Personal Experience Essay
For the 22 years that I have been on this earth, there is one thing that I have definitely learned so far: Just when things finally seem to be going your way, life slaps you in the face with a sock full of quarters! What makes me say such a dreadful thing? What happened to my family and me last year is the greatest testament to this opinion. I guess I should start from the beginning of our dilemma. It all began in February of 1999. My father-in-law had passed away almost 2 years before and took with him his income. After giving our financial situation much consideration, my mother-in-law, husband, and I came to the decision that our two family house in Belleville, NJ must be sold. We spent most of that month preparing the old house for sale by dry walling, painting, and lots of cleaning in an attempt to hide the many imperfections that the house contained. By the time March arrived, the house, which we not so lovingly referred to as "the money pit", was ready and so were we. We put the house up for sale with Century 21 and hoped we could at least sell it for $115,000. This way we would be able to pay off the mortgage and still have enough for some kind of a down payment toward a new home. Our real estate agent told us not to b
Of course we did not have that much money lying around and it was too short notice to somehow borrow the money. Finally, at about midnight, we made our way home. We made a bid on the $78,000 house and it was accepted by the owner. After a relatively sleepless night, we prepared for the arrival of the real estate agent, the house owner, and our attorney, who were set to arrive at noon. As a result, we were forced to postpone the closing for 2 more weeks! We were all so disappointed, spending the rest of the day moping around and cursing the heavens for our misfortune. After about 4 hours, the storm started to break. That Saturday, we had made plans with my in-laws to go to Remsen for a family barbecue. Our first priority was to bring the dogs upstairs where my mother-in-la!w resided to get them to higher and dryer ground. Unfortunately, our efforts were futile. Earlier that day, we heard the news reports of Hurricane Floyd making it's way to our area. When we heard that we were relieved that the mortgage company had backed out that June morning. They finally obeyed, jumping on top of me for comfort. Our family would have been more than happy to take us in if not only for the fact that we had 6 dogs (who are not so friendly to strangers). Infuriated by their atypical insubordination to my commands, I yelled for them to jump onto the bed with me and go to sleep.
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