Tampa booked plane tickets for all of us to go visit and for Phil to have his official interview when Katie is coming, so they're hopefully going to reschedule! Otherwise, Phil is just going. I wish they had asked before they bought the plane tickets!! And a few days ago, I noticed they posted the job Phil is applying for online, but since they have taken it off, yay!!
I've been doing some research online and have apartments narrowed down to 5 or 6 that we are going to look at while we are there. They all accept our pets and have rent that we can afford for a 2 bedroom, 1 or 2 bath. There's no way we could even afford a 3 bedroom right now, and unfortunately a lot of those 2 beds are under 1000 sq. feet. We'll just have to scale down! A lot of them do have a built in computer center which would definitely help too. But, we want quality over quantity right now, I think it'll be nicer in the long run. Looking at the floorplans, they have the same size bedrooms, and a slightly larger living room and either one or two bathrooms. Some just have a closet laundry room, others a real laundry room like we have here. Oh and they also have smaller dining rooms! I hope we can keep our table, otherwise we'll have to find a cheap circular one! But, I'm not going to get ahead of myself. We need to be guaranteed the position and find an apartment first. Then I can try to figure it all out.
A few minutes ago I talked to Phil and they shut down for the day, yay! It was about 2 p.m. but I'm still betting he wont' be home until 6. He has to wait around for some samples, drive back, stop by the office (there will be people there), and I bet they get distracted, then finally comes home. He doesn't think it'll be that late, but we'll see!!! I shoulda bet something good!!
Showing posts with label apartment hunting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label apartment hunting. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
I just finished 30 Rock: Season 2!! Now I have to wait for Season 3 to come up so that I can catch up and be ready for Season 4 next year. This is going to be a busy summer. Catching up on 30 Rock and The Office. Now I need to find something else to watch that they have "instantly" on Netflix... I wish the selection wasn't so limited.
Phil has his first performance review on Thursday, yay! He doesn't think that the company is giving raises right now, but we can always hope. At least its a job, raises can always come later. I'm nervous for him, but I don't think that he is, which is good. Oh and they told him and his coworker that they needed to have less hours, that they were spending too much time on the site (last week Phil clocked 90 hours). They wanted them to leave earlier and catch up the next day. Unfortunately, Phil has to commute and the other guy isn't great about getting out early. Phil has been getting home between 7:30 and 8 everyday now :(.
We have decided that we're going to move out of our apartment for sure. We're going to get one of the "brand new" ones that they're working on right now in our complex. The rent should stay the same, a little less square feet, and 2 bed 1 bath. I filled out a "vacate" form yesterda
y (need Phil to sign it), and will turn it in. So, if something goes wrong with that place, I guess we'll be looking for another complex to move into. Not at all bad though. We are looking for someplace to stay for 3-4 more years until we are ready to buy a house and we want to LOVE the floorplan, etc. This apartment should be all new, with new appliances and such. Since its from insurance, they aren't buying "used" appliances, like dishwashers and such. I'm excited about it!
Phil has his first performance review on Thursday, yay! He doesn't think that the company is giving raises right now, but we can always hope. At least its a job, raises can always come later. I'm nervous for him, but I don't think that he is, which is good. Oh and they told him and his coworker that they needed to have less hours, that they were spending too much time on the site (last week Phil clocked 90 hours). They wanted them to leave earlier and catch up the next day. Unfortunately, Phil has to commute and the other guy isn't great about getting out early. Phil has been getting home between 7:30 and 8 everyday now :(.We have decided that we're going to move out of our apartment for sure. We're going to get one of the "brand new" ones that they're working on right now in our complex. The rent should stay the same, a little less square feet, and 2 bed 1 bath. I filled out a "vacate" form yesterda
y (need Phil to sign it), and will turn it in. So, if something goes wrong with that place, I guess we'll be looking for another complex to move into. Not at all bad though. We are looking for someplace to stay for 3-4 more years until we are ready to buy a house and we want to LOVE the floorplan, etc. This apartment should be all new, with new appliances and such. Since its from insurance, they aren't buying "used" appliances, like dishwashers and such. I'm excited about it!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Its going to be a busy week!
This week is going to be busy, but good!!!
Today: MS (mystery shop)
Tuesday: Nothing :(
Wed: 2 MS's, Story time at the library
Thurs: Baby and Me at the library
Fri: Alumni St. Pats party at a brewery
Sat: Cracker Barrel with meetup.com group and MS
Sun: MS
Of course that doesn't include the bank run, grocery store (x2), and whatever else we normally do in the day.
I'm also *hoping* to get a new lease signed for the apartment. We're going to move into a 2 bed 1 bath (instead of 3 bed 2 bath) with only 100 less sq. feet. It'll save us a few bucks too, oh and the rooms are a lot larger. But, if they can't get us the one we want, I'm going to put in our 60 days and we'll be feverishly apartment hunting the next 60 days. There are others that we've seen. Unfortunately, we'll have to *waste* money with more deposits and such, but we're planning on sticking there for 3-4 more years. (Fingers crossed the job situation doesn't stink).
I am super excited about this alumni get-together. Phil talked to the guy in charge of it and they hadn't done anything for about 10 years. I'm glad that they finally are. Maybe it'll become somewhat regular... every few months or so. I can't wait to meet some fellow alumni! Its so weird, I'm an alumni, you would think I'm 70 or something... I guess that's how I always looked at it as a kid. Some old man, long beard, grey, and wrinkly, about 70... thats someone who is an alumnus of a University. I'll let you know how it goes!
Today: MS (mystery shop)
Tuesday: Nothing :(
Wed: 2 MS's, Story time at the library
Thurs: Baby and Me at the library
Fri: Alumni St. Pats party at a brewery
Sat: Cracker Barrel with meetup.com group and MS
Sun: MS
Of course that doesn't include the bank run, grocery store (x2), and whatever else we normally do in the day.
I'm also *hoping* to get a new lease signed for the apartment. We're going to move into a 2 bed 1 bath (instead of 3 bed 2 bath) with only 100 less sq. feet. It'll save us a few bucks too, oh and the rooms are a lot larger. But, if they can't get us the one we want, I'm going to put in our 60 days and we'll be feverishly apartment hunting the next 60 days. There are others that we've seen. Unfortunately, we'll have to *waste* money with more deposits and such, but we're planning on sticking there for 3-4 more years. (Fingers crossed the job situation doesn't stink).
I am super excited about this alumni get-together. Phil talked to the guy in charge of it and they hadn't done anything for about 10 years. I'm glad that they finally are. Maybe it'll become somewhat regular... every few months or so. I can't wait to meet some fellow alumni! Its so weird, I'm an alumni, you would think I'm 70 or something... I guess that's how I always looked at it as a kid. Some old man, long beard, grey, and wrinkly, about 70... thats someone who is an alumnus of a University. I'll let you know how it goes!
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