Heads or Tails
So after much prayer, debating, consideration and yes, coin-tossing, Brandon and I decided that we'll be moving into the on-campus graduate housing when we get to the ATL. It was a seriously tough decision, and so that you might understand fully, I'll list the pros and cons. I'll start with the cons so that this will end on a positive note.
Cons:
- The apartment will be small. Like, half the size of where we live now. And our apartment isn't huge, either.
- We will no longer have the luxuries that our apartment now provides. Such items include a washing machine, dryer, dishwasher, microwave (we have our own, but still) and garbage disposal.
- This means I will have to handwash my dishes and collect quarters to do laundry in the apartment's laundry room. Con. Big con. I will now block this out of my mind until I am faced with it in a month.
- No pets allowed. The whole getting a cat thing was a major selling point for me when it came to moving to Atlanta.
Pros:
- Guaranteed place to live as soon as we get there. This means that in a year from now, when I want to attend a university, I'll be a bonafide resident.
- Almost all the bills are included in the rent. That means cable, internet, water, ect. Everything except electricity.
- The apartments do provide a refridgerator.
- We'll have an address to forward our mail to.
- I emailed a girl who lives in the apartments that we'll be living in, and she tried to console me over the whole cat thing by saying that there is a stray cat that hangs out behind the apartments. I may get rabies, but me and that cat are going to be tight.
- We won't have to pay for campus parking, which would be $400 a year otherwise.
- We'll have a slightly increased chance to make friends, what with our neighbors being fellow students.
- Living in the apartments will make me appreciate the little things even more. I mean the little things that I won't have. Like convenience in washing clothes and dishes.
Eh, I have a feeling I sound really pessimistic about this. But I'm sure it'll turn out for the best. It's only 'til next May, I can make it. And who knows, maybe things will be better than I think.
And if it's really bad, I can always blame the coin-toss.
Cons:
- The apartment will be small. Like, half the size of where we live now. And our apartment isn't huge, either.
- We will no longer have the luxuries that our apartment now provides. Such items include a washing machine, dryer, dishwasher, microwave (we have our own, but still) and garbage disposal.
- This means I will have to handwash my dishes and collect quarters to do laundry in the apartment's laundry room. Con. Big con. I will now block this out of my mind until I am faced with it in a month.
- No pets allowed. The whole getting a cat thing was a major selling point for me when it came to moving to Atlanta.
Pros:
- Guaranteed place to live as soon as we get there. This means that in a year from now, when I want to attend a university, I'll be a bonafide resident.
- Almost all the bills are included in the rent. That means cable, internet, water, ect. Everything except electricity.
- The apartments do provide a refridgerator.
- We'll have an address to forward our mail to.
- I emailed a girl who lives in the apartments that we'll be living in, and she tried to console me over the whole cat thing by saying that there is a stray cat that hangs out behind the apartments. I may get rabies, but me and that cat are going to be tight.
- We won't have to pay for campus parking, which would be $400 a year otherwise.
- We'll have a slightly increased chance to make friends, what with our neighbors being fellow students.
- Living in the apartments will make me appreciate the little things even more. I mean the little things that I won't have. Like convenience in washing clothes and dishes.
Eh, I have a feeling I sound really pessimistic about this. But I'm sure it'll turn out for the best. It's only 'til next May, I can make it. And who knows, maybe things will be better than I think.
And if it's really bad, I can always blame the coin-toss.
