I Found an Apartment!

Yay! I signed the rental contract for my new apartment on Thursday. I've been holding off on writing about my apartment search, because I was afraid to jinx it for some reason. And I'm really not the superstitious type! But still, I think I've been pretty lucky. I saw this apartment about 2 weeks ago on the website from the real estate agent. However, the website of the project itself (it's a totally new building) says that all the apartments have been rented out. As it turned out, the apartment has already been (almost) rented out twice. The first person decided to withdraw when he wasn't able to sell his existing apartment. I don't remember what the second person's reason was, but I don't really care. What matters is, that they withdrew, and now it's mine! I actually haven't seen the inside of the apartment yet. I did see the floor plan, and I've been to the area a couple of weeks before to view another apartment. I really like the area. It's still very new, and it's quiet and peaceful there. And it only takes about 15 minutes to get to the city centre with the tram.

I think finally finding an apartment has helped me to calm down a little. For the first time since the announcement is made, I'm actually looking forward to make the move to Amsterdam, instead of looking at it as just a good move for my career.

What still bothers me at the moment is how busy I am, due to all the changes in the organization. I'm starting to feel like I'm getting burned out. Mondays are mostly ok, but on Tuesdays I'm always exhausted by the middle of the day, which I can't shake for the rest of the week. Most of the time I feel like I could just fall asleep on my desk any moment. It doesn't help there are lots of important stuff going on at the moment. When I think about my to do list... It's a good thing I almost never think of work when I'm at home. I have a different, more daunting task at home as it is. When I think about all the books I haven't read yet... I recently came across this book called "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die". After a quick count (with the help of Excel ;-)), I am shocked and ashamed that I've only read 23 of them so far! Luckily I have a week off at the end of June. I think I'm just going to sleep and read a lot during that week.