Not our house…
While bizarre exposures and surprising arrests are happening globally, undercover alliances are being forged and strengthened, and we all are tasked with keeping our shit together during the restructuring our our world…our home is not yet ready for occupation. The delays rest primarily upon the head of one individual, and justice for same will have to wait until we have a Certificate of Occupancy.
Today was supposed to be our last in this rental house. It’s very nice and all, but we really want to go home. One extra month is turning into two, but on top of that expense coming out of my pocket, we only found out a few days ago that we could stay here for another month. The stress of not knowing where we’d be living, how we would get our stuff there or into storage somewhere…it’s really been too much.
We’re finding out over and over again that it absolutely is possible to feel gratitude and have anxiety at the same time. I keep wondering why everything is a cliffhanger, with outcome turning to the positive on the regular eventually, but not before facing fairly dire-feeling uncertainty. It’s like reading through a 200 page novel that keeps you on the edge of your seat right up to the delightful conclusion.
I do always believe in a happy ending.
What’s happening at the house at the moment is the stairs into the attic are being crafted and installed, hopefully by the end of next week. The story of why this issue is only just now being addressed is quite a sore point, and I won’t belabor it. The completion of that task is required before inspections take place, after which they can close it all up with drywall. All the other finishing things come after that.
I do actually have some joyful news to share. On the way back from food shopping last week, I went by the house. It was a huge and exciting lift seeing it for the first time with siding and trim, windows and roof all in place and looking super fine. Our home kind of disappears in the woods now, which is also awesome. I never really liked how it looked before. The appeal of it for me has always been the property it sits on…and the trees.
So that was a happy thing.
Our new move out date is now May 26th. There’s no chance of further extension at this point, because there’s another tenant lined up and wanting to live here. While the schedule to get all the finishing done by then is tight, with a little grace and lots of prayer, it’s feeling like our homecoming is really within reach.
So yes please, in the name of the Light and for the highest good of all concerned, do make it so.
For background on our house fire journey, search “Update from the Field.”