Downshift

Today was definately a Monday. I called Scott on my lunch break to check in on how the move was going. The first thing he says is "You're not going to be happy". Ooohhh NO! I figured he would tell me that he hadn't started moving the stuff from the storage unit into our new house... because that's a typical Scott thing to do. NOPE. He tells me that he's trying to get out of the lease that we signed. He said that the agent for the house we were renting was acting like it was an inconvenience for her to meet up with him to give him the keys today. HELLO... we signed a lease 2 weeks ago stating that at 12:01 am we took possesion of the house. Not 3pm, not tomorrow... TODAY the 13th. Scott had been trying to call her all week last week and all weekend to set up a time for him to get the keys and pay the deposit/rent. She never returned any of the calls. He finally called ReMax office today and gave someone there a message to have her call back. He said that when she finally called back she told him that she doesn't return phone calls on Sundays because that is her day off. Well, that's fine, but what about the 5 other days we tried calling last week. Anyway, so Scott was angry and being that we JUST got out of a crappy rental situation he didn't like the look of how this was going. If she's unavailable or inconvenienced to take our money and give us the keys to the property then what happens if something needs to be repaired, are we going to be able to get in touch with her? Probably not. Scott ended up calling the broker she works under and he agreed that she was being rediculous and he told us we could opt out of the lease since no monies had been exchanged yet. So, instead of moving in to our new home today we spent the evening looking at a NEW place to live. I'm pretty upset. We started Alayna at Kiln Creek Elementary, we had our mail forwarded, we had our electric and water forwarded... everything was ready for our move. Downshift time...
Luckily, Scott had called a guy a few weeks back when we were still looking to rent something, who owns a similar home on the other side of the neigborhood from the one we signed a lease on. He was on his way home from a cruise in Atlanta and said yes it was still available and he will match what we were going to be paying at the other place (he was origionally asking for $45 more/month). He called Scott at 4 like he promised, literally STILL in the airport from returning to Newport News, and agreed to meet us at 6 to look at the place. We took a look, and even though it's not as nice as the other place was (all very minor details) we liked it and agreed to sign a lease. He told us where his office was (he is an orthodontist in Newport News) and said if we wanted to we could sign the lease tonight. So... we did! With Monday being the only good day for Scott to move we will have to wait until next Monday to move everything... but he is even going to give us the keys tomorrow! I'm glad everything has worked out. This new landlord seems like he will be very easy to work with, and after the HELL that we have been through over the last 2 years we reeeeally need that!!