Moving Again

Today I filled out the rental application for my next residental adventure: a 2 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom townhouse with my homeboy Brian.

This will be the 7th place I've lived in the past 5 years....in other words, I'm looking forward to a time when I'm not semi-nomadic. I'm also no stranger to moving, which I loathe more than almost anything. But I'm really looking forward to this next place for a lot of reasons.
First of all, Brian and I are good friends. We like to do slightly nerdy things like go to home shows, look at IKEA/Pottery Barn/Crate and Barrel catalogs, and watch Big Love and FOTC. So living together will be fun.
Secondly, the place is pretty cool. The building itself is over 100 years old, but it's been remodeled. Attached garage, alarm system, washer and dryer, etc. I wish I had a good picture of it to post here! I'm really excited to move in and start the redecorating process all over again.
It's also nice that it's not far from where I live now....literally 0.3 miles away, so the location is still great.

Until recently, I honestly thought I'd be living here at my current apartment for at least 2-3 years. I has just about everything I could ask for - very safe, great location, extremely nice people, covered and gated parking, well maintained, nice amenities....I've never once wished I lived somewhere else. So I do feel sort of sad to be leaving.
But at the same time, I don't feel sad in the way that I regret moving out....mostly I've found that the one thing I can't ever replace is the amazing view I have now (and the DVD rental machine in the lobby....)! But the things I will be glad to replace are having to go up and down 23 floors to do laundry (plus paying $2.75 per load), and I won't have to walk across a parking lot to get to my building anymore. I'm also getting cable again and saving about $200/month! It's amazing what you can get when you split the cost with someone.

Anyway, overall I'm excited and looking forward to it! I guess moving so much has made me appreciate all the different places I've lived in the past 5 years in various ways...I have good and bad memories from each place that I hope to keep for a long time.

Sooo....now I should do actual work.....somehow the semester is almost over!