Ok guess what? We found our subletters! They signed the lease this weekend, put down their deposit, everything. It's done. And, I think it's safe to say they're awesome - a Brooklyn pair who plans to travel in January and needs a place after their lease runs out in September. They worked for NPR. They like good music. I've been to their current apt in Boerum Hill and it's sweet. They couldn't be better suited.
So this means that the hunt for a San Fran sublet is officially ON! It's crazy, I keep finding these places that are, like, hundreds of dollars over my budget, but you know I email them anyway, and then I say to myself later 'why did you do that?' - but that kind of behavior is a common pattern in my life. I do that kind of thing all the time with clothing and beauty products - shopping online, I'll add $450 sandals to my 'shopping cart' and let them sit in there for days and days before finally deleting them.
And vacation stuff, omg, don't even get me started. Say I think to myself on a Thursday that maybe it would be awesome to just pick up and go somewhere for the weekend, somewhere cheap and not too far away. Before you know it, I'm looking at spa weekends out at Gurney's in Montauk in the height of the summer season. And I get all worked up and agitated that I can't afford it, and I come really close to just throwing it all on a credit card (which we don't even use anymore - we're a cash-only operation now) and doing it because, dammit, I deserve it.
Somehow my rational mind kicks in and I put the wallet down (not that I need my wallet - I memorized my AmEx number years ago) and then end up going nowhere. Because of course, in the end, I didn't need to get away for the weekend, right? Any time I get that super impulsive urge to spend a lot and get far away from wherever I am, I know it's because I'm unhappy about something that's going on in the moment. I need to figure out what it is and work to correct it. I get that. I really do. Just not until after I almost cross that line into expensive beachfront spa territory.
So, back to the sublet search: not counting the way-out-of-budget options, I think there is a good chance me and Niko will be really happy with what we find. We have time, we have the security of a subletter, we have some savings, and we have craigslist. There isn't a ton of stuff in our price range or our date range, but I think it's still a little early for October sublets. I'm gonna keep checking, though, every day; when our apartment is ready for us, it will reveal itself.
Mystical, no?
3 comments:
Two things-
You are not alone in the "I-wish-I could-just-get-away-thought" AND you DO need to take weekend get aways. Maybe just save for them. Put alittle bit of money away each month for just that reason. Easier said then done, I know. I have mine automatically deducted when we get paid so I never even get the chance.
2nd. You should set up a feeder for craigslist based on your price range and location. That way you dont get side track looking at all the things you cant afford and only get links to things you can. I did it when I was looking for apartments.
long comment I know. But hope it helps.
Can your new subletters hang out with your friends while you're away? What're their names.
Fantasy shopping seems pretty great to me. You spend a lot of time dealing with the real, so if your body/mind needs to regenerate and rest, you gotta do that. I guess moderate exercise would be a better vice, but fantashopping is still way up there in the do-no-harm stratosphere.
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