It must have floated into some uncharted direction, and just reappeared on radar!
Okay, a toast to my new home! I found a townhouse today that I like and think the road isn't too steep to get to it (I saw one that was very nice, but I envisioned getting stuck on the road every time it snows, and the driveway was so steep with nothing but a cliff/drop-off behind it before the next row of townhouses started that I was having horrid images in my mind of me pulling out of the garage, hitting ice and landing in someone else's living room!)
The one I found was only completed a month ago, so never had any previous tenants to mess it up, has berber carpet throughout, a gas fireplace, three bedrooms, two and a half baths, the master bath has a whirlpool tub, big windows (I never turned on any of the lights while looking at it, and it was still wonderfully bright inside), real tile in the kitchen, and a kitchen design that will be very functional, a two-car garage, which means all the furniture that doesn't fit in the rooms can be stored in my garage, attic storage space, and a big deck with privacy fencing on either side and a big mountain behind me (until they build the next row of townhomes, but they won't even break ground on those until spring since they have others further away to finish over the winter). Oh, and a really cute guy next door (his little red sports car had dealer plates on it, so I'm guessing he's a car salesman...might have to count that against him, but since he's driving a little red sports car, I'm guessing he might be single
...even if he isn't, he's a nice touch of scenery
).
I sign the lease tomorrow (I beat out someone else because they only wanted a 5 month lease and I'm willing to sign for a full year). Yay!
*starts singing* "Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong...West Virginia, mountain mama..." I just keep reminding myself that if I still lived in NJ, mountain property would be highly coveted.
It'll be close to the farm, but not too close to campus, so don't have to put up with students living nearby (sorry to the students, but you know student housing is noisy, and eventually you grow out of that phase of your life). And the manager insists the walls are built really well so you can't hear anything from next door (I didn't hear any outside sounds while looking at the place, so that's a good sign); she said when they bought the units they're renting, they actually tested that because one of the first tenants was really concerned about not hearing noise, so they blasted stereos and shouted in one unit while she stood in the other and they couldn't hear anything. Even if she's exaggerating a little, as long as I can't hear every conversation of my neighbors, I'll be happy.
So, a toast to my new home!
I have to go now, so I can't do it again! :zzz: And I taught you how to punctuate sentences like Lisa!!
I thought it was nice of him to get the drinks for me. 
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It's a great city car, but a terrible mountain car apparently. Guess it's time to head to the Subaru dealer and get myself something with all-wheel drive! Do any other manufacturers make cars with all-wheel drive? I don't want to resort to a gas-guzzling SUV, but I need to be sure I'll have a vehicle that can handle snowy mountain roads reliably because when we have experiments going, I won't have the luxury of staying home to work or calling up someone who lives within walking distance as I do in Cincinnati.
