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Juggling has never been my Strong Suit

Juggling has never been my strong suit but right now I feel like I am trying to keep a hundred things in the air all at the same time.

It's not a good situation, really. I feel like I'm going to drop something, or forget something.... and that gives me a headache right from the get go. Part of the problem is that so many things are depending on OTHER things...

One thing that has me worried is housing. My landlords are selling our house. We don't know when the closing date will be. We also don't know when we can get a new place in Halifax. I meet with the real estate agent tomorrow but have to try and make sure that the closing date of this house matches up with the move date to get us out there. With luck, there won't be a couple of weeks where we have no home.

I also need to get my youngest registered for school out east. Which is fine. Except that if we don't know WHERE we are living, I don't know WHICH  school to register her at.

Then, there are the animals. It's no question: they're coming with us. I will say that I am worried about finding a place that will accept all of them. We have two dogs and two cats. Getting them from point A to point B with everyone's sanity intact is.... a concern.

Finding a rental place that will take us is also a concern. Buying, at this point, isn't an option as we don't have the 5% down payment. We know what kind of house we NEED, it will just be a matter of FINDING ones that are in our price range that are willing to accept pets. We COULD get a PMQ but we don't know if that is something we are interested in. I'm concerned that if we put in for a Q we won't be able to get out east and look around and so may end up missing out on something great.

Here's hoping that I start getting some things figured out before I go completely crazy....

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