My new home

1st October, 2011

Today I was supposed to see a fifth house but got an email in the morning to tell me that the room was no longer available. I decided that House 4 would be the best. It was close between House 2 and House 4 but I got a better vibe off the people in House and the location was better (closest to light rail). The problem was that the landlord of House 4 said that he had four others viewing the house so I had to wait until they had viewed today. I thought that he would give the room to one of the others because they could probably commit for more than a month (I can't do that yet).

I decided to go to Mall of America as it is close-by the hotel. I think it is the biggest Mall in America. It is huge. They have a theme park in the middle of the store. It was pretty cool. I text the landlord of House 4 to see if he would give the room to me and he said that he would. He called me back and said that I could move in straight away, which is great because I didn't want to stay in the hotel again. Knowing I had a place (see photo above), I bought an air matress in Sears to be my temporary. He left keys at the back door for me. I moved in as soon as I could get down there. I have been in the house on my own ever since.

There is a convenient store just across the street which is really handy. They have a good range of stuff and it's really cheap (the cheapest I've seen in the US). I bought some stuff for dinner and breakfast and have managed to find my way around the kitchen to cook some dinner. I will explore the area more tomorrow.