Lynn.

Hope you have fun here and enjoy all the doings of us pet mad folk!
I can't really add any more to what everybody has said - but I would just agree with Catmandu - consider an older cat - apart from anything else they tend to be litter-trained and are SO grateful for a 'forever' home.
I wouldn't worry about only being in a one bedroomed apartment - cats are very adaptive!!

Lynne