For the past four months, I’ve been commuting to work via GO Train, and lately it has really been taking a toll on me mentally and physically. The first two and a half months were not a problem, wake up, get on the train, work, get on the train, go to sleep. But just before Christmas is when I started noticing that I was really tired all the time, exhausted doesn’t even seem like the correct word to describe how I was feeling. I began napping on the train (two and from work) and I felt like a zombie while at work. It was mutually decided that Travis and I really needed to move downtown because he was starting to feel the same way.

Travis and I had been looking at apartments, condos and lofts in the downtown core for months, but when the new year rang in, we took it a lot more seriously. Late last week, Travis and I went for our first showing. The place was located right in between where our jobs are located, so the commute, or lack there of, was about a 10 minute walk. The building was fabulous, modern, and was once a hotel, but half is now converted into condos, the things Travis and I are really looking for in a place.

We walked in and reality sunk in. It was small, really small. Not quite 600 sq feet small. Having lived in a house my whole life I was used to having a lot of space to move around in. This place you could turn around and you would have seen everything. That was one strike. Strike two was that there was no lighting in the living room or bedroom, and the lighting in the kitchen and bathroom were too dim. Strike three was that parking was extra. Travis and I want to keep my car for at least the first year, and not having a readily available parking spot is a problem. Having to hunt down a parking spot and pay another $150-$200 more a month is too much money.

And so the search continues. We found four more places we are interested in, so hopefully we can see them this week without being told that the places are already gone or that there is a bidding war between two couples (like we have experienced before.)

My and Travis’ goal is the find a place and move in no later than the middle of March. I can’t wait to see even more places and finally make the big move.