Movin' on up... (aka out of the Ghetto)...

I've been at my present apartment for almost two years now. I didn't realize it when I was moving in, but it's pretty darn close to a few ghetto areas. The place seemed nice enough at the time... the price was not too bad... it was 4 miles from work... just a few miles from Markus' house...

I don't think I felt terribly unsafe at first. It was probably after Markus had his car broken in to that I started to wonder... then I would hear stories about neighbors seeing strangers peering into their apartments to see if they were home, possibly to break in... then there were a slew of car break ins... loitering... and a general sense of uneasiness started to overcome me. I didn't feel safe walking to my car at night as the lights were constantly going out in the parking lot. I don't even feel safe during the day leaving my door unlocked just to run down to throw trash out. I panic when my door bell rings or there is a knock at my door if I am not expecting someone. I suppose this is what I get for the "convienence" of being close to things. Turns out it's pretty inconvienent.

So I'm happy to be moving in a few months to Jamesville. Still just 6 or 7 miles to work, but hopefully a lot safer. It's next to a new housing complex with nice houses and the apartments are new (2006). I hope there's less crime, but we're also not naive enough to leave a GPS in the car anymore. It's sad you can't trust anyone.

Well anyways, I am super excited to decorate a new place. We'll have hardwood floors in the kitchen and living/dining area, ceramic tile in the 1.5 baths, 2 bedrooms(one can be an office/guest room), and a balcony. It will tide us over until we get a house in a few years.

Here's a pic:


And you know what else is awesome? new appliances. So my dishwasher will actually clean my dishes rather than cake more food on them! :-P It's a bit more than I am paying currently for rent, but it has heat/hot water included(my current place doesn't), and I'll have a roomate (Markus haha:-P).

Yup, for the first time I will be living with someone. :-O By then I'll have lived on my own for 2.5 years. Miss independent. It's not as though Markus wasn't over all the time, it's just different when it's both of ours. Soon enough his will be mine, mine will be his, and everything will be ours... :-D