We were outbid by a local dirtbag attorney with deep pockets. I was pretty bummed at first but am working on improving my outlook 
There are a couple of other properties that I am eyeballing but until the Old Man gets back here I won’t be doing land shopping.
Ari and I took a great road trip into the nearby city (2 hours or so) to go shopping at Costco and just to get out and about. We had a lovely time but it makes me feel even more trapped here. On top of that I was dreaming ab9out my beloved dogs, still trapped in Sonora. How I wish I could bring them here! I would love to take them for walks upon the beach! I miss my dog pack but until we can get land they have to stay where they are.
I suppose it would help if i could find people to be friends with but so far, no luck. Ari and I both have been pretty lonely. We’ll muddle through, I suppose. If the rain would just stop for a few days….
We, too, lost a place in the bidding process. I had dreamed of a house with specific things about it, DH had done the same. This particular place was PERFECT! It had everything both of us wanted and it was a bank repo, AND we were the FIRST to make an offer!! I’m not kidding, this place was *the* place I had seen in my dreams. We were so certain.
Then we found out that the next day someone else put a bid on the house and the sellers (a bank) decided to go with their offer and put us in 2nd. Well, we prayerfully waited and were just sure that this had to be ours.
We didn’t get it. The day they were scheduled to close we felt like we had been kicked in the teeth, followed by a round to the belly just for good measure. We drive by it fairly often on our way from here to there. Sometimes it stings a little still, but know what? G-d had a different plan. And besides – who knows what all the owners of that place had to deal with, those unsuspected surprises that we’ll never know about. Maybe THEY too had dreamt of this very house and He blessed them with it and us with what we have now.
In the end it all works out beautifully. Sometimes it’s just hard to walk through those first few days. May you find strength and courage – and may He bring you to the perfect place and let your roots grow deep into fertile soil.
Thank you for the encouragement! I’ve been having a hard time with this move, struggling with the changes. I decided to start blogging about life again to get moving forward but am afraid that it’s getting a bit whiny! I’ll work on that
Sometimes we need a shoulder to whine on.
That’s how our struggles don’t get wasted – my struggles make it so that I can relate and sympathize with you in yours. You’ll come through, you just have to work through the disappointment. Stay focused on Him – seek first the Kingdom of G-d and all these other things will fall into place in the right time. Keep on keepin’ on.
I know it’s hard to have your heart and expectations set on something that does not happen. But I agree that everything happens for a reason, and I do believe it’s these difficult times the make us stronger, and help us build character. Hang in there, my friend!
OH, and I had such a nice surprise yesterday
Your postcard brightened my day. Thank you!
We’ve had that happen…the perfect place…then we’d find out 6 months later (after someone else bought it) that there was some hidden flaw, and were thankful we didn’t get it, or a MORE perfect place came long, something. Faith, dear one, He knows what he’s doing.