I'm incredibly thankful that our landlords are giving us some wiggle room with vacating this house, because it's now two weeks since we were due to move out and we still haven't secured a new rental.

I've got a case manager through a housing support service, as we're particularly vulnerable when facing homelessness with two kids with disabilities (and me). They've gone over my applications and everything looks good... glowing references, evidence we communicate well and pay rent on time, decent affordability with two adults with stable incomes. I ask property managers if they'd be open to giving me feedback and they're happy too - there are simply too many people needing homes and too few rentals available. We're up to fifteen or so rejections in eight weeks (one I'm not sure was a rejection, as the owner changed their mind about renting out a property and moved their kid in instead).

I'm viewing and applying for anywhere we'll conceivably fit. We need four bedrooms, but I'm looking at three bedroom places to see if they have a study or garage or whatever that I can use as a bedroom. A duplex or semi-detached house wouldn't work for us, as the kids have a lot of sensory stuff going on which means sometimes they're a bit noisy and sometimes they need quiet. The dream would be a house with few or no stairs and a garden that the owners would be happy for me to grow vegetables in, but at this stage we'll take whatever we'll fit in that'll have us, hopefully somewhere that keeps the kids' school, community, and disability supports accessible.

I've been scouring real estate websites obsessively, reaching out to property managers, and chasing every possibility I can, while sorting, packing, and cleaning the house here. And I'm trying to keep my shit together because the kids are thrown enough by the instability going on, but it's hitting me really hard too. I so desperately want for this to be over, to be settled in a new house, and to be able to stop for a while. Which I won't, because there's always parenting and ndis wrangling and physio and therapy, but house hunting and moving on top of everything is just too much. There's another round of burnout approaching, I just need to stave it off long enough to have it hit after we're moved and I've done an exit clean here.