Home at last!

[badseed1980]

pierceheart and I have found a great apartment! Yay! We're going to be in the Ten Hills area of Somerville, in that little triangle created by I-93, McGrath Highway, and the Mystic River. We are, in fact going to be in the Ghetto! No, not the ghetto ghetto, but in the area where we once had three pairs of friends living at the same time, and which we came to call that. Furthermore, we will be on the same street where two of those pairs of friends lived. This is hilarious.

The apartment is spacious: two bedrooms, and six rooms total. There's a dining room, a fairly large kitchen (room enough for a small table and chairs), a living room, a very decent bathroom, and a small enclosed front porch type area which we'll probably end up using as an office. There's also a large, gorgeous back deck which will be perfect for parties. Everything looks very well maintained. The basement is almost completely empty, so there's plenty of storage space down there. The only down side is that there's no off-street parking, but we have almost always been able to get on-street parking on that block, even after everyone else has long since come home from work.

After we signed the lease (which starts right away, not on 9/1), we called up ravenstorm27 and vervain13 (the remaining pair of friends in the area), and asked if we could stop by since we were in the neighborhood and had some good news. They were delighted to see us, and mentioned how good it was to see some good friends. I told them that now we weren't just their friends, but their neighbors, and we explained about the apartment. I think that pretty much made their evening. :) They gave us good scotch, and we chatted for a couple of hours. It was awesome to see them, and it's great to know they'll be nearby.

So. We will be moving in gradually over the next week and a half. We'll bring some small stuff over in Binky, and do the furniture on the weekend of the 16th-17th in a U-Haul. I know the boy is still really nervous about this, and so am I, but I am also REALLY excited. I'm excited about having a new, nice apartment. I'm excited about sharing it with pierceheart. I'm excited about making the place look good. I've never, ever had this before, you know? It's a new world for me. Boy, I hope I don't fuck it up! :)

Comments

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't know that we're ready. But we're ready not to be ready. You know? We're well aware that there will be some rough times, but we know we can make it through them.

[kyrian03.livejournal.com]

That is so awesome!! Congrats to both of you. It is a new scary step but I think you two will work well. I am so happy for you both.

By the way, I emailed you my resume, did you get it?

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

I did! I'm going to e-mail the boss today. :)

[lindalee.livejournal.com]

Yay! terse_scribe and I are not so far from that neighborhood, either (vervain13 walks over to visit easily).

Welcome, neighbor!

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

W00t!

[tigira.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Yay! This is so exciting - for both of you. (And yay for big scary steps!)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Yup! :)

Heck, one big scary step for man (and woman), maybe one giant leap for our relationship. Who knows?

[dolphindream.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Sounds really exciting, even if a bit scary. Good luck to you both! :) *HUGS*

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[inathunderstorm.livejournal.com]

Congrats, that's great news!! ::cheers::

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's a relief to have a place. :)

[hippie1025.livejournal.com]

Yay for finding a place, and double yay for moving in together. :)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Indeed!

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Probably not until after I've moved. It's pretty basic, but it's in good condition and it's rather big. This place is going to be very nice for entertaining, so long as things don't get loud enough to piss off the landlord.

I will have to take pictures of the whole place after we've unpacked and made it look nice. :)

[roaming.livejournal.com]

Congrats! Yay! Hallejulah! Etc.

I'd say we'd help move -- wish I could say that, really really do -- but we're helping Tom's sister/husband/four kids (three of them under 10, lord help us!) move starting tomorrow at oh-dark-thirty, and no clue how long it will take (they don't have to move in one day). And we might just collapse over the weekend, we're not as young as anyone usetabe.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

No worries! We're going to be renting a U-Haul, and we may or may not enlist some people to help us in exchange for pizza and beer or something, for the big stuff, but it's not a big deal if you can't help. I wasn't expecting it or anything.

[roaming.livejournal.com]

I know you weren't expecting it. :-) But it's the kind of thing that I personally think friends SHOULD help eachother with, and we would want to. The more hands the merrier.

[she-of-emeralds.livejournal.com]

Three cheers for you both and many blessings on your new home--ain't it wonderful? I hope to see it soon. I think I know where that area is, I used to live in East Somerville. (Sorry you won't be in Malden, though!)

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks. This area is where tigira and meadmaker lived for a while.

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

We might. And any chance I get to see you in the next couple of months will be greatly appreciated and treasured. :)