We are going home. Fearfully leaning on our parents and friends to get us home. We’ve started letting people know that we are returning but I was struck with a small amount of embarressment because I don’t want anyone to get the impression that we are slinking home with our tail between our legs. That we weren’t able to make it. The only cure for that is to live successfully where we are.
Because a cross country move was not on our radar, we found that we weren’t prepared monetarily. That is why I contacted my best friend, Kendal, to take her up on her frequent offer to stay with her family until we can recover slightly from the moving expenses. I was looking for a situation that would allow me to focus on getting a job without a looming paralysis regarding the new, more costly, rent payment. This new town is very expensive.
It didn’t look like we were going to reach any agreement between her husband, myself and Chris. He seemed to be seeing our visit as an opportunity to make a buck off of us. And knowing that things cannot be fair, I tried to come up with a system for keeping everyone sane for the brief 2 months we’ve discussed, we’ve come to a decision and for keeping Kendal’s and my relationship in tact. There will be 10 people in a 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom house for between 2 and 6 weeks and the top question is if someone will start to feel cramped.
Does anyone have any suggestions about a semi-formal written agreement with your best friend and her husband that you don’t know well?
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Jamie // May 6, 2008 at 2:00 am
i would just say don’t do it. It’s not that Kendal or her husband are bad people at all (to the contrary they are probably wonderful people) but getting into contracts with friends are very hard.
I am glad you are getting to come home though.