Chances - Turning into Dreams?

Or is it dreams, turning into chances taken?  Too much this early? 

This week, (and it's only Wednesday) is one of those weeks that really big things are happening.  To quote the great Penny Lane from Almost Famous, "it's all happening!!!" What I want to know is, why is it all happening at once?

You wait.  You wonder.  You bang your head in frustration, you nearly give up.  You nearly run.  But just - nearly.  Okay, okay, my faithful - you are probably at this point saying, "What the hell is she talking about?"

As you may recall, Josh and nearly got foreclosed upon twice last year, had auction dates and everything.  We were able to stay here (by the skin of our teeth) with a very generous loan modification.  But, if I'm being honest, we still want to move.  Josh, being a cop, doesn't like suburbia.  I know for most of us, that's the American Dream.  Live in the suburbs, 2 kids, a dog.  We have that.  We actually have it!  But, as a cop, he patrols the suburbs.  He answers the domestic calls.  He breaks up the fights.  He sees the gritty under layer that none of us see.  And then he comes home and sits amongst it.  What may have taken me 20 years to get ready to leave, has only taken him 7.  And, I'm with him no matter what.  Don't get me wrong, we wouldn't be looking for another place to raise our kids if it was just him, but I see his point.  I want a quieter life.  I posted last week, our dream house we discovered in Lovettsville.  I posted it on Facebook!  Here's the link: http://www.12126mountain.info/.  We went out to it twice.  We took our kids, I took my "wife", aka sis in law Khadija to get her approval.  It's 12 acres, with an old log cabin circa 1860ish (yes, when old Honest Abe was prez), but that has been completely updated and it has a barn, hen house, and (get ready for it) a STUDIO!  A writer's haven! A place to create, quietly, in the woods.  A place to make my jewelry! 

Alas, given our credit with the house situation, we could only rent at this time and buy in 2 years.  Well, it rented the day after we saw it the second time.  But I had written to the owners and the agent about renting it for 2 and buying it then (say 2013).  They had written back (after I wrote how much we treasured the place, the studio, the gardens, a perfect place for us!)- and said it rented, but they were "so moved by our letter - you are who we want to own it.  its going up again for sale in 2 years, and when it does, you will get a call!"  So now, this chance, finding this house, has turned into our little dream retreat - and the pic of it on our fridge is something we can look at daily to remember and focus on our goal - of buying it in 2 years! How awesome is that? It will basically be ours in 2 years - which gives us just the right amount of time to recoup and recover financially. I think that's called serendipity.  A fortunate accident.  We tripped over this, and now, it can be our forever home.  Sweet.

And wait - that's only 1 of 3 things that have happened this week, that have the possibility of changing our futures forever.  So stay tuned to part 2 tomorrow.

Love, Bionic Mommy