I also want you all to understand our living arrangements during all this. Kim, bless her heart, spent hours on looking for someplace we'd be comfortable in for 2 months. Zion, IL is small town USA thus are the choices. There is a med priced Best Western hotel. Nothing special its a best western. Bed/bath/shower/Flat Screen/clean. everything one needs . Except 2 people in 500 square feet with a queen bed. No amenities or restaurants in the hood. 3 blocks from hospital but we'd be driving all the time to do what ever. Rate was great / Clinic had a corp rate of $40/night. It will be a fine backup.
Problem is, after we get going I'm going to have issues with eating / swallowing / drinking / sleeping
as the list is potentially long for side effects. Ideally, a corporate rental for 2 months would be what would fit our needs. A 1 or 2 bedroom furnished condo. We give them money, they give us keys.
How hard would those be to find? Pretty fucking hard unless we want at least a 35-40 minute commute to the hospital 5 days a week. Some days I got a 15 min. radiation morning thing with it's evil twin sister Afternoon 6 hours later for 15 min. A 45 min commute don't play in Kimmy's sandbox especially if they cost close to $3600 a month for a one bedroom and we got to get up to be at the hospital at 7:45am but very cool neighborhood.
Then we checked into just renting a one bedroom apartment for as legally short as possible. No one would go less than 7 months and then it began after that. plus security deposit, plus an out of state banking one time fee, copies of our rental record, copies of our state & fed past 2 year tax returns. Then it was unfurnished for the price so everything you'd need for living. Forget it, too much hassle.
(which was playing on the overhead speakers "Do the Hustle" as we were leaving) Ok, that was overkill.
We changed our priorities the next day after watching HGTV's Property Virgins that evening.
We went from what we thought we wanted to what was a priority need and listed out our priorities:
Needed a space large enough for 2 adults that we could cook in to minimize dining out.
Maximum Distance from CTCA - 15 miles one way
Needs to be quite location, not have the rush of metropolis around us for sleeping/resting
Close to amenities / groceries / gas
At least a Queen bed
A small couch it sit on
A small Kitchenette to include 1/2 size Refrigerator or larger, microwave, sink, at lest 2 burners
Dining table or Desk for eating / working
Free Internet and Cable television
Ok, sounds like an Extended Stay hotel situation to me. There's one - Candlewood Suites in Pleasant Prairie, WI (a "suburb of Kenosha?"). 20 miles away from CTCA. So we go check it out. I've stayed in a lot of different extended stay hotels, every chains got a least one brand if not 2 these days. Candlewood is from IHG (Intercontinental/Crowne Plaza/Holiday Inn) and is ICG's only
extended stay. Location bad- 2 blocks from the freeway. It's ok inside, extended stay rate was fair considering normal rates for mid priced hotels has just gone through the roof lately. Kim was not happy with the location, much too loud, too much traffic. The girl has been in the mountains too long if she thinks Kenosha Wisconsin is to frenetic. On we go and check out other hotels in the area, oh yeah, did I tells out it was 104º outside. We check out a few more hotels that will even talk to us about a 2 month
stay, which you would think would be a lot but surprisingly the numbers are low. Last hotel we see is a brand new Holiday Inn Express. Yes they have some extended stay. Room matched up to our needs.
Location good for Kim across the street from elementarty school, hospital, 2 blocks off of major road for noise, we take it. The downside is that it is on the far side of distance limit, 15 miles from hotel but all back road highways with little traffic, even in rush hours. So if I ever refer to going back to the hotel, that's where we are, Pleasant Praire, WI.
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