#i had a dorm room secured but i didnt sign the contract bc i was waiting to hear about an actual apartment

[chaos-coming]

I hate having to find housing every time i move like this is so stressful and eating up all my time.

I just want to find a place i dont hate living and put down some roots for once, but everywhere i liked i had to leave bc of external bullshit (like getting deported during the pandemic lockdowns bc my visa status didnt qualify to stay) and everywhere thats supposed to be nice turns out to suck majorly (austria my beloathed)

[notmusa]

had a neat dream about working in a massive secret government science facility. basically i was one of the scrubs, whose jobs range from cleaning the bathrooms to data entry to feeding the test subjects depending on ur security clearance 

the schedule was 7 days on 7 days off due to the "effects" of being onsite. during ur work week u live in an underground dorm situation on site, bunk beds, etc, & during the off week u live in a more aparment-like house in an artificial town built specifically for employees 

there was a really confusing system of elevators in the building & the scrubs just sort of scuttled around doing their scrub work. i got randomly called on the intercom to do an interview to join the crew of one of the doctors working on a specific project. my scrub buddies were giving me tips & opinions & stuff & when i got to the interview room it was a huge sterile white room w my name projected on the wall & the doctor was behind glass & it was super intimidating but we ended up chatting & he was a super nice guy 

two of my scrub buddies got reassigned to a new crew w a higher security clearance & the rumor was that whatever they were working on was gonna be super gross & smelly & they were super bummed out 

also sometimes youd be scheduled to be tested yourself, so you would show up & the room would be flooded w 6 inches of water & thered be some different colored balls or w/e random thing & the intercom would say "begin testing" and youd have no idea what's going on 

as a scrub all of ur tasks are highly specific & structured so as to not give you any hint of the whole scope of the project youre assigned to. no asking questions, no talking about ur work. there was a lot of gossip tho, but nobody wants to get in trouble bc u signed a contract & maybe u didnt read the contract v thoroughly & there are rumors about what happens to u if u breach the contract. sometimes fellow scrubs disappear & nobody knows if they just got reassigned to a higher clearence project or if they were Dissappeared

it pays p decently tho & getting every other week off is great 

the lil artificial town u live in during ur off weeks is p standard. it was built specifically for the employees & their families so in addition to housing theres grocery stores & schools & bars & theaters & stuff. but it feels a little plastic sometimes when u think about it, & theres a lot of cctv, and also u cant leave. u SIGNED a CONTRACT. but theres a climbing gym & a nature preserve & adult education classes 

but what i remember most was how complex the system of underground hallways & elevators were. everything was labeled w numbers & letters, like "take elevator F8 in zone ALPHA to floor D12a and follow hallway RED to conference room 11r" & "floor S57 zone PHI is a SILENT AREA" 

"floors D15 through J66 are currently OFF LIMITS to those with security clearances below JAGUAR SIX. please avoid floors D15 through J66 until further notice. non-compliants are at risk for CONTAMINATION and possible BONE REJECTION" 

anyway it was a fun dream a+