Running Out of Time

James and I bought Southmore last November and assumed that we would move into it when our apartment's lease was up in February. We were excited about moving into our own home and no longer paying rent + mortgage. February came and went, Southmore was still far from ready, and we were still paying double. A few months later we were given an opportunity to live in a friend's house while she and her family traveled in Europe for the summer months. We jumped at the chance, and joked with all of our friends that we were "summering on Addison", while simultaneously being grateful to finally have a hard deadline to tell our subcontractors to finish. Unfortunately summer has now come and gone. The homeowners returned last week, and we experienced more setbacks during renovations than we anticipated. We rented a storage unit, placed all of our belongings in it, and a few days ago moved into my childhood home. We're only able to live here for two and a half weeks, so hopefully this new fire under the project will be what we need to make Southmore liveable. I no longer care about getting this house to the furthest state of finished before we move in. I just want hot water and a bathroom. 

Thankfully we have people working over there most days this week and next, so hopefully the house really will start coming together soon. It needs to come together. If it doesn't, we'll need somewhere else to live for a few weeks once our time at my parents' is done.