@Diane,
give it about a month.
We are looking right now with my realtor friend and ..literally... the minute we find something suitable and affordable, we are out. Broken lease be damned. Though I am sure the leasing office would work with us some how, but I doubt we will be able to bypass a credit ding. Oh well. Its better to be safe.
My car still needs the repair but it is about dead in the water completely. almost 200k, i need to start looking at a new one and there is no getting around that. But once it is done, I would still like to pack and go. My mom will be moving back too hopefully in the next 6 weeks or so. That will be lovely.
Thank you all. im sorry to post such crappy stuff here, but for all concerned and involved it was a great central hub when I didnt have time to do otherwise.