I guess I'll start ranting about all the shit that's happened to me since I moved into my dorm.
1) First off, this room didn't come with nearly as much storage as my old room. My old room had one of those closet-thingies (I forget what they're called) with a big drawer underneath it, and three little drawers. There wasn't a lot of room to hang things up in the close, but it was fine. It also came with a dresser. This room has NO dresser. Just one of the closet thingies, and under the closet part two medium-sized drawers. I was already worried that all my clothes wouldn't fit (I've got a lot of clothes), and then it turned out one of the drawers was
broken! That really pissed me off and threw off my unpacking. I had to put a work order in (God knows when they'll finally fix it) and haven't unpacked my clothes yet.
2) My school requires you to register your computer before you can use it to connect to the internet. At the beginning of the semester, this takes a long time because the server is very busy with so many students registering at the same time. Because of this, one of the first things I did was hook up my computer. When I opened my web browser, I got "this page cannot be displayed" instead of the registration page that usually comes up! I tried to fix it Sunday night and Labor day, but my attempts were futile. So yesterday I wound up sitting in IT with 10 or 15 other people who couldn't connect to the internet, and luckily they fixed it pretty quickly. Still, it was an annoying hassle to be with no internet for 3 days, especially when there's not a lot to do.
3) After going to IT yesterday, I went to the bookstore to ask if my voucher had come in for my books. (I get a voucher from voc rehab, or Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, as it is called in New Jersey.) They told me it hadn't come in and to call my DVR counselor. I went back to my room, and he told me he had sent it August 29 and to go to Student Accounts since that's who they mailed it to, along with my tuition aid money. Student Accounts said that if they got the voucher, they would have sent to to the bookstore and that they did get the other money. They said that if it wasn't in the computer at the bookstore, that it was probably in the back. I went BACK to the bookstore, and they still couldn't find it. They told me to ask my DVR counselor to fax over the information. So I did. I was too lazy to go back to the bookstore though, which is why I went today. Finally, I got my books.
On top of all that other crap I had to do yesterday, I had to go to the teaching department so I could make sure I could still apply. I had been panicking for days over something I saw on the application (if what was on the application was true, I wouldn't be able to apply because I wouldn't have enough credits in my major.) Luckily, the advisor I talked to said I was fine. I still gotta write my 4 page essay for it though, and it's due Monday, 9/11.
4) Today I got woken up by maintenance men coming to fix the mold on my ceiling. (Yep, there was mold. I'm allergic to it too.) I wasn't even wearing a bra.
After they left I went back to sleep and hours later got woken up by another maintenance man wanting to check my air conditioning filter.
So that's all the crap I've gone through. Luckily, most of it was resolved. Unfortunately I still have the broken drawer though.
