11/14/14
I spent Tuesday and Wednesday day exploring Milwaukee apartments. I knew that my search would require more research and time than if I was just staying in Green Bay. I took a friend for support, help and fun. We viewed nineteen apartments. All sizes, from 175 square feet to an amazing one bedroom with hardwood floors and high ceilings that was about $150 over my budget. I feel in love with two of them, and of course they were the ones I cannot afford (hardwood floors and character). I felt at home in two of them, and they are in my budget and I have applied for those. Those are in the same neighborhood, about eight blocks apart, south of the university and close to the lake. :)
I also received my acceptance letter to the School of Education on Monday.
So it’s go time.
I need to just secure a move in date and then pack. I thought I would be freaked out about all of this. I am not. Change is something that I have learned to welcome in my life lately. The last six or so years have taught me a lot about change.
I am nervous to move to Milwaukee. None of the apartments we looked at offered free parking for tenants, prices ranged from $45 to $115.... so I will stress about finding a parking spot until spring probably. I am nervous about doing this alone. This is probably the push I need to break free of bad friendships and reconnect with good friends. It is a change for me to learn to trust people again. I am going to have to make friends in Milwaukee, and I will have to do so with my guard up but I am going to have to learn to step out from behind it once in a while.
All of this is scary and exciting! I found this quote the other day and I am going to post it somewhere in my new apartment: “I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ‘Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.” - Marissa Mayer. Yep, I am not sure I can do this and am pushing through despite that uncertainty.
<3 Megan
