Lindsey

Somehow with all the terrible things I’ve done, I passed the polygraph and drug test! So now I’m officially going to have the job. I should be starting Sept. 1 or 15 (they start at beginning of a pay period). I will be training in both Richfield and London OH, and there was some initial concern about that since this morning word was I would have to do all my training in London (2 1/2 hours from our apartment) and I thought I had to get myself there. Turns out they pay for it when I do. So, whew.
It looks as though we will be taking the Big Creek Apartments 2 bedroom, not the Windsor Estates townhouse. They have townhouses at Big Creek too, but the apartment is really great (and bigger, and cheaper). We will put pictures up when we move, which will be sooner than I can imagine. We decided on it because B’s bosses are working on a transfer, and that way we’d both be close to work. Plus, I’d noticed a lot of bad reviews of the townhouse place with regard to the water. Bad smell, bad color, water heater breaking a lot, etc.
Also, I got a job offer from the New York City medical examiner’s office today. 5K more a year, but I’d have to live in Manhattan, so in the end they even out or favor OH.

So we just got back from our drug test/polygraph/apartment search in the Richfield, OH area.
The 7 hour trip out was uneventful. We got to our hotel, went out in search of in-depth maps, came back, ordered pizza and wings, and watched TV. I’m pretty sure we were in bed before 11 (although I slept little).
The next morning was my drug test. We got up, and headed out in the morning. I was told I could just walk and take it. So I tried, but I had to wait almost 40 minutes. So before I even got to “go” we were late for the first apartment appointment. Then, to make matters worse, I didn’t fill it up enough. So I had to start over, but I wasn’t allowed to leave and come back. I had to wait in the waiting room, and I was allowed five 8 ounce glasses of water. Which I chugged. Forty minutes later, I was ready to go. REALLY ready. Of course, I waited another 15 to go. Which made us late for the second apartment. But i peed enough to fill it to the line at least 3 or 4 times. Five glasses may have been overkill.
So, we finally went to an apartment. It was ok. It was well kept and all of that, but the apartment was pretty small.
Then we stopped by Mickey D’s for a lunch on the run.
Next was the polygraph, which was a 2 hour and 45 minute process. I had to basically confess all of my sins through birth, and then attest that I wasn’t hiding things. I was really nervous while hooked up that I was forgetting something, so hopefully I didn’t screw it up. I will find out next week. The hard part was not moving. When you were hooked up you couldn’t move and when you try not to move, everything seems to twitch. I don’t know how it affects things, but it was happening. I think I am more nervous than need be, but thats me.
Then it was back to apartment looking.
The next place was awesome, We actually have the apartment on hold, and I will discuss it below.
The final place for Friday was a dump. The apartments smelled like smoke and dirty people, and the other residents were not to my standards. Probably sounds conceited, but people who look unshowered for the month of August are not people I want to live by.
So, we headed down to the next hotel. Got our room, and went to eat at a steakhouse. Excellent dinner.
Headed back, and watched the opening festivities on the Olympics. Definitely sleeping by 10.
Saturday we went to a few places. The first place was a group of townhomes, which I will discuess below. Then we went to a “luxury” apartment complex, but they weren’t that awesome. The fireplaces are right next to cable jack, with nowhere for the TV to go… dumb. Otherwise ok.
The third place was ok, overpriced and nothing exciting.
So we are left with two places. So what does everyone think? We are waiting for my polygraph results before we decide for sure, so what would you choose?
Place one:
Big Creek Apartments or here
The apartment we put money (only $25) on to hold, with a fireplace in the lower right hand corner of the living room. It is the far right plan on the top. The ceilings are vaulted and the kitchen is open with a bar along it. It comes with a garage stall, a big balcony, and a really big closet. There are tons of amenities. The apartment is 1250 square feet, has brand new carpet, and is $890/month, including the cats. It is a huge apartment, and is towards Cleveland. However, it is on the third floor, which means stairs but no one above us.

Windsor Park Estates or here
This a townhome community. The floorplan is either of the two bedrooms on the page. It is 1100 square feet, with a private entrance, a garden area, a garage, two floors, “house-like”, closet space, and the are no stairs except to our second floor. It is smaller and doesn’t have a balcony, fireplace or all new amenities. It would be $795/month. It is also closer to Akron.
The two are equidistant (approx.) to the lab. The Clevelandish apartment is closer to the ADP office Bryce is trying to transfer to, but there are no guarantees about that. The Akronish townhome is more suburbia-like. One is cheaper, the other nicer, and both less expensive than what we have now.
So….