And now back to real life.

So my vacation with my mom and her friend Blia was...OK.  I think next time around though I will have to plan a little bit better. Going on vacation without any money and having to rely on your mother (though I'm glad she was willing to help) is not my idea of fun.

Vegas could have been a place where I had more fun but instead it was just a destination -somewhere to go so I didn't have to sit home for a week bored out of my mind.

Picking up a cold on the day before we came home also sort of put a damper on the experience. I think the best thing about the trip was being somewhere warm and sunny.

And now back to real life. Home today with this damn cold and what a rotten day it's been. They're doing construction in one of the apartments next to/below me (I can't quite tell which) that woke me up at 8am. And then tonight, there is water leaking from the area where the hose is connected for the washing machine. And it's not from me doing laundry.

I am worried that they're going to find some way to charge me for this and/or for anything else they do to the apartment when they do the upgrades after I move and I'm going to get screwed.

And now I'm also stressing about finding a new place to live. I got excited about some available efficiencies at Galtier Towers but now those aren't available and they only have studios which rent for 860.00 a month! Much as I think I could swing it -I am nuts. I have barely survived this 845.00 a month.

I just sent an email to the woman that owns a place I looked at last spring. It's the upper unit of a 4-plex. It was charming and small and had a lot of character. It just doesn't have any amenities and the laundry is 2 narrow flights of stairs down from the apartment.  The price tag is great though... 675.00 a month. And because it's a 1 bedroom, I could see myself sticking around a while and really making it a home. While I've loved my apartment, I've not really "settled" as I've known from the start that it was too much money and that I probably wouldn't be able to stay here forever.

I think I'd have to save my pennies though and hire movers this time around. It wouldn't be fair to my friends or family to have them help me move into this one.  The stairs will make it challenging.

Now the big question will be will it still be available in the next month or so...it's been available for months but now it's getting to be that time of year when people are ready to move.

Will I miss out on this too?

I know I should probably be willing to look at other parts of the city and taking another bus but I really really need to avoid that. One bus is already hard enough some days.

Or should I go ahead and look at Mears Park again? Even though the leasing agent turned quite rude once she found out I was just looking and going to be looking at other places. Should I really let that dissuade me from considering it? The location is ideal and it has amenities and the rents are within the range I can make work...

Fuck. Moving.