Despite feeling markedly under the weather this weekend, I was a trooper and went with Husband to look at 20 potential homes (houses, condos, townhomes). We scaled down our rent to $2,000 or less monthly. We also decided against a condo on the third floor of a huge concrete complex near downtown San Jose. While the interior was quite livable, it was a corner unit abutting a really busy street, and it didn’t feel very neighborly. Lots of security, though, and they would take pets. There was an elevator, too, though that unit is the farthest from it. The vision of dragging groceries, child gear, and baby weighed heavily. On Friday I was desperate to rent it. However, my intuition cautioned me. We may have found one or two other places today — real houses in friendly neighborhoods. I’m getting worn out, though. I don’t know how much more looking I can stand! By evening yesterday we’d been out for six hours, and I fell asleep sitting up in the car. However, we have time still, and after a night’s sleep I’ll feel better.

Update 6:00 p.m.: Husband “scraped” Craigslist again and found an ad for a Craftsman style home in San Jose. (We love that style.) Cats are okay. He called, liked the woman immediately, and we have an appointment to see it at 9:30 tomorrow. Then another person called him back about a townhome in Mountain View, and it turns out she’s enthusiastic about cats. So we’ll see that at 11:00. Hopefully the non-responsive agent for a Santa Clara house will finally get in touch so we can see that house tomorrow, and by the end of the day we’ll have four places (including one we saw today in Sunnyvale) to choose from. May Hestia be with us tomorrow.