Feeling a bit better

Now that I've been at work for half of the day, I'm feeling a bit better, in general. At least alot less freaked out. Maybe partly because I spent some of the last two hours thumbing through LJ and friending neat-seeming people in Hyattsville, Laurel and I started to in College Park. (Hi all of you!) Won't necessarily lead to friendship, but it's a step in the right direction. Joined a community named mdgaming too and asked if there were any open games I could join. Nothing yet.

Was talking with a couple of people during lunch who suggested that living in PG county was not the best choice and I might have done better in, say, Howard County.. better neighborhood, reasonable prices.
So... the negative side is obvious. Stuck with this apartment for 12 months unless things get really bad and I seriously need to contemplate taking a chance on cutting the lease.
On the plus side:
1) The office people seem amiable
2) the maintenance guy(s) supposedly were at my apartment nice and early to deal with the things I called the office about Saturday (like water in the kitchen)
3) In a week I'll have all of my stuff (including an actual bed to sleep in!) and it will be easier to think of that place as mine. At least I won't actually be alone and I think life will be more comfortable with at least my kitties with me.
4) It's not like I have to be friends with my neighbors. It may happen. It may not. But I'm not depending on it to build a life for myself.

I WILL make friends, I WILL make a life (such as it will be with working probably more than 40 hours a week, possibly including Saturdays eventually) for myself and I do believe that Kristen will get a job down in this area and we'll be able to be together.

So.. yeah.. the metaphorical skies aren't completely black and I'm not dreading going home again tonight. I'll get home whenever (really want to find contact paper), figure something out for dinner and figure ways to make the night go by.

And if xeren maybe wants to get together sometime tommorow or wednesday night, so much the better. Another way to pass away the time.

Edit:Oh, xeren gimme a call either at my home phone number (check through my old Livejournal entries) or my cell phone I IM'ed you a while back if you still want to be a part of unloading stuff Sunday. I would definately appreciate the help, but I need to give you the details (i'd call you but I still don't have your number)

First pretty good night in new apartment

Last night was... pretty good.
Got out of work and... the part of my car that stops my car from getting out of Park.. the one I had trouble with when I first got into Maryland? it's acting up again. So I'm going to take it to the same Ford soon and tell them and get them to fix it.
Got home, was hungry so made myself a box of Rice-a-Roni.. and it actually turned out OK. Woo for my first time cooking. While I was making dinner, I called Comcast and tried to set up cable, but I'll need to call them back today and reschedule them coming over. I'd originally set it up for Thursday before the TV was here, but I think I'll try for Monday when the TV is here.
Just need to clear this through my boss since Comcast needs both me and the rental office to be here so I'd need to take a couple of hours off work. :p
Did that. Got online for a couple of hours and talked to (in no particular order): My Cousin Freddie, dawnstar, marksmith and jariel for a couple of hours on AIM and ChaoticMUX and I finally caught up with xeren and made plans for Wednesday night. Woot.
Then I got off the internet about 9:00, called my mom, talked to Kristen and then went to sleep..
.. and I slept. At least until about 4:30 and I'm pretty sure I woke up not because of any of the neighbors or anything but just because the fucking air mattress is not particularly comfortable.
Woke up at 6:30.. still do feel sorta tired.. but I'm at work now, at least.
Unfortunately, I'm feeling down again, though I'm not really certain why. I suspect I just miss my home and stuff.

So... work til 5 or 5:15 (got into work late because of the traffic on Powder Mill Road. If it seems to usually be this bad, I'll need to consider an altnernate way to work, go home.. make dinner.. get back online for a while.. call people (I need to call kareila before April 1st) and go to bed again.
This'll all still be easier when I have my real stuff with me and my cats and, like, a real bed or something.