squeee!!!

[edenfalling]

What I did today:

1) Wrote 150 words of "Finding Marea"
2) Bought two bottles of wine
3) Had a nice visit with my parents and my dog
4) Discovered what became of the girl who used to work in the corner pizza place (she switched to a different pizza place downtown)
5) Signed a lease and put down a deposit for MY NEW APARTMENT!!!

It's the PERFECT apartment.

Well, okay, to be perfect it would need to cost $50 less per month, include the electric bill in the rent, and have laundry facilities in the basement instead of a couple blocks down the street... but seriously, it's an AMAZING apartment. It's the top floor of a small house in a nice neighborhood, far enough away from the Commons to be quiet but still with some commercial stuff close by (like a REAL GROCERY STORE just two blocks away!) and close enough that I can easily walk to the bus stop.

And it's cosy and comfortable, with enough space that I can bring all 5 of my bookcases and conceivably live there for years! It doesn't feel institutional. It feels like a HOME.

I haven't had a proper home for several years now. I haven't really lived with my parents for a long time, but all my other apartments and rooms have been shared and had a definite "temporary" feel to them. This doesn't.

I move in June 12th.

I AM SO HAPPY!!! *dances*

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Remind me tomorrow to tell the story of the landlord whose apartments I'm not renting. This guy was just unbelievable.

Comments

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your almost-perfect apartment!

[annearchy.livejournal.com]

Congratulations about the apartment!! I mean, the good one that you're going to rent. I'm so glad we've been out of the rental market for a long time.

[willowgreen.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I'm flashing back to my first post-college apartment, on Court St., with the truly crazy landlady. ::long shudder:: So glad to hear you've found a really good place--it makes such a difference. Is it your own place, or are you sharing? You sound roommate-free.

[edenfalling]

My place. Four rooms plus bath and it's ALL MINE! No more grotty mess in the bathroom. No more soaked toilet paper because people can't sponge off the sink. No more spoiling food left on the counters. No more unidentifiable sauces splashed over the stove and baked into the metal. No more inexplicably vanishing groceries. No more runaway dishes. No more cigarette smoke and incense hanging like miasma in the hallways. No more loud drunken people watching movies at 2am.

I am on my OWN, baby!

(I've had some great roommates, but I'm ultimately a very teritorial person. I didn't realize how much sharing a bedroom bugged me until I left campus dorms. And then it took me a couple years to realize that even with a private retreat, I still passionately hate sharing kitchens and bathrooms when I don't have final say over house rules.)

[erised1810.livejournal.com]

Hurray!!!! {{hugs}}