So Spirit was listening…always is, yes?!
Anyway, you may recall back in post Dancing With Snakes or Starfish Main Course, I shared about my frustration with and need to move.
Well, let me share more…last Saturday my amazing sister drove up and down about 20 streets over and over for 2 hours looking for my future residence. Almost time to be done, I said, “Okay, let me show you the places I know you will love.”
We visit The Marks. In order to tour we must hand over our driver’s license. My irritation hits the high note. The act gives them far more personal information than I feel is necessary for me to take a look. Like a grenade about to explode, I comply and we tour the campus. The location is perfect, the property attractive, the guide–well, overly gabby. But the price more than I want to fork out.
Now to a nearby competitor, Alexan. Wow! Stylish and attractive on the outside. Bright and inviting inside. I figure these must be condos for sale. No, they lease “homes”–apartments. We view a vacant model in the style I want.
As I enter I feel great energy. It is light and bright and spacious. I see the soaking tub, large windows and, OH MY GOODNESS as washer and dryer in the apartment! Wow! My sister snaps the shot below with her phone even though this unit is leased, as the one I am offered is currently occupied.
But place with the ideal location, convenience to work, workout center, pool and hot tub and access to light rail is even more expensive that the last place. Still it feels great.
I spend the week envisioning living in this space.
It is Friday and I am talking to my mother, who alternately makes me crazy and sane. It is a typical mother daughter thing, you know. Anyway, she has seen the she the picture my sister took. She says go for it. She also asks a question about my current debt that gets me to thinking. Well, no, I have no new debt.
I go home, sharpen my pencil and crunch some numbers. I could afford this place. Okay, there will be very little food on the table, but it is doable.
So, I email Heather to ask what is now available. She has a unit available in June for what my mother tells me will be like $220 more a year. Moms!
I email her back asking what is available in the price arrange we originally discussed.
She replys that the one she showed me is once again available.
We meet. Apparently, 3 other folks applied for the unit and were denied due to background or credit check. If I applied this month I would get $500 off the first month. As my employer is a prefered employer, over $100 in fees are waived. And the deposit is $87 because they use some company who will pay them should the occupant default.
Plus, because of I-can’t-remember-what they will not need to call/check my rental references or employer. Oh, Heather is able to complete my credit check and criminal background check in minutes. I pass! Hum.
We get all of this done in about 15 minutes.
Even she says, “This must have been meant to be!”
I say,”This is just weird.” I am thinking, “God’s got this,” and relax into the chair.
Now, on the next adventure, see what Spirit now has in store…
EveryWherePresent 