I'm feeling good after an interesting couple of days! My wife and I have finally taken control of a rough situation, and will soon come out the other side. We've been through the wringer for the past 6 months, but we are alive, ready to do some healing and get back to the things we find important in life.
I don't want to focus on negativity, because we've had enough of that forced onto us already, and have already been through enough of that. I also don't want to name, shame, or blame anyone in particular.
To try to keep the story short, we've had a rough few years, having a baby in a new town at the start of Covid, then 1.5 years of lockdown in our little place with a newborn. We started to find some friends in the anti-lockdown community that formed, and my wife conceived again. Our daughter was born early 2022 at the height of Omicron insanity, under segregation of unvaxxed people in Canada. My wife is crippled, and I have nerve and heart problems, but we began to get used to having 2 babies in the home last summer. Then, our landlord decided to sell the house and gave us 60 days to be out.
There was nowhere to live in the whole region (Okanagan, BC, Canada). Nothing. Perhaps the only option we encountered was $3500 ($2700 USD) per month for a decent house, and you can't be disabled ("working professionals only"). We have money, but nobody would take it. So we moved way up North, going into winter.
Air Canada screwed up and ruined the move. We lost thousands of dollars, and it impacted our health. We ended up on the road instead, and finally made it to our new small town, but the house we had rented was destroyed by the previous tenants, and needed major repairs.
It has been 3.5 months since the move, and we still don't have a stable situation where we can settle in. This has really not been good for us, and although we've done everything within our power, it hasn't been good for our baby or young son either. And it threatened to just keep going, and going, and going.
With all our belongings cramped into half the agreed-upon space, the house full of paint fumes, and the repairs far beyond even the latest quoted finish date, we decided to take back the power. We had done everything to uphold our end of the agreement, and more, and been more than patient. Finally, an opportunity presented itself, and we seized upon it at just the right moment.
Today, we had a local painter come in and do the work. Boom, done. It will be completed tomorrow. Already, it looks amazing. Finally, this place is coming together, and it only took 2 days! After more than 3 months of living in a construction zone, with little actually being accomplished, and no end in sight, we just couldn't wait any longer. It cost us a lot of money, but the stress relief is already worth it! Tomorrow - in fact just 16 hours from now - it will be over (except a few minor details, and getting all the tools and garbage out of here).
We could look back and say "they should have just done that from the start", and we could dwell on the rough times we've been through, but that doesn't seem worthwhile. It's time to get back on track with what matters, not feeling victimized and wronged. We lost part of autumn and most of winter, but at least this isn't going to drag on into spring! I'm looking forward to starting a big garden here this year. I have a lot of things that need doing in my life, and very soon I'm going to get that chance!
Finish this up (days now, not weeks), stabilize routines, get stress levels down, start working on our health issues, enjoy these precious times with our babies, and get back to our lives. We have goals beyond just surviving and getting through the day. It feels like we're going to return to working on them again, for the first time in years.
I finally don't feel so out of control. It feels good that we made it through all that turmoil and uncertainty, and knew when to take action to end it decisively. It hasn't killed us, and although it probably gave us a few more scars, it has made us stronger and wiser.
DRutter
Every piece was very captivating and interesting, reading with rapt attention. Things most have been really bad and rough but am happy you went through every phase not apportioning blame to anyone but keeping all hope alive.
Most especially your babies, soon everything will be story that's life for us. I pray God help me to always remember you in my prayers
Yeah 3+ weeks to do a 3-day job was total BS. It costs to take the power back, but so be it.
I am so glad this trial is coming to an end for you and your precious family. Talk about a test! You passed with flying colors! You stood against evil trying to rob steal and destroy in my opinion.
Glad you are making progress and things are improving.
It's good to hear that things are settling down and falling into place buddy!!! 🙏🍀🌞
That's a lot
I learnt something that we should always make ourselves comfortable. We need to make the home that we live in, comfortable too.
Even though things may seem to be hard, it is a good thing that you are finding comfort for yourself.
When I read your writings about the situations you have experienced in your own country, I see a totally different reality from the information we receive in Latin America. In fact, last year I was tempted to move to a city in Canada to work under a migration program that the State promotes and some companies maintain to bring qualified labor, because, according to the news we receive here, in Canada the hand labor is scarce.
Despite all this, I see that your situation is much better now, because you have given a quick solution to what was afflicting you, and that is good for you and your family.
I do not rule out the possibility of moving to Canada, however, I have started a new project here in Chile that I see as promising, and I plan to develop it for at least two years, and see what happens. Although my vision is always that I will be successful, I do not rule out that something unforeseen may occur, since Chile is known for being a country with many seismic activities and active volcanoes.
I am happy for you, brother, for your well-being and that of your loved ones, and I also pray that you may have more and better opportunities to produce money, and have the life you want to enjoy with your family.
That's great, after all those rough days. I'm glad that your family is now on a stress free situation and living in a place that you can call home. You deserve it, your kids deserve a healthy home. God Bless.
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