Ch- Ch- Ch- Change is Cool.

daN and i have quite a lot going on. We just got a new apartment! And there are no tenants there right now, so we can bring stuff over as we need to, and the landlord is totally OK with that! Additionally, when we went to bring over the checks today, she let us poke around in the apartment and take measurements, etc, so we could get an idea of what we're we'll want to put stuff.

Let me paint you a picture of this apartment and why we took it even though the begin-lease date is 2 months before our current lease ends. Full living room and dining room, with sliding doors between the two, so that when we have guests, we they can actually have their own space! Lots of windows. It's in the first floor of a two-family home -- the other tenants being the landlords, who are very sweet and liked us so much that they held the place for us over other people until we decided. The floors are actually level (which is a big plus over this place) and are gleaming, newly refinished hardwood floors. We'll be getting footies for ALL our furniture. The view out the windows is garden and trees. The street parking was ample. There is laundry in the basement, and we'll be the only people using it. Not to mention that half of the basement storage space is ours for the taking. There is a little porch on the back for our use only, and there is also the possibility that i'll get to have some vegetable plants on the side of the house. The kitchen also has a HUGE full pantry with beautiful cabinets and gorgeous counters. Only downside is that the sink is in the pantry as well (a butler's pantry, according to my mother -- common in Victorian homes, because the butler could clear dinner into the pantry and still have the kitchen look clean). The kitchen itself has a new KitchenAid gas range, and doesn't have counters (those are in the pantry up and down the sides) but is rather large and is big enough for a table and a breakfast bar. The fridge is big (our current one is small).

The bathroom has usable counter space!

It's about a 15 minute walk from Davis Square -- our favorite neighborhood down here -- along a tree-lined bikepath with no car traffic, and if it's a crappy day, there are three nearby buslines we could hop on if need be.

And it's 50 bucks a month cheaper than what we're paying now.

So, we're excited.

We'll probably have to pay July for the place we're still in. The landlord isn't contractually obligated to look for new tenants, and i don't think she's in a hurry. August, though, she says we'll get our money back if she is able to rent it out. We've already paid August, so that would be pretty sweet. Otherwise, oh well. The new place is essentially our dream apartment. As my Mom pointed out, it's worth it to be happy about where we're living.

That having been said, does anyone know of someone looking for a 1 bedroom in Cambridge that's only a 5 minute walk from Kendall, Lechmere, and the Cambridgeside Galleria?