*SQUEES*

Hear ye, Hear ye...

I have not signed a lease yet, but earlier today, I was in fact APPROVED (don't ask me how...my credit has been in the toilet since 'o9. The only thing that I can think of is that my little $35 monthly payments to the credit card co. must have helped my case...) for an apartment. It's a studio, but I could give two stinky turds because it has a separate sleeping area, I'm allowed to paint and do literally whatever I want to it short of knocking down walls, I will not have problems when the program matches me with a dog (no pet rent!), it has TWO pools, TWO exercise rooms, a dog park, a tennis court, a sand volley ball pit, AND is on the bus line. There's laundry on site and I'm on the first floor, which means my crippled butt will not have to go up any stairs. It's still Lafayette, but it's not the ex's house and it's close to everything, which means I can do my thing.

*cue the hallelujah chorus*

It's 488 a month, however, that includes damn near everything in my rent... even high speed internet. They even let me talk to several of the residents who had studios/one bedrooms, and the electric (the only thing I'm responsible for) is ridiculously low. The girl in the studio across from mine said the highest bill shes had in 2 years was about 60. Of course, the downstairs studios are right next to the washer/dryers, so I imagine it has something to do with that. Either way, I'm actually in a good mood today.

I am so excited to finally have a place that is just mine that is in an area of town where I won't have to worry about doom. I still have a lot of anxiety about...well...everything because I just cant get my brain to shut off like that, but I'm trying to think as positively as humanly possible.