Calling All Esther's

When Mark and I went to go check out our last apartment in Kitchener (which seems like the Ritz compared to our current place), we were greeted by a lovely older lady named Esther. She was cordial, professional and organized and most of all, she gave us the sparkling new apartment so I definitely liked her.

A few months later we had a change in our building's management. Like before we were handing in our rent checks to a nice new woman who was also named Esther. Practically identical to the other Esther, but take off 20 years, take off half her clothes, and add a cigarette and a bottle of bleach to the hair. I'm not painting a nice picture of her am I? She was very nice and I think an older gentleman who could see past the cloud of smoke would find her attractive. She thoughtfully even gave us a little gift once Henry was born. Anyways, sadly we had to hand in our 60 day notice to Esther #2. Which brings me to our next home.

Our current landlady oddly enough is also named Ester (sans the "h".....and sometimes we forget the "s" and call her Eter...but not to her face). Anyway, are we beginning to see a pattern here? So now add 30 years back on to the last Esther, put another layer of clothing back on, some black hospital nursing shoes, a Long Island accent and a handful of scratch cards and you have her. Although I give the place a hard time and she did cause me a copious amount of stress at the beginning, she has been quite accommodating. I think compared to her last 5 years of tenants we are a godsend. So now that our lease is coming to an end, quite frankly she's sucking up. She's stated a few times in the last couple weeks that she wants us back and is pulling out all the stops trying to make it happen.

So why do I tell you this Tale of The Three Esthers? Because Mark and I are indeed in the market for a new place which could mean a new Esther. I'm praying we can have something lined up before we go back home to Alberta for the summer as our history with on-line apartment housing hasn't been the greatest. So if there is an Esther out there in Suffolk County that has an unfurnished two bedroom house or apartment available come this September...CALL ME!!