Finding a Home

I'm in Wichita now, but I'm still more or less homeless. Did I ever tell about that? I don't think I did. To condense a long story, I got a call last Tuesday from the apartment complex I was supposed to rent from. They told me that I wouldn't be able to move in on Friday, because they had a fire and the apartment I was supposed to get was no longer available. The next available apartment isn't open until Nov. 7th. So I decided I'd try to find something else, if possible.

I found an apartment that I should be able to move into by Wednesday. It's a nice apartment, bigger than the one I was originally going to have and homier. However, it is a bit more expensive, although a bit cheaper than what I was paying in Ohio. I think I'm probably going to fill out the application and put down my deposit to hold the apartment tomorrow morning.

It has a lot of kitchen counter space, which I've been sorely missing for quite some time. There's also a nice big balcony and a fireplace. (I don't understand why so many apartments around here have a fireplace. I can think of several other things I would choose to have in an apartment before a fireplace.) The bathroom is also quite nice, and it has hookups for a washer and dryer if I want them. I can rent a washer and dryer too. The stove is a mini stove like I had the last year I lived in Ames, but I think it will work as long as I'm not trying to cook a 30 lb. turkey. I certainly have no plans to cook a huge bird, but who knows?

I've also started trying to figure out what I'm going to do for a cell phone plan. By and large, cell phone plans are all the same. I'm trying to decide between the AT&T/Cingular plan and a T-Mobile My Faves plan. With the AT&T plan I would get 450 anytime(rollover) minutes, plus 5000 night and weekend minutes. I can also get my nights to start at 7 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. With the T-Mobile plan, I would get 300 or 600 anytime minutes, unlimited nights and weekends, and 5 numbers I can call for free all the time. The thing I don't want to do is not have enough anytime minutes, because extra minutes can get really expensive. I guess I'll decide that later on.

I have all kinds of other little things I need to do too, but I'm not going to jump at them until I get the apartment nailed down. It's kind of a challenge to do a lot of things when I don't have a Kansas address yet.