So that job I interviewed for a couple of weeks ago went through and I’m awaiting confirmation from the City Council of Pasadena. I should be able to start after Thanksgiving and before Christmas. I am so ready to move on and live on my own. I was looking for roomate situations, but I still haven’t found one and I do enjoy living on my own. I think Luna will miss the back yard and family members, but will love going to the dog park more often and I will be nearer my sister and her family (yes, I’m just excited about my nephew and her potential little one, yep she’s preggers)). So I’ve been looking around and given Hurricane Ike, I think the inventory isn’t what it could be. There’s only a few places within my $450-$500 a month budget that accept 35 pound dogs for less than a $500 non-refundable deposit. I don’t mind 100-200, but I’m not paying more than that. After I get a start date, I will look more seriously and go down and look at some places while staying with my sister. If I can’t find anything with availability, I can always stay with the sister for a few weeks while I look. I would prefer something more immediate so I can get the whole moving thing done and have my own place again. I’m already got a whole lot of links to stuff I’m intersted in for my apt from Ikea and Walmart.
Apartment Requirements:
- Within 10 miles of work. 5 would be better and more easily doable.
- Within walking distance of a park and grocery store.
- Discrete electricty so everything isn’t just averaged together with the energy sapping neighbors.
- Hopefully it will be on the west side of Pasadena or Southeast of Houston since the place that does Heroes and the ward I’m looking at will both be in western Houston so I want to be closer to both than Baytown, even though the sister is further east than Baytown. I guess I just need to compromise.
I’m looking to…
- Bike to work at least 3 times a week. Preferably every day.
- Daily Luna walks.
- Weekly trips to the dog park.
- Go to church every week.
- See Heroes in the theater
- Shop only once a week.
- Buy food only after using the current food.
- Stay true to my budget and swtay paying down the credit card and student loans.
- Not get at home cable or internet. I guess I’ll rely on my work and free connection.
- Be more social.
- Limit fabric shopping
- Sew for more people and enhance my skills.
I guess I can mention that I’m doing a sort of Boot Camp at work. It’s 2-3 days a week and I’m really feeling it today. Somehow I don;t think it balances out the mashed potatoes, bisquit and gravy, and rolls I had as a lunch/midmorning snack.
On the bright side, my sweet cousin put my bike together. I just need to buy a inner tube since the back one blew up or something within the tire. Bummer. My bike is pink thugh. I think my goal for the weekend is to take care of any rusty areas and de-rust my Dad’s tools. Oops. I left them outside for 4 months.
Posted on November 18th, 2008 by anabolina
Filed under: General
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