We got everything out and the condo cleaned on March 2. We are currently staying in a motel in Encinitas about 15 minutes north of where I work.
Moving out was a three day process and I had to take time off work for two days to make it happen. I put in for vacation time and hope that the right HR person saw it come across her desk. Jon and I managed on our own to move all the furniture out and into a uhaul truck. No one else was able to help. No one. All the people I know work on the weekend and the ones that don't live too far away.
There is another hotel 'lodge' down the street that is just as cheap so that's our next stop. I'm paying for a week at a time using what money I got from tax refund.
SDGE and internet are paid off and switched over/cancelled respectively.
Mailing address is changed as well and if it weren't dark I'd post it here. Our room doesn't have individual bedside lights and Jon is snoring fast asleep. (Room came with two full size beds so we're sleeping separately.)
Still nothing on the market for us. I got a money boost from a friend in my paypal account and that is not being touched unless absolutely necessary. Not even going to report that as income to any authorities.
We are in this hotel until Saturday then switch over to the other one. On the upside I'm using Expedia and each reservation through that gets me points to use on the next one so it's saving me a little. I also have AAA so the next location might have a discount on that as well.
Trying to stay under $50/night budget wise which is another difficult task to stay close to work and somewhere metropolitan for Jon. This room has a mini fridge and a microwave ..with a missing knob so we haven't used it. Using the fridge for sodas and water, and the remains of the giant calzone I got at a local pizza place. That's going to be lunch for the next week at work.
Jon is so depressed and anxious about the situation, he's never had this happen before and I want to make sure it's as short a time as possible. It is so hard though and I worry about him a lot as I should. He feels guilty he couldn't make something happen and so do I. I keep telling him to take care of him and I'll take care of us.
An apartment manager I talked to (after I told her what we could afford) said if we could get a down payment and buy something.... lady if we had that much money we wouldn't be in this situation. I also told her that it's like affording to buy a car, you have to have the money for the upkeep too.
Which reminds me, I need to get a new battery for my car which is going to cost about $200. Also need to get a tune up which is another chunk of money I don't have.
We ate around 4 this evening so now I'm starting to get hungry again and nothing to eat or snack on. Had to throw out a bunch of food I had hoped to put in the fridge and it sat in the car for three days. Nothing serious, a small cheesecake, tortillas, jelly, shredded cheese, that sort of stuff.
Going to try and get some sleep now. Longer I stay up the hungrier I get.
Think positive they say... it can only go so far though.
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