Discouragment and Hope

When we got to the first place we were looking at renting, it was discovered she forgot the keys! Looks like a very nice place in the windows and the yard is quite nice! Very nice and well established neighborhood. The woman was about the same age as I am and was nice enough. We told her it would be OK to reschedule to take a look inside. Then I just took the plunge and told her about our situation, telling her to talk it over with her husband and decide if they really want to show us the place. We are scheduled to look at it tomorrow at 1pm unless she calls and says other wise! Right now we are still at the Ramada and will be here until the 27th! The Social Security office called about Shawn's benefits and we were told that we may see a check as early as the 24th! On the other hand I was also told that the Rapid rehousing agency that we are working with are anything but RAPID! Well it certainly looks like Christmas will be here at the hotel! Whatever that looks like! If Shawn receives his check before Christmas, that will be a miracle! If I receive the cash benefits on the 30th well maybe we just might be able to get into a house before the New Year!?! Only God knows for sure what we will be doing and when all these things will fall into place! Shawn and I feel we have looked at every rental and that I have applied at every help wanted there is for now. This weekend we may just hang tight at the hotel! Our beast of a Suburban sucks up gas like no tomorrow and because of the amount of driving we do on any given day, sooner or later we will be hoofing it all over Montgomery! So, besides meeting with those folks to look at the rental, Doctor's appointments or maybe a job interview, it makes sense to stay put! The only other things we did today were laundry (Thank you Jen!) and we had a ton of it! and I looked into a Catholic service that may assist us in paying for Shawn's prescriptions! That is extraordinarily important! Last we need on top of everything else is him getting sick! Good grief at that point I think I would end up in the hospital with him! We continue to love one and another and all 4 of us are trying to be supportive of one another! Trust me at this point, tempers are short! One other concern we have, our older cat is really struggling with being stuck in the car! Some hard choices may have to be made! Funny thing is our younger cat (the black and white one in the photo on the home page) is doing just fine! We spend lots of time with them, trust me you spend as many hours as we do in that truck and  the cats have lots of companionship! Well, I guess that is it for now! It's enough!