All You Need is One
Success! I managed to get the apartment that I flew out for! Yes, I looked at other places, but this was the one that seemed best, and now I have a lease and everything!

The things I knew before I moved in: my roommates would be two women, a medical student and a pharmacology student. I'd have the whole third floor (a finished attic), and the landlords live next door in the other half of the duplex. Cats okay.

The things I learned after I signed the lease: S plays cello and once was accepted as a Tanglewood Fellow (way more prestigious than just singing in the chorus!) and the med school a capella group "Docapella" rehearses in my very own living room! S was making banana pancakes for everyone when I stepped out, so there's promise of sharing food. The landlords are fabulous, barely older than me, and PhD engineers. Huzzah!

Things that will be interesting: As an attic space it's basically one bedroom and a lot of nooks where the ceiling comes lower. I also have my own bathroom. I'm not quite sure what I will do with the oddly shaped spaces, but I'm sure I will find some way to fit everything in. Also, they are getting a kitten and my cats haven't had to deal with other cats in a long time! I'm hoping that a wee kitten poses no threat to their dominance, so hopefully things will be amicable.

Sigh. And for a moment there I was despairing. I have an address! and nifty seeming roommates! and good landlords! and a beautiful house in a bright and shiny neighborhood close to campus. Huzzah!