my ATM has a limit of a $500-a-day withdrawal. i did not find this out until today when i tried to get more than that to get a money order to put down the deposit on my apartment in chicago. wah. hopefully the delay won't be a problem, but i'm a little stressed. for the voyeurs, you can see pictures of where i'll be living with my 367 cats all next year here.

the small matter of the kitchen being in the bedroom: i'm not really sure what to do about that. this is how it's set up: there's one large room off the entry hall. a small room is to the side, and the kitchen is also part of that smaller room. the previous tenant used it as a bedroom, but the thought of having my bed two feet away from where i cook sort of weirds me out. i might just turn it into a den and keep my bed out in the main room. we shall see...