And the countdown begins...

Less than 3 weeks to go before we move it. I'm excited, I actually get to look at decor and think, "Would that look good in the living room or the study?" I may not be able to purchase anything until I start working but the thoughts are great!

Greg already starte school and he's away from me during the week, which totally blows and that's another reason I'm so anxious to move!! I'm not looking forward to bills, but it comes with the territory. As the weeks go by...I get closer and things seem to come together. We're definitely getting there collecting our kitchen items and we won't have any furniture, but hey, we're a young couple, it's not gonna be Home and Garden in there!

Oh, JOb searching...I know I'm not the only one is this country who is looking and that's probably why it's so tough! (sigh) In a perfect world, I would get a job interview soon and be able to start the week after we move in! But no...and speaking of new avenues, I'm going to look into going back to school, a real school, in the spring. I'm stoked I qualify for FASFA thanks to Greg (I'll be supporting him, which qualifies me)...I'm excited to see where I am on my 24th birthday, wow, I'm getting old!! Hopefully I'll have a great job, loving the apt, and getting ready for school or even in school already...

God's been blessing me and I sure hope he continues to!

We got the apartment we wanted!

We started checking out apartments just a few weeks ago, and we actually took a look when we went up to Austin to clean out his last apartment because the lease was coming to an end.

Originally I didn't look at this place online and neither did Greg, but driving around, the area we did look at online..lets just say seemed a lot safer online. Talk about being bummed, so we went up one exit and let me tell you what a difference one exit can make. The apartments around there were pretty nice...I remember stopping off at one called Austin City Lights and the cheapest they had was $800 which was out of our price range and then across the street, Jefferson at Falcon Ridge. Greg said we should look and I agreed. We walked in and the leasing office seemed nice. When she showed us around..I was loving it. A fitness center open 24 hrs, 2 pools, a volleyball court with sand, a nature trail around the complex...what more could you ask for? Oh wait, a car care center to wash/vacuum your car for free!

Then she showed us a model apt, which was a slightly different layout, but it gave us an idea of the place...I immediately fell in love! It had hardwood floors, the kitchen had many cabinets, a laundry room with ample room for all of our dirty clothes, and a walk in closet that was huge! It was amazing. At first Greg wanted to wait, but I was worried. She told us they only had one apartment left and at the price of $695, it was definitely a steal...I didn't push it but Greg seemed to like it very much and after consulting with Madre, we put in an application.

Patience is very, very hard! Our leasing agent was out of town last week!!! She didn't even tell us! And finally today we got the car that in one month (okay, so 5 weeks) we will be able to move into our apartment! It's so exciting!! I'm just stoked that we have a study!!! He can do his homework and not be bothered we'll have a place for our guest to stay (just no bed) and it's all ours...

Although I can't wait to move to Austin, there will be a lot to come with it. Thank goodness we spent the summer saving...