Because finals weren’t taxing enough, I decided to test my mettle by moving. My new lease began the day before my final seminar paper was due. My old lease ends on Tuesday. Which is great, but I’m leaving tomorrow for Beach Town USA where I will spend eight weeks working for Summer Law Firm so I couldn’t stretch the move out any further than today.
I had help from movers, who picked up my major furniture items and schlepped them the 30 minutes to my new place. All of my other belongs (and, man, I have way too much stuff) were moved by my boyfriend and I using our own cars. I didn’t have to buy a single cardboard box or any tape, because I had been saving some cardboard boxes my neighbors were ready to throw out. All in all, the move was affordable.
I moved because my old apartment that I had lived in since I arrived in Austin in 2006, was a 30 minute drive from school. A good portion of that drive was along a winding, twisting highway. I witnessed a lot of nasty car accidents on that stretch of road. Three years of that commute was enough for me. I loved my old place to death (no shared walls with neighbors and beautiful hill country views), but it was time.
My new place is downtown. Because apartment inventory is so high in downtown Austin, the property managers are willing to make potential tenants a good deal (I received 3 free months of rent, which is why I can justify moving right before leaving for my eight week summer internship). I’m paying less for this brand new apartment that is on the UT shuttle line than I paid for my old place. Here’s hoping that the herculean task of moving right on the tail of final exams pays off. I really want to enjoy Austin during my last year of school and I think my new location will help me do just that.
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