Someone set us up the bomb...
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hippybngstockngWhen I first heard about this Waterloo deal, I was against it. Once it was clear he could do it from home, I was cool, then they wanted to make it permanent. I was less cool at that point because it's just a touch under the right amount of money for us to keep living here, so we would need to move there. I got talked into believing that it would be cool to move there though, since it's a pretty cool place, with some advantages. So far though I am not finding the kind of places I want for the kind of prices I need, and I am a lot concerned about what I have heard as far as autism services, but I was willing to persevere because of all the other cool things going on there... It sounded like a nice enough place to end up settling down, especially with a stable job to call home.
Except today we find out from the dude at Crash's company that I have started to call Mr. Reality-Paycheck, since he's also the guy who handles the company cash-flow issues, that things are maybe not as tremendous and promising as previously promised. Yes, he's been hired, but like all things that could change, since it's still a small company, and he's realistic. He said that in our place, if we were only moving here for the job, he'd be less inclined to do it. If we are moving there for the area, then sure, but otherwise, not so much..
Um...
SO........................
We really don't know how to feel about this news. On the one hand, it's compelling to live there from a certain point of view. The people we've met out there are highly cool. The places might be larger, or not, we can't quite tell right now. It's likely cheaper, but this might get balanced right out the window by the fact of car stuff that will suddenly start needing to be paid for. Cars cost big bucks, but I would get to see people more often, weirdly, which is nice.
BUT... The autism services in Toronto are just shit-loads better, free, and he's already top of the waiting list. All we'd need to do is move someplace else, keep doing what we're doing, and it would just have to be on a much smaller scale. We'd likely end up in an apartment or townhouse/duplex, I'd have to dump a lot more things, and we'd sell the car, and I'd finally have to let go of a few other evil plans I had for my living space and think about doing them outside of the house. Frustrating, but all doable in the name of doing what's right for our kid. Plus, this way we wouldn't have to miss the friends we have here in town so much, since we'd make a point of moving a ton closer to them, especially if they can find us cool places near them!!
BUT... Working from home will definitely have to happen, which means there MUST be a 3rd space, no matter what. Guh.. Rent... Fear... Guh... only 24 days left to figure this out...
*ticktickticktickticktickticktickticktick*
Except today we find out from the dude at Crash's company that I have started to call Mr. Reality-Paycheck, since he's also the guy who handles the company cash-flow issues, that things are maybe not as tremendous and promising as previously promised. Yes, he's been hired, but like all things that could change, since it's still a small company, and he's realistic. He said that in our place, if we were only moving here for the job, he'd be less inclined to do it. If we are moving there for the area, then sure, but otherwise, not so much..
Um...
SO........................
We really don't know how to feel about this news. On the one hand, it's compelling to live there from a certain point of view. The people we've met out there are highly cool. The places might be larger, or not, we can't quite tell right now. It's likely cheaper, but this might get balanced right out the window by the fact of car stuff that will suddenly start needing to be paid for. Cars cost big bucks, but I would get to see people more often, weirdly, which is nice.
BUT... The autism services in Toronto are just shit-loads better, free, and he's already top of the waiting list. All we'd need to do is move someplace else, keep doing what we're doing, and it would just have to be on a much smaller scale. We'd likely end up in an apartment or townhouse/duplex, I'd have to dump a lot more things, and we'd sell the car, and I'd finally have to let go of a few other evil plans I had for my living space and think about doing them outside of the house. Frustrating, but all doable in the name of doing what's right for our kid. Plus, this way we wouldn't have to miss the friends we have here in town so much, since we'd make a point of moving a ton closer to them, especially if they can find us cool places near them!!
BUT... Working from home will definitely have to happen, which means there MUST be a 3rd space, no matter what. Guh.. Rent... Fear... Guh... only 24 days left to figure this out...
*ticktickticktickticktickticktickticktick*
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Date: 2006-04-05 08:01 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-05 11:06 am (UTC)My God, that's unbelieveable: he might have a job, or maybe not. Nice that this guy's being honest, but it just sucks! Don't you wish that you could make them dangle like that? "Yeah, maybe I'll do the work, or maybe I'll suddenly quit with no notice ..."