I was waiting in anticipation to receive my lease renewal but when I finally got it in the mail yesterday I realized that I shouldn't have been that eager. Opening up that over sized envelope to find out my rent went up again was depressing. I'm really trying to stay optimistic though and think of this as a blessing in disguise. Today Ryan and I began the apt hunt by Zip Car-ing around different areas of Brooklyn to get a feel for where we'd like to move and to my surprise I felt really energized and excited at the prospect of moving rather than discouraged. We'll see if I can remain this optimistic once we actually dive fully in and start battling the other millions of people searching in the same neighborhood as us, for that one single unit... but what is meant to be will be... BROOKLYN HERE WE COME