Well, life is finally getting better. The re-fi FINally came through, it's been sitting in the bank for a week now. The front house is pretty much done (only took a year and a half of suffering work) Now I can start planning for the move to Ocala. The property is going up for sale (I'm going to try and subdivide it into 3 pieces) I'm buying a new bike and paying off all debt, taking the girls on a shopping spree (they're vERy excited)
For a while there I thought I was going to choke and die...
I started out a year and a half ago to get the re-fi. but had numerous hurdles thrown in the way. I had to have both houses in live-able condition before they would refinance the property so I had to sink thousands of dollars I couldn't afford into it first.
I had been in an accident Nov. 05 that totaled my truck and gave me 2 herniated discs in my neck. My employer at the time stole both of my employees while I was in Texas for Christmas 05. I was still in the middle of a huge project at the time...(I have no idea what they were thinking). Anyway, it threw me into a financial and physical tailspin. Kind-of a reversal of fortune thing on a smaller scale. My income dropped by $50,000 in 2006. Most of my tendons were giving out. My back...my neck...
I finished the project and quit that company in June of 06. I have much better opportunity where I am now. Some dumb ass in Sep. 06 hit me doing 120 mph when I was on my way to the lawyer to get the settlement for the first accident...dumb ass people.
Anyway, my life for the past year and a half has been hell. No money, no time for anything but work, no matter how bad my neck or back felt, no help with anything...I was at the end of my rope but one thing I knew for sure was...I could not let go.
I held on and believed, I kept believing I would get the re-fi. I almost didn't due to several things but I kept believing.
The money has been in the bank for almost a week now and I haven't spent any of it yet. I just want to look at it for a while and be sure I get what we need and not just what I want. This money will change our lives and our future. Everything in my life was on hold until this was done.
Now it is the first day of the rest of my life and I'm going to step very carefully into it...life is gonna get easier.
See...all you have to do is ask for it.
Peace