Cleo and I got the apartment! The Lease is Signed!

My lease was signed and dotted today after all!

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Thank you all so much for your prayers!

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It will be smaller, less cupboard space, smaller bedroom...

but it has everything I need and want:

*new apartment is only a block from where I am now

*wood floors

*separate bedroom

*laundry on site

*Super on site

*small balcony off bedroom with door

*elevators

*windows for Cleo to look out

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God really helped me!

First saving me from the potential BAD

landlord / tenant relationship;

Second, this is the apartment I had wanted all along.

It had been listed before and was taken before I saw it;

opposite of my situation, the tenant who wanted it backed out,

so it came up for rent again.

Now it is mine.

All I want to know now is to be sure that the walls can be nailed in

so I can put my Icons up!

One thing at a time!

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Thank you all for your prayers and support!

Now I need to move this coming week,

unpack,

look for a new job,

plan my trip DV home for Christmas

and organize myself for future French Classes.

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Thanks be to God for His great mercy!

Application Approved

I went to the office of the rental agent

to apply for the apartment I saw last night.

I brought all the paper work needed,

including a reference letter from my landlord.

Because of God's mercy

and the paperwork all being brought with me,

the rental office called me this afternoon

to say I have been approved.

They have my deposit

and I sign the lease next week Monday

late morning.

As I had friends who rented through this company,

it should not turn out poorly.

Once the lease is signed and the keys exchanged,

I will be really happy.

But for now I no reason not to think that I have

been given the apartment that I wanted all along.

When it came up on craigslist, I wanted it

right away.

It is smaller but should still fit my living / dining room furniture,

is downtown,

has wood floors, elevators, laundry

and a superintendent on sight.

I am happy and am now waiting only for what should happen

on Monday when the lease is signed.

Thank God for His mercy.

Home

Brief blog hello!

I got in late last night. Am going to the monastery soon. Birthday tomorrow!

I was at my church in Michigan today for Sunday morning Liturgy. High winds last night created a lot of power outages and many churches were cancelled. Not the Orthodox Church though!

So I stood in my church for Matins without any power - my Godmother praying for the lights and heat to return.

Right when our priest was singing, at the beginning of Liturgy, Glory to Thee Who has Shown us the Light the lights went on.

The lights and heat stayed on until about 10 minutes after the Liturgy was done.

Glory to God!