so i'll say it again... i hate moving. i have every year.... if you don't believe me look at my posts between march and june of every year. it's there, over and over again. what is it they say about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results?
anyway, i just did 2 days of marathon apartment (groan) hunting. with the 90+ degree weather and insane humidity, i'd have to say the golf cart rides started to leave a lot to be desired. sucks too... i love golf carts. i'd forgotten how crappy most apartments are and how price and location don't always guarantee quality. i also forgot about how much smaller apartments are. and older. and usually dirtier. sabrina and i hit 9 places on saturday and another 5 on sunday. i have a stack of paperwork on my coffee table that is a little scary in size and that all says the same thing...
*scenic views *state of the art fitness center *tennis courts *pools *controlled access entry (who are they kidding??) *blah blah blah
and on and on they go. luckily sabrina and i are both kind of anal-retentive dorks who decided making a spreadsheet and rating the apartments on a number of important factors was a good idea. it made the process a little easier and we were able to narrow it down to 4 favorites. out of those 4, two were actually newer and pretty nice. in fact, we picked our number one, except there is a catch... we haven't actually seen the inside of the place! it won't be available for a walk through until the current residents vacate on aug 26th, so we can't see it til then. but it's the only 3 bdrm available in the complex... and if we don't throw some money at the leasing agents they won't hold it for us. tricky, tricky bastards. we have faith though, and it's actually a cheap (but of course non-refundable) holding fee. the complex also has a seriously kick ass clubhouse w/ a pool table which is a big plus if i'm even going to consider having the christmas party this year. i think i'm seeing a faint light at the end of a very long, dark tunnel.
to throw another wrench in the works, i really would rather just stay where i am. but $1500 between two seems like too much. so we came up with the novel idea of asking the owners if we could stay for 1200. since there are a lot of vacancies and for sale signs in this neighborhood, we pointed out to them that a four month vacancy after we left would cost them more then giving us cheaper rent and keeping a steady income of our dollars. we're still waiting to hear from them... which sucks. so i'm keeping my fingers crossed while also trying to push it out of my mind as an option. but it is hard... i'd rather stay. i love it here.
so jay is moved out. for the most part. and huey leaves in 6 weeks. while i feel abandoned, i'm also pretty lucky to have gotten a cool roomie. the only bearable thing about 2 days of nazi-intensity apartment hunting was having someone fun there to laugh about it with.
anyways, i have another test in 11 hours (i swear they are getting closer and closer together), an unfinished presentation due wednesday, a paper due next monday and then finals next wednesday. what a fun week i have in front of me.
thankfully i see another faint light though... clerks 2 comes out this week...
