This holiday season is turning out to be an active one. Tim and Chastity had their house broken into a few days ago and this has sped up their process of moving closer downtown. They found this nice little apartment about 1 block away from Lake Eola, a very nice part of downtown. As luck would have it, the place that they found had 1 more open apartment.
Kitzzy and I have been passively talking about downsizing and moving downtown, but haven't really acted upon it. This sorta kicked us into gear and we went and applied for it. It's $350 less than our current place and the area is much nicer. We're going to have to get rid of a lot of stuff and in all likeliness get a storage unit, but I think it will be a good move.
Since we've been more active, downtown is a much more bike and pedestrian-friendly area. The area got a walk score of 86 compared to the 17 we have now.
The downside is we will be further from UCF so it'll be more of a commute to work. It's an hour bus ride so I can still ride my bike and just catch the bus the rest of the way. We can see I4 down the street so even driving to work should be quick. Eventually I'd like to build up to riding my bike the whole way.
On that note, I think I'm going to be selling my car. I don't really use it that much and living down I will probably use it even less. It's still in decent running shape and I'd like to rid myself of that $70/month insurance.
We're going to be heading out of town in a few days, visiting my dad and stepmom in Georgia, then flying out to California for New Years and MacWorld Expo. It ought to be a fun time. We're flying into LA, spending a few days, then driving up the Pacific Coast Highway to San Francisco. I've heard it's an absolutely beautiful drive so I should be posting a lot of pictures.
We rode about 20 miles today and I'm beat. Time for bed.
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