Unfortunately it would seem the world is not ready for our odd family. It seems that we will need to spend some time apart, which saddens me. You see we need to rent a home before we buy. We want the ability to get to know the neighborhoods and see the homes before we purchase or even build a home. Unfortunately our family is so unique and has so many cars, that we have been unable to find something that perfectly suits us.
Well we did find two great options. One we could afford, but it would be spending twice as much as we wanted and does not have enough covered storage for the repaired vehicles. The other home, was almost half the price. It also has covered parking for 8 cars! Its large enough for our family, in a seemingly nice neighborhood, and its beautiful too (not a necessity but a bonus).
Well we were hit a major blow yesterday when we found out that the deed restrictions only allow for related parties to rent the home together. Now we consider ourselves a family, but the law does not. John and I are divorced. Ross is a teenager we took in. My father, Richard, and I are ok.
So with just less than 2 weeks till the move we had to make a hard call. Finally John decided to take a break from a long commute and have less stress by deciding to rent in a city an hour and a half to two hours away, where he will be working. I cried. John is one of my best friends and my kids deserve their father. Not a lot of people understand or agree with our lives.
He promises its temporary and that he will come back on the weekends, but it still sucks. So for 6 months to a year we will be apart. I am worried about the future of our family.
Keep us in your thoughts.
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