couch-surfing

Day 2: fri jan 21 - i stayed at meljun's house thursday night so that i could give melissa a ride to the airport friday morning at 6:20am and use her car for the weekend. i went straight back to the old house and loaded her car with stuff, then went to the new (ellwood) house to unload and start moving things around so that you could actually walk through. ryan showed up around 9ish as we continued to shuffle crap around, make a couple more trips from the old house over, and clean the old house. our grill and a couple bikes are still occupying the garage at 3903 fleet st (thanks pat for letting us leave it there in the meantime), but we finished moving everything else after a 2nd 12 hour day. ryan and i went to alyssa's to watch some tv before i went to sleep on meljun's couch again.

Day 3: sat jan 22 had been a day i was excited about for a while, bc it was the maryland indoor invite. i had been excited to race college kids and hoped to have someone push me in the mile and 3k, but now i was just exhausted from the move. tristram gave me a ride down, then i raced in the 2nd heat in both and won both heats pretty easily. when i got back to baltimore that night, i was too tired for anything other than sleeping on meljun's couch, again.

Day 4: sun jan 23 was spend at the store, just me and stacie. joy. ryan picked me up, i watched football w brennan to see his excitement, then the late game at pat's, where i stayed so i could get a ride from pete to the store the next morning.

Day 5: mon jan 24 was my first interview of the week. i brought my suit to the store, then borrowed pete's car to drive out to belcamp in the middle of the day. it went well was super. i stayed on alyssa's couch that night.
Day 6: tues jan 25 started with ryan driving me out to cockeysville for another interview, in which the company seemed to have no clue what was going on. then, i got my car back! being homeless and living out of a backpack is way easier when you have a trunk to keep that backpack in and supplement how much room you have for crap. i stayed at jen's this night, and it snowed. not a crazy amount, but enough.
Day 7: wed jan 26 i got to drive myself to the store, which was super exciting for me. meg had the day off bc she was starting at the MAC, and i spent the whole day labeling about 250 shoes that arrived. lots of snow meant we closed early. i left my car at panera and stayed at alyssa's again.
Day 8: thurs jan 27 i ran from panera, did some hills, then picked up pete and went back to the store. roads were already clean in the city, still nasty in the county. ryan took off for miami for the weekend w/o any trouble. i crashed at jen's.
Day 9: fri jan 28 was very random. i was checking email when tristram made a "last chance" comment about driving to and from millrose games in nyc that day. so, i randomly drove up to mcdonough, ran there, then we took off for millrose, where pete had an extra free ticket for me. super! i got back to the city around 2:30, and learned it's easy to find parking in south baltimore that late. i went back to jen's, and apparently got in so late/left early enough that she never knew i was there.
Day 10: sat jan 29 started early w a workout in carroll park before hitting the store. pat and i then had a romantic dinner in the square before drinking 40's at meljun's w tom, patty, pat, brennan, melissa, and arjun, while watching mega python vs gatoroid (a must-see). another night on meljun's couch, this time drunk again (just like the good ol' days).
Day 11: sun jan 30 started kinda rough w a hung over long run from meljun's. i spent most of the day bumming around w them, napping, watching tv, climbing, finally buying some food. i crashed on meljun's couch again.
Day 12: mon jan 31 after work, fed hill runners, and dinner, i ended up back at jen's. i think.
Day 13: tues feb 1 was when i flipped. i woke up this morning ok with the whole situation, and was fine with it most of the day. i met up w ryan and chatted about his miami weekend over lunch and had a super-productive day looking for jobs. then quickly flipped and got super pissed when i realized that it's already february, and i'm supposed to have a freaking house already. i started looking for new housing options, trying to figure out a back-up plan, then stayed at juhie's.
Day 14: wed feb 2 was kinda all over the place, not much to report house-wise. stayed at jen's again.
Day 15: thurs feb 3 ended at alyssa's to try to catch up on some shows, then stayed on her couch again.
Day 16: fri feb 4 was supposed to be the deadline for the latest we would move in. started with a nice run from the store before work. supposedly, the inspector came and gave the house the ok, and we were just waiting until monday for the paperwork to say we could move in. however, i stopped by the house and saw a "disapproved" notice on the back door, dated 2/4/2011. super. that night, i drank alone and got laundry done (finally) before somehow ending up as a DD for meg and her roommates in towson. stayed on her couch.
Day 17: sat feb 5 ran from meg's, hit the store for a busy and super day at the store. i stayed w pat in a full-house that night as the mcloughlin clan was in full effect.

Day 18: sun feb 6 started w a long run before viewing another house as a back-up plan. watched the super bowl at jen's, then hit her basement for the night.
Day 19: mon feb 7 was when we were supposedly going to get the ok to move into the house. apparently the city inspector gave the home owner the certificate of occupancy, but nobody else could live there yet. allegedly, tomorrow we'll be good. i climbed w tom and patty and stayed at their place in columbia.