Apartment Hunting: Round 1

Daryl and I are down in Nashville apartment hunting. It's been an eventful trip, to say the least.

First, it looked a lot like this:

Sorry to gross you out. It grossed ME out. No, we will not be renting an apartment from you when your MODEL UNIT has a GIANT POISONOUS SPIDER CRAWLING ACROSS THE KITCHEN FLOOR. Seriously, folks. Don't you spray that particular unit for pests like five times a day? Eesh. No THANK you.

Then, it looked a lot like this:

Yes, our car had a bit of a meltdown. On the Interstate. So we pulled over to figure out why it was shaking and smoking. And we stood and waited for Triple A for about an hour in the 99-degree heat. Yes, I am now sunburned.

Then we had the car fixed at a Goodyear with wonderfully nice southern dudes who fixed it in a couple of hours (turned out it needed new brakes and some part had come loose - hence the shaking and smoking). Our wonderful friend H brought us her car so we could continue the house hunt...

Luckily, from here the day began looking up.

It looked like this:

Hello cute wood floors and lots of sunlight! It also has a big yard and three (three!) bedrooms. And lots of storage. At this place we arrived before the landlord and the tenant (who is an incredible photographer) invited us in and gave us the scoop: It's a great place to live. This one is top of our list right now. It's a bit far away, so we're driving from it to my place of work this morning to see how long it takes. Pray for around half an hour or less...

Then it looked like this:

Why yes, that IS a piece of gf-tiramisu! We stopped by Fiddlecakes in Nashville and had a gf sandwich (a SANDWICH!) and tiramisu. Definitely made the broken down car seem less important. Sigh. So good. So, so good... I haven't had tiramisu in over a year.

After that, it looked like this:

Hello charming little kitchen! This place was adorable but very tiny... Like, almost studio-apartment-in-NYC tiny. But very adorable... So we're still thinking about it, to see if it's possible for us. It's also super close to school for Daryl. But did I mention that it's tiny?

On the list for today:

1. Our car not breaking down.
2. A townhome in West Nashville.
3. A 2-bedroom in Hillsboro.
4. Driving around Green Hills and Sylvan Park to see if there's anything cute up for rent.

I'll keep you posted...