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Originally posted by bilqis:
I do agree that we seem to always miss each other.I'm having to hunt for your posts to find them anymore! Must be the time difference eh? Good luck on the apartment hunt. I always enjoyed apartment/house hunting. IMHO it's fun to see different floor plans, decorating schemes, etc. The best part tho, is FINDING the one you want. Best wishes on your quest.
Oh you Rogue! You do say the sweetest things! 
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Really seems to be my special day of inattentiveness, for I completely missed this one before I bumped the thread.
I saw a total of 5 flats over the weekend and for once I don't agree with you. It is not much fun, I am rather emtionally drained. The reason is that I am, mostly, looking for a room in a shared flat, so seeing a flat also involves a more or less lenghty chat with the potential flatmates. The chats themselves are actually quite often rather pleasant experiences, but nevertheless, the whole procedure resembles way too much a weird mixture of job interview and blind date to be truly enjoyable. Especially afterwards, I always feel more or less uneasy: "Did I talk too much or not enough ?" Did I say the right things and did I laugh at the right moments ? Did I convey the image of a reliable and organized flatmate, but did I, at the same time, avoid to portray myself as a order fanatic and slowpoke ?" What makes matters worse is that if everything was fine, the flat looked great, the people appeared genuinely nice, I start to worry even more, because I now feel as if I had something to loose. And please. don't tell me just to stop worrying so much and be myself. Firstly, I already keep telling that myself and secondly, who of us has really got the gift to be so relaxed in a situations like that - for instance during job interviews ?
All of the above notwithstanding, I know and have experienced what you were talking about
: if I am having a good day, everything goes smoothly and especially if there is no fixed date up to which I have to find something, I can look at the situation in a similar way to yours: it is a great adventure, you get around in the city, even to quarters you have not been to before, you get to know new people and see how they live right away
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Sorry in case much of the above sounded too much like lamenting, but like I said I am feeling really emotionally drained right now and there are several juries out right now debating my likability - not a pleasant thought.
Take care and have yourself a wonderful birthday !
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So long !
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