From Provo to SLC!

I lived in Provo since 2005... such a long time! Even when I was getting my masters at the University of Utah, I still lived in Provo because Andrew was finishing off at BYU.  Well, we were both done last May and a great job opportunity came for both of us in Salt Lake.  We decided it made no sense to live in Provo anymore and we started to look for apartments in Salt Lake County.  We had no idea where to start! We just looked in KSL and Craigslist and some other webpages such as http://www.forrent.com/ .  We found a few good apartments and decided to check them out.  All of them looked good on the pictures but once we got saw them it was not worth it.  There even was one time that we made an appointment to see this particular apartment but once we hit the neighborhood I told Andrew, "let's turn around, I don't care how this apartment looks like, I dislike the neighborhood."  We didn't even know which neighborhoods were good and which were bad.  We looked everywhere for a period of a little less than 2 months and we were tired.  We were worried we didn't find anything and our contract was coming to an end.  Just days before our contract was over, Andrew said, "Ok, let's just go to an area that we like in Salt Lake--anything that looks good to us!-- and let's just stop and see whatever apartment complexes are on the way." So, we did it! We drove around good looking neighborhoods and stopped and see apartments that were available.  We found 2 that we really liked. On our way back home to Provo, we were deciding between these apartments.  We were debating either way, we were not completely satisfied with either but we decided we needed to compromise because we needed to move right away!  Andrew liked one apartment, I liked the other.  We didn't know what to do.

We were in Murray, there was a lot of traffic to get to the freeway.  The GPS said we needed to go straight but we decided to go left and maybe find another way to get to the freeway avoiding the traffic.  When we decided to be on the lane that goes left the traffic loosened up and we got stuck in the left lane. We were so mad, especially me.  Either way, we just waited and waited.  I think this was a blessing.

We turned left eventually and we saw an apartment complex.  We looked at each other and said, "nah, we are tired, plus, we already have 2 apartments we are deciding on." After a few seconds we said, "OK, this is THE LAST ONE!!"

I am so glad to took a look at that "last one." Don't you just get this feeling, "this IS my new home?"when you find that one apartment you are looking for? This is how Andrew and I felt.  We have been living in Salt Lake county since July 4th and are loving it!

Moving!