BIG NEWS!

It's official!  WE'RE MOVING!  We've been working on this for about a month.  We'd applied at one place and they just drug everything out for weeks and weeks.  It got to the point that we didn't even care if we got the apartment anymore, we just wanted an answer!  Well, when we finally got the answer, it is was "no".  We were a little disappointed, of course.  But at least we weren't stuck in Limbo anymore.

Last Saturday we went and saw several places.  We liked a few of them, but there weren't any that we just loved, for what ever reason (layout, price, utilities, quality, ect).  On our way to yet another showing, we happened upon some women stuck on the off-ramp.  AJ, being the ever-gallant hero, stopped to help them.  While he was helping, I checked craigslist again, mostly to kill some time while I waited.  I found a new listing that wasn't there twenty minutes before when we'd left the house.  It was actually right in the same area (just across the main road).  AJ finished helping the stranded women (actually, we dropped one of them off at the gas station and she insisted she'd walk back... so we have no idea what happened to them) and went to our original destination.  After we were done there, we decided to drive over and just check it out.  We drove around a bit and then decided to call on it and try to set an appointment up to see it.  Well, it was date night for the lady who had listed the property.  How about Monday?  AJ had a business trip starting Monday.  Joseph and I went with him.  So, Monday was a no-go.  We practically begged to see it before we left, and she acquiesced.

We saw it Sunday evening.  We filled out an application and put down a deposit.  We emailed a signed lease Monday afternoon before we left.  We get the keys on Monday and Tuesday is MOVING DAY!  WOO HOO!  A much better experience than waiting a month just for an answer!  I'm now procrastinating any and all packing (hoping that if I wait long enough, it'll pack itself)...

Our new home has brand new hardwood floors, granite counter tops in the kitchen, brand new carpets, and a brand new washer and dryer.  It's going to be so wonderful to have our own space again.  We are eternally grateful that my parents have been so hospitable and welcoming, but it will be great to have Joseph in his own room and to have a kitchen again.  I've missed my dishes!  =]  I don't have photos yet, but you better believe they are coming.  And you can always hop on over to While He Was Napping to watch my adventures in decorating this place.

Can I get a WOO HOO!?!