Have we found an apartment?

We returned home from Durham this afternoon.  Linda's resting from the 4-hour trip and I'm catching up on email, etc.

We looked at several apartments in the Durham area yesterday, and decided that we liked the Colonial Village at Deerfield.  The apartments are a bit old, but the setting, next to Duke Forest, is really pretty.  The apartments are within 3 miles of the Duke Hospital, a real benefit.  Linda's doctor has made it very clear that she will have a better chance if we are a lot closer than we are now.

We were shown a one bedroom apartment yesterday afternoon.  It was a bit small, but I really liked that it was on a cul-de-sac with the forest behind it, and a copse of bamboo in front.  But, it was pretty cramped.  Add the dog into the mix and include my junk collection (no, not ALL of it), and it would be really cramped.

This morning, as we were getting ready to leave the area, and had just stopped for gas, I got a telephone call.  A two bedroom unit on the ground floor had become available.  Were we interested? Yes!  So we drove back to the apartment complex.  We couldn't see the apartment in question, as it was not "ready." But they had another one that was empty that we could look at.  Unfortunately, it was on the third floor.  Linda can hardly step up one step.  Three floors was beyond her.  So I looked at it, and told her about it afterwards.  I think it will do, although it doesn't have as nice a setting as the smaller one did.  Here's a picture of the floor plan.

MARS is going to be difficult.  I've already had to ask my Deputy to cover for me for the Region Four net next Saturday morning.  I think we may be in the middle of moving then.