More Apartment Hunting

These last few days have been much better and more encouraging. Coming off the weekend, we were so stressed about the housing situation. We got offered one of the apartments that we saw but didn't really want and decided not to take it. Victor had a hard time with that decision because we don't know if we can get anything better, but his coworkers told him to definitely not jump on the first thing you see because you're afraid there's nothing else out there. They said a lot of people make that mistake when they first move here and that it's totally ok to pass up an apartment if we don't want it. Also just seeing new listings pop up every day is encouraging and reassures us that we will find a place to live eventually.
We didn't get the cute apartment in Oakland that we fought for which was disappointing. HOWEVER, we went to an open house last night for a very similar style apartment in the same neighborhood, and it's even better than the first one we saw. It's so cute and homey and has a shared yard and pretty flowers, and it's a block from the downtown area with all the nice shops and restaurants. I can't even talk about how in love we are with this place because we're so afraid we won't get it. But we had a good 20 minutes of one-on-one time with the landlord because we showed up before everyone else, and we also called him last night and basically told him we'll do whatever it takes to secure this place. He said he'll decide by tomorrow or Saturday, but he seemed to like us.
Either way, we're already calling more places and setting up more showings, so we're feeling better about our housing situation. AND we're going out with Victor's boss and his fiance tomorrow night. Hurray friends!

Now, two very uncool pictures of Victor's very cool office.