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OUR VERY OWN PLACE - AN APARTMENT IN IRVING

Posted by Stacy on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 9:26 AM

I had always known that when I hit 18 I was going to move out of my parents house. We had always been at odds and I really wanted to make my own life. I had one best friend in high school and her home life was not exactly peachy, so we agreed that when we were old enough we would move away together and start over. About 6 months before my 18th birthday, we decided to begin looking around for a place to go. We got information from several different apartments in Irving Texas and looked over the brochures to see what was available out there. Unlike other high school students, we were working and saving our money for our new life. We knew that we at least needed to have the security deposit and one months rent saved plus the money for the moving expenses and apartment set up expenses. We also knew that once we decided on which Irving Apartments we were going to live in, we would need to find jobs right in the area, hopefully at the same place, because at least for a while we would be sharing one car. We thought this made more sense than having two, because owning a car can get expensive and we thought it would be better if we worked together on this. We finally decided on a place to live and the Irving Texas Apartments we chose were reasonably priced and really nice. We found a 2 bedroom apartment, in a nice area, with lots of windows and a really spacious kitchen. I loved the kitchen because it was great for cooking, which I love to do. Each bedroom had it's own bathroom which I really liked because I really don't like having to share a bathroom with anyone, so we each had our own and mine was right off the bedroom. Well, when we finally did move it was actually better than I thought it would be. We had a great time living on our own and we were far enough from our families that we didn't need to see them all the time. In the end, my friend and I both decided to go to college and after the first year we wound up each going our separate ways. We will always be best friends and I am really grateful for that year that we spent together. I think that it really helped both of us have the courage to become adults, together.