Okay, so we finally got to see pictures of the place I described in my last post, and we concluded that it is dark and kind of scuzzy. No bowed window, as Ellen had thought – and very few windows overall. The bathroom is an add-on that seems pretty minimal and gross. Ellen’s looking at one more apartment today. This one is a large 1/2 house (the landlord lives in the other half). It’s 2 1/2 bedrooms for 700.00 + utilities (average about 150.00 a month). Eat in kitchen, living room, dining room, private washer/dryer in unit, all hardwood floors, and off street parking. Within walking distance of Cobbs Hill Park (which has a lake you can swim in), a good public library, and shops on Monroe. If it looks as good as it sounds, I think we will go for this one instead. The location is really good, the amount of space is better, and it’s in our price range. I just hope that this one doesn’t contain any nasty surprises! We’ll hear from Ellen tonight about her visit.
Also, our car has just gone from “occasional clanking noise that the mechanics identified as the muffler, but which didn’t seem to be causing any problems” to “has trouble starting to the point where we need to put the hazard lights on because our automatic engine is lugging.” We’re taking it in Thursday. Yay.
