Well, I should always listen to my inner voice. The house I looked at last night, while it is spectacular and would be everything I could ask for in a house, may not be what I am looking for after all. Seems that the owner would really rather use it as a combination "guest/office suite" where he and his guests would live and I would share quarters with them. The two bedrooms would be their quarters and I would have to figure out where to put my bedroom stuff. I suppose I could use what would be the dining room area as a small bedroom, but then it would turn into something of a small efficiency apartment instead of a real 1 bedroom apartment. It sounds like he is looking for a live-in cook/maid/receptionist/hotel concierge, etc. kind of situation, not what I had in mind. I had hoped that it would be private quarters, but apparently not. I guess he is torn between wanting to rent it and live there himself, and he's leaning harder toward living there with his guests and sharing quarters with someone. No, thanks. Not interested in a roommate scenario, so it's back to searching for a home. It should get easier as the school year winds down and more places come on the market, however, I am beginning to worry that I will be forced to settle for subpar quarters just to be able to go somewhere. If I have to settle, so be it, but it would probably only be for a year or so until I could find somewhere better. I hate to go crawling back to my former landlord, at whom I am still fairly angry, but he does have a nice place around the corner from here that I would like if it ever comes available. Maybe we can mend fences and move on someday, but right now, my feelings toward him are less than charitable. He has nothing available right now anyway, so I am back to searching high and low for someplace to call home, if only for a year or so until something better comes along. I just hope that I can find something soon, because I am beginning to feel desperate for someplace to go after I am forced to leave here. A friend of ours rents from a guy who has a nice old house split into apartments near downtown, but he's currently wintering in Florida, although he should be home soon. I wrote him a snail mail because he does not have voice mail for me to leave a message, so I asked him to contact me if he has anything open in that house this year. I sure hope so. That would be a great location for me, right downtown. I really want to live there if the apartments are large enough. Won't know until I find out if he's got anything and can see what he has if so. Until then, it's back to daily scanning of want ads and Craigslist. I just wish that someone would save my house by moving it so I could keep living here in my cozy little apartment, but the chances of that seem to have diminished to slim to none, so.....I keep searching and praying and hoping that I can find someplace that will work for me. I'm growing weary of the stress of all of this. It's really taking a toll on me psychically, emotionally, physically. Too bad this place I saw last night came with a catch. It would have been ideal, but unfortunately, not at all private. What a crushing disappointment.
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