10/27/2024

It’s been a week and a half since I got here and no-one else is on my floor yet. They must’ve just been prepping the apartment because I still haven’t seen any neighbors. The door is still open sometimes, but whenever I notice it the door shuts. Probably whoever is doing work there doesn’t want to bother the people in the hallway, which I appreciate I suppose. It does seem weird that I’m the only person living here right now, but maybe they’re just taking a while to screen applicants? It took me more than a little bit of effort to get in so that would make some sense. Granted a name fiasco didn’t help with figuring out the lease and everything but that wasn’t the only long step in the process. It also feels like the hallway is getting… longer? It might just be that I’m feeling reluctant to leave home but I swear it takes me longer to get to the end of the hallway. Like, maybe I am walking slower? It definitely does feel like it is taking longer to get to the stairs though. Maybe because I haven’t been able to meet anyone here yet, at least outside of work, so I have less reason to leave home. I leave the house for groceries and work mostly at this point. I'll occasionally try a restaurant or a bar, but going out is more stress than fun, and I have never liked eating alone. I also don’t have a car, which means it really sucks getting home alone at night. I can’t say that I want to move back, so that’s something at least. New place, new people, new me, and a hallway that might be stretching. I might try timing how long it takes me to walk to the stairs from my room, that way I’ll know it isn’t changing and it is just me. After all it could just be my mood making the hallway longer.