Brainwaves of Sken

I have something important happening on every weekend in May. Penguicon, Lucy’s graduation / my bachelor party thinger, our big move on the 15th, a wedding / our work weekend, and some wedding or another I have to go to with Lucy. Not sure what that’s all about.

Between my lengthy lease and Lucy’s lease, it just wasn’t making sense to rent a house right away. And buying a house is pretty much out due to our student loans, this year. While we were figuring that out, my landlady strong-armed us into looking at the other options in my complex… and frankly, there were some really good options.

Ultimately, we settled on moving into the building across the street. The layout is much more kind, 2 bedrooms, a study, a funky L-shaped 1.5 bath (so both bathrooms can share the shower), a non-galley-style kitchen… and what appears to be an identical view out the back porch doorwall to a nearly identical back yard.

Frankly, we’re still coping with the change in expectations – we were getting excited about really working on a place we could own. That said, the neighborhood is nice, my lease doesn’t have to be broken, and it is so, so very cheap per square foot.

Still requires quarters for laundry. I can’t tell you how much that chafes. Maybe I’ll buy 50 bucks in quarters and keep them in a dispenser.

It looks like we’ll be moving in on the weekend of the 15th, as that is literally the only free weekend we had left in May. Lucy doesn’t have very much in the way of heavy furniture to come from Lansing (a bed, a dresser, some bookshelves), and while I have the rest, the furniture is going all of 150 yards. I will be doing my best to get things moved without reprising The Great And Stupid Back Injury of 2009.

Both of us would be extremely grateful for any help we can get on that weekend (or perhaps leading up to it, if they’ll give us the keys early), I’m sure a thank-you dinner will happen, too! :)

~ by Skennedy on April 22, 2010.

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