"The Tenant"

We've found a way to get ourselves into a more financially comfortable place for baby-planning - we allowed Nicole's friend's fiancee to move in with us temporarily. She is paying weekly rent much cheaper than anywhere you'd be able to find on Craigslist, and it gives us some much-needed cash toward straightening out our house expenses.

We had our reservations in the beginning, particularly regarding not knowing her very well and just not being sure how we would feel about having a third person in our space. But we knew we needed money, Nicole's friend needed help, and it is intended to be a reassuringly short-term arrangement since the two plan to move in together at the end of the summer. We cleared one shelf in the fridge, one shelf in the pantry, and welcomed her in.

It has been going GREAT. It's only been a little over a week, but so far so good. She is quiet (I can't handle too much chattiness around me all the time) and respectful and a kind person. She gave us a deposit and pays her rent in cash every Friday, and we barely know she's here. Any issues that have come up have been around setting boundaries for the girlfriend, who is Nicole's friend and feels like we shouldn't have any issue with her just being over all the time. But we are enforcing boundaries and it's being settled, and our tenant is agreeable to anything we ask in regards to this.

So the yellow room is occupied, and not by the little tenant we had expected. But this arrangement is helping us get there all the faster. We are so eager and ready!