We’ve gone and done it again… we’re moving. The very thought of moving makes me nauseous, but this place was so cute we just couldn’t resist.
We currently live in a little triplex. Our unit is barely 500 sq ft, not including the laundry room. We pay more than you’d expect for it because we have a “yard” out back that consists of 3 narrow dirt-covered strips of land in a T shape. Plus we have a doggie door. It works out great for the pups, but there’s no enjoyment of the back yard. Plus, the pooches bring all of the dirt into the house with them no matter how many rugs we put down between the dog door and the carpeting…
Which brings us to the new place. The new place has a YARD. I don’t mean a patch of dirt… I mean a YARD. With GRASS. And a covered patio… and room for a garden… and a landlady who WANTS me to plant a garden.
Yard! Grass!
And inside? It
has hardwood floors, stainless appliances, a brand new washer/dryer, a remodeled bathroom and pretty white baseboards
It’s a tiny bit bigger than our place now… not by much, but the layout is much, much better. People will no longer have to walk through our bedroom to get to the bathroom. And we’ll actually have a hallway… a small one, but a hallway nonetheless.
At first, the idea of moving scared me. I love our neighbors so much. We’re like a little sorority… 4 of us and 4 dogs. It’s been wonderful. We’re like a little family. And in the building next to us is one of my absolute best friends… our living room windows look into her bedroom…
But that’s what’s great about the new place. It’s literally just 5 houses down from where we are now. So no, we won’t be sharing walls with the greatest neighbor ever, but we’ll still be so close. And now instead of having to tether the dogs out front when we hang out, they can all come hang out off-leash in our YARD.
Did I mention the yard? With a little dwarf lemon tree? And a pretty pink rose bush? And GRASS?
And we won’t be sharing any of our bedroom walls with the neighbors, which absolutely sucks about our current apt. The neighbor’s washer/dryer are against the bedroom wall where the head of our bed is. And our neighbor keeps late hours and does laundry in the middle of the night regularly.
PLUS, none of our windows look into other people’s windows. They all either face the yard or the quiet little side street.
And there’s even enough closet space for my YARN.
It’s just wonderful. We sign the lease next week and we move in May 1st.
Now we just have to pack. And them move 5 houses down. How the hell do you move 5 houses down? Does U-Haul charge by the yard instead of by the mile? Or should we just find some camels? The receptionist at our office said she moved from one NYC apt building to the one next door and she used a Radio Flyer wagon. If only we had a wagon… a really, really big wagon. That comes with 5 burly men (or women) to do all the heavy lifting.
Seriously… what’s the point of bubble-wrapping and box-taping when you’re just taking your stuff down the street?
I counted tonight, and my little plant that I shuffle around from one home to the next has moved 5 times in 8 years… this will make 6. That plant sure gets around.
