No bouncing in the apartment

Take four people – three who are used to playing basketball inside the house.

Reduce the square footage from a 4,000 ft. rental to a 1,000 ft. rental. Go from a house to an apartment and what will you have – one hell of an adventure and hopefully we don’t drive our neighbors crazy or go crazy ourselves.

Today, my husband and I signed a three month lease for an apartment. We were told this weekend we have to move because the rental we are living in was sold. So now we have until March 17 to pack, clean and move. In between that there are some basketball games, some freelance assignments, work and decisions to be made about one aging dog.

We are hoping by mid-June our real estate agent will have worked his magic and sold our home in Silverton so that we can start looking for a house in Wilsonville.  OK, truth is I pray about selling my house every moment I get.

A few days ago, I was feeling pretty low – OK really low. It’s not the moving I mind – it’s the worries about locking myself into a lease. Fortunately, the apartment manager understood our situation and agreed to a three month lease. A really good thing that makes me breathe a little easier.

In the long run, downsizing will be a blessing. Less rent + Less space to clean equals more time to do things. We are taking only our beds, a table, a few chairs, clothes, the couch and the TV. A few dishes and pots and pans. Everything else into storage.

I am trying to convince my husband we should get air mattresses and bean bag chairs so we don’t have to move beds or a couch up three flights of stairs but he’s not there yet. Guess I will have to nag a little more until I get my way.

Mostly, I need to remember to count my blessings. Life isn’t perfect – far from it. But it’s good. No, it’s actually great. I have three people who I love more than all the chocolate in the world and as long as we are together – life is good. And I know it will get better.

Plus I quite certain living in apartment with two teens and a husband will provide some interesting material to write about.

Get ready for some fun?

And if things get really crazy, there’s always Jon and Stephen to cheer me up.