On the Hunt for Another Apartment!
My younger sister has been working in Boston for the last year and lives with our uncle and aunt and that could continue for at least a year, if not more but due to some parental pressures and maybe some of her own independent worries, she brought the idea to my attention to move in together. Although I am clearly happy with where I am, I also would love to save a couple hundred dollars a month and live with my sister, who I do disagree and bicker with but of course, love very much. She and I have a funny relationship that I can't even try to explain but the bottom line is that if she is willing to live with me, then I am more than happy to do the same!
We found one place that I thought was absolutely perfect (even closer to work, reasonable price, space for both of us, two of my friends from work lived in the same complex, newly renovated, etc.) but due to some complications, we had to back out even after getting our application accepted. I was sad and a little frustrated but once I got it out of my mind and started to look elsewhere, my sister and I have been excited about other opportunities. She's driving up tomorrow and on Friday, we have four tours and two on Saturday. Out of the six, there are some that we like better but we are keeping our minds open.
My favorite one right now looks absolutely beautiful and has everything I would ever want, however, it's the farthest from work. I don't love the idea of a long commute but I think the positives outweigh the negatives for that one. The rest are closer to work but not nearly as nice and smaller but what's weird is that they are all about the same price. I told my sister that my one request is that I am not going to pay more than I would've if I stay with my current place. Thankfully, she understands which again, will make any longer commute or difference in living situations worth it because I will be saving more money!
I think I have touched upon that before but it's crazy to me that I can work a full-time job and still only make very little net worth with all of life's expenses. Every time I think I will start to go up and up, I stay about the same or even worse, decrease month after month. Fortunately, even with car payments, rent, groceries, gas and everything in between, I am still feeling financially stable and it feels surreal to say! I am hopeful that by my next blog post, I will have my new home settled and we will move in shortly after that! We are hoping to move mid-late June so I can gradually move out all of my stuff (which isn't a huge amount until I start to think about it). I am going to miss my walk-in closet and being five minutes away from Target the most but I know that my new place will have things I love too!