It has ended up going something like that, LDM. I pay a security deposit but no rent for the rest of this month. I get keys tomorrow. I pay pet deposit, which was lowered to 200, next month. One year lease- option to extend as usual. It's in the better of three bad sd's. Honestly, I feel it's the best decision in the long run. Especially after I realized that taking the tiny 1-BR to save money that would mostly be spent on moving also would require me signing a year lease for a bigger better place starting next spring or summer and that could leave me even more strapped. Boss probably didn't think about that when he said get something short term- short term leaves me having to commit to long term in the spring.
The man with the "in between" place is nice and reasonable and this could work until just before school starts next year, but I agree with boss on this one- from everything I hear around here- you don't want your kid going to that high school. So, if difficult child starts in that school where this house is and has shown me he's trying, we can move to another place in that same sd if need be and I can afford it but it wouldn't require him changing schools unless we wanted it to and moved further out- due to it being a disaster or something. It's not a perfect neighborhood- I can tell- but it surely has all the signs that there is both bad and good in it and difficult child ultimately has to choose which one to reach for. I think he can probably find drugs there pretty easily. But there aren't any places around here where he can't. We can walk 3 blocks and sit on a bench with our dogs and watch the bay water. We'll have a nice home and he'll be in the best sd here. We can rent a boat right up the street- if we can figure out how to drive it. LOL!
They I look at it- it gets difficult child in the better sd and it gives a couple of months to see which choices he's making. If he's trying but struggling due to the neighborhood, I have no problem moving to a different neighborhood to try to make that easier for him.
It might be silly but the house interior is painted in the same colors I used in my house. It gives me hope and makes me feel like a step ahead. We are trying to work this out online tonight- she knows that I have another option and am supposed to contact this man soon with a final answer. We have most of it worked out. I'm waiting on a little reassurance from her before I call the man with the "in between" option and cancel our early morning appointment. to sign his lease.
