Jun 11 2007
A Lull in the Apartment Hunt
The past week has been a slow one for our Maine move planning. As I’ve mentioned before, She is a teacher, and it’s the end of the school year. Anyone who is married to a teacher knows that all things not school related pretty much cease to exist for the final two to three weeks of the school year. We did, however, manage to make it down to Connecticut to be part of a very close friend’s wedding. That was great fun, but didn’t leave any time for browsing Craig’s List or any thing else Maine related (except to explain to lots of friends and acquaintances that, no, we don’t really have a reason to move other than that we love the area).
The wedding was in New London, another coastal community. I realized that the ocean smell and the sound of waves are probably very high on the list of motivators for moving to Portland. They bring back memories of vacations at the shore when I was young. If you haven’t experienced sleeping within earshot of waves lapping at the beach, do yourself a favor and rent a place on the coast somewhere, if even just for a weekend.
Okay, back to the moving prep. Our very promising apartment off Ocean Ave is still on the table and looks like it will be our new home starting at the end of next month. I’ve been playing a mean game of phone and email tag with the landlord, but we plan to head up to Portland again in two weeks to get a look at the finished renovations and sign the lease, assuming everything looks good. I can’t wait. Once that’s done, the moving planning can begin in earnest.
Speaking of planning for the move, I counted today, and I only have 28 working days left. Yay! While at the wedding this weekend we did enlist some help to drive my car up to Maine and unload the truck. We’re pretty set on renting a moving truck and doing this ourselves–it’s just too expensive to have someone else do it for us. Too bad my company isn’t covering moving costs. I think that’s about it for now. We’re down to seven weeks, give or take. It’s getting so close…