Too Many Positives To Be Negative

Where do I start with this blog? Ahhh, how about back in January when I started looking for a new place to live and everything that we looked was too expensive, too far away, too small, too much of a dump and had stipulations that weren't conducive to our lifestyle.

Every day I would look online for the latest rentals and checked into every potential rental but didn't find one that suited us. I had real estate agents see if any listings that had been on the market for an extended period of time would be interested in renting on a lease agreement. We found one through real estate and we looked at it. I didn't want it because it was too far out of town plus the summer time highway construction would make the trip for my hubby longer than what we're driving right now. The day before we made the decision to say yes, hubby went to an appointment to see a different place but it wasn't want he wanted. So we said yes to the place that is too far away (55 minutes plus) because the owners are from out of town and they were trying to sell. We haven't paid any security deposits or rent and the owners haven't come up from their other home and moved their belongings out of what was to be our future rental. If we moved there we'd be there for 2 years unable to move if we didn't like it. The house has no "drive by" viewing protection which means I won't go outside because I've been stared at so much that I have anxiety attacks outside of my residence. There is a neighbor that is less than 20 feet away with no privacy fence with a neighboring house with no fence what so ever. There's no garage/carport for hubby. My poor cat wouldn't know what to do because the property is bare and there is no "safe" place for him. The positives of this place would be that the owners care about their place, they would fix problems, I could turn on a thermostat and there'd be heat and I'd no longer freeze. (I wear fleecy pants because if I wear jeans in my current residence I freeze. Even in warm weather conditions.) The other positive is that both bathroom were installed properly and one has a fan. Rental price is $800 per month plus utilities for a 4 bedroom 2 bathroom for this house. Security deposit required according the lease agreement was $800 regular security plus $400 for a pet security deposit.

I received a phone call yesterday from a friend of hubbys' and she said that they had friends moving out of town that want to keep their place and are afraid of renting and getting bad renters. This house is 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, lakefront property, 3 carports, 2 decks, 4 bedrooms and 10 minutes from town. The rental price for this place is $900 and it includes utilities, has high speed unlimited internet (no more slow satellite internet that I'm cyclothematically getting tired of it timing out and the company slowing my internet speed down and confined to 200 mb per day. That's not very good if you have to upload photos etc to websites and it takes a very long time to upload photos. Oh and someone is stealing my internet since April because these issues weren't going on before that time period.) The big positives are that the front yard can't be seen from the road. There's a huge privacy fence and with the 3 carports in the way nobody can see into the yard making it easier for me to water flowers and make the yard look beautiful. The property to the right, the owner lives in Alberta and doesn't visit; she's a senior and the other side is like a camping site and therefore the people don't come up very often. There are trees on both sides of the property creating a sense of privacy and living on acreage like I did while growing up. (This could be a stem for my whole not wanting to see neighbors issue.)

There is a reason why this place is so cheap and that's because the owners were trying to renovate their home while living there. The walls have gyproc up but not taped or painted, the lino is almost gone and the wood part can be seen, the carpets in the bedrooms are awful and the ceiling needs to be replaced. The owner said he was going to do all that he could to finish renos before we moved in and since we're going to be gone most of September we said he could continue renos while we're gone. Due to the condition of the house we don't have to pay a security deposit, I know this because I asked about settling up for a security deposit.

Like the title says there are too many positives to the house in need of finishing the renos to be negative about the interior condition. I know that they will fix it up as we live there because they have the same lifestyle as us. Now if I could only move in tomorrow lol. I can wait, I still have things to pack and I'll be working on that over the next 2 weeks while hubby is on afternoon shift.

A Sensation

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An Opposite Experience

Well funny haa haa if you share my sense of humor. Yesterday I found a pyschriatrist in Kamloops because my doctor doesn't have time to find one, she just fills out forms at that are in her file folder. How do I know? The last appointment I had with her I asked that she refer me to a psychriatrist in Kamloops and I got a phone call from Interior Health, my least favorite place to deal with.

I know that I need a medication that prevents such low depression but I will not take Lithium or Quetatipine and I don't want a pill prescriber whose favorite medication to prescribe persons with Bipolar medication that makes them sleep. I'd like some motivation too, the idleness could be more constructive.

 I didn't think I was going to be taken seriously but I obtained names, phone numbers and set an appointment to see my regular doctor. I just received a phone call asking me to do blood work from a pyschriatrist whom I haven't even been referred to yet. I'm supposed to pick up the form at my clinic.

Normally when I seek help for myself I'm looked at funny or they respond with quizzical rudeness.

In case you don't know what the difference between a psychologist and a psychriatrist is the first one can't prescribe medication but work on social aspects and the other just wants blood work and prescribes chemicals.

I am hoping that this pill prescriber understands that I decide the medication I take. They can tell me the side effects and the benefits of several different kinds and I can walk out with a prescription that isn't going to make me sleep or make me ill. I remember those days.

It would be grand if this person was knowledgeable in the realm of the artistic temperment and mental illness.

The icing on the cake will be if they aren't narrow minded thinking the appointment will be as long as what they want to discuss and not factor in that I'm going to that appointment prepared. I will have my own set of questions for them. I am Bipolar after all and it's one of our traits to be direct.

Lost Shinies Found

Can you spot the differences? I've been finding shinies all over the place :)

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