life changes

sooo .... i think i found a place to live. i mean, i know i found at least one place. i can either live with a 57-year-old artist lady, or hopefully with a 26-year-old art-store-manager lady. the first has already offered me the spot, but i haven't told her yes yet, because i went to look at this other place last night - it is a little more expensive, a little farther north, much bigger, and the girl who lives there is amazing. the apartment felt like home from the first moment i walked in - she has 2 cats! and lots of houseplants, and the place has so many windows! but on top of that, she is a very calm, pensive person who really listens! when you talk. we talked for an hour and a half, about the apartment, about ourselves and our qualities as roommates, and about life in general. we were both shocked when we realized how late it had gotten. i left after we both said we felt good about each other, and she asked for a night to think (pray!) about it (we had already talked religion, and she told me about her church, so it didn't seem that weird that she wanted to pray about it). i am really hoping that she gets back to me saying i can move in - the old artist lady would also be a fine roommate, but her place is smaller, there are kids upstairs from her, and she does a lot of talking ... it is obvious from the way that she presents herself in conversation that she has no doubts about her self-importance.
we will see, i guess.
i'm off to a new area of prairie today ... so much fieldwork! so little sleep! argh ...
there are supposed to be wild thunderstorms this evening/tonight ... i hope they hold off until i'm off the prairie, or life could get a lot more exciting (or a lot shorter).