I'm an award-winning freelance translator from French, independent scholar, and recent PhD in Literature from USC. My wife is a ghostwriter. As freelancers, we have traveled widely in the past, but now, with our daughter who will be turning 3 in September, we're looking in this time of upheaval and uncertainty to be closer to my aging mother, who lives in Sacramento (Natomas). With her housing arrangement, she is unable to put us up while we look for more permanent lodging, so we're seeking a temporary place to land for anywhere from 3 to 11 months (though we are fairly flexible with dates and duration). Though we were always quiet homebodies, the pandemic has made us even more so, and exceedingly cautious with safety and hygiene habits. We plan to home-preschool our daughter in the coming year. We would be arriving from Eugene, Oregon, in a state and county with very low COVID case numbers, and none of us have been sick. We have a small, elderly (25 lbs., 11 yrs.) pug who sleeps most of the day.