...and more heartbreak. This time because:

1. Ken got all excited about an apartment that was just not the kind of place I would want people to visit me at...and I want people to visit me. Carpet. 80's complex. Standard layout. Sorry Ken. The landlord and his assistant were super nice, but I just can't do it.
   
2. I fell in love with a gorgeous little bohemian hardwood bungalow close-ish to downtown Palo Alto. Ken didn't. There was a huge garden with a waterfall and yard surrounding the house that he felt was intimidating.
3. We stepped into a beautiful home with hardwood 2 minutes to downtown Palo Alto and before we got 2 feet into the door, the landlord told us it was already gone.
4. Viewed a gorgeous 2-ish bedroom in an Art Deco building on an extreme hill in the Russian Hill district of San Francisco, but it wouldn't fit Tad, Ken, Myself AND our furniture.
5. Drove into the Richmond district and found that the house we were there to view is being viewed tomorrow.
6. Saw an AMAZING Victorian in Mission. Fell in love. Adored Maggie, the downstairs neighbour, dreamed of where we would put everything....then received a phonecall from the landlord that she already has an application, so it's most likely gone.
7. Half-heartedly looked at a trashy-ish condo in Redwood City and thought, "Well, if we get desperate..." (it may get to that)

Ken leaves tomorrow. I have a busy work week from hell. Tad is coming in next weekend. I have no idea when I'm going to find a place.

Does anybody know someone I can pay to do this? ...and at this point I don't really care what it costs... I just want an address (okay, I just want an address with some semblance of charm, in a good location (not Daly City, not South San Fran, etc.), that allows a well-behaved small cat, has hardwood, is in reasonable proximity to a decent middle school, has 2 bedrooms +, that doesn't believe that my credit card history is the sum of my character and costs below $2500/month-ish).

Craig, who showed us the amazing Art Deco 2-ish bedroom told us that 6 months ago, we wouldn't have had a problem and, perhaps, 6 months from now, we won't either. For some reason, the market is super hot. I wonder how long I can continue to live in this hotel room...