Just Right

"On the road again..."

Well, I haven't really been off the road much the past few months, but that may be coming to an end. Today I went over and put down a lease deposit and dog deposit on my apartment, which means I am really committed to doing this. Then I went out and bought two big, soft, red towels and a black toaster. I can bathe and make toast, life is good! Actually I can already do both here. These new things are for when I move into the apartment.

It was actually a little scary today. It's the first time I have had to find a place to live all by myself, meaning I don't know the person I'm renting from, nor will I be living next door, or down the street from anyone I know. I went over to the office and asked if I could look at the place one more time. Then I took the key and walked over there in about 500% humidity. The scent of the pine trees welcomed me and the guy mowing the grass smiled and waved. I tried walking up to the top floor and it was okay, but a long way up if I had to carry a lot of groceries, or maybe a piano! I tried going down in the basement, but I worry that there will be more creepy crawly things in a submerged apartment and I have had my fill of slugs, spiders and snakes. So then I went up to look at the second floor apartment and it was "just right."

Actually this one was perfect, but I think it is already promised to someone else. The girl in the office did say they'd get me a second floor one, though. I'll just assume that what I want, or something better, will be what I will get and I want the one by the pine trees. So I will be moving again, at least this one more time and it may be sooner rather than later.

My son-in-law and Motorcycle Mike have offered to help, so I have a truck and muscles. Well, I will probably have lots of muscle power, because I think my sister will be with Motorcycle Mike. The more, the merrier and I don't have much to move, basically a bed, a chair, and a desk, along with a few clothes.

In the meantime, I will keep walking Chauncey and accumulating the other things I will need to make this place a home. In the words of another friend, "Onward and upward!"