a break from our regularly scheduled programming

The baby turned 6 months yesterday! Unfortunately we also learned that we are being kicked out of our rental house in a month, so no one has the time or energy to mark his half birthday right now. 

I'm taking this surprise rather badly, I'll confess. Partially because it sucks to move, and it really sucks to move with an infant, but mostly because we've been talking about a longer term plan to leave Michigan and go back east. Finding a new house here means staying longer than we wanted, and it probably means I'll need to stay at my current job longer than I wanted as well. 

I'm also just depressed about how shitty people are. Our landlords told us in May they wanted to renew our lease. Then a couple days ago they tell us we need to vacate in 30 days. These are the same people who left us a baby gift when we moved in and kept checking in to see how we were doing. Being nice is really not the same thing as being kind. 

We're going to try to get more time to stay and figure out our move, of course. We've even hired a lawyer to help us. He has assured us that just getting us into eviction court would take at least an extra month after our lease ends in July. (Also: the eviction moratorium ends the same day as our lease and there is a backlog of cases.) And even if we did get to court eventually, we'd probably be given more time if we needed it. Apparently the judge in our town is not particularly a fan of inconsiderate landlords. Not that you want an eviction court judgment on your record, even a favorable one—we'd never be able to get a rental again. 

Our landlords are not in dire straights at all, by the way—they just sold their own house and now they want ours. These people have multiple properties and a huge extended family in the area. Who cares that we have a 6-month-old in daycare down the street and two full time jobs and no family within a nine hour drive. 

So we're in a mad dash to find another place to live. Typically for us, we're also considering just chucking everything, putting our stuff in storage and heading back east now. Josh can work from anywhere and I wouldn't exactly be sad to leave my job. Too bad the "east coast" is a big place and we can't seem to narrow down the options at all. 

Sigh. At least we're taking this opportunity to get rid of a bunch of shitty furniture we don't want anymore. My rotting bookshelves (definitely a safety hazard) are going to the dump! The ugly dining room table and chairs Josh got at an estate sale before we were married are going to the local resale place! Where will the books go, you ask? And where will we eat dinner? We have no idea.