Still trying to find my way home

All week, I have been busy calling realtors, trolling craigslist, sending out e-mails and more in what is beginning to feel like a futile attempt at finding a new apartment, so far, to little to no avail. I do have a few viewings of apartments scheduled in the next few days, and if push comes to shove and I have to take something that I don't really want, then I will do that for a year and wait until I can find something better next year. However, I still have hopes that I will find the new place that I desire, and today I might have made a bit of a breakthrough. I called a realty management agency who could only offer me a tiny efficiency (no, thanks), but gave me the name of a landlord in the area who might have something to offer. So I called him and it turns out that he owns one of my favorite old historic homes up on East Main Street near downtown Kent, and it has 9 one bedroom apartments in it. He said that he will ask his tenants this next week whether anyone's moving out and if so, he'll let me know. I explained my circumstances to him and he seemed sympathetic to my plight. The only drawback is that the rear of the property was taken for a new parking deck, so there's next to no parking at this house. That could prove problematic, and he explained the parking caveat to me in case it could prove a deal breaker. I told him, well, look, we'll figure something out with the parking situation.Well, I went over to look this evening, and yeah, the driveway is painfully narrow, there's just about no parking left behind the house, but I think that this could be gotten around somehow. Where there's a will, there's a way. And I want to live at this house in the worst way because it is downtown, inexpensive, in a beautiful old house, and parking caveat aside, it could prove to be a great place to live. I am trying to send as much positive energy as possible out there to the Universe to move things my way. I want to live at this house in the worst way, and even if I am able to get a place there, move in, and find that the parking situation is more than I can cope with and that I just detest the situation, I can always stick it out for a year and move on. But for now, I am cautiously optimistic that, since the house is currently occupied by college students, who tend to be transient for the most part, that a unit will open up, perhaps as early as the end of the school year when I need to be out of this place. Living there would be fair trade for losing this, my longtime home. So everyone, send your positive energies my way. I have spent all week losing out on apartments that I desperately wanted and am tired of that whole thing. I am desperately in need of a big dose of good luck right now. If I can move heaven and earth itself to make this happen, I will. Once I know where I am going and when, I think that my motivation to downsize and pack up this place will be enhanced. Right now, having no idea where I am going is making it tough to even think about leaving my longtime home. I'm warm, cozy and settled here, but if I can find another place to call "home", I will be a very happy woman. It's just a matter of time before it happens, and the sooner, the better.