Scoping out
My scoping-out-apartments mission was an abject failure.
I fell in love. Bigtime. With a building.
My mother just bought an eTicket and is racing to O'Hare as I type to try and get on a plane to LaGuardia so we can go see it again tomorrow at 11:00AM - I already made the appointment. She has only the clothes on her back and the knowledge that I adore her to death for doing this for me. She is my eyes. She is my objectivity. When it comes to property and living spaces, especially, she is my rationality.
I'm in love. James will be in love when he sees it, too.
I love you Verdesian building with your great apartments.
I love you mommy, for flying out to make sure I don't do something stupid and rash.
19:10 Edit: So. I had a think about this, and realised that, as much as I wanted to show my mom this and get excited about it, it really isn't the right time. That wasn't the objective of this trip. And I want James to be with me. This apartment is what I wanted, sure. But do I really think it's the only place in the entire city of NY that would be a perfect match for us? No. I don't think that at all. It was just the most perfect match of the stuff that's out there right now. Will it still be out there next month? Maybe! But other stuff might be, too!
So mom isn't coming (which makes me sad - but she was wonderful that she was going to come) and Jamie is understandably in a hard position because he didn't get overly excited on the phone due to stress (he had a horrible day) and the fact that he did want to see the place before we signed a contract. So I know he's going to feel responsible if we don't find a place I flip over when we come back in a month.
But I bet I will. I like moving. I like finding new places. I like the idea of not stretching our budget to the very limit (godDAMN that place was expensive). But more than anything, I like Jamie. I want to share this with him and be excited with him. And that my desire to share it with him far outweighs any enthusiasm I had for that building is indicative that I'm not really that head over heals for the place. And actually, I should wait.
So Mom's not on her way over anymore (thank you mommy for doing that - I'm sorry if I messed up your evening - I love you), and James is hopefully slumbering peacefully (instead of being here with me, where I could snuggle him after his hard day), so I am disappointed.
But not about that apartment. About not being able to be with the people I love.
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Beth Ballingall
food lover : world traveller : gamer : New Yorker : twenty-something : former Londoner : handbag lover : erstwhile soprano : geek
Ummm, yeah ... the Verdesian is an amazing building ... you can see the tall buildings in Jersey, right (which is a cool view) and possible the Statue and Ellis Is.?
Have you tried the East Side of the Battery Park? The view is of Brooklyn, which is more industrial, but that should be changing as there is a hug buidling push there over the next few years ....