Apartment Hunting

Yesterday we got home from our trip to Bowling Green. We went to look for an apartment, and I also had a job interview. We had enough time to do a little bit of exploring on campus and around town, too. This is the apartment complex we decided on. There are some pictures posted on their website, but here are some we took. This is the front of one of the buildings.

The rest of the pics are from their "model" apartment, which is still a work in progress (that's why there are some things that look out of place). When you walk in the door, the kitchen and dining room are to the right:

Here's a closer look at the kitchen (notice the newish gas stove):

Here's the dining area:

And a look out the living room windows to the screened porch (our apartment will also be on the bottom floor like this one).

And here's the bathroom. I think we'll really enjoy the double sinks.

It appears that I didn't take any pics of the living room or the bedrooms, but there are some on the apartment's website, along with a floorplan. We both really like the layout, which is pretty different from what we have now. The only downside to the new place is that it doesn't have a washer/dryer (or hookups) in the apartment. There is a coin W/D in the hallway upstairs, though, and we also found a couple of nice laundromats in town. Ultimately, I decided that I only do laundry once a week, but we'll be in the apartment every day, so the condition (and cost) of the apartment were more important than having a W/D.

Besides looking at apartments, we walked around a bit on campus. It seems really nice.

Here's the building where I had my interview (more on that in a moment):

Here's one side of their student union building:

Here's the music building:

Here's the lobby outside of the main recital hall:

Everything around the school and the town seemed so green! We really did like it, though. We weren't sure what to expect from such a small town (30,000-40,000 people live there, including all the students). But, we thought it was great. My interview went well, and I have a job substitute teaching for the moment. I hope to be hired for more (possibly even full-time teaching) depending on enrollment. We also got to spend some time with the professor Mark will be working with, so that was great, too.

I've already been feeling optimistic about moving to BG (if not about the actual process of moving), but it's even more exciting now that I know more about where we'll be, and now that we have a nice place to imagine ourselves living in. I'm sure the next month and a half will go by really fast, and despite not working at the moment, I expect to stay busy with all the preparations (plus more travel).