I Love My Friends, But..

I have known my friends that I am staying with for 10 years. I knew them both before they got married, met them in Missouri. In 2000 they decided they were moving to Connecticut where she is from. I asked if I could come with them, and here we went. I really never thought too much about the climate change and lasted only seven months. I moved back to Missouri.

In 2004 I was a little down on my luck and not able to find a decent job and asked if I could come back. Of course, they told me I could. We lived in Waterbury, CT. Then last year in July, they decided to sell the house and move to another town that has a lower tax rate. That is when they purchased a house in Bristol.

I guess I should back up a little bit. Sometime between when I left Connecticut and then moved back my friend's brother moved in with them. This was while they were still in Waterbury. Sometime later, her daughter moved in with three children...then the daughter's boyfriend. Not long after that is when I came back. Whew...9 people in one house, with one bathroom!

A few months after I moved back, the daughter and boyfriend got married and soon the five of them moved to Maine. So, now we were down to four. This is about the time my friends decided to build on another bathroom. It wasn't long before the decision to sell came along.

Okay, so now back to 2006 and the move to Bristol. We moved in sometime in August. All was well getting things in order from our recent move. Then it hit the fan in the middle of October. My friends son and his girlfriend had their two children taken away by the state due to drug problems. So, we brought these two here, a four year old girl and eleven year old boy. Now we are back up to 6 in the house. I might add that the son's girlfriend was pregnant at the time and her baby boy was born Nov. 19th. He remained in the hospital until the first part of January as he was born two months pre-mature. When he was released he came to live with us as well. Now we were 7.

By April it was just starting to get to me with all these people here so I took a job that had me move away for awhile. I was gone only five months and decided the job just wasn't for me. So, I moved back. I was surprised to discover that during that time, my friend's son and her mother had moved in, and now, here I was. So, as confusing as this is, in case it is hard to keep track, there are now 9 people living in this house.

Now, here is my plan that I am trying to figure out. Even though, I really admire my friends for taking on all this responsibility, I have got to leave. They still own a house in Missouri that they are trying to sell. It isn't that much of a place but it isn't bad. The asking price is only $15,000. What I am trying to do is figure out how to come up with the cash and move back there. That would help me out as I would have my own place and it would help them out by giving them some much needed cash as well as one less mouth to feed.

Now in order to get my plan rolling along, it's time to start making some serious cash!