in the beginning

In the beginning Eric and I live in a tiny apartment with Asher and Claribel. We are all annoyed and uncomfortable for various reasons, and we can't find anything decent in our price range. Eric sees an ad for a tiny place that says it has some usable land, the pictures show that the fences is terrible and the dogs would get out so I don't even want to look at it. But, it's near his work so we take a look anyways. It's hot, the directions are awful and we get lost, but we eventually find the place. The yard is big and the fence sucks, but it might be ok. The house is ok, but weird on the inside, it has a "galley", only one tiny bathroom, and it has a large pasture that needs some serious work to be usable . It will save us money over the tiny apartment though, and it is oddly appealing so we decide to go for it. We manage to find some friends to take the apartment, so things work themselves out for now.