I was just pleasantly drifting off to sleep when a panic-stricken thought awoke me: I hadn't posted today! In a flash (read: I dragged myself out from underneath my covers) I was turning on my computer to struggle to post these sentences.
So I've been reading more and more up on spring enrollment for graduate schools. It's been a little rough between trying to figure out what universities meet my rather demanding criteria as well as having spring admissions and aren't too far from a major airport (a deal breaker for me: I need to get home in an emergency no matter where I am).
But the other fairly serious consideration has been living expenses, namely apartments. I was really blessed with my first real apartment. It was HUGE, cheap for the location (and its location was great), on a major transit line, and I could even walk to school. Downside: the landlord wasn't the most attentive, the place was falling apart, and living on a main artery as far as traffic went was a little rough with all the sirens and accidents.
Looking at new schools though, I've started comparing cost of rent using Rentometer.com. It's really cool. You plug in where you live/ where you'd like to live and see how the rent compares. Bottom line (and no shocker): the farther South my school, the cheaper the rent. The best place I've found so far has been University of Georgia: it's the perfect combination of close to airports (Hartfield Jackson is right there), a great school (one of the top five for my major), and reasonable to live in (500$ median for a one bedroom apartment). Plus it wouldn't be so darned cold in the winter. I'm tired of numb toes, bring on the sun!
I'll certainly have to do more research (gasp! research!) and try to figure out how I should move all my stuff. Ugh, moving. How I despise thee.
Until then, bed. I'm pooped.
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