Happy Birthday Katie!, Disneyland and Apartment Found,

Happy Birthday, Katie!
Today is Katie’s birthday… I wish I could spend the day with her, but duty calls. I hope she treats herself to something special in the day-time so I can spoil her tonight after work!

Disneyland
Katie and I have been wanting to go forever… and now we are… tomorrow no less! We plan to take 1000 photos and ride “Pirates” many times.. possibly even get Micky ears. “[We're] too excited to sleep!”

The Great Apartment Hunt is Over!
After a month of searching and walking through endless models, Katie and I have finally found a place for us to live! Initially we were looking for a place in the SFV, Burbank or Pasadena but nothing panned out. Finally, we looked where I used to live, Parc Chateaux in Stevenson Ranch. Online we saw a 2 bedroom that we fell in love with so I called the leasing office to check the availability. It was 6:03p, after office hours, but the leasing staff was still in the office & picking up! The woman on the phone gave me an available unit number to do a drive-by inspection… and it was perfect. The next morning, I called Katie and we decided to go with this one.

Katie, being on “vacation”, zipped the 3 miles down the road and asked to see/reserve the unit for mid November… when the leasing agent informed her that the unit was rented yesterday at around 4p! ARGH *expletive deleted*!!! Katie, heartbroken and upset called me back and let me know. She also said that the leasing agent had mentioned a 829sq ft 1-bed/bath available for only $300 more than I pay for my place now. I asked her to have a look at it… I mean, Katie’s current place is 780sqft and it fits us well… so in theory, this 829 should be fine… and it was. Katie fell in love with it and put down a holding fee. After work I zipped by and saw it… loved it.. and filled out the application. The funny part is my previous address… is the same address with only a change to the apt number! The leasing agent remembered me and we were approved almost on the spot to move in.

After all that is said and done, we found a great spacious place that we both love in a great location. My brother Gary and his girlfriend live about 1/4 mile away in another unit and we gave him the referral so he can collect the $300 reward. I didn’t tell him about it, but I did tell him there is something at the office for him to pick up… he should be pleasantly surprised!

Now, we will be breaking my lease (yay penalties) and my move-in date is November 3rd… so I get to pack up my house. Again. Katie’s lease is up on December 8th, but she will be moving on the 16th of November.. leaving us almost 3 weeks to clean her old place… not that it needs it, but a little extra time isn’t too bad.

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