Duplex Joy

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We just signed the lease on a duplex. Look how happy Mia is! We will be living together soon - our little, happy family. I think she could tell how relieved we were.

We really wanted to stay near Tom's current house. From there we can walk to Austin Diner, Phil's Ice House, Amy's Ice Cream and lots of other cool stuff. We had started to get anxious and depressed when we couldn't find anything nearby in our price range. I had started driving around watching for signs. Every place I found was twice what we wanted to spend. Then one day I found a sign outside a duplex just a street away from my good friend Ravyn. I called immediately and the realtor told me that there was a key inside the mail box. I went inside, looked around then called the realtor and asked if she was sure about the price. She double checked and said that she was. I called Tom and asked if he could meet me there.

Tom and I already had plans to go see another house that day, a house sandwiched in between two major roads. He said he could leave for lunch a little bit early and meet me at the duplex on the way to the other house. He liked it, too! I called the realtor back and said that we'd take it. Had we not found the duplex that day, we might have ended up in the sad house in the unfortunate location. Instead, when we went to see the other house we knew right away that it was not right for us.

It's not perfect, but for the next year it's ours. And any place where I get to make a home with my baby girl and my soulmate is perfect for me.