tl;dr
New home; chaos! Only accepting guests in need... for now. The rules:

If you've obviously not read the rules, gonna decline w/ no comment. That's on you.

2 nites, 2 guests max, several ___host___ references.

This is an 10yo girl's home; you need to give me some confidence to invite you into our home. Also, the hours need to be sensible; weekends, later, but weeknites, reasonable.

Please tell me you've read the rules:
• Do NOT use my dishwasher. I was ultimately able to unclog it from last 'surfer.
• Please include, "frogs" in your request. Getting people requesting to stay a week.
• We occasionally let people stay longer than 2 days. Don't count on it.

ANNNND, in that ____7____ of the last 10 people requesting a place have all cancelled in last day or 2 before their stay:
• if you are a definite, "NO," I'll decline immediately.
• if you are a maybe, I'll wait until a day or two before to see where things are.

*** verbose ***
My little girl and I welcome you to Pittsburgh!

We look forward to hosting max 2 host-referenced people for max 2 nites.

The couch is in our guest bedroom, or couches in living room, or couches in daughter's room (she's been sleeping in my room), but is also my office so I need access. MON-FRI I work at about 6:30am and sometimes when I'm on call during evenings and weekends. You will have the couches from about 11pm to then, and on weekends a bit later, unless I'm on call. There is also a couch in the living room.

CURRENT MISSION: Raising my little girl!

ABOUT ME: going on 7 years in PGH. Lovin' it here. Great city!

PHILOSOPHY: "They can make me get older, but they can't make me grow up."

"Never too late to have a happy childhood."

============== What I ask of YOU ==================================================
- Please give me a couple days heads up! I may not get your message if its same day or even day before. I am hellish busy with raising my little girl, an awesome job and maintaining our friendships.
- You need to have two (2) ___host___ references _minimum_ to be considered. And, then, only if we get warm fuzzies about you. Don't take personally; you want to come into my little Girl's home, her only respite.

I am a parent so very much more than I am a couch surfing host.

- You need to be two (2) people or less.
- You need to be two (2) nites or less.
- Your Plan A should be you doing things independently. We may be able to do stuff out and about with you.
- You should plan on using public transportation. I may be able to come and get you... or not. Bus or train station? Perhaps. Airport? Take the bus or a Lyft/Uber; its really far away, and generally thru a bunch of traffic.
- You should plan on doing your own meals. We occasionally cook and will include you, but, frankly, most of our surfers have cooked wonderful meals for us.

Chez Budgie welcomes persons from all over the globe; we only ask that you consider that I am a single parent for an 9yo and will be cautious accordingly. I tend to have Dah Dah's nite out on Saturday nites, so its unlikely we'd be able to host on those nites or nites when my daughter has sleepovers.
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Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

We've had our hosting cherry broken. Not sure when we'll be traveling, but we enjoy hosting.

Interests

Mountain bike riding, hiking, camping. Computing. Finding awesome cheap eats. Travelling.

• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• camping

Music, Movies, and Books

Allll over the place. Anne Rice, pg wodehouse, Apocalype Now Redux, Simple Men

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Seeing John Singer Sargent's paintings in The Met Museum; the Grand Canyon; fjord in Norway.

Countries I’ve Visited

France, Mexico, Norway, Switzerland, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States