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LuckyAlbatross -> New Home/Big Choice Made (6/3/2006 8:58:07 PM)
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My local partner left for Austin Thursday (after enraging me by being late due to trying to copy some CDs). He and my other partner are going apartment hunting today and tomorrow to seal our fate.
We decided DCS should go because he's the oldest, has better credit and the funds to lay down a payment if we want right now. I also wanted DCS and the NV to spend some quality alone time together- if they are going to rub eachother wrong, I want to know NOW, and want to give them an opportunity to "do something together" and see how they function as a team.
It also meant saving money on a ticket for me and it looks less weird having two guys apartment search with eachother than two guys and a girl obviously in love with them both.
Talking to them both on the phone Thursday night was hard though. Up until now I really haven't been terribly enthusiastic about the move- it's stressful, it's work, it's Big Change. But hearing them together, specially with me not there with them, I felt very envious and finally truly EXCITED about the prospect of us being together day to day.
It's weird how often that happens- you don't care much until you aren't part of it, and then you realize how much you need it (yes yes Joni Mitchell said it much better decades ago).
The NV was amazing with this, contacting people, setting up appointments to walk through places. DCS made a spreadsheet to keep track. I felt like such a slacker.
Yesterday and today they did major apartment searching stuff. They called me up this afternoon to give me the rundown and their final picks. I was very tired and cranky after a long day of riding the metro with some of the track shut down, but listened.
I felt weird giving them an OK on something- I hadn't seen the place, I had to rely solely on their judgement and how they related it to me. I asked them both if it was sincerely was they felt was best and that they were not just trying to agree to make the other person feel good and get along. They laughed and assured me that it was indeed their own best choice.
What they said sounded good and like we'd gone over what we could. Since we'd had several discussions before this weekend about the necessary points, I was feeling pretty good about it. But still, what could I say other than "It sounds good and reasonable and let's go for it."
Which they did. PAperwork has been put through and it looks like we're aiming for a mid-July move (best time of the year eh?) to Austin, to the Riata Apartments.
www.riata.com
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