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I Guess I’m Stuck Here

I think I’m starting to accept the great possibility that I will never, ever, ever get out of New Jersey. Even if I move I’ll probably be stuck here. So sad. I don’t want my obituary to say “lifelong resident of New Jersey.” That’s horrible. I hate this state so much! I actually entertained the thought of moving to Pennsylvania to be near my Goddaughter but I don’t think that’s going to happen now. No soon as we really got the thought in our heads good, my other cousins moved there.

I really don’t want to go there if the whole family plans to end up out there. That’s defeating the purpose of leaving Jersey. I hope eventually we’ll at least be able to look at homes for rent in NJ. I may have to just accept defeat on this one. But then again, we never know what the future holds for us.

Harder Than It Should Be…

I’m really beginning to see why people always so you should never work with family and friends. Or maybe they say you should never loan money to family and friends? I don’t know the exact saying, but I do know you should never mix business and family. Just ask commercial litigation lawyer Raleigh NC!! But I’ve learned that the hard way just by building websites with my mom and best friend. It’s hard working with people who don’t understand a lot about web design.

My best friend has these completely ridiculous expectations. He wants these to blink and light up and run across the screen, but he wants all that down with simple HTML and PHP! Yeah, right! And my mom is so overly sensitive about everything. She looks like she wants to cry at every turn. LOL. I don’t think I’ll ever want to do web design as a career.

Know Where To Search

A few days ago, my little cousin sent me a message asking me to help her find an apartment to move into. I checked a few websites and looked at a few apartments but there doesn’t seem to be anything good available. At least not in her budget. It’s really hard trying to look for an apartment for someone else when you are not sure what they want exactly. I think it would make much more sense for her to just look online for herself. Especially since we don’t even live close to each other. If I was looking for apartments for rent in Edmonton, I would check a website that specialized in that, such as RentEdmonton.com. I wouldn’t ask someone who didn’t live in the area of Edmonton and knew nothing about it.

Rent Edmonton is a great example of a helpful apartment search website. Once you decide where in Edmonton you want to live, you can browse many listings that include pictures and other important information. You can even filter your search results by the type of rental you are looking for, such as condos, town houses or duplexes. Some listings that I checked out even stated that the property was near schools and parks, or recently renovated. Now that is what I call helpful! I really wish my cousin would find a similar website that lists rentals in locations that she is interested in moving to instead of asking me to search for her. That would make things so much easier for the both of us.

Risky Travel

My cousin decided to pop in on Saturday for a surprise visit, but she forgot to bring one very important person with her. My Goddaughter! I thought I made it very clear to her that she can’t ever come to New Jersey without bringing my Goddaughter with her. That’s unacceptable! I didn’t give her too hard of a time about it since she was riding with someone else. Usually she drives the 2+ hours from Pennsylvania, but this time her friend drove.

I was very happy about that because my cousin has a bad habit of getting on the road late. I think that’s so unsafe for a young mother to be on the road alone with children. I’m not sure if she has roadside assistance, but I still feel uneasy about that. You never know what can happen. I think it makes more sense for her to head home no later than 7 p.m. That way she’ll get in no later than 10 p.m. But leaving at 10 is so risky.