My poor lonesome blog. Waiting for someone to come and fill in the blankness. I have been so negligent when it comes to keeping up with it that I don't even know where to begin. It's not for lack of anything to write about, that's for sure. We've had lots of developments in the last four weeks...
We got all of our stuff moved out here. Correction: I got all of our stuff moved out here. Correction: The movers got all of our stuff moved out here. I acted as overseer. We got everything from 138 Brighton Lane packed up and to OKC without incident.
We also moved out of that dreadful apartment and into a house that was for rent. It feels so good to be in a house. In a neighborhood. In a cul-de-sac. We are loving it. The boys don't even miss the playground at the apartment. Aidan has taken to saying (when we drive past the old 'hood) "I hate those 'partments." Lol. :) Through all this upheaval in their lives, I have to say that I am so thankful that my boys are well-adjusted and happy and thriving.
And the biggie:
WE SOLD OUR HOUSE BACK IN PA!!!!! I cannot express how thankful we are to be under contract and steadily approaching our closing date. So far, everything is going well and we are just ecstatic to not have a house sitting empty through an unpredictable winter...1000 miles away. Woo hoo! It was so funny how getting the offer and everything happened, too. It must be shared.
A short time ago, our agent was telling us that she was just so sure she had our house sold and that we would be getting an offer any day now. Any day. Any day now. ANY DAY? Well, it turns out the offer never came. Since she was uber positive she had the place sold, she actually turned down several showing requests. Hence my rant on facebook about yelling at my real estate agent and feeling great for doing so. In my mind, I couldn't even make any sense of it. "Let me get this straight. You THINK you MAY have sold our house, but WITHOUT an offer you are TURNING DOWN requests for showings?? How many turned down showings?? FIVE?!!" Yeah...that was me, losing it all up in her ear on a Saturday. Moving right along...
The week that I was preparing to travel back to PA for the big move, she calls me and says that there was a showing request. For the day of the move. At like 5. My mind was screaming, "NO!!! Are you crazy? The house will be tore up. The movers will be there. I will be there," but I found my mouth asking, "Will they care if the house is tore up and the movers are there and I am there?" I just prayed that they would wait two more days and come when the move was over. Of course, they didn't mind at all. Yay me.
So with everything in shambles, the house was shown. I met the prospective buyer and even answered some of his questions. He was nice enough and when he left, I looked at my mom and said, There's no way that man is going to buy this dump."
So two days later I am perusing the toy store at the airport waiting to board my flight back to the 405 (Oklahoma City area code, peeps) and our agent calls. With an offer. A good one AND she said his agent was fully expecting us to counter. Which we didn't. Sounds crazy, but we just didn't care. A few thousand more dollars means nothing to us compared to just not having it anymore. We get to walk away with money in hand and get on with our lives. Can't put a price on your sanity, I've learned. Not that I claim to have any. :)
So, I think I've covered all the big events of the last few months. This post is kind of boring, but due to all my negligence, a list of current recent developments was in order.
Love and hugs to all...until we see each other again.
Aub
