Miss 3B? MAYBE! ***UPDATE!!!****

     This apartment hunting is quite a challenge! I looked at a few places last week and had my heart set on one that had totally been remodled and the insides had been gutted out and completely redone. All brand new appliances and beautiful tiles ….in my price range….the application was 9 pages and apparently only 1/15 people get accepted. I guess I am one of the 14 who did not. I am not TOO upset though because they were very "no pets" and I am not giving up my cat…she lives for me, (and I her). It also seems like the management company/maintenance were in the apartments ALL the time…at least once a month…so it would make it difficult to even hide her, and I’d risk being kicked out or forced to give her up anyways. I didn’t like the fact that they so frequently entered the apartment either. 

    The other apartment I looked at last week was the same price as the brand new ones but was a complete dump. I didn’t care for the manager (definitely got the bitch vibe from her) and couldn’t see myself enjoying any interactions I may have to have with her. Plus she tried to SCARE me into leaving a deposit because other people were interested in renting the apartment. "Well ma’am, if the apartment gets taken before I get a chance to get back to you, then it wasn’t meant to be." I just hightailed it out of there. 

   Today I called a woman (who told me last week nothing would be available to look at until this week) and she told me to come on by and pick up a key to go look at the one she had available. I took a friend so I could get a second opinion and we both thought it would be an adorable starter apartment for me. The living room is an OK size and the bedroom is even decent, the kitchen is micro-tiny though, haha. It’s just me though, so it doesn’t have to be large and fancy. There is even a deck in the back of the apartment that I kind of share with the neighbor (big deal) so I’d have a place for my plants and even my grill. AND Cable, trash and water is included. The only extra utilities I would have to fork out for would be electric and then of course internet. I really liked the manager too. She was really upbeat and friendly. Just a pleasant person all around. I filled out the application and she said she’d know within the next couple days if I got approved. She said it seemed likely that there wouldn’t be a reason my application wouldn’t be accepted. (way to get my hopes up!) So I am keeping my fingers crossed. We may be looking at the next Miss 3B by the end of the week! 

   In the meantime I have been making a mental list of all the things I am going to need. Like: a couch, dishes, a microwave, a can opener! haha…pots and pans, silverware, cooking utensils? But I guess that is half the fun right? Getting started all on your own. The whole concept is so exciting and scary at the same time. OHhh!!! A shower curtain! I’ll need one of those too. And that little cup that holds your toothbrush? Yep definitely going to need one of those. =) 

  The more excited I get about actually moving out the less patience I seem to have for my mother though. The more she asks of me the more I realize how much I NEED to get out…..she depends on me entirely too much for everything. I think as hard as it is going to be for me to get used to being alone all the time, she’s going to have just as hard of a time learning to do everything for herself. I remember when I went to NY last year, she somehow hit a button on the remote and got the TV off satellite, and instead of calling DISH  she just waited for me to come home from vacation to fix it. Ugh. I put dishes back where they belong and she can’t "find" them, which results in me stopping from what I am doing just to get it for her. I feel bad, for losing my patience with her. It feels deeply rooted and unjust sometimes when I lose my tempter in tone…it just seems like things shes perfectly capable of doing for herself she just opts out of. She deplores housework and cooking and is notorious for letting trash pile up. The worse she gets the more OCD I become about cleaning. I am terrified of how well she will keep house once I am gone. And then I get angry because I shouldn’t HAVE to worry about how well my ADULT MOM is going to care for herself. I should only have to worry how I will care for myself you know? She should be worried about how I will manage on my own. Not both of us worrying how SHE will manage without me, lol. I have a feeling I will end up here still taking care of things during my free time. 

   Anyway…tonight I am doing a little photoshoot of my friend as she bartends downtown….it’s a quaint little martini bar and will make for good pictures….its usually slow on Tuesdays….

     So thats the news in the life of Hanna for now…

I GOT THE APARTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MOVE IN JULY 1ST! GO ME!!!!!!!!!!!