My mom finally got her disability. It has actually been awhile and I forgot to tell you. Now she is visiting my grandma in Florida and we have actually had an entire week with out house to ourselves. In addition to that, we will have an entire week more then this past one before she comes back. She decided that she wanted to live in Florida. So, she got an apartment. Then she found out that she misunderstood how much money she will be getting. In fact, she will be getting about half of what we thought she was getting. What all this means is that she signed a lease for an apartment on Tuesday that is three dollars more a month then her entire income. I am not sure how that is going to work out and it has me freaking out.
She will be getting just over six hundred dollars a month. There is no way that she can live off it, at least that we can figure out. This means that life isn't going to be easy and things are going to get pretty bad here. For us, things will be a little better. My husband is planning on charging her rent and then putting that toward the house we want to buy in December. Then we would have to buy a bigger house then we planned so she could live with us until she found a solution. All the while her money would help us pay for the house faster. On the financial side, this could be helpful. On the other side, it means living with her much longer!
We are also planning on assigning her chores so she is helping out around the house. Since she doesn't do this, it seems like a good idea. I wish she were moving out, but at least Peter and I had some time to figure out how to keep our apartment/house/home while she is living in it now. We can't continue to live here with her ruling the coop.
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