Winding down....

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We've found a place. For those of you who follow chironcentaur's journal, you know how we...sorta had some issues. Namely, almost not having the money to move at all...and then having, er, fun finding a place.

for serious, folks, it was one big clusterfuck after another. We applied for one place- one that we were told wasn't on the market, no one was being told about it, we just happened to be looking for a place that matched its description. Then after applying, we were told that it was given to someone else. They said "Hey, no big deal! We'll have other apartments available, should know more in a few days!"

Calls went unanswered and unreturned. No fee to apply there, so it cost us aggravation, but not money.

Then I found an ad for another place tat we ended up applying for. Said right up front that we had three cats, were told that it was cool, no problemo and wouldn't disqualify us. The guy didn't have a computer to email the application, so we printed it out and overnighted it with the application fee. All told, we spent nearly $100 to apply to this place. A week later, we FINALLY find out that the cats are a problem after all. Gaaaaah.

The third apartment that we applied for is, most thankfully, ours. Now we just have to get out there. We're looking at leaving in about a week. Waiting for confirmation on the apartment number, then I'll put out a call for anyone who needs the address to email me.

I've been avoiding posting about all this mostly because I'm trying to keep my stress level as low as possible, and I'm sorta afraid that writing endless bitchings online will just make it worse. So far, with a few minor spikes, I'm pretty calm.

I'll post more when there's more to post.

Comments

[erl-queen.livejournal.com]

Moving across country is always going to be stressful, I know from experience. However, overall, I think it's gone pretty well, and now you're almost on your way! Plus, it's a beautiful time of year to get here. (Though you may want to start taking doses of local honey daily so that you don't get killed by the pollen.)