I am so pleased for you Luke, I hope you and Melissa can move on after this,we are not sure of our outcome yet, some people are upset that some people actually got something and feel as if they do not deserve it somehow. Not sure about this, but I would be happy to see anyone get anything they could in these circumstances, particularly if they have paid just about all their money to it. We stand to lose $15,000 if it goes pear shaped for us.
I was so depressed on the weekend, but my husband said after losing our house in a fire some years ago and a beloved pet with it and the sanity of our daughter who was there when it happened, this is small compared with that. Living in a shed for 6 months in rain, hail and heat, flea plague, horses, dogs and cats all trying to get in when the storms hit, 5of us trying to live a tiny little shed and rented caravans,was some experience, but it taught us to be grateful for whatever we had when we moved into the new house. We found great kindness amongst strangers,We did not fold then, and we will not fold now. Just carry on and hope the outcome is better than we think right now. As for trying to support local business and small business, I think I am now very cynical about all of that. You just cannot trust anyone it seems. Not sure if we could ever bother again,but time will tell.