I'm Ready

I'm ready to move on, ready to get out of here, ready to start over. I began looking at apartments today, hopeful that I will soon be leaving a place I called home for 3 years (longest I've lived anywhere since college). My requirements: location, dishwasher, w/d hook-ups or in-unit, pets allowed, within a certain budget. I decided that while owning a home is an adventure, it is one that I no longer wish to partake. Sure you might get tax credits or a discount on insurance, but those credits equal money I end up putting back in the house for up-keep or repairs. No more mowing the lawn, shoveling the driveway, repairing odds and ends, I'm ready to be done with that now.

I'm ready to find a place on my own to call home for a bit. I will not choose a temporary fix apartment; I want to choose something I could handle for a year or two while I get other areas of my life in order. Maybe I bought a home because my last apartment wasn't the greatest; it was cheap for the area. I wanted to do something on my own, something I thought would make me feel secure, with a fence for my dog. Well, she's gone now (ran away) and I'm moving on to a different chapter of my life.

I'm ready, let's go.