Maybe I should rephrase that.. July will be the month that if I survive I am totally giving myself a pat on the back. LOTS going on! As everyone coast to coast is very aware of, I’m apartment hunting! I’m also making a quick trip home and then to Eastern Washington for one of my good friend’s wedding (YAYYYY for Mel and John), they’re starting demolition for remodeling the kitchen at my current apartment this weekend, I was summoned to Jury Duty in the middle of the month, and we’re also moving locations at our office. So lots of BIG things going on! It’s all very exciting, but to say that it’s stressful doesn’t really come close to how I’m feeling.

I will feel MUCH, MUCH better when I have an apartment locked down. That is for sure. Sooo, in the next 24 hours I will be heading to work for a half day, meeting up with my new BFF broker to look at apartments and hopefully love one and apply! After that, I’m back to my apartment to tidy up and then hit the road aka train with Chris and Scooter to Long Island. Yep, another addition of stress to my life. Taking Scooter on the train. Not the most fun experience.. but my flight isn’t until the 4th so I want to help Chris get the pup out to Long Island since he’s playing babysitter while I’m gone.

Then on the 4th I’ll be traveling all day! I’m adding a good 2 1/2 hours to my trip to the airport by going to Long Island, but I have a couple of books to read so that’s good. I also have a quick layover up north in Boston before getting into WA in the evening. The 5th, I’ll get a little downtime with my family before hitting the road on the 6th to Eastern Washington and then back on the 7th. Chill for a night and then back on a red-eye to NYC. No rest for the weary! 

I’ll have posts for you next week (hopefully including a ” I GOT AN APARTMENT!”. Fingers crossed everyone! Enjoy your holiday weekends!!

It’s that time again… This time I’m talking apartment listing photos! Something I find comical and sometimes plain crazy is the photos that are included on some of these apartment listings. I understand we’re living in small quarters in Manhattan and I will admit my room is not always spotless, but some of these apartments can only be described as a hot mess! 

I’m hoping that some of these people just didn’t know when they would be taking photos? Otherwise.. well.. there’s a lot of little piggies living in the city!

Let me show you why I say that…

Exhibit A: Hello clutter!

Exhibit B: I’m sure they didn’t want everyone to see their (hopefully clean) laundry laying out on the bed. 

Exhibit C: Besides the fact the garbage is overflowing all over the place, I think it’s a fire hazard having that stuff on the burners.

Exhibit D: Looks like the stairs to the sleeping loft got turned into a shelf.

Exhibit E: And the backyard shot.. First of all, let me rant. Someone has a backyard in the city and they did this to it?!! Come on people!!

So there you have it. Mess, mess and more mess! 

It’s Monday… of a holiday week and this is the perfect jam to kick it off! You might recognize it from the Fab commercial ;-)

Two and half days of work to go, 4 days until I’m in Washington for the weekend, and 6 days until my friend’s wedding! Let’s do this!

Dose of my “Subway Mixing” Playlist

Today’s preview, Katie Herzig- “Little Bit of Love”