Compartment to Single

So, I quickly realized that while living in a box is fine for me; living in a box surrounded  by other girls in boxes is not okay.

 

My director told me (again, I know) that she wants me to work full-time to the end of June. At first, I was against it. I had already made a plan to do other things in my free time. However, I have decided to take her up on it since I don't feel comfortable staying in this space with crazy/bored women and not even being able to properly lock up my things.

So, I have told my director that I will stay full-time. Also, a private room opened up upstairs in the same share house. While I don't want to keep living with the crazies, I don't want to pay the extra $200 or so dollars to change to another house/company. So I will be moving upstairs, to a single, at the first of May; which is right before I head off on my next vacation to Izu~

In the meantime, the cherry blossoms are blooming and everything is pink~ haha
I'm not the biggest fan of flowers, but I do enjoy watching the petals floating down like rain and sprinkling the walking paths. It is rather majestic looking.

It is now the peak time for flower viewing in Tokyo, but that also means it is the worst time for hay fever... but you have to take the good with the bad, I guess. My eyes are burning, but I can take in some nice sites, so I think I will be out and about this weekend seeing what beauty I can find.

It also creates for some nice scenery on my commute to work. Enjoy! ;)

The rush before the move

Oh how I hate moving...

So, since my (now) former landlady was a complete spaz (and she recently sold the building which she said would take effect from April, but apparently is in effect as of the first of this month)... I wasn't sure she had accurately relayed my move-out date to the new owner. However, I managed to find out that all is well on that note and that I can move out at the end of this month with no extra rent to pay.

I also paid the deposit on the share house room. However, I am extremely disappointed in the company already. I got my acceptance to the house five days ago, paid the deposit 4 days ago, and received no notification that they had received it and the room was booked. Since they don't let you sign the contract until the move-in day, this seems to be highly inappropriate to me. So I sent an e-mail requesting they give confirmation.

Meanwhile, the selling is going well. I will be living in a big, empty, and cold room for the next three weeks, but as long as I can move everything out in time, what can I say? :)

I am almost regretting the whole thing, but I know in the long run I have made the best decision. Just have to keep reminding myself: I'm saving ~40,000yen (~$400) a month. Yay!

Other work to do... I still need to respond to Gaba about potential part-time work while in Tokyo. They say they do 6-month extendable contracts, but I want to work 3 months.... so I'm debating if I should do the six months, extend my stay at the guesthouse and come to Korea in December or January when job hunting again makes more sense.

I know you can always find jobs in Korea, but the good ones are usually the ones that can keep their teachers to the end of the year, right?

Oh well, need to contact Gaba before anything can be decided anyways~