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      Home means nothing to me now; it hasn't meant anything for the last SEVEN weeks and it won't feel like anything for at least four - six more weeks. A simple kitchen renovation (that we saved up for) became a nightmare financially, physically and emotionally. Our contractor found covered, hidden damage and rotten wood...IN ...EVERY....ROOM. Nothing was spared from carpenter ants and termites; rotting wood took the place of our souls in that house. We live in a one room motel now, three of us and our dog. In some ways, this feels more like my home to me now that my actual tiny house in the suburbs.
      Once our old house is fixed I still won't feel at home, I know. Because of all the renovations and rebuilding, there is dust and wood shavings and dirt everywhere. EVERYWHERE. Even after an industrial cleaner comes in to rid the place of toxic chemicals, it won't feel like home because nothing is where it is supposed to be. We have mountains of boxes and plastic crates piled mile high and every scrap of writing paper, toothpaste and shampoo, olive oil and jars of tomato sauce, books, shoes, cutlery.....everything you can imagine is put away....somewhere. I don't have the joy of moving back in because moving back in leads to three more months of cleaning, putting things away and organizing.
      I went into our house today and realized something; the only thing that is worse than not living in your house IS visiting your OLD one, with black tar paper all over it, windows being realigned, dust, dirt and SAWDUST everywhere. Nothing is familiar, nothing feels like or smells like home.I have no home; I really just want to cry.

       
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