So... saw some apartments today...
Beyond smelling like rancid milk and dirty gym socks, beyond mold all over the place, beyond not even being able to see 1-bedroom units and being given a bunch of excuses to not see actual units that are available, beyond having counters that look like they're 50 years old, beyond having parking lots where the entrances are at such steep angles they scrape my car 3 TIMES and I don't even have a low-profile car, and besides the fact that they are in areas as sketchy as hell...
All of them were no-go's.
Thus I have decided to bite the bullet, I will compromise on available parking, and Cori will compromise on a less-than-10-minute walk to UC, and we are strictly going to look in the Clifton Gaslight area and we have also increased our budget to the $650-700 range. I need to talk with him more in-depth, but... honestly... I wouldn't ever let any of my friends or family see me living in any of the apartments I saw today.
Again though, the only thing that concerns me is employment. And one of the guys asked about recent employment. How do I explain the situation ? I mean, Cori has recent employment but I have the money. Do they balance ? I also want Cori to send me a letter written by his current landlord, something I wish he would've already done. I've reminded him several times. I also want proof he will be a grad student at UC and maybe even a copy of his most recent pay stub and maybe a copy of the loans he applied for and was approved. In turn, I have bank accounts, work references, and both of us have good credit. I can also offer my father as a co-signer. Doesn't that sound like all that should negate the fact I currently don't hold a job and that he won't have a job upon moving ?
In any case, I have been wanting to cry a lot lately.
And of all things, Cori's birthday was today and I felt like I annoyed him by calling him after the horrific first apartment (thank God Catie was with me) and although he was supportive, two things stood out to me--one was that he used a lot of phrasing like "I'm not going to stop you" or "If it's important to you, do it" (like he's trying to distance himself so he can put it on me if something happens down the road) and two, I assumed he would help where he could but I just realized that even though I have the "nest egg," as it were, I don't actually know how he's going to help. Depending upon how much rent I pay ahead of time, will he reimburse me ? Or will he just take care of the electric bills, most of the groceries, and the internet ? Will he pay his fair half ? Or will he maybe just contribute, say, a quarter of the rent ? After all, I do understand he's the one going to school but the rent burden shouldn't be all on me.
These are things I probably should've solidified. I am a little upset that as far as I know, he hasn't said anything about a letter of recommendation from his landlord, and I told him I wanted to have that a week ago.
I'm just... not happy right now.
~Rachel
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