Eating Is Overrated? My Endless Search Continues...

Hi Jen,
I see that you're in Richboro, how come you need to move to New Hope? I mean I can understand why you might want to live there but last time I checked New Hope is a very very expensive area. There are many less expensive areas around Richboro that you could move to that have decent school districts, isn't Council Rock a great school district right there in Richboro? If you move to a lesser expensive area you could afford childcare if you can't get your daughter into full day kindergarten. J. my two cents...I know that sometimes when you have your heart set on something, it's hard to look "outside of the box" and see what your other options are.
I wish you the best!

Yeah, my husband & I went through this when we still lived in NJ. We were trying to decide about him giving up his Federal job to work for a police department, but they all had living requirements, like you had to live within city limits for the first year or 2. That would be fine except that the highest paying cities (Atlantic City, etc.) are places that you wouldn't want to live & would absolutely end up spending every extra cent and then some sending your kids to private school. We ended up moving to Delaware J. so we could buy a house & he could work for a city that didn't have living requirements aside from the normal "don't live farther than 45 minutes away".

We were tempted to move to one of the more expensive & much prettier cities closer to the beach, but we would have ended up house-poor, too so we didn't.

The thing about situations that seem perfect except for the big BUTS is that the BUTS are usually there for a reason.
There have been so many times I felt frustrated or disappointed because something I desired so much didn't work out, but it never fails that something better and more perfect came along.
I'm a single mom and I tend to be anxious and wish things would J. fall into place because let's face it, life seems like it would be so much easier that way. Most recently, I was so disappointed that I didn't get a job I really fought for. It was between M. and one other applicant and the job seemed perfect for M.. I seemed perfect for the job. The owner of the business went with someone with a degree in the field but with no work experience.
Anyway, two weeks later, I got an even better job. I didn't get what I wanted so badly because there was something better waiting for M.. I J. didn't know that at the time.
So.....hang in there. Keep looking. Know that sometimes things aren't "perfect" for a reason.
I have a feeling that the very right place and situation will present itself to you soon.

Best wishes.

New Hope is definitely expensive--I'm sorry you're not having luck yet. There's still time though! I'm going to send you another message--I J. had another idea for you.