Hello everyone. You will have to excuse to lack of updates because shortly after my last entry I got a phone call from my landlord stating there was someone interested in buying our house, which did come as a surprise because a week before that she had the real estate company come and get their sign out of the yard and she told us she was done trying to sell it for now. And on top of it we only had 30 days to find somewhere to live. This came out of nowhere and on top of it there is a extreme housing shortage in this town right now and what places are available are extremely expensive. For example a apartment that was $300 a month a year ago is now $1,500 a month. So we spent weeks and weeks looking and didn't find anything within our budget. I honestly have never been so stressed out in my life. All I kept thinking is that I'm going to be living out of a car with my almost 2 year old and being 7 months pregnant and it's going to be winter soon. I had panic attacks every night and I thought for sure I was going to go into premature labor because of the stress. Another worry was my dog and cat, who are like my kids and I have had a very long time. Getting rid of them isn't an option, especially my dog. He's my dog and he isn't going to go to anyone else and he would have to be put to sleep.
I refuse to do that. I've had him for almost 5 years and he's my daughters best friend. We obviously were not going to get a place in 30 days so we called and told the landlord that and we got another 2 weeks to look for a place which was nice but still a bit stressful. This is all coming around the holidays on top of it and we all know that moving is really expensive. But then today we get a phone call saying that the people who are buying the house will let us live here for another 6 months and they would only increase the rent by $100. I had to sit and think about that offer all day. Not because of price but because I do really just want to get out of here and find a place to call home and not have to worry about moving from and get all the moving done before this baby comes and before the snow starts to fall. But I've decided to just tell them that we will do that and in the mean time we can still look for another place and if the perfect place comes along then we can grab it but we won't have that stress of a deadline and the possibility of being homeless. So as long as everything goes through with the new owners, they stick to their price and they allow things to stay the same, like keeping my cat and dog, then this stress should lift.
I refuse to do that. I've had him for almost 5 years and he's my daughters best friend. We obviously were not going to get a place in 30 days so we called and told the landlord that and we got another 2 weeks to look for a place which was nice but still a bit stressful. This is all coming around the holidays on top of it and we all know that moving is really expensive. But then today we get a phone call saying that the people who are buying the house will let us live here for another 6 months and they would only increase the rent by $100. I had to sit and think about that offer all day. Not because of price but because I do really just want to get out of here and find a place to call home and not have to worry about moving from and get all the moving done before this baby comes and before the snow starts to fall. But I've decided to just tell them that we will do that and in the mean time we can still look for another place and if the perfect place comes along then we can grab it but we won't have that stress of a deadline and the possibility of being homeless. So as long as everything goes through with the new owners, they stick to their price and they allow things to stay the same, like keeping my cat and dog, then this stress should lift.
We can have a few more months to just enjoy the rest of the year and bring this baby boy into the world. But at the same time I feel so disconnected from this house now. I used to love it here but now it just doesn't feel like home at all. I haven't really been able to decorate for Halloween/Samhain. I did put a few for my daughter because she loves pumpkins and kept calling everyone else's decorations pretty but it's nothing like I would have liked it. Which is depressing to me because this is my favorite time of year. Our trip to the pumpkin patch got canceled and our yearly apple picking trip got canceled because of all of this. I know they are just small things and I need to concentrate on the fact that at least we have a roof over our heads for anther 6 months and we will get through the cold months and I am very very thankful for that. I think I can start relaxing now although I won't really be able to relax until we get all the details worked out with the new owners and I know for sure that everything will be ok in the end. In the meantime we will keep looking for a new house and maybe everyone can send some positive energy on our way for everything to work out.