Getting ready for a move.

Again. Our six-month stint in this house is wrapping up very quickly -- even though our move-out date in October 15, we're already looking for the next place to land. 

We know we want to stay in Coronado, because we share a car and so much of our lives revolves around this town. If Brent needs the car, I can walk most places I need to go, or, in an extreme case, don't feel too bad asking someone for a ride.

We're totally spoiled with the house-sitting gig, because our rent consists of a small monetary amount in addition to yard work and a couple of little murals painted on the deposito. (Finally completed!)

We've looked at quite a few places already, and here's why it's frustrating.

1. There's not as much available by October, because that's when the high season starts to pick up, and the snowbirds (like our landlords) start returning to the country to escape the brutal winters in their homelands.

2. Prices are high. This is Coronado.

3. Prices are TOO high for what you get. We looked at a house that we were considering sharing with another couple, but for $1800 a month ($900 per couple) it was one enormous master bedroom and two little tiny bedrooms (were we going to flip for it?), no glass or screens on the windows (just bars, but the birds could still get in if they wanted, and certainly the bugs), and no washing machine. Sorry, but if you want me to pay that much per month, I'm not going to also go the laundromat. 

So the search continues. This is becoming all-too-familiar.