On March 31,2023…

is when our lease ends on our shared home with a roommate.

The roommate has been a disaster, I have never had a roommate before and neither has my significant other. We have decided we do not like it, but when you live in the most expensive state in the country (California), often-times you have no choice. We have no clue where we are going, temporary rental home with roommates is a possibility.

We are trying to buy a home but (the real estate market here is a buyers’ market which is usually good for the buyer) all the homes we have put an offer on has been rejected or someone else has bid higher on it.  We essentially do not have a home and are houseless after March 31st.  On top of that my last day at my job is Friday March 17th, 2023. Yes, the worse timing possible.  Ever since I moved to California from Texas in December 2021 our life has been a rollercoaster with so many great moments but also some terrible ones.

You see I moved from Texas to California because the love of my life and life partner Ryan is from the Bay Area in California. He was not able to move to Texas, so I left everything I ever knew behind, sold my belongings, packed what was left of it and made the 3-day journey to California.

I have never lived in another state before, but I knew that if me and Ryan had any chance of making a beautiful life together, I would have to be the one moving.  When I got here, we did not have a home despite us planning (me) and applying to apartment complexes.  3 Months later we found a home with a roommate. It has been challenging living with a total stranger mostly because we are private people.

Our journey…

is not for everyone, but it is our journey, and I would not change anything about it because we grew closer as a couple and as individuals. Yes, it could have backfired, but it didn’t and that is what I like to focus on the most. Our relationship is the most important thing on this planet to the both of us.

I knew if I would not have moved to California, would have regretted it for the rest of my life and I am never going to regret anything in my life.  Of course I miss Texas fiercely and always will but hoping visiting this year will fix my nostalgia and homesickness a bit. So far besides the housing situation California has been an amazing place to live and enjoy life.

I am hoping we can buy a home in the next few months now that we are pre-approved. That will be one thing off my worry list.  That is my backstory on how I ended up in California. I want to document it all here in this new blog of mine.

Hopefully…

you decide to stick around and stay tuned for House, Decor, Plus-Size Fashion, sustainability plus-size fashion among many other content.

Throughout our house journey I will keep you all updated.