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Post by catstina on Sept 30, 2013 21:40:16 GMT -5
Well, Tim and I are broken up and I'm looking for a living situation for November for $400/month in Maine with a Service Animal (so, allowed in non-pet housing) and not having a bit of luck. Not even in a roommate situation. I don't exactly know what to do.  I'm going to have to stay with friends until I figure out what the hell I'm going to do. |
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Post by suziriot on Sept 30, 2013 21:45:49 GMT -5
Oh Cat I'm so sorry. Is there any way you can stay in the apartment or is Tim getting it? (hugs) |
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Post by catstina on Sept 30, 2013 21:48:23 GMT -5
The apartment I'm in is $825 a month and only one bedroom. Neither of us can afford it and we can't get a roommate because there is only one bedroom and the livingroom would not work as a bedroom.
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Post by sugar on Oct 1, 2013 8:33:20 GMT -5
Cat I'm really sorry, breakups are tough. If there is anything we can do to help please just ask.
Have you tried going around your local college campus message boards? Lots of times they are looking for room mates.
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Post by maryellen on Oct 1, 2013 12:59:09 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that cat, hang in there..
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Post by maryellen on Oct 1, 2013 12:59:40 GMT -5
See if anyone at your work knows of an apt
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Post by melonie on Oct 1, 2013 13:05:59 GMT -5
Sorry to hear this Cat. *hugs*
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Post by michele5611 on Oct 1, 2013 13:26:50 GMT -5
Sorry to hear this Cat. Try and hang in there.
I know Craigslist has a lot of sketchy ads on there but sometimes they have legit ones. Also like Sugar said check on campus.
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Post by catstina on Oct 1, 2013 19:44:30 GMT -5
It would have been a lot easier if I'd been looking for a place in August or September. I've been looking all over Craigslist and all over the school's boards and there is NOTHING for less than $500, even roommate situations. Two of my coworkers have spare rooms and three have offered couches, but it would all be temporary. So, I won't be homeless, but I won't really have a home, either. :/ And thanks, all. I'll be ok eventually. Everything is just shitty right now. |
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Post by adoptapitbull on Oct 1, 2013 19:46:05 GMT -5
Sorry to hear, Cat. I'm sure you'll get it worked out soon. Hang in there! |
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Post by seamonkey on Oct 2, 2013 18:18:34 GMT -5
It's a paid site, but when I was renting out my second bedroom, when I didn't have anymore friends that wanted to rent it, I tried roommates.com. I did wind up renting it out to an exchange student from craigslist
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Post by RealPitBull on Oct 3, 2013 8:18:44 GMT -5
Cat...  |
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Post by adoptapitbull on Oct 6, 2013 8:31:57 GMT -5
How is everyone's apt search going? Hope everyone has landed a nice place!
In the mean time, watch this video (with the sound on!) of this turtle humping a shoe.
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Post by sugar on Oct 7, 2013 12:34:56 GMT -5
I'm still looking, we put another application in and won't know until the end of this week.
LOL on the turtle-loving
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Post by melonie on Oct 7, 2013 13:06:03 GMT -5
lol @ the turtle.
Hope this apartment works out for you guys sugar.
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Post by catstina on Oct 7, 2013 13:57:50 GMT -5
That was a funny one! No luck finding an apartment, but my coworker is definitely going to let me stay with him for a while and my other coworker would, as well. So I'm not that worried. My mom is also coming up to get a bunch of my stuff and bring it back down to CT so I'll be more portable.
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Post by melonie on Oct 7, 2013 14:14:07 GMT -5
Glad your friends are willing to help you out Cat.
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Post by adoptapitbull on Oct 8, 2013 10:05:18 GMT -5
Oh boy...we have some exciting news. Nope, not pregnant. But, while on our vacation, Jim and I had an idea. He hates his corporate job in DC. It makes us both miserable, hence his voluntary stint in Afghanistan. We want to move back to PA to be close to family, but to afford a house with acreage, he has to get a new job up there with better pay than he's making now. That's pretty impossible considering that part of PA. So, we're going to make a sacrifice. We're going to move to a small home, probably a row home, and pay for it in cash. We will have no mortgage and will have flexibility on pay with jobs. The downside is, I will have to sell the farm animals. It breaks my heart. But, I know that if we continue on this path of him working in DC, he will end up in a bad place personally. We will be close to our friends and family in PA, and will hopefully only be in that small home for 2 years or so. At that time, we can turn it into a rental and use the rent and savings to be able to afford a home with acreage. I lived without livestock for much longer than I lived with them. And if he got back on Active Duty like he was trying to, I'd have to sell them regardless. We think that by doing this, it will set us up better financially in the long run as well, and we'll be able to have a much bigger farm then. Maybe I'll even be able to get my yak! I've been secretly driving to PA for some time now to try to find that home. My family is clueless and I want to surprise them at Christmas. My mom is going to cry her eyes out. I can't wait to see how happy they will all be. I know that I will be happier, too. Right now I've got a few friends here, but they all have kids and lives. We don't get together very often because of it. I spend far too much time here alone, and the loneliness gets to me. This is a risky choice, but I think we are ready for it. It's going to take lots of blood, sweat, and cash to be able to do it. In the end, all I really need is my husband, my family, and my dogs.  |
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Post by sugar on Oct 8, 2013 11:00:47 GMT -5
That sounds like such an adventure! Its going to be tough, but in the end it will probably be totally worth it. My folks when they first came into this country were living in a carppy neighborhood in a studio apartment that had the bathtub in the kitchen (old tenement style). Now they have a lovely house.
Sometimes you feel like you have to take a step back in order to be able to launch yourselves forward (plus yo won't be so lonely, which will put you both in a good place).
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Post by adoptapitbull on Oct 8, 2013 11:19:51 GMT -5
We will still keep this house as a rental, our FL home, and our other rental in WV no matter what. As long as they are getting paid for by someone else, we will keep them and can even use them as back ups. We have the 16 acre property for sale now so that we can have more liquid cash.
We're looking at homes that are at least 3 bed, 1 bath. Most are very outdated. But, I can live with ugly for now. The yards are small, though. (But for 20K, it's still not bad!) Even now, my dogs' yard is smaller than it was in FL, because we don't have a lot of even ground. Of course we'll have to Cappy proof a new fence no matter what....little turd dog.
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I'm going to have to stay with friends until I figure out what the hell I'm going to do.
