moving

Our lease is up at the end of the month, and we're looking for a new place. (Right now we're essentially in a semi-private studio apartment which is the basement of a shared house, and we'd like to get more space and fewer roommates).

We've been casually looking for a few weeks, and looked a bit less casually this past weekend. The first group of places that met the budget we'd decided on were not particularly exciting. Monday, though, we found a place that met most of the criteria we were looking for. We put in an application, and are waiting for a verdict. It'd be nice if it came through, but we've still got about three weeks to look if it doesn't.

We're already gearing up for a move, and I'm not sure we ever really unpacked from the move out here. Moving is the usual way of things, though, as far as I'm concerned. Only once since leaving my parents' house and setting out on my own have I stayed in one spot for more than a year - that was a house in Hattiesburg (which cost less than half - for the whole house - of the rental price of any one-bedroom we're looking at).