Lost Apartment and Deep Thoughts on Packing - Paris Friday Update

Lost the Apartment
In a dramatic turn of events the apartment we loved and thought was ours went to another party. They got their file in hours before us and the owners felt they needed to play fair ... even though our case looked way better. So all the imagining I did with placing furniture and neighborhood research went out the window. Very frustrating.

Dave is making a valiant effort to do his FOURTH apartment hunt today. Please keep your fingers crossed we find something we like. If we don't, and we go to our backup-backup plan of apartment shopping in early January, shipping of our household goods become complicated. Plus, my sanity is a stake here, people!


Temp Housing Search
Meanwhile, we're hunting down a temporary apartment for the transition between arriving in Paris at the end of the month and the arrival of our beds, and other necessities, into our permanent residence (assuming we are successful today). Why not a hotel? Because we could be there awhile and it would be HELL sharing a tiny hotel room with four people and a large amount of luggage. Also, we want to start "living" in Paris, so a kitchen, bathrooms, and some semblance of normal will help. The goal is we'd live in this temp place and use the time while we wait for our shipment of stuff to set up the permanent place.


Deep Thoughts on Packing
The fun thing about packing up to live in a smaller space (in a foreign country) BUT not having to really move out of our current space is I get to edit and bring only the items I use all the time and those I love.

And that's a very interesting exercise because what will be left after the movers leave on Tuesday will essentially be stuff I don't use very often and things I don't have a great fondness for. How often do you get to do that? Usually, all your crap, favorite or not, follows you around.

And yes, my label maker has been working overtime.

Also, I decided my decor at the new place will be lots of WHITE, so it's been fun to choose all my favorite white things (dishes, vases, serving bowls, etc.) to bring.

Maybe I'll have a really coordinated, really Pinterest-y Parisian apartment. Who knows?!



Related posts: 
The Paris Move
Past Paris Friday Updates

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