posted by catherine / May 12, 2006 /
the logistics of this summer are going to bite me in the ass, i can feel it. i write down the following not at all because i think it would make an entertaining blog post, but more for my mental sanity, which is slowly unravelling.
so this is where the schedule stands thus far:
wednesday, june 7: in an ideal world, i would have sublet my apartment, shipped my furniture to dc, and found housing at atlanta at this point, but it's not looking real good, especially considering that's something like three weeks away. frick.
thursday, june 8, night: fly to minneapolis
friday, june 9, 10am: present finished project from this quarter to the star tribune.
friday, june 9, 7pm: somehow be on time for a wedding in d.c. that i am determined beyond all reason to attend. yeah, haven't figured out the whole minneapolis-->dc thing by 7pm, but i will. i have a fabulous dress. it must be worn. and i kind of like the folks getting married, too.
saturday, june 10-undetermined point: hang out in dc. maaaybe go back to chicago to take care of apartment stuff.
monday, june 19 or monday, june 26 (leaning towards the latter right now): start work at CNN.com in atlanta, ga. bust shit up all over the internet.
june, july, august, september: atlanta.
september 19: start my final quarter of medill back in dc. that's right, i have an option to do a dc quarter. i wasn't going to do it previous to this fellowship thing, but the whole moving from chicago to atlanta to dc back to chicago thing is, let's face it, enough for me to kill a man. just to watch him die. so whatever. the dc quarter is a political reporting one, which should be HILARIOUS for everyone involved, including whatever congressman i'll have to be stalking. god. it's going to be a total embarrassment. catherine andrews, political reporter, my ass.
sometime in december: finish graduate school! get job that pays me millions! etc!
so all of this is without me even really considering the following: can i find somebody to sublet my apartment to (it's cute. you should rent it.)? will they want the walls painted back? will they want my magic futon, cause i sure as hell am not moving that thing anywhere? how will i get my furniture to dc? how will i find decent furnished three-month housing in atlanta? where should i even live in atlanta? how will i put my financial aid on hold? how do i suspend my scholarship for one quarter? how do i even take off a quarter? will people ever read zunta again after this poo of a post?!? this plus the twelve-hour days and weekends i have been and will be working for the next three weeks, and IT'S ENOUGH TO DRIVE A LADY CRAZY.
which it clearly has! so, with that in mind, i'm off to drink booze and watch a movie with some folks. but, um, if you have any coherent thoughts about anything, feel free to share them with me. i obviously could use them.
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In addition to the usual suspect for finding subletters, you could try here. I imagine Northwestern has some similar facility.
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