Done.

So I've been avoiding this thing I had to do, and today I did it!

(I promptly had a panic attack a few minutes afterward, wondering what I've gotten myself into, and there are still a bunch more things I'd rather avoid than do before the process is done...but that's not the point. And I think it's a good thing.)

To celebrate, I bought a little Christmas tree and put it up in my apartment! :-)