Fear of the unknown...

I think anytime you have a change in your future, and you also have kids, you can't help but be stressed and anxious. Time seems to stand still with the anticipation (both good and bad), but time also flies and makes us feel like there is not enough time to get what is needed done.

We are moving to Fayetteville this summer and it is already March. My mind has shifted to living in Arkansas, and I just want to get there and be settled. Problem is, we have NO idea where we are living. Apartment? Town home? Rent house? East fayetteville? West fayetteville? Springdale? Near campus? I also don't know what our needs will be. This summer Blakely and Henry will be sharing a room. Could be a disaster. Could be awesome. So we might be fine with a two bedroom for a short time, or a 3 bedroom might be a non negotiable. Another problem is we are slammed this spring. Fayetteville has changed so much since we lived there 4 years ago, so we need to be there to even get started on figuring this out. But unfortunately we have something nearly every weekend this spring, and we don't want to travel on the off weekends. We leave in the beginning of May for Kaleo, and will not be back until the end of July- at which point we will pack up and move to Fayetteville. Hopefully into some sort of residence suitable for a family of 4. :)

To say that I'm slightly stressed would be an understatement. I don't have to have everything figured out, but I would just like to know that we have somewhere to live.

So we are on the hunt for a rental of some kind. Friends who live in fayetteville, have lived there, are renting or have rented or know someone who has....please tell me where we should live!

Here's my criteria: must have washer/dryer. Must be kid friendly (no bodies of water nearby, no major roads in darting distance, etc). Must be reasonably priced. We want to rent temporarily- so we want to save as much as we can. However. It must also be nice. Help. Anyone.