Great news this week! Our original plan was to move out of our apartment the end of May and move on board the boat until the end of August. This would mean packing everything up, finding a place to store it, then corralling friends and family to help us move. Where as this is not detrimental, it is a bit stressful. Plus the fact we had to go look for a place to live when we got back in August. Now many would ask why not just keep your apartment while you are gone. Well we couldn't see spending the money on our apartment if we were not going to be here. But after looking at at least a dozen different apartments we only found one that would work for us in the area that we were looking for. That is one that we liked better than where we are living now. See when we return we will be babysitting for our soon to be newest grandchild along with possibly our then to be 3 year old grandson. We liked the set up of everything being on one floor, except the loft, which is where Mike and I will have our office. Mike didn't want me going up and down stairs with the kids. So after a crazy day of looking at several different apartments the light came on to both of us and we decided to talk with our current apartment staff and see what they could do. So we high tailed it over to the office and explained to the ladies exactly what our predicament was. They all stated they had never had this situation brought up but would call their head office and see what they could do and email me as soon as they knew something. Well less than an hour later I received an email from one of the ladies making us an offer that we couldn't refuse. Basically they were giving us a month and half of free rent as long as we would sign a 13 month lease. Which actually turns out better than what we could have imagined. So we will be keeping our current apartment that we love, won't have to move anything, and will have a place to come back to when we return in August. Hallelujah!!!!
