Lol ... ok well the place is very close to the beach, about what .. 10 minutes maybe. The thing I love is its walking distance to both the grocery stores I typically go to, as well as my bank. I can also walk to the movie theatre if I so chose. Freeway is literally 3 minutes tops .... and my work comute is what .. 15-20 minutes as it was with W. And the biggest thing is S's school/sports are 10 minutes, last BD S and I would be in the car for 1 1/2 hours per day between drop offs and pick ups and it KILLED me he suffered for her choices.
S seems to like it, has a really nice pool, S was all about helping me get things set up as I made him pick out our "Snack Stash" location ... I give him a spot in the kitchen where we can hide our loot ... currently filled with cookies, pop tarts and an undisclosed amount of gummy worms.
Its small but all my stuff fit nicely, and its really perfect.
As far as the dog ... ok. This place allows dogs, my unit is upstairs (I can see ocean from my bedroom) and they have a lb restriction of 35 lbs upstairs ... Tommy (our dog) is 95 on a skinny day . I thought about taking the dog anyway but the place is upstairs and small, he is blind with poor hips so I gave it thought. S will have him while at her place, she is not really hands on with S so he is either on the ipad or TV, atleast he has a buddy there. W asked me Friday "What about 'woofie'" I calmly told her I can not take him right now, she replied "What so I don't have a choice or a say in this matter" I American Sniper-Truth Drated her right between the eyes with "I did not have a choice 2 1/2 years ago and took care of him, I also had no choice or say in the matter 10 days ago (implying her lies/betrayal) So I will miss the dog a little, but honestly she can take him this round its my turn to be selfish .... walking him 3 times a day without her even offering ... yeah, her turn, sorry not sorry. In a year I hope to get a 2 bedroom unit .. rent a house .. or maybe use my VA loan and buy provided I am D and W can not get me there .... then maybe I will take the dog back if he is still with us, dude is 12, blind and just getting old ... .bringing him here is new/more stress I would rather save him from .. he knows his way around at her place.
