I’m back!
Wow - what a difference a month can make! I have been missing writing this blog
so much, but to say I was busy would be a colossal understatement. In the past
month and a half I have:
- Closed escrow on the condo
- Oversaw Terry and his team to help renovate it enough to
be “move-in” ready (see our before and after pictures) on a budget so
tight it gave my bank account a muffin top
- Held open houses and found a fabulous new tenant for my
old unit
- Moved out of my own place and moved into this place
- Continued home improvement projects (on-going as we speak)
- Continued working with the property manager transition for
my four-plex in Phoenix
- Dealt with a tenant in Phoenix who trashed one of my units
– the place is finally cleaned but yet to be rented (ugh!)
- Took a mini road trip home for Thanksgiving
- And… worked a full time job overseeing 4 on-going projects
for Toyota
Terry has
been my absolute rock through all of this. I've never known anyone who could so
effortlessly manage the stress swings that I go through when I take on this
much at once. Note: not mood swings… stress swings. These are moments when the
weight of everything going on hits me at once and I feel like I’m going to
collapse. It sort of feels like filling your plate at the buffet with all
different kinds of foods and then stuffing them all into your face at one time
and suddenly not being able to chew. People in
past relationships would tell me things like, “Just relax”, “Slow down”, “maybe
you shouldn't try to do too much at once”… you know – the useless directives
people give when they don’t know what to do. Terry doesn't do any of that. He
lets me vent or fall apart… and then he’s right there to help me move forward.
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| Terry deep in renovation mode! (One of my favorite pics of him) |
Terry
managed the condo renovation and let me just tell you what this fabulous person
accomplished in a week and a half and for less than $5,000 with the aid of a
just a few additional handymen:
- Removed popcorn ceilings
- Put in recessed lighting
- Re-textured and painted all the walls (except the
bathrooms)
- Put in laminate flooring
- Put in all the baseboards
- Assisted with the carpet company to lay carpet
I could not have done this without him.
He did it for me and he did it for our baby… but he benefits too because guess
who moved in?!
So what about Terry and I now?
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| Terry and I Thanksgiving Family Pic 1 |
We’re
“official” now! We’re boyfriend and girlfriend… and co-parents to be of course.
He’s pretty much moved into my condo. There’s so much space in here now we can
co-exist easily. Our story has changed a
little bit but parts are the same. "The
Story of How My Ex Agreed to get me Pregnant and Then We Got Back Together and
He Moved Into my Condo."
Are We Happy?
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| Terry and I Thanksgiving Family Pic 2 |
Yes! Terry and
I have overcome some pretty fierce obstacles and we are both doing so well right
now. We continue to work on home
improvement projects together. Terry is doing well really well in school and
managing the other projects in his life. I’m far more relaxed and have actually
started back at the gym which I was really missing!
Terry is
even cooking us dinner as I write this and I need to wrap it so we can enjoy
our Sunday evening together.
