i got off work early on friday in hopes of getting into raleigh in time to see the play, and we were greeted by not only homecoming traffic, but also by king st being closed, so we had to find creative ways to get out of town and try not to loose too much time. still, by the time we were halfway home we were way behind schedule. my mom was nice enough to meet us at the new condo in cary so that we'd have the keys and could drop the dogs off and get going. we got there, and so did she, despite stop-and-roll traffic on 40, and we raced upstairs to unlock the door... only to find out the keys didn't work.
all three of us tried, and then we gave up, the lock would not budge (though the door was practically opening because of how messed up the door was). we called byron, who once again saved our butts and let us stay with him for the night. we didn't have time to drop off the dogs, so they hung out in the tank while we saw the show. it was good, they were good, we took them back to byron's and stopped by the cast party for a little while.
the next morning, we got a call from the landlord telling us his father had dropped off some keys that worked, so we decided before we went shopping for clothes for the wedding, we'd go see the place and drop off some stuff. we got in this time, and walked around the house... that still had furniture in it, appliances not replaced, flooring that was messed up, still messed up, no clean carpets and a number of problems that were supposed to have been remedied last week. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING had been done to the place in the over two weeks that we've been waiting to move in. i was so upset i just cried. i mean i gave up right then and there because, really, what are we going to do?? we have to be out of our old place at the end of the week, and now we have nowhere to live, cause i'm certainly not going to live in a place where the landlord WHO LIVES IN CALIFORNIA is not dependable. we ran to the mall, found some clothes to wear, rushed back to byron's to change and made it to the wedding in time. it was a good wedding and reception, and i got a lot of comments on my new dress, so that was pretty cool - plus, andrew looked HOT. ;)
[andrew and me at the reception]we came back to byron's and slept. woke up this morning, and andrew went in to work with dave, brittany, and cory on stuff for peace college's set, and i went to look at a house in hillsborough. the house was fine but nothing special, and it was far away from my possible new teaching job. i brought the crew back some lunch and spent some time on the computer looking for more places on craigslist. i found a promising one on mordecai and drove over to check it out. it's in a nice neighborhood, with a fenced back yard and a chainlink dog run area. the house itself is old and small but with refurbished wood foors and a remodeled kitchen. the thing we loved was the yard. after much correspondence with the owners, we're going to see the inside of the place tonight, and if we like it, we're putting down a deposit and taking the keys, forget the cary condo.
hopefully after tonight we won't be homeless anymore. the only positive things to come out of are that 1. we have awesome friends and family who are willing to help us out whenever and however they can, and 2. we may not end up where we planned, but we might just end up somewhere better! we are blessed for sure.
[some pics of the possible new place c/o the owner]
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