THE MOVE!

I really do hate and love moving at the same time. I love new things, setting up home, meeting new people, going through closets, boxing stuff up, and the adventure. But I really, really, really hate everything that has to do with the stress of picking out a new place. I think I'm pretty picky with where I want to live because I love to set up home and I know what I want. One life skill that I really need improvement on is separating my living conditions from my stress levels. If I don't like where I'm living, I'm grumpy and stressed. If my house is a mess, I'm grumpy and stressed. If our place is too small, I'm grumpy and stressed.... and on and on. So, moving from one place that I have made home, find beautiful, and have plenty of space means I have some pretty high expectations for our next place. To be absolutely clear,  I LOVE that we are moving from South Dakota to Peoria, IL. That was my #1 pick as far as where I wanted to be permenantly (as permenant as you can be nowdays) so the move makes me giddy and excited. Finding a new place is always a challenge no matter how far you are moving or how long you have. Right now we own a house and are putting it on the market next Monday. Which is great because this house has been a huge blessing to us in that the profit we make from it will pay all of my student loans and leave us a nice nest egg until we are settled (Aaron still doesn't have a job). But, it makes me uber anxious because we don't know if we are going to buy our next place or rent. We are leaning towards renting for a little while since Aaron doesn't have a job yet and I honestly don't think I can handle the process of going through all the mortgage papers again with everything thats already going on with fertility treatments, Aaron graduating, work, selling the house, the move, job hunting..... Yet, I can't find a good rental! We want a nice 3 bedroom house in the Peoria area for less than $700 a month. After paying a mortgage, this seems like an insane amount to pay for rent but I know that's probably what we are going to end up paying for what we (I) want. We have 1 acceptable lead on a place but haven't heard back from the landlord and I don't know if we are going to be able to wing a July 1 or Aug 1 rent date this far out. It just stresses me out. As I was searching and searching the internet for any listed rentals that may be out there I realized moving has sucked every single solitary time. Everytime I think we will never find something that will work and The Lord brings us to something perfect. The right place, space, and price. So, for the next 5 months, I'm going to have to just trust the The Lord will do it again. I never know how He is going to do it, but He does.