Jenver
Everyone! I got a new apartment! It’s in Cap Hill per your suggestions! I am having a fabulous week! I hope everyone has a lovely Memorial Day weekend, and if you are here in Denver, we are seriously the luckiest with this forecast!
I will be bringing my mojo to the city and the boys in it like this:
Also, why does every apartment claim to be over 600 - 650 square feet, then appear in person to be approximately 500 - 525, with alternate listings that back that assessment up, leaving everything a mystery, and also, someone is already up your ass trying to take the place before you can make a decision.
(via itslikek)
The longer I was here, the more I realized that [Jenver note: insert most other places here] made me feel human again. I was no longer crammed in a subway car, pretending to ignore the guy without pants, on a 45-minute ride to a glorified closet. Despite appreciating NYC’s extensive subway system, I don’t miss descending into a station in July to be gut punched by 103 degrees with 450 percent humidity.
Another thing I don’t miss? Barreling through a 20-degree blizzard in a parka to an 85-degree restaurant in which you immediately have to peel off four layers before you can say, “Table for two and a pile of clothes.” Or the polar opposite – dragging yourself through a heat wave to get to a location that’s cranking the AC so hard your whole body goes into shock and you die.
Relatable!
AW! Mitch-approved.
(via jasmined)
I SHOULD be looking up apartments in Wash Park West and Highlands.
Somebody stop me. I miss home but I know I’m being crazy.
And as soon as I move back, the people I like hanging out with the most will probably move and/or have children or have more.
Also, all the places I want are truly expensive and I have a dogchild now and JUST STOP IT JEN.
Some days it is very hard.
It is very hard being so far from family and familiarity when so much is going on.
Colorado has been an adventure. I think that’s how Tom and I always approached it. It was a place neither of us has ever been but were very eager to explore. And we’re doing well! Living without a safety net is scary but OH WELL! We’re adults, right?
There has been stuff that we haven’t liked, but I want to focus on the good stuff.
- Colorado is gorgeous beyond words. The landscape changes from place to place, but it’s all so beautiful. How could anything not be gorgeous when you’ve got the Rockies as a backdrop?
- The locals are so genuine and earnest. There’s no pretending with Colorado folk. They put it all out there. And when they know you’re from out of town, they are dying to know how you like in their state.
- I was born on the Atlantic coast. I live for the beach. As far as I am concerned, Atlantic Ocean water runs through my veins. That being said, I will be sad the day I can’t see that mountain (pictured above) every morning and every evening.
- Colorado Springs isn’t Denver. The pace is slower. It isn’t as glossy. It doesn’t have as much stuff. But it’s nice. It’s livable. We have a cute downtown area, national landmarks and we are home to the Olympic Training Center. I was downtown the other day and spotted an athlete that was on the 2012 US Track & Field Team. I am really proud of my adopted hometown - no matter how much I make fun of the weird petty crime.
All in all, I really love Colorado and I am so thankful that we have had the opportunity to live here. This move has been a personal challenge and I have really learned a lot about myself and my own personal resilience. I will probably always have an enormous soft spot for Colorado and Colorado Springs for proving that I could move 1,700 miles from anything familiar and have everything work out.
Reblogging because although I live in a different town, I feel similarly. And I was just in New York, so I’m having my usual post-trip longing. I have learned much about myself and what my true priorities are life/people-wise in my 10 months here, so no matter what happens in the future, I will be eternally grateful for that. Even though times can be tough.
Also, Denver isn’t SO glossy. ;)
My multi-weather travel outfit. Ready for 60 and sunny in NYC and 30s and snow in Denver (thanks to the boots). Baggy sweater FEELS like a sweatshirt.
I simultaneously want an immediate transporter to my apartment (where Mitch magically appears) AND to stay here and frolic around unfettered for the rest of the week.
I will just live in the neighborhood where people actually KEEP THEIR DOGS ON LEASHES ON WALKS.
….if that exists here.
My lease is up the beginning of July, and my rent is going up $150, for a neighborhood I’m not jazzed about. With that, plus my car and insurance, I’d be paying more than I did to live on the water in Hoboken!
Any tips on great apartments or neighborhoods? I love the idea of Cherry Creek North but not sure that’s feasible, as I’m looking to save not spend. Hitting up online searches now, but you may know hidden gems that I do not! Should I move off the grid to Golden and save mad money for a year?
Some key points:
- needs to allow dogs
- prefer more walk-ability
- prefer modern finishes and less carpet
- would LOVE outdoor space
Edited: I’m kind of afraid of crazy homeless people (I know not all are crazy but I’ve been harassed in Denver more than anywhere else) and I want to pay under 1200.
Inbox or comment, please?
Pray the Denver Snow Gods are on my side, because I’m en route to my 7am flight!
(Looking semi-fierce despite my ponytail, thanks to a post-cancelled flight trip to the MAC counter at Fashion Valley. Wearing last night’s makeup in the least skanky of ways!)
