So we got it…
…the GREAT apartment I mean. I’m not sure why I haven’t written about it. I’ve been really down. Have I mentioned how much I HATE moving? HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE it. Anything that uproots me makes me all emotional and crazy. Then of course there are the money issues.
Moving is so expensive! Depending on how it works out, and this is how it worked out for us, you have to pay rent on the old place. rent on the new place, and an extra month’s rent for a deposit. That is 3 months of rent! That isn’t including moving costs, activation fees, etc. For anyone who lives paycheck-to-paycheck this is a challenge. No wonder I’ve languished in my current tenement (I’m being a TAD dramatic) for as long as I have.
So because of this and various other personal variables my mood has been like this:
Isn’t this picture stunning? I would like to design an entire room around it. It would look something like this:
In this room I could stare out that window at the rain, read my Edna St. Vincent Millay poetry, and listen to Leonard Cohen. It’s the perfect “dwelling in your bad mood” room.
Don’t worry I’ll snap out of it. Really I should be deliriously happy, and I will be. Once this is all over, it will be so worth it. So let’s forget about my bad mood for a minute and I’ll tell you about my place!
1) It’s BRAND NEW. That’s right! It’s being built as we speak. That means a NEW kitchen with NEW appliances, NEW bathrooms that have never been used. NEW everything. After living in a falling apart, pre-war unit for so long this is very appealing to me.
2) I have my own bedroom AND bathroom! I’m going from really having neither to having both. Oh the bubble baths that I will take! I’m so excited. I’ll have my own zone where I can escape from anything and everything.
3) There is a dishwasher. People that can get by without a dishwasher are better people than me. It doesn’t help that in my current apartment the water pressure is so bad that it takes a half hour to fill up the sink. I’m not kidding! Washing dishes by hand is a time-consuming nightmare right now.
4) IN-UNIT WASHER/DRYER. This is it. This is the promised land. This was the dream item. We didn’t expect to actually get it, but we did! This changes lives. I’m not kidding. I had an in-unit w/d once, and I still dream about it to this day. I can wash my sheets every single day if I want to, and I just might.
5) An Office for the roommate. Somehow we managed to pull off getting two bedrooms AND an office. I’m not sure how this happened, but it did. Since my roommate works from home this is a big PLUS.
So there you have it. I have to get in there and measure so I can see how much of my furniture is coming with me and what has to go. I just have to get through this rough patch. The reward will be SOOOOOOO worth it. Thank you everyone for your encouragement.
