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Guess where I just came from? :) Viewing an apartment!! Let me tell about the rest of my day, though it's boring.

I fell asleep, as predicted, during the movie last night and woke up at 6 am in an upright position with my head to the side. Not so comfortable - and Jesse left me sitting like that all night! Needless to say I'm a little sore.

Woke up and immediately started cleaning the apartment for him. His landlord was showing the place today at 1:00 and he had to run to work to grab some financial papers for his outprocessing, so I cleaned up and really made the place sparkle! :) You'd be so proud. Then I made pancakes when he got back - I had a pretty strong craving! By that time, we figured the landlord wasn't coming because she hadn't called but we were wrong - no sooner did I put my plate in the sink did she call - so I disappeared downstairs for a little bit.

Came back up - got ready and went to look at that apartment down by my hospital. It's not really THAT close - but its only a couple miles away I think. Anyway as soon as you get off the highway - it's just a complete difference. It's shady, there's trees so it's not ridiculously hot. VERY nice compared to riding on the highway sweating. Jesse went with, partly because he doesn't know the area I think. The guy, Kevin, met us at the door, we went up to the 5th floor and it's right by the Fire Exit. That's good right? Anyway the hallway was nice and breezy - and the doors (wish I would've taken a picture of this for you) are not solid. They have those slats that open and close to let air in the apartment. Then the entire wall was windows basically, as you can see in the pictures. There's no a/c but as long as you keep that door open and the windows open, he said it's not bad. Plus the air coming in from the fire exit (which is wide open) and then down the hall it's just ... air. Not completely closed in like apartments at home. It's small...it's only a studio.

BUT! when I asked what the lease term was, he hooked me when he said that it was month-to-month. He hadn't mentioned it in the ad, so that was a huge selling point for me!! That way, if I find something else, or find something nicer once I get to know the area, I can get out of that lease easily. Then I asked if the deposit was the same as the rent and he said it's negotiable, based on what works for the renter. HELLO! Wow. So technically, if rent is $950 (INCLUDING all utilities!), and I can make a deposit of $500, I'm saving $450 right there that I could use for groceries and not go completely broke. Phew. THEN! :) There was no application fee and no credit check - he just wanted basically my past landlords once he found out I had a good job at the hospital down the street. Jesse talked him up about sports and whatnot so I think I have a good chance at this place - I even wrote him an email to thank him for showing it today.

The listing is at this link http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/apa/533210734.html but you can just see the pics below if you want!!



Basically - this is the space. There's not a lot. He said it was 400 sq ft. The bathroom is way cute, though :)

(The view)

The pictures got distorted because I blew them up a little bit but you can see the clearer ones on Craigslist. Hardwood floors. (Well, laminate I think).
Bus stop? Not even a block away....
So, it's small but it's do-able. So cross your fingers, please. I should hear either way within a couple of days.

That's all for now - going to figure out my plans for the night.

XOXO
me.