Gene and I have lived in Carroll Gardens for over two years now and while we adore our neighborhood, we both agreed that we have outgrown our apartment. Now that there will be three of us, we will definitely want more space, more bedrooms, more bathrooms and most importantly more walk-in closets. There is one problem: we can't have our cake and eat it too. This puts us in a tough place where we have to decide between location, location, location and a large, new apartment. We are leaning towards something new since our current residence is pretty decrepit.
We went to check out an apartment yesterday in a deeper part of Brooklyn. In fact, so far from the city that they still haven't made paved roads down yonder. Ok, so maybe I am exaggerating but still, Avenue U might as well be in Uganda. It's not ALL bad. The apartment itself is nice and most importantly, extremely functional. The layout is very convenient as is the size and we would finally have our very own washer and dryer. Not only will we be able to wash our clothes via a handy dandy machine, but get this...we can also wash our dishes in a similar looking contraption. Currently this is a full time position being filled by my wonderful husband. The big downside of the apartment is that it will take our commute from forty minutes to an hour and ten minutes.
What to do? What to do? This is the beginning of many, many decisions. Before you know it we have to pick a stroller, a nanny, a pre-school, a college. I guess that one is easy - Yale if we end up living in Connecticut and Princeton if in Jersey. At least we got one decision down, but many many more to go.
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