CrazyTogether

Well, Chris and I were approved for the apartment. The current tenant will be leaving at the end of this month and my official move in date is February 7th. I’ve lived in the same house with my parents my entire life. I’m the baby and the last to leave the nest. It’s a huge deal for me. Chris has been out of his own for a while, so for him this isn’t quite the experience it is for me. We’re both thrilled to be moving in together and I know that it’s a big thing for him as far as moving in with ME. I am nervous and excited, and so many other things it’s hard to describe them all.

I’m not that great of a cook, and I’m not used to completely taking care of myself. It will take some patience on his part while I adjust to being .. well, an adult.

I’m going to fly up to Dallas on the day I sign the lease. I’ll get the paperwork out of the way and then go up there to help Chris finish packing up his stuff and load the U-Haul. The plan is for him to drive that and for me to drive the Mustang and head back down to Houston on Sunday the 8th and move into the apartment.

The big obstacle after the move in is Chris getting a job down here. There’s a possibility he could get a transfer to the Houston office of where he works now, but we’re not going to count our chickens before they’ve hatched. Either way we’ll be okay, we just will have to dial down our spending for a while. That should be super easy, especially since we’re planning a wedding for July….

Chris mentioned that we decided to look elsewhere for an apartment from where we’d originally decided. We loved the layout of the apartment and space and the built in bookcase, but safety concerns based on tenant reviews forced us to think more about it. We ultimately decided it wasn’t worth the things we liked to risk our safety or our belongings to live there. So I began our search again and found some apartments closer to where I live now that seemed like they would be a good fit.

This morning I went by and saw them in person. They had the smallest one (a difference of 20 sqft from the other 1 bedroom), in a downstairs apartment which was a big selling point for us. Since Chris has a bad back and I’m.. well, a bit lazy, I was glad they had one. It’s available for move in February, our target date for moving in. I filled out the application and paid the fee ($35), and I’m supposed to hear back later today if I was approved, which I have no reason to think I won’t be.

So it looks as though if all goes well we will have a place to live. I’m going to sign a 6 month lease so that when Chris is working down here, we can move into something larger and maybe nicer. They have 2 bedrooms there, so we may decide to just upgrade to a larger apartment, but we’ll see. Keeping options opened is the biggest thing.

If my credit is high enough I may not even have to pay the deposit. But even if I do, it’s only $200.00 so it definitely won’t hurt me, but it would be nice to keep that 200 in my pocket for other expenses, like electric deposit and whatnot.