It happened so fast my head is still spinning, spinning so fast that I've been invited to be in the cast of the next remake of the exorcist!
Actually, it started on our planning on a place to go on a winter vacation after attending a convention in Orlando and spending some time with our son at Disney World in 2010. I started to consider where we would like to go and started with the Myrtle Beach then we moved on down to Florida. I searched both coast lines and couldn't find a place we really wanted to go then figured on staying 2 weeks in Orlando then another two in Daytona.
After all reservations were arranged and confirmed, we started hearing The Villages advertisements on television and so I looked at their website and requested their video. We eventually started to change our plans a number of times until we... well a little complex to fully explain. We wound up with two weeks in a lifestyle then proceed to Daytona, which we eventually also canceled after our closing.
To make a long story short, we started to look to see what was available and before we knew it we found, with the help of friends down here, our place in Hadley. We went through all the paperwork from NYS and arranged our closing based on when our Amtrak reservations were already set months in advance.
On the day before closing we arrived in TV and checked into the lifestyle which in the end we only stayed for the first 6 days that we reserved for. It wasn't the villa they advertised, but a Gardenia, the same as we were purchasing. Made for a few confusing days. I wasn't sure which house we were in a few times.. TV had made us an offer we couldn't refuse, to move out after only 6 days and into our new home early with only having to pay half price for the actual days instead of the two weeks we had reserved. That included refunding the other 8 days we already paid for.
I just mentioned that we arrived one day before the closing. Well today is the first anniversary of that day and tomorrow will mark the first anniversary of being home owners here in TV.
So that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
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ARE VILLAGERS OLD OR ARE THEY RECYCLED TEENAGERS
At my age rolling out of bed in the morning is easy.
Getting up off the floor is another story.
"SMILE... TOMORROW MAY BE EVEN WORSE!"