In addition to working 8 hours today, I also talked us out of placing an offer on a property, secured internet for the rental, and figured out the daycare situation for our son. It makes no sense to buy a home when there is a perfectly good home in my family sitting there waiting for my mom and aunt to do something with it. The property that we were thinking of bidding on had a house on it that we would have to almost gut to even live in it while we built another home because the owners must've smoked two packs a day in it for the last ten years. Unless the deal of a lifetimes comes up, I think we are going to hang out on the hog farm for a while.
Speaking of the hog farm, I found out that tds is the provider of phone and internet for the property. I am sure that I will have a review of their services soon enough, but for now the guy on the phone was super helpful and made a good impression.
Daycare is something that I didn't realize would be more expensive in Putnam County than it is here in Cleveland. For comparable care, we would pay about $50 more a month. I can go with a lady who takes care of a bunch of children who are all pre-K in the same room or I can go with the church who has an infant room. In the meantime, the church tells me that they only have one slot open until January, further pressuring me to make a decision without seeing the facility. I also know that my parents will probably want to kidnap my son from time to time, so I will likely be paying for care that I don't use because everyone wants to be paid in advance for a week at a time. I get $5000 tax-free dollars in my dependent care account to use every year and beyond that it is out of pocket.
The right home or property will happen and the right daycare will happen.
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