The Apartment
Hey y'all! Since I'm moving south in a couple of weeks I might as well start using the word y'all...
Rich & I took a road trip to Tennessee this past week to check out our new apartment and move in about half of our furniture and belongings. The apartment is located in Hermitage, just east of Nashville. It's a small town named for President Andrew Jackson's estate, so there's some history and culture mixed in with the cow pastures and big-box retailers. The trip took about 20 hours each way, including stops for fast food, fuel and the occasional nap. And I'm happy to report that our relationship is still intact.
The apartment itself is half of a duplex in a quiet residential neighborhood. It's a single-level with two off-street parking spaces and a deck overlooking huge backyard. There are a row of shrubs in front of the house that appear to be freshly planted. It's a two bedroom, because we can afford a two bedroom in the Nashville area, as opposed to Boston where we probably couldn't afford to share a frickin cardboard box. There were a few minor maintenance issues, which I will detail later, but they're all going to be addressed by the time we move in permanently after Christmas. Or so we hope...
We'll be about a mile from the intersection of Old Hickory Boulevard and Lebanon Pike, the two main drags through Hermitage. There are a couple of shopping centers nearby, a hospital/medical center, and we're within reasonable driving distance of Percy Priest Lake, Old Hickory Lake, the Stones River and the Cumberland River. The shopper and the water sign in me will be quite content.
Even with the "minor maintenance issues" we're very excited about the move. It's two major life changes in one - moving in together after 3-plus years of dating AND moving over 1100 miles from our hometowns. But if our relationship survived the trip to the apartment and back, I'm sure it'll outlive the lease. ;-)
Rich & I took a road trip to Tennessee this past week to check out our new apartment and move in about half of our furniture and belongings. The apartment is located in Hermitage, just east of Nashville. It's a small town named for President Andrew Jackson's estate, so there's some history and culture mixed in with the cow pastures and big-box retailers. The trip took about 20 hours each way, including stops for fast food, fuel and the occasional nap. And I'm happy to report that our relationship is still intact.
The apartment itself is half of a duplex in a quiet residential neighborhood. It's a single-level with two off-street parking spaces and a deck overlooking huge backyard. There are a row of shrubs in front of the house that appear to be freshly planted. It's a two bedroom, because we can afford a two bedroom in the Nashville area, as opposed to Boston where we probably couldn't afford to share a frickin cardboard box. There were a few minor maintenance issues, which I will detail later, but they're all going to be addressed by the time we move in permanently after Christmas. Or so we hope...
We'll be about a mile from the intersection of Old Hickory Boulevard and Lebanon Pike, the two main drags through Hermitage. There are a couple of shopping centers nearby, a hospital/medical center, and we're within reasonable driving distance of Percy Priest Lake, Old Hickory Lake, the Stones River and the Cumberland River. The shopper and the water sign in me will be quite content.
Even with the "minor maintenance issues" we're very excited about the move. It's two major life changes in one - moving in together after 3-plus years of dating AND moving over 1100 miles from our hometowns. But if our relationship survived the trip to the apartment and back, I'm sure it'll outlive the lease. ;-)
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posted by Chloe @ 11:44 PM
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At 11:51 AM,
Anonymous said…
Be sacred Chloe...Be very scared....Brian may not be fully joking....hee hee ;o)
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