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After the graduation festivities, we made sure to leave ourselves 4 luxurious days to pack. During those days, we made the luxurious decision to procrastinate. So, we packed up an cleaned our whole house in 1.5 days.
Then, we got in a U-Haul and made the 15 hour trip to the Blue Heron Motel in Indiana. What a beautiful place, the attendant said! 800 acre lake right behind it and it was the only motel on the whole lake! Imagine that! We liked it because it was cheap, off the freeway and came with breakfast.
On our way, we were shocked by 1 thing in particular. For the benefit of 1.5 hours of glorious Ohio scenery on a federally funded inter-state highway (80), Ohio charges $25 for U-Hauls our size. While we were not small (17 ft), I am not sure we had $25 worth of girth! That is OK, because Ohio charges $16 for cars! They must think quite highly of themselves. After conferring with my Ohio-an classmates, we have confirmed: they do in fact think highly of the pleasure of driving through their state.
After ditching the puddle, we jumped to our storage unit on the West side of Chicago. The picture below may give you some idea of what it looks like. Jason still feels we could have gone with the size smaller! Ha!
After moving in, we were apartment hunting by the next day. In only one day, we shot our limit. We made up for our New Haven inspired procrastination with some effective hunting. We nailed a spot that hit everything: large 1br, by the beach, sunk in, south facing balcony, stainless steel appliances, walk-in closet, gym inside the building, the best rooftop pool in Chicago, and the high point of our price range (but still within it). So, we will be happy, broke Chicagoans next year!
On to Orlando!
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