Day 250 - The Hunt Continues

We arrived at the building manager's office 25 minutes before opening because I accidentally wrote down that they open at 8, when in fact, they open at 8:30. Cz was not pleased at the prospect of waiting in the cold with a cold. Fortunately, the office is in a neighborhood peppered with little delis, so we soon found a place to sit at a counter and eat tea and toast in the warm while we waited. At 8:32, I called again - no answer. At 8:40, we stopped by and rang the buzzer - no answer. We called again, and left another message, then headed out to check out our other options. Because I was still curious what else was out there, and Cz because he was afraid that because of the cats we wouldn't have a chance with this apartment.

Cz hates apartment hunting. Cz hates having a cold. Both make him crank -eeee. Apartment hunting with a sniffly Cz is about the worst way I can think of to spend a day in NY. But we muddled through. We saw a couple of studios at a great location on 153rd in Manhattan that would be acceptable for a year until we found something bigger, but nothing to match the second 1br we saw yesterday. I'm hoping that the other couple that wants the apartment is more successful in their hunt today and signs on somewhere else. Cz is less optimistic, and is freaking out that we will end up having to stay at his brother's apartment for a month while we continue looking (his brother is moving too, and his old apt is vacant for march). As stated before, Cz is done with being rootless, and refuses to face the possibility of not having his OWN address by the time we head to VA on Feb 21.

I'm crossing my fingers that the pet policy has changed on the apartment we want.