No More Looking

We found an awesome place about two weeks ago. We made a move on it, saw it this past Monday, put in our applications, and were informed today it was ours! We start the move on the twenty first of April.

So the details...

I know we were looking for smaller, but we settled for bigger and more well planned space instead. It is also cheaper than what we pay now; not insanely cheaper but worth every penny of rent.

We found another three story, two bedroom two bathroom townhouse, but there are some amazing differences. With this place we will have a two car tandem garage with tons of room for storage and for Collin to have a little techie nerd work bench. At the back of the garage there is a door out onto an okay sized porch with a little fenced in "yard." The yard is pretty much NO maintenance which is cool, I am not sure what we would really do with it.

On the second floor is the kitchen, dining room, and living room. I LOVE the way the rooms are laid out. The living room has a gas fireplace and some built in shelves. The kitchen has a PANTRY!! So I can actually use my huge bookcase for books! Off the living room (which is in the back part of the townhouse) is a GINORMOUS deck. I can totally see a couple chairs and a table out there with our grill.

On the third floor is the washer and dryer and two huge bedrooms. The master has an attached bath and then the second is out in the hall right next to the second bedroom. There is a walk in closet in the master; which I am not sure what I will do with it having donated most of my clothes to Goodwill....

There is a ton of storage through out the place and it is only .7 miles from where we currently live, and that is .7 closer to my work and the Max. I am so glad we were able to find something in the area we have fallen in love with. Also, one of my really good friends from work lives like four houses away! So, we lose the nerd domicile/man cave (that really didn't get used), and all of our toilets are still on the third floor, but we gain roughly two hundred square feet for LESS than we pay NOW, and we stay in the area we love (and is convenient for our life right now). Oh, and did I mention we yet again managed to find something that backs to a park/green space. Yes, our views consist of gorgeous trees!

I am beyond happy and relieved. Lord willing, this will be the last time we move until we are ready to buy! I don't want to have to look at rentals again, next time I want it to be for something much more permanent.

I feel like I am missing some details but there will be pictures after the move. Distracted by dinner. We are celebrating.

Pizza!

I Know...

Stress. It’s a known fact of life. Everyone has to deal with it. 

It hollows you out and fills the empty husk with toxic sludge. It cracks a door for its cousins; guilt and fear. Stress opens a window to let in the chill air of depression. It cuts you down to nothing and makes you feel useless.

You do what you can to beat it back and hold it at bay, but it wears you out and robs you of sleep. And when it allows you to sleep it brings you visions of despair and hideous nightmares.

It feeds on your spirit and makes you feel weak. More often than not, by the time you realize what it has done to you, the recovery appears like Everest. You know it can be done and others before you have reached the peak. Stress whispers in your ear doubts and what-ifs. Finally something inside snaps and you break through.

A spark. A tiny hungry flame inside you ignites. You realize that the voice telling you this is an insurmountable task is the stress. It’s afraid. All its hard work has turned on it. A warm breeze blows, bringing the scent warm sun, grass, and that earthy smell of spring.

It’s not easy, but you find the strength. You struggle. Somehow, that flame is now an inferno. You burn your way out of the rut. With a fiery desire you turn the stress into action and planning. You are the stronger of the two.

Let go.

You can achieve it all if you just let go.

Remind me to read this next time. There is always a next time. I am sure some times will be bigger and harder than others, but this will always be a constant.

Bridges Are Looking Tempting...

Want to know what I hate more than moving?

Bitching about looking for a new place.

It's true. I hate it. But I am going to do it anyways.

This shit is getting old. It just kills me seeing THREE ideal properties, and having to wait it out. I know I would be wasting my time even contacting them at this point since all of them are available NOW. Patience is slipping away from me.

The alternative of course is to not look until we get closer... Lesson learned, that doesn't work either. There was this other townhouse we had eyeballed the listing for but it was above what we originally were looking for price-wise when I still had the miser goggles on. It was in a perfect location and good size, cheaper than what we pay now, and it wasn't going to be available until mid- April... Yea, it's not listed anymore...

I need to cut up the brownies for work tomorrow... Probably should taste test them with Collin... Don't want to take mediocre goodies to work. LOL.

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Done. And I did the dishes!

This last weekend we skipped out on the running group. It was Magic Mile. We spent Saturday sleeping in, and then sleeping more. Seriously, we took a two odd hour nap after being up for about four or five hours. I think we needed it. With his schooling, and everything else we desperately needed a break from it. We did accomplish some stuff though. We spent a couple hours going through more stuff that needed to go to Goodwill. Which is where we went Sunday. Twice. A Ricky was loaded to the gills both times. It was kind of nice to get rid of more stuff. Our bikes have also found new homes. Mine to a good friend at work and Collin's went to Goodwill.

Monday I did something to tweak or pinch my sciatic nerve so about a quarter mile into our run I couldn't run anymore. We walked for a bit more and then cut it short and made our way home. It was actually quite frustrating. I wish I knew what I did to it. Today it is mostly feeling better, but as to not further derail any training we are only walking after work this week.

I am trying to save myself for when it counts at this point, which in this case the distance run on Saturday is when I really want to be able to run. We are slated for eight miles this weekend. This run will be tied with the furthest we have walked since starting the program last year.

I am excited, which sounds a little sick, I know. Especially when you consider that it is ALL uphill from here. Not literally, but distance wise.

I am getting sleepy and distracted so I should go before I start babbling nonsense that is more nonsensical than what I normally babble about... LOL... So before you say anything about glaring grammatical errors or misspellings, know that I am half asleep and this is taking me forever to type so I have no intentions of proofing it. Bite me.

Cornbread.

Changing The Game

Or maybe it's the plan...

As much as I want to be a miser and hole away money and pay shit off fast so we can hole away money, I am thinking I will have to be a little more flexible to find a place like what we want...

We were supposed to go see two communities today after work, but after I told Collin how rude one had been on the phone he didn't even want to give them the time of day. I don't blame him. The chick was a bitch about it like we were taking time away from her by coming in for a quick chat and maybe a partial tour of the community. If that's how they treat potential residents how nice do you think they are to the people who already live there?

We did see the other one though. I wish it was more of what I had imagined it to be because the price was dead on for what the stingy bitch inside of me was looking for. Key word being was. It was poorly laid out and everything was beyond dated... Plus there was very little natural light. Also, the pack of kids running around and screaming like little psychopaths was a big turn-off for me.  Yea, I was saddened by this tour, but not too much. It gave me much needed perspective on what I want out of our next place. If this means we pay closer to what we are paying now (but still less!!!) to get better quality so be it.

After I post this I intend to resume the hunt, but with new, less miserly eyes. Wish me luck... It's March first and that scares the crap out of me...

Another thing that pissed me off at the place we did see: the dude who gave us the tour kept calling Collin, Carl. AND we had to keep telling him over and over when we were hoping to move in! And I mean like at least four or five times... At one point he even tried to correct me when I said our current lease ended April 30th, he's like, "You mean March 31st." And I said, "No, our lease ends at the end of April which is why we would like to start moving in the weekend before the last weekend of April so we can take our time."

Yea, after the shit day I had at work I was not in the mood. Plus I don't think I would like coming home to that place after a shitty day at work. I'm sure it's a nice place, and it is totally affordable, but it's not the right place for us.

So here I go again (on my own! Going down the only road I've ever known! Like a drifter I was born to walk alone....). Please tell me you see the funny in this... If not then I know my parents messed me up more than I thought... Google it.

Crimini Mushrooms.