Obviously putting the blankets in lawn and leaf bags was the way to go because they were a lot easier to lug around, one at a time of course. I thought the work would be much harder. This time almost all the cat hair came off the blankets! I mad very quick work of what was left with the sticky lint brush. It's so nice to have the quilt back on the bed… I just hope Buddy doesn't puke on it again.

As far as the apartment search, I feel paralyzed. There are two apartment complexes I'm interested in. One mentions on the application that you have to have "excellent" credit, but ours isn't "excellent." The other says they have a 2 pet maximum (their pet rent is only $20/mo). I'm going to call the second one and ask if they will make an exception about our 3 cats.
I've written down the numbers for several property rental companies, but I hate the idea of cold calling people and saying, "I want this, this, and that." I think that describing my needs as far as accessibility will be particularly hard.
My husband has made things easier on me… he said he's willing to smoke outside, so I don't have to make the ability to smoke in the apartment a necessity, which would have made finding an apartment a herculean task when combined with the rest of our needs…

So now I'm looking for an apartment that is accessible for me, that will accept 3 cats, and has off-street parking for 2 vehicles. There are other things we would really like, but those are our basic needs.

I'm very, very anxious about all of this and it's only going to get worse. We have to give the management here notice we are leaving by June 1st (yes, 2 months before the end of our lease!). I can't live here for another year, so I will be doing that whether we have a new apartment lined up by then or not. So, my anxiety is just going to get worse the longer the search goes on