ignore.

WELL.

Casey & Seth have to move out of their apartment because they have a dog & their landlord is a dirty word.

SO, they signed a lease on another apartment today... in the same complex as our new apartment... in the same building. LOL.

Life is weird.

Built in babysitter! WOO!

moving. omg.

We are moving to Athens, GA on November 13th. AAAAHHHHH

We signed a 14 month lease on Sunday. Holy crap. I'm so nervous / excited. Happy / sad.

Happy:

--We can not WAIT to get out of this god-awful town. Can't wait to be somewhere with culture and shit to DO, restaurants that aren't part of a shitty chain, live music everywhere, art everywhere, beautiful scenery, other young families all over the place, and just.. not a shitty military town in the middle of south GA.

--Casey & Galen both live there.. so Bailey and I will have a close sibling right there already.. And Maddox will get to know his aunt & uncle even better.

--There are young children all over our new neighborhood.

--I'll be working again!

Sad:

--Leaving Mama & April and being 4 hours away. I know it's only 4 hours but now that I have a child, that seems like a million miles. I never minded being far away so much before. I'm going to miss Mama just dropping in randomly & Maddox yelling "MIMI!!!!" when he sees her car pull up outside.

--Not living RIGHT NEXT DOOR to April anymore. She is like, my built in best friend. :[ What am I going to do when I have a breakdown, or she has a breakdown, or I need some cornstarch or sugar or bacon or whatever I forgot to buy at the store?

--PAYING RENT AGAIN! Boo. That was the best part about living in a house that my Grandaddy built.

--As excited as I am to be working again.. I am not looking forward to missing Maddox all day. :[ I'm also terrified of putting him in preschool. He needs to be around other children more though.. I have to keep telling myself that.

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Anyway.

We went up this past weekend to look at houses, duplexes, townhomes & apartments.

We ruled out houses & townhomes pretty fast because the houses we were seeing in our pricerange were pretty ghetto lol.. and having a giant steep staircase as a main part of a townhome doesn't seem like the best idea with my clumsy child running around never looking where he's going.

We ended up finding an apartment complex that we LOVE. It has a playground (which is seriously like a 30 second walk from our front door.. yesssss), a gorgeous pool, fitness room (which is where I will be taking my fat ass at least every other night), and some other crap. There are a ton of kids! That makes me so happy. I hope Maddox likes his new house.

OH AND, we will finally have a dining room again. No more eating at the coffee table together. LOL. I'm also looking forward to having counter space in my kitchen again! :D

Blurry as hell because Casey apparently couldn't handle our camera.

The playground! Our walkway is the next one over. It's so close. :]

Sooooooo yeahhhh... there's that.

And now for some more random pics. :]

My husband is SUCH A CREEP.

I want one.

I love fall. Now if it would just start feeling like fall outside and STAY that way, I'd be really happy.

homeboy homeboy home home hoomeboy

An offer is being made on the property tomorrow... and if April accepts then we all have to be out of here in 30-45 days. Holy crap.
This is awesome & sad at the same time. And scary. BUT it has to happen & we all need to be out from under this.
Bailey and I contacted a few rental agencies tonight. Bailey will still be working here in Hinesville but we are looking for a place here [I would rather NOT live here anymore], in Richmond Hill [a little better], or Savannah [#1 choice]. We've seen a few promising, affordable places online. Fingers crossed that they are awesome in person.

I am NOT looking forward to the actual moving process again. We have so much CRAP to get rid of. I want to clean out & start over with as little as possible. I hoard a bit. I'm not like, show worthy lol.. but it still sucks how much CRAP I hold onto. So yeah, when we move I will be getting rid of a TON of shit. It makes me nervous AND excited.

And now for some Viking toddlers: