Where to Live, Live, Live

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Gene

I don’t know why I’m in such a hurry, but I want it all — now. I want a great job and a fantastic home, and dammit, why haven’t I gotten them yet? After all, I’ve been here for SIX days already.
I’ve been looking at lofts for rent. This weekend I found one I liked but it was rented out from under me. The one I looked at today was nice but way too small; it had a spiral staircase and I envisioned scenarios wherein the movers couldn’t get my furniture upstairs and the dog slipped and fell off them.
Still, I’m hopeful that I’ll find a cool pad somewhere near downtown, where I can be simultaneously bohemian and high-tech.
Yes, Kat, I would love to buy something, but without an income I might find it difficult to qualify for a mortgage. Plus, I don’t want to buy right away — I want to find a job then find a home near my office.
I’m realizing that I am going to have to bite the bullet and spend more than I had expected to. Originally I thought that a one bedroom would run $800-1,000; now I’m seeing that the minimum I can expect to spend for a nice place is $1,500. And if I was willing to spend $2,000, I could move in to a nice Tuscan-style house across the street from where I’m staying now.
I guess I have plenty of time — the movers tell me that my shipment is leaving Maryland today. Yes, I’d expected it to arrive this week, but it turns out that it hasn’t even left yet. My god, I’ve had nothing but disappointments from Allied Van Lines. Let this be a warning to you. This also means that I don’t have my portfolio, making it tough to apply for jobs.
As for my car, I still don’t have a clue when it’s coming.
So here I sit in someone else’s home, without my stuff, feeling like a fish in a plastic bag waiting to be dumped into a new tank.