Things never seem to settle down around here. The new year brought us both raises at work, Dollywood season passes, and finally a new rental home. In April we found a 2000 sq ft house for rent in a better part of town. It was four bedroom, one bathroom with a decent size kitchen, dining room and living room with a beautiful fire place. It had a large back yard for Payton to play in, and best of all a basement! As you could probably imagine, single wide trailers are not very fun places to wait out tornado warnings. We signed our lease agreement and moved in at the end of the month. We used the two downstairs bedrooms as our master and guest rooms, and we used the upstairs bedrooms for a sewing room and the "man cave."
Now, as perfect as the house was, it didn't go without any flaws. The bathroom left much to be desired. Certainly, the bathroom being so small that the door only had a two inch clearance of the toilet when you opened it did create its own challenges. And having to run an extension cord from the spare bedroom because the bathroom was without any electrical outlets was also a bummer. But the thing we found most awkward of all was the window in the shower. There was no special glass to blur the view or provide privacy. It was definitely on our list of priorities to remedy. But after hauling furniture and boxes all day in the hot, humid weather, we both desperately needed a shower that night. Having no current solution, we decided to chance it. Hopefully the neighbors weren't night owls. It certainly would not have been a very pretty sight for them to see.
All was grand after our move. We liked our neighbors, we were enjoying the new house, and we even bought a new dining room set. It certainly came as a surprise when the landlord called us up a month later and informed us that they had decided to sell the house and we had thirty days to move out. The house search was back on. About two weeks later we signed a contract for a three bedroom, two bathroom apartment on the opposite end of town. Thankfully, we still had room for the new dining room set! As it stands, we are averaging one move every six months. Being as we are now in a 14 month lease, hopefully this stay lasts a little longer.
Along with the move across town came a change of wards. We are now in the Rotherwood ward and are loving it! This has been our favorite ward yet. I am currently serving in the nursery, and Will just got set apart last sunday as the assistant boy scouts leader. His first camp out with the boys is this Friday. I'm pretty sure he is more excited about it than I am. It will be the second time we spend the night apart since we got married.
