In
addition to everything else that has been going on in our life recently, we
have also been looking here and there for a new place to live. This really isn’t
a surprise given the issues that we have had with our current residence especially
over the past year. Well, we have finally found a place and we are busy packing
the apartment. Between the other things that are on our schedule this month, we
will be packing and moving everything about 45 minutes away in Chester Springs.
The
new place will significantly shorten my wife’s commute to work while it will
cut about 5 minutes \off of my drive despite being a few more miles each way. However,
the biggest change will be the drastic increase in the amount of living space.
The apartment that we have spent the last three years in has approximately 700
square feet while our new dwelling is 1400 square feet plus a finished basement.
And, better yet, we will go from one bathroom to two and a half (those of you
who are married understand the importance of this upgrade).
However,
at the moment we are carrying two leases. We are attempting to ‘play nice’ in
our request to terminate the lease for our apartment and hopefully that will
come through. Although I am planning for the usual cluster that has become
increasingly commonplace during our time living in the building. I guess we
will have to wait and see if they want to play nice as well.
In
the meantime, we are not going to let that stop us from moving forward
(westward actually). There is a fresh coat of paint, new carpet, and a few
other upgrades in the new place that we are looking forward to and I will have
my own office and workbench area in the basement. The move has already begin
with a few dozen boxes stacked in the corner and even more boxes packed and
piled in the apartment. Once we have some more time, we will get a few movers
and finish the job.
So,
with the year coming to an end there is another change happening. We would have
liked to have done this sooner but some things you can’t really plan for and
you have to just let them happen. It’s not an easy time to move but nothing
that we can’t make happen. And while no one enjoys the process of moving, we
are looking forward to settling in to a new space and starting the next stage
of our life.
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