Relocating

No, not changing hospitals, but changing housing.  The only thing in Kingman we could find that was completely furnished including knives and forks, had utilities in place and included in the payment, and would allow a 13-week contract was a gorgeous place, on a golf course, with a community swimming pool and fifteen miles from the hospital.  When the hospital extended Granpa's contract, we went back to the homeowner, but they had already lined up a vacationer to move in as soon as we moved out.  So I'm back to square one.

We asked for prayers at Sunday School, and we asked if they knew anyone who had a "roof" we could use until mid-December.  There were a couple of leads, but nothing panned out.  I began searching the local newspaper classifieds on-line and found a few locations - but no one wanted to work with a medical travelers unique needs. 


Perseverance pays off, and I finally find a really nice guy who owns several duplexes and has one available.  It's completely UN-furnished though and utilities aren't included.  I explain our parameters and why they are what they are.  I ask if we pay two months expected utilities up front will he leave them in his name. Mitch cogitates on that for a few minutes and decides, yes, he could work with that.  As far as furnishings I tell him we can get a couple of lawn chairs, have an air mattress we use when tent camping, and have most of the kitchen things we need.  Washer and dryer?  Might have to go to a rental place and check out pricing there.  This duplex is also half the price and only two miles from the hospital!

It's an almost brand new structure, a one-car garage with a garage door opener, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and the best feature of all is a sky-light in the kitchen.  It took me about three days to stop getting up from the computer to turn out the light!!

So we moved to the new location - only to find that Mitch had magically acquired two recliners, a love seat, a TV, two twin beds that they pushed together and covered with a king-size mattress pad and set of sheets, AND a washer and dryer!  What a loverly kinda guy!!

And so we've relocated - but we still have two more months here in Kingman.  Again, so many things to go see and, even with the extension, not enough time!