Saturday night we dinner with a friend at a restaurant that’s a favorite of hers and, unfortunately, it’s closing in a week. We all ended up with steak whether it was strip or flank. Delicious.
Sunday morning we got up early, ate breakfast at our favorite breakfast place and then hit the road. We visited a town in Southwest Virginia that has a big university in it (I know that’s not very vague, but I have to maintain a semblence of anonimity). We were there to find housing for me for the coming year as I take classes. I also picked up my student ID, found my classroom building and wandered around a bit.
The better-half is a graduate of the school with no name and was able to navigate us around pretty well even though a few things have changed since he went to school there.
Monday we actually visited several apartments and I’ve signed a lease in an older building/community and it’s one that prides itself on quiet and the opposite of party atmosphere. There are a couple of bus stops in the neighborhood and one at the end of my street. That’s going to be so handy getting to and from campus.
We also saw a condo in another community that was a complete shitstorm. The prior residents either are totally slovenly or were pissed at the landlord. The amount of destruction and filth was amazing. I told the realtor that she might want to check the fridge because there were living beings growing in various containers. The top nice touches were the unflushed toilets and the big bottle of vodka on the counter. That will be a lesson to that realtor–look at the condo before showing it.
We’ll need to go back in mid-July to pick up keys and move some items in. I have an inkling that the feeling of overwhelming tiredness we had on Monday evening when we got home is only the beginning. I’m sure that will wear off as the fun begins (classes start).
Too Cool!!! Let us know what you may want or need for your new place. The kidos could do some art work to spruce up the walls!!
I need some artwork!