Our latest trip...

We made our most recent trip to Chicago this past weekend. As my mom says "it feels like we're growing roots to our car seats." It seems like we're constantly traveling...hardly a weekend at home!

We had a good trip this time and it felt like spring instead of winter ;o) We went to a couple of open houses and viewed a couple of others by appt. Only 1 of the 4 we saw really stuck out to us. The problems with that one were the move in date (June 1st only) and the location (wouldn't feel as safe walking around at night-and considering I'll be taking night classes, that's important). The street that it was on was great, and there were streets near by that were just the same. However, we visited a REALLY AWFUL apt earlier and it was just around the corner. SO...the area wasn't consistent enough for us.

One of the most important things we did this trip was drive around Bucktown. We had placed it lower on our list (UK vil, wicker, then bucktown), but now find that it's 1st and UK vil. is 3rd. It's very residential, but very eclectic (school bldgs. painted with murals, artsy houses, intriguing stores). You could find all sorts of nifty little restaurants on just about every street corner. Parking was reasonable and there were a lot of grassy places. AND it's about a 1/2 a mile to a mile from the train station. SO...we are focusing our search on Bucktown and Wicker, and sadly, have raised our max. rent up to about 1250. But, if we want to be in a safe neighborhood and have enough space to feel comfortable, we'll do it ;o)

We'll be back in Chicago in a week and a half (May 18th-21st) so we're hoping to sign a lease then. We may have to change our move in date to July 1st instead of June 22nd - funny thing in Chicago, there's not many places willing to do a mid-month move in. Oh well. But if we can sign something then, we'll have some time to recuperate, pack, and enjoy Columbus before we head out. We have been writing a list of restaurants we want to eat at before we leave, so we've gotta get started on those ;o)

Ok...that's it for now. My MS musical is next week, so I'm sure I'll have something to post then! Believe it or not, it's going REALLY well now ;o) (knock on wood)

Take care~