the usual yawn-inducing babble

Almost unpacked. Put away most of the clutter, threw out most of the garbage... now just playing around, rearranging stuff to make it look nicer.:) Still need a couple things - like a rug and a bedside lamp, and possibly another bookcase - but they can wait. The place is pretty comfy as it is. My new desk is beautiful. The sofa bed seems gigantic after the twin mattress I used to sleep on at the old place, and I love my new fluffy quilt from IKEA. The radiators are heating up a storm (well, not tonight, since it's surprisingly warm outside, but up until yesterday they were), making the air very dry; but I'm fine, because my thoughtful Dad bought me a humidifier.:) Which also happens to be very useful for another reason: its steady hum drowns out all the strange noises that an old building like this makes during the night (the clunking and creepy sighing of the radiators, the creaking hardwood floors, the rattling window panes etc.). Other than those, hardly any sounds reach me up here; I only hear the neighbors when they open or close their front door (and occasionally in the bathroom through the pipes ;). The street is surprisingly quiet. As for parking, it's not as bad as I feared; there's always an empty spot or two, if not right next to the building, then about three minutes' walk from it. I also noticed that people don't tend to park too close to each other - which means I can actually squeeze in, most of the time, even if I end up standing a good half a meter from the curb (yes, me and my paralell parking skills... *sigh*). Anyway, no major trouble so far, of which I am very glad. And I have about five grocery stores/pharmacies on my way from work - so no need to make detours if I need to shop. But enough mindless ramble for now; it's bedtime.:(

I swear I will write SOMETHING on a different topic one of these days; believe me, I will. *sigh*