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Ew on the giant shower spiders. Even though I've been finding them all over my place, they prefer to stay underneath appliances and I'm okay with that! I killed this guy last night:

@Cat_Robutt Everyday just think of the privacy and awesomeness that you'll have once the move is over! And in a few years, it'll be a hilarious story that you'll be telling to your kids/family.

Wow congrats!! It's great that you'll be able to focus on research instead of TAing. And they must think you're something pretty special

@Cat_Robutt Thanks! I spent all night vacuuming up spiders, it was great. How long is this leg of the move for you? Hopefully it doesn't last too long.

Yes, but cat herpes doesn't really mean much. Life span is the same, it just means they are more prone to respiratory issues (mine has a chronic respiratory infection, apparently). Also, about a third of all cats actually have cat herpes if they've been through a shelter at any point in time... I didn't know any of these things and had the same reaction as you Yeah, I definitely yelled at my landlord this morning. I was up literally all night because of all the damn spiders all over my place.

I sure hope things are going better for you guys... I took my cat to the vet two weeks ago because he has had an upper respiratory issue ever since the shelter found him 3 months ago. I adopted him three weeks ago, and he has only gotten worse since. He's seen three rounds of antibiotics and dewormer, also a nutritional supplement for herpes, but there's no reason why he would possibly be getting worse. I can't afford to do much more for him, and he's only a kitten. He keeps coughing up mucus and his eyes are so watery that he has tears running down his face constantly... and is sneezing once every few minutes. I don't know what to do... But this takes the cake. I've been kind of homesick as of late, so I've funneled all of my anxiety and sadness into making a box to send back home. My mom's and sister's birthday is in a couple weeks (June 7 for both) and also Father's Day. I spent probably two weeks preparing a box that I was going to ship tomorrow. I splurged and bought two locally made paintings for my mom and sister and got nice wooden frames for them both, along with a nice book for my sister. I also filled a box with awesome car cleaning supplies for my dad, and outfitted the box with a chain and padlock so he can't open it until he gets his new car. I included a couple of cat toys for my parents' cats (one is a really nice cat bed), and also a host of other goodies like pure maple syrup, maple cream, and maple candy. I had it all packed in a cardboard box and made a WalMart run to get some more tape before I take it to the post office tomorrow. I got back from Walmart to find standing water in my bedroom. It had rained all day and must've come in through my air conditioner which is installed on my ceiling (even though I'm on the first floor of a three-story building). It completely soaked the box and everything inside of it. The paintings (including frames) and book are completely ruined, and the maple candy dissolved into the water. And the best part is that my renters' insurance does not begin until June 1, so there's nothing I can do about it. Add that to the fact that I have a constant insect infestation in my apartment that my landlord won't do anything about, and I'm really having a rough go of it.

I So if you're paying $1.20 a day for public transit, why not pay $1 a day ish and just get the parking pass?

Yes! And the kicker is that it doesn't even guarantee you a spot. If I paid $852 a year and got a parking space right outside my building with my name on it, I'd jump on it! But the lot is so far away and so packed that it just isn't worth it.

I guess I don't understand... are you going to AND from campus in the dark? If you're only going home at night and the campus is safe, why not pick up the bus on campus and take it home?

I know that feel. $852 here... I have a three-tier commute right now so I'm regretting living so far. There isn't a bus? I've never been on a train but for three miles it seems like a bus might be more convenient. Or at least as a backup so you don't have to ride your bike through the "ghetto" at night.

@Cat_Robutt congrats on the 5k! I've given taht program several tries but never made it to the end, so you should be hella proud!

I feel like my life is a crazy mess - I can't figure out how New York does their electric/sewer billing, new Internet company doesn't want to let me pay my bill, my cat's sick, and I'm still following around the graduate students here like a lost puppy dog since I can't do much on my own yet... whereas you are all "I can't decide whether I should join 2 or 3 professional organizations." hahaha! Please pass the duct tape!

How on Earth do you all have it together??

Well, most of that sounds pretty necessary. I don't take a bag anywhere (throw my wallet in my backpack) and throw lunch in a paper bag that I throw in my backpack. The downside to a rolling tote is they're hard to take on a bus/train/plane, or to walk on uneven paths with, or stairs.

And for those of us with an allergy to coconut oil, try some heavy duty anti-perspirant!

Also try emailing the administrative assistant of the department. When I mentioned I was looking for housing, the admin. asst. kept emailing me with students in the department who were looking for a roommate. He/she can also tell you where most graduate students live! On a side note, I FINALLY found out today how much I'll be making over the summer and it's almost twice what I was expecting! It looks like I'll be making several thousand less when I'm on the NSF fellowship That's a great problem to have!

What sort of services are you looking for? What do you mean by "dealing with" autistic graduate students? You need to be more quantitative, I'm afraid.

I do wish that they made sexy bras that didn't have underwire! Underwire is the bane of my existence!!

On a related note, finally got my Cornell ID today (free bus pass until August 2017!) which means I can stop forking over $3 a day just to commute to school Still getting used to public transit though... I've had to ride the bus around the circuit a few times since I didn't know how to ask to get off

You are much calmer than I would be! Go to the department chair. If they don't help, go to the graduate school. If they don't help, the dean of students. If they don't help, call Obama himself, damnit.

Whaaat? I loooved designing houses. That's part of the reason I could never stick with a generation for too long - I kept getting distracted by housing ideas. Then again, all of my houses looked exactly the same. And then I'd look at a premade house and be depressed by how great they looked

Yeah, when I play I have one hand on the "~", "1", "2", and "3" keys to fast forward time. Moving my hand to the other end of the keyboard is just annoying

Wow, I wish I had the persistence to play through that many generations! But raising toddlers is just such a pain in the butt that I give up around the 3rd or 4th generation Honestly I like to stay with Sims 2... not only is it and all of the expansion packs free online through Origin (and I can't find my TS3 CDs hahaha) but there's just one stupid little thing that I hate about TS3... the hotkey to change levels! TS2 was the tab key but TS3 is something slightly more complicated but it's just annoying enough that I don't like to build two-level houses

I LOVE the Sims! I have 1, 2, and 3, but haven't heard great things about 4 so I don't have it. But I'm a proud owner of most expansion packs How about yourself?

Today I learned that craisins are cranberries... I thought they were some sort of hybrid Thanks @MarineBluePsy As a side note, I went to the Ithaca farmers' market today and got maple candy and maple cream... I'm already addicted