Post Vacation Blues

So last post, I posted about my lovely vacation. I got home yesterday, and today I have the post vacation blues. I definitely already miss my mom and the dogs. I'm glad that I got to spend the most time with them, but it was hard leaving. I know I'll be back soon, but right now I'm feeling all the emotions. For me, time just has to pass and things will get better.

As for the apartment update, things have kind of changed. I went to the office to get the lease paperwork, and it turns out my original assumptions were correct. The notice said take advantage of the current market value, and I assumed that meant the new and raised price. But then we thought maybe it did mean our current price. The "current" part is what threw us off. Anyways, so it's the current market value. So right now we're paying 1129 a month.  If we go month to month, we pay $1209 starting September. If we renew our lease, we pay $1229 a month. How does that even make sense?? You'd think they'd want a full year lease, and would give the lower price.. but no, it's the most expensive for us to renew it. I'd rather just renew for a year and be done with it, but now it's all up in the air. It's really difficult looking for a new place though, because no one knows if they'll have availability for September. So we either have to give our 30 days notice when the time comes and hope we find a place... or just stay here month to month. So I'm not sure what's going to happen. I think that added to my emotional-ness today, because as you know.. I have the delightful anxiety issue :) So that was helpful.

On an upside, I made homemade hamburgers for the first time ever, and potato salad. Both of them were greatly enjoyed, so I felt good about it.  There was this weird period of time when nothing I made seemed to work out, so I'm glad to be hitting a stride and making good things again.

So we'll see where everything goes from here. I'm trying to just tell myself that in a couple years none of this will have mattered, so it's not worth the stress.