So here we go again.. I have spent about two weeks now..scouting out apartments..checking on senior housing reading up on regulations and rules involved in applying for subsidized housing and today I have come to a decision. I really do not want the government to know anymore about me than is absolutely necessary. If we apply for any kind of subsidized housing the forms require that you release banking info, every detail of your life as far as income goes and that isn't gonna happen. The benefits just are not that great. In most cases you are going to pay about 30% of your gross annual income. That is not much different from any rental I can do on my own. Apartments in this area are going for about 5-700 a month, most now include utilities. Housing for seniors subsidized will be 635 a month with out utilities and without appliances.. Strange but true. Makes no sense on so many levels. First and foremost opening up your life to Uncle Sam..At this point in time I want to stay as far under the radar as I can.
Sooo what does this mean.. Well unless something unexpected happens..it means that come May we will pack up this house store our stuff and head to our HOME on PEI.. Then come fall I will start searching for either a winter sublet , a caretaker position or a cheap apartment. I can do that from the island on line..and by phone..I am open to anything. My friend Maryjo has a summer home on the Cape and she said that once summer hits there are lots of folks up there looking for winter caretakers..She will check the papers and let me know if anything shows up. I have no fear doing it this way..there will always be an apartment somewhere. I am open to anything anywhere.. It would be best if it could be in Massachusetts so we wouldn't have to go through all of the nonsense of getting new licenses and such.. So if any of you who read this know of anything that will work with our lifestyle..let me know.
This week is school vacation so Cooper is with his Mommy. Dan is still working on a remodel project in Agawam..so I am here pondering my future yet again.. LOL I am thinking about Julie and wondering when the new little Chaisson will be born..Any day now!!! Cant wait to get back to PEI ..By this time every year I am really getting sick of the stress and pressure down here..Between the cost of everything to the crazy politics in this country right now.. I have had it. I want to be in Kingsboro reading a book in my comfy chair and staring out the window at the water and waiting for a car to drive by.. Ahhhhhh heaven on earth for sure.
So I wish you all a happy Monday..stay safe and cozy now..watch out for pirates and whatever you do remember to
BREATHE and smile for me
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