Above is a picture of my room so far at our new house in Mantua. Mantua is a neighborhood in West Philadelphia near Drexel University.
Four of my friends and I have decided that it was time to move off of Moore's little campus, so we've started renting this 5 bedroom house about 2 miles away. Since Moore has no sororities, we've declared our place (which houses about 1/100th of Moore's total student body) Omega/Epsilon Chai Tea, Moore's Premier Pseurority.
Since I came back from Mongolia on July 18th, one of my roommates, Jessica, and I have been living here 'full time,' so to speak, with the other four popping in and out throughout the past few weeks. When we moved in, the house was... shall we say... a dump. There was a pretty thick layer of grime on about every surface of the house, which Jessica and I spent countless hours scrubbing. To complicate the picture, Jessica rescued a 3 month old kitten from abandonment. He is very loving, very cute, but has a bad case of worms and isn't quite litter trained. All of this would be fine, had we the money for vet bills. His name is Toby, and we're finding it difficult to keep up with his numerous... uh... accidents.
I repainted my bedroom and started to decorate. We have a land line phone and a wireless network all to ourselves. The place is starting to feel like home in a way no place has for me in a while. Though, it's been nice to have the whole place to ourselves, Jessica and I are very excited for when the others move in. Sarah and Emily move in tomorrow and Sandy Frank, who's been in the process of moving for the past few weeks, will be officially in on the 16th. It will be a full house, no doubt about that.
The neighborhood is quirky, but safe - which is hard to explain to parents, but luckily, my parents approve of the place, as does Jessica's mom. Sarah and Emily's parents are another story, but sometimes you just can't win those battles.
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