Sweet Home Alabama...Apartment Hunting in Auburn

I spent all of last week in the great state of Alabama... I started out in Auburn  apartment hunting with Chelsea.  We did it in two days...truth be told it didn't really take that long. It's all about SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY (which does actually mean location, location, location)!  As most of you know Auburn is a really small town with the university tucked into its center.  Everything happens within a 5 block radius of the campus.  So I wasn't so much interested in the cool complexes with the hot tubs, free tanning beds, weekly cookouts, and a 10-15 minute drive to the campus (and a rush to find parking)...or as one manager stated...the further away, the more they play!!
 I wanted her right there...within view of the library...easy walking distance to everything important...classes, the football stadium, classes (I already said that), Toomers Corner for after game celebrations (more about that later)...  Who knew safety was gonna cost more??!!!  On day two we made our way back to Two:21 Armstrong and we both signed away our life in a 19 page lease (I think a closing package for buying a house has less pages)!  It is 2 blocks from the library (translation: 10+ minute walk to most of her classes in the science buildings), and you can see the beloved Hotel at Auburn University from the grounds (my favorite place to stay)!

 It has all of the amenities (well...no tanning beds, but you know those things are dangerous...)!  It has a great gym open 24 hours a day (not sure why that is a selling point...but Chelsea goes almost daily so...) a beautiful swimming pool, and yes, they too have Friday night parties and feed the students Mama Goldbergs, Mellow Mushroom....etc.

  Another wonderful amenity...her one bedroom apartment has...are you ready...a washer and dryer!!!  No more dragging laundry downstairs to find all of the washers full...but finished!  No more bringing home three weeks of laundry for a two day weekend at home! No more...okay no more of this, cause you get it :)  So with a huge sigh of relief...Chelsea has her place for next year and a bonus...she gets to go furniture shopping!  As I left Auburn to head on up the road to my next adventure I had to smile along with Chelsea...:)