Couch surfing

I still have not had luck finding a place to live. Last week I sent an email around the department asking if anyone had a spare room (or sofa). I got a few responses and two seemed promising--I went to check one house out this morning but I don't think it will work out (they are interviewing a whole bunch of people and I don't think they were really blown away by me), but the other may still work just as long as they don't try to find someone else. If it happens I can stay there, I still won't be able to move in for a few weeks.

I visited the University Accommodation Services and they said the entire campus is booked up, even the short term houses for graduate students. I was told the housing shortage is even worse this year, and that they can't even guarantee first-year undergrads on-campus accommodation.

Seth and I have been continuing to crash at the bachelor pad (Nick, Moose and Artur's place), but since we still haven't worked out how to re-compensate them we haven't been wanting to make ourselves too comfortable by cooking too much or bringing over any suitcases. We would usually just come in around 10 or 11pm, chat with Nick and cook a pot of rice or lentils, then go to "bed" (aka the floor) and leave first thing in the morning for BoZo.

I have been spending all day in my office, with Seth using the ANU computers downstairs. We have been making up breakfast, lunch, and dinner out of any microwaveable foods we have, and every afternoon I have been taking a daily trip to Aldi, in Civic, for groceries *Goodness, I love Aldi (so cheap!)* It has been hard, however, to just get a few cans of food, some produce, and a litre of long-life milk each day (just enough to eat for dinner and lunch), since I don't have anywhere to store the food, and can only carry a few things in my backpack while biking.

This whole ordeal has been very frustrating and tiring, though I suppose one good thing is that I have been able to get quite a bit of work done by spending all day in my office. But still, I really hope I can find somewhere to stay by the time Seth leaves next week :o( I want to have a place to unpack, cook, wash, do a bit of yoga, talk at a normal speaking volume, and not have to sneak around or feel uncomfortable.