Foreclosure

Well, seems like there are a lot of decisions that were made in spite of prior track records. Ignoring warning signals and character flaws with what is at stake, the Tampa move might've been imprudent. If Massachusetts is going to be the "promised land", eating the debt for that move, perhaps cultivating a life there would've been the way to go and been better. The relatives up there are of better stock ? It's going to take you that much time and expense just to accomplish the same financial goals you expect to arrive in Massachusetts in later on, with the Tampa, FL effort. Only difference now, the both of you will be starting over and moving from Tampa to Massachusetts ? To me, Massachusetts and becoming established there is the goal, no better time than the present to forge forward on that front ? But that's a two day old hatched/baked plan as well.

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I don't remember many of the exact situations, but there were a couple of times that I had to use a combination of it and basic geometry (pythagorean theorem, circumference of a circle, things like that) to derive measurements at my old job. I had equations scrawled out on scrap paper on my desk for later reference.

The last one before I left involved figuring out the radius on a bunch of corner rounder blades without labels. It was something I had been meaning to do, and figured I'd better get it done before passing the department on to the next person. Each one had a 1/4 circle blade, so I measured straight across from one point to the other. This would be the hypotenuse of an isosceles right triangle, with the legs being the radius of the circle, were the arc of the blade to continue. (It makes more sense drawn out.) So, calling that hypotenuse "h" I ended up with 2(r^2) = h^2.

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Her relatives up there are good people, but none of them have room in their home to take on two more adults. He was our last option, short of just toughing it out and continuing to struggle to live paycheck to paycheck for the foreseeable future. We were reluctant to accept, but it came to the point that it was our only choice. Rock and a hard place, and all that.
The Massachusetts plan, as it lays now, is admittedly idealized but not at all inconceivable. We're going to work out the details of it as it gets closer to time. If it's looking like it won't be able to happen though, I plan to give myself plenty of time to come up with a Plan B. Still, forging forward sometimes involves sitting still and working with what's in front of you before you make your next move.

Makes more sense drawn out:

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Mass is horribly expensive. I hope her relatives have mentioned that. You may also be in for something of a culture shock.

The thing with her father may not be bad. If he really does only owe a few years of payments then it could be a good proposition. Just don't take his word for it. Get the title company to enumerate everything. As Reagan said about the Soviets, "trust, but verify."

Well, it's more a matter of how far behind he is on his payments than anything else. Honestly, while the gesture is nice, I can't see myself spending any more than a couple of years in this house. Like any American, I would love to eventually own my own house. But I want it to be one that I (read: we) choose, not just what's the easiest to get. Besides that, this house doesn't feel right to raise a family in, and I would like to have my first kid by the time I'm 30.

I am rather aware of the expense in Massachusetts. I've already looked at apartment prices, just to get a general idea, and just going by online listings it's difficult to find a 2BR for under $1000/mo (under 900 is nearly unheard of). As such, when I talk with my new employer about transferring to the office in Lowell, I'm going to talk to somebody up there and find out what sort of salary I can get in that area. If it's not gonna cut it, then it's time for Plan B... whatever that is. As for the culture shock, I was raised by an Irish-raised Massachusian (or whatever they call themselves) and a Norwegian-raised Texan. I can handle it.

you and me both brother. i've actually been telling my boyfriend to take me to a bank so i can freeze some of my eggs, i'm sure that i won't be able to quit smoking cigarettes in time to prevent the slaughter of half my sperm.

There something you're not telling us? Hahah.

oh did i say eggs?? vodka talking, you know what i meant. doesn't smoking lower your sperm count??

BTW thanks for pointing that out, when i read that post out loud to myself i had a big laugh. eggs. actually i do have eggs, they're somewhere between my prostate and my ovaries.

Oh your ovulating. That explains a lot.

I don't know about smoking lowering your sperm count. It might.

"Then I ram my ovipositor down your throat and lay my eggs in your chest, but I'm not an alien!" - T. Servo

Ahahah.
Sounds like that guy who lures girls into cyber sex then does hilariously bizarre things, like responding to a request to roleplay with "I put on my wizard robe and hat." Same guy or something else all together?

wizard robe and hat!!! lol