A Smattering of Misfortunes

Conducting the first order of business, there is a Noreaster coming into our area, and this morning we were treated to our first evidence of its approach; half of the master bedroom is flooded. What boxes and belongings remained in that bedroom were redistributed into other parts of the apartment to protect them from water damage, and we managed to avert disaster, temporarily. We're holding out for both bedrooms to flood, forcing us to evacuate all of our last belongings, but we are torn: do we hope for the flood to cause extensive damages that will cost our complex more to repair, or do we hope for a peaceful and quiet rain shower?

I for one am not averse to a bit more inconvenience, in exchange for sweet, sweet retribution.

There was some good news this past week; we have not been disapproved outright for an apartment at a different complex, which is to say we're not sure if we've been approved, but they at least haven't called and laughed in our faces at our pathetic attempt to find a home. We spent the whole day Friday hounding them for the results on our background checks, and just before they closed their office they told us that everything checked out, and to come in the following week to "fill out paperwork".

"Great!" we thought, "that must mean our lease!" No, apparently not. Now that we have applied and not been refused, we'll be...applying again, as far as we understand it. So, reiterating my previous statement, we have not been refused, but it doesn't specifically seem that we have been accepted, either.

This is where the process hits another hitch: we were told we'd be able to move in before the end of the month, but now they are telling us we wouldn't be able to move in until the beginning of next month. Curious...this means that we will be expected to leave this apartment a day before we can get into the new one. While I'm sure the process will allow us to move in a few days sooner (we hope), it still makes things a bit tight. Will we have to find a place to move all of our things in the interim? We do not know.