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I am so far behind on my f'lists right now. So, my apologies to everyone. I may have difficulty keeping up over the next few weeks, so please don't think I'm ignoring you guys, it's just between work and getting ready to move and spending time with family before I leave, there's not a whole lot of time for blogging.

More details on the St Louis trip!

I'd left town Saturday morning, pretty much right after work. Which was not a pleasant drive. Ikh. The barbecue we went to Saturday was a lot of fun. Their friends seem pretty nice. :-) I definitely feel very optimistic about the move. I'm still a bit anxious, but I know it's just my general fear of change. This is a big change, after all! We had some nice conversations, too. It's a bit of a change from online friend to offline, but they all seem like great people, so I'm sure we'll get along just swell ^_^ We certainly got along pretty good for the weekend I was there! It was nice getting to finally meet chloekittn75 in person, and getting to meet amazonianwitch and agent_alpo for more than just a brief visit.

On Sunday, after Pride, we returned home and hung out. We watched the Goonies, which neither I nor Amy had ever seen. I treated them to pizza as a thank-you for letting me stay. When the pizza arrived, I paid for it, still dressed en femme, which was a bit of a confidence-builder, as that was a situation outside of a defined LGBT-friendly environment.

Anyways, Monday I went apartment-hunting. I'd already picked out a number of potential places online, and wanted to check them out in person before signing up. The first place I went to was in a bit of a run-down neighborhood. Not a bad neighborhood per se, I don't think, but a bit run-down. The second place was in a great area, wonderful apartment, 625 square feet with a nice balcony. I immediately felt a strong positive feeling for it, but I wanted to look at other places, too, in case those were better. I ended up going with that second place I looked at. I'm glad I looked at the other places, though, cause I would've wondered about them if I hadn't. Some of the other places were pretty nice, too, but the place I ended up with was just a bit nicer than most of them. There was one that was as nice, maybe even a little nicer, and about the same rent, but it was less convenient to where I'll be working. The place I went with is just 3.8 miles away - a 6-minute drive! The other place was something like a half-hour drive. So, even though I ended up driving around to a lot of places that I ended up not going with, I'm glad that I did.