From my facebook two days ago (I thought I was being terribly clever):

“Unbeknowst to most, the urban apartment is one of the planet’s most elusive prey. Quick to disappear, it lurks in shadows and is easily scared off by threats of habitation. The predator must possess fine-honed skills of experience, patience and speed. Our hunter has found its desirable prey and the timeless dance of pursuit and retreat are underway. Will the exhausted and frustrated hunter be successful in capturing the apt or will it flee the jaws once again? Tune in later (after the hunter has a nap) to find out!”

I have found an apartment that I am really interested in. A med student is subletting her place while she leaves for a year and it sounds good: fantastic location, just 2 blocks from the school and from the Golden Gate Park and easy transportation to downtown. There’s an included covered parking space for free (unheard of) and in-facility laundry (also rarer than rare) and the price is reasonable, especially since it’s two bedrooms, so I’d have space for all of my friends when they come to visit (hint, hint). It’s not perfect – it’s furnished, which means that I’ll be getting rid of all of my stuff (I love my couch!), and she won’t be moving out until the end of August, but she’s willing to let me move in early and split rent for 2 months.

Unfortunately, I have competition. Of course. It’s between me and two med students, although I think it’s really going to come down to whether or not she wants a roommate who is pretty flexible with her move out date, or not. We’ll see. She’s supposed to call at the end of the weekend to let me know. There are some other potential roommate situations as well, so things feel less dire than they did a week ago.

I’ve decided to take the weekend off apartment hunting, because it combined with everything else has been stressing me out to the point that I was developing bulimic eating patterns and wasn’t getting anything else done, as I obsessively clicked on craigslist – I’ve only completely about 2 hours of cardiology studying this past week, not good.  So I made a spontaneous trip down to central Illinois to see my friend Susan and her little family for the last time before I leave. We’re going to have a fantastic weekend. As the baby wakes up at 7, I’d probably better get some sleep. 🙂