As most of you know, Tyler's work sends us all over the country, with no end in sight! This past October, he was offered a temporary job in Bismarck, ND, for 5 weeks. We decided with weather being as it is in ND, that we would not bring our trailer and that we would find an alternative. Martin Wilson helped put together a temporary "bachelor pad" for us at the Mandan Convention Grounds, above the Weeda's garage. It worked out great, even though we were living without a true kitchen, because we knew it would be temporary. Well, 5 weeks came and went, and then we were told that they wanted Tyler until April. Yikes! That is nothing like 5 weeks!! So we decided that if we were to stay here in Bismarck, we would prefer to be somewhere there was a kitchen and perhaps a bathtub, and somewhere if at all possible, that we could have our dog, because from October to Xmas, we were without him.
So what happened is this: we found a place to house sit- which we are paying a rent for. The people that own the house go to AZ every year from Jan-April and the people that rent the house were killed in an accident. A friend of ours is renting a place right next door to them, and knew we were looking for a furnished place for a temporary stay for a few months. We moved over there 2 Saturdays ago (9 days ago or so) got completely moved in and settled, and then on Thursday got a call saying the owner died while in AZ awaiting bypass surgery. The widow is coming back for 3 weeks for the funeral and other things, therefore causing us to move. We are feeling very fortunate to know people! Anywhere else, we would be in a world of hurt, but being as the convention grounds are here, the Weeda's have graciously invited us to stay in their basement apartment while we await Nadeane's (the widow's) decision about when she will return to AZ. The Weeda's have also said that if we want or need to, we can stay here as long as we need. We are seriously considering staying here so we don't have to move yet again. The apartment we were staying in previously has been winterized, since we thought we had found a better alternative, and so being in the basement apartment is actually a lucky break for us. Thankfully, Nadeane has said she will refund both the rent and the deposit that we paid, and that if we decide to move back into the house, we will just start fresh from there. So today, I left the house for the last time being, and have moved back to the Weeda's, not even 100 feet from where we began in October and left hardly a week ago!! Whew!!!
