Of dream jobs and dream apartments…
Remember the amazing apartment I found online last week? The Snook and I went to check it out on Saturday (along with three other places in the neighborhood). To make a long story short: It wasn’t my dream apartment after all. The first thing we noticed when we arrived was that I was not the only person pulled in by those photos. There had to be a hundred people there for the viewing, and we had to wait in a queue just to take the lift up. The photos weren’t misleading or anything; the place still looked gorgeous. The biggest problem for us was the kitchen, which wasn’t pictured (for good reason). It just hadn’t been done up to the standard of the rest of the place, and it would need a major overhaul to be what we’d like. Also, the bedroom faced full west, and even on this cool spring day it was noticeably warmer in there. (It would be sweltering in the summer.) So, lesson learned. I’m going to try hard not to get emotionally attached to any place I haven’t inspected with my own eyes; it’s too easy to be misled.

In other news… I have a phone interview this Friday. I don’t want to talk it up too much in case I jinx it, but it’s with my #1 Dream Company to Work For. I’m nervous but excited. Any positive thoughts you could send my way – be it prayers, The Secret, whatever – would be much appreciated!