Goodbye, winter ...
... Hello, allergies.
Before I can even visibly tell things are blooming outside, my sinuses ache with a vengeance. I'm afraid I'm not a very fun person to be around this time of year because I can't really hold a conversation. Instead, it sounds something like this: "Yeah, so (sniff) I decided to wear (wipe, sniff) sandals to work (achoo!) because I couldn't find (wipe) any (sniff) clean (sniff) socks (sniff)."
... which, by the way, is half true. I wore sandals to work today, but not because I couldn't find any clean socks. Actually, I'm just sick of wearing tennis shoes. Hello, Man. I'm stickin' it to you.
I whittled the apartment search down to two: The Reserve at Wescott Plantation and The Islands. I had pretty strict criteria: not too expensive, cat-friendly, in-unit washer and dryer, six-month lease availability.
Wescott wins hands-down. I called them today to double-check a few things and was very impressed by their lease staff. The complex is new: Phase I is four years old; Phase II just finished except for one building waiting for final inspection. Every unit has a sunroom or a deck. There's a lake and walking trails and a pool ... and on and on. As a bonus, it's on a golf course. (A very ecologically minded friend today listed a half-dozen reasons why golf courses are bad and I shouldn't live on one, but I figured there's not much I can do now that the course already is built.)
The only downside to Wescott is it's about 25 miles away from The Citadel, meaning a roughly 35- to 40-minute commute. That's not much farther than I'm commuting now, but I won't be making that drive every day. Paul will. The Islands doesn't really set my world on fire -- some of the amenities just aren't as nice -- but the location is great: 10 minutes from Downtown Charleston (where The Citadel is) and six minutes from the beach.
Out of fairness, I'll visit both when I'm in Charleston, though I'm leaning heavily toward the former. With 116 days to go, I guess I need to make that visit soon.
A visit to the lowcountry. In spring. When things are blooming. Great.
Well, I guess it can't be any worse than it is here.
posted by Kate at 7:47 PM
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also, the college of charleston, the med school, i assume the law school are also all downtown :)
Sorry for the delay...
108 is where you should start
816 should be the end
through the jungle you will go
to where we laid down a friend
in the ghetto to high life
a story rich with pain
if you need a way out
take the cars or a plane
but be careful not to get
yourself lost in a tune
a bonus will come your way
if you show me the answer soon
this one should be easy
its a place we all know
but many of the citizens
have never tried to go
if you get it by tomorrow
two clues of me I'll give
but if ncaa's start back
then with one you'll have to live
Hey, I'm wearing sandals today, too!
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