Business and Pleasure

Tom and I made it up to Washington okay on Tuesday night. We had a nice relaxing day yesterday playing games and just hanging out with John and Janet, and I scoped out the area of my first interview while we were out for lunch. We went over to visit Grandma and Grandpa Fawcett at their not-so-new-but-new-to-us home here in Renton. They've lived there for about 3 1/2 years and we've never gone over to see them in their home for one reason or another. We stayed with them for a few hours and had a nice visit.

Today's interview was for the Massage Envy in Renton Landing.



The interview went really well and they offered me a job by the end. I'm extremely impressed with the owner and the way he operates his business - very different than other franchise locations. Whatever happens with my other interviews in Lacey and Woodinville tomorrow, I am thrilled to have a job if I choose to take it. This was a very successful trip, no matter how you look at it.

One of the wonderful things about Renton Landing is that it's an urban community complete with a Target, Fry's Electronics, many restaurants, shops and cell phone stores, banks, and of course the luxury apartments (which are by the way literally right across the street from the Massage Envy there). So we set up an appointment to visit the apartments today after my interview.

To put it lightly, I have NEVER IN MY LIFE seen such a fantastic apartment building. We certainly never thought we would be entertaining the idea of living in such a luxury setting, but the rent is not even that much more than we were paying in Midvale for our dump there. Here are some photos of the apartments - which come with a clubhouse, pool, hot tub with outdoor showers, no less than three or four free wi-fi spots, free coffee, tea and cocoa, a 24-hour workout room with fantastic equipment, etc., etc., etc...


Here's the outside of the building:
This is the floorplan we're looking at. It only has one bedroom, but everything is very open:
This is part of the clubhouse; one of the areas with free wi-fi. What a great place for Tom to do some writing if he has to get out of the apartment!


Another part of the clubhouse, also with free wi-fi. You'll notice the area in the back there is a full kitchen that residents can use, and invite guests as well:


Bedroom/bathroom. All of the walls have two-tone paint, so none of this boring white only stuff. The bathroom has a soaking tub, which is HUGE!


This is the gym, which is open 24-hours:
All of the units have a washer/dryer included in the unit:

I've got two more interviews tomorrow, and I'll post some sort of update afterward.