
Are we feeling a bit overwhelmed today? We're feeling a bit overwhelmed today.
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