Open Double

This is the dress I was wearing when I opened my email to find that Parsons had finally emailed me my housing assignment. A quick scan of the email was all that was needed to see those two words sitting beside one another. Standing alone, those two words are quite ordinary. But together in this email they were glaringly conspicuous. I have been assigned to an open double room. Not only do I have to share a room with another person, I have to share it with the kitchen and living area. I think I preferred not knowing. At least I had this view and time for frollicking in this pretty dress to take the sting off.

orange striped dress {Winners} - black cut-out sandals {Nine West via DSW} - gold cuff {thrifted}

Before I left Vancouver Island, I visited a tea leaf reader in Nanaimo. She told me something that didn't make much sense at the time. Something I brushed off as random. She told me that I wasn't going to sleep very much in New York. I laughed and chalked it up to late night study sessions and perhaps a party or two. Looks like I may have thought wrong. Oh well. I am determined not to dwell on things I can't change. In keeping my new year's resolutions and thinking of mantra number five, all I can do now is embrace what is. So, here's to meeting new friends and being closest to the fridge. May my roomie please be pleasant. Pretty please.

j.

Paisley Paradise

I've been doing a lot of pondering today. It's hard to believe that I'm going to be in New York in about a week and a half. Mainly because I don't yet have a place to live. Minor detail, right? I've been checking my email pretty much on the hour for the past two days hoping for word on my residence application. Still nothing. I phoned Parsons before Christmas to find out when I would hear if I got in to the grad residence building. The automated message told me the first week of January. So I emailed them to see if there was any way to find out earlier given that I have to be there by the 15th and, in the event that I do not get in, this would not leave me a lot of time to find alternate accommodations. They told me no. (What?! I don't get special treatment? Shocking....not really). They did tell me that if I marked "William Street Residence" on my application (which I did), it was highly likely that I would get in. Joy. I was overwhelmed by their confidence. But, alas, I could not and still can't do anything about it. Highly likely it is, I guess.

teal tank {Old Navy} - paisley skirt {Zara} - tan sandals {Aldo} -

tote bag {secret santa gift} - wooden beads {Banana Republic}

I'm also trying to prepare myself for the horrifically nightmarish highly likely possibility of getting placed in a double room. The building is comprised of 3 or 4 people suites but I've chosen a single room as my first choice. I've already shared a room with another person in my first year at UVic. And while I definitely don't regret doing this at the age of eighteen, I feel as though I've paid my dues. Been there, done that. However, it may come down to cardboard box or double room so obviously I will take what I can get. Exactly how big is this cardboard box though?

j.