Our Apartment

Even though we have only been here a few weeks, I have really grown to enjoy our apartment. The location is so convenient we only need to drive the car once a week or so, and since all the utilities are already included, we don't have to stress over things like the lengths of our showers, or the amount of electricity we use, etc.

We have been slowly and deliberately furnishing the apartment, and last week we made perhaps the best addition yet: a dining table and set of four chairs we bought off Craigs list. This may not seem like much, but the dining set was actually an unbelievable find: a large (36" x 60") glass wrought iron table with matching chairs (and thick cushions) in perfect condition from Pier 1. We bought it for $150 from an extremely nice recent divorcee who was moving into the city and wouldn't have room for it anymore. He didn't seem interested in the money and was just happy to get rid of it--he even drove it to our apartment in his Jeep because it wouldn't fit in Seth's car. When we got home I looked up the set on the internet and found the same table and (7) chairs being sold second hand for $1300. I don't know how accurate that posting was, but I could definitely see how this set could normally be very pricey.

It is amazing how the dynamics change when you get a table. Seth, even during his 8 years in North Carolina, never had a table. We would always eat sitting on the floor with a plate in our laps. Now we can actually put our food on something and eat like cultured people! Conveniently, the kitchen is also the best room to pick up wireless, so it has been nice to sit at a table and use the internet. And notably, now that we have chairs, we can put two in the sun-room and make better use of that half of the apartment, while before we would only sit on our futon in the bedroom.