Last week, we received a call that put me in tears. Happy tears.
The day finally came to close on our house and become homeowners once
again. What a journey we’ve been on
these past 2 years (1 year and 9 months, but who’s counting). If you’ve read my
previously posts, you know I was not happy with the house we purchased in June
of 2012. In May of 2013 we made the decision to sell the house and build a new
one. It took 10 LONG months for them to
build this house, but it was worth each and every minute of it. We originally thought we’d be closing in
December, then we were told it would be February (actually no one told us this
– we just assumed since they were so far behind). In January, we received the great news that
we’d be closing on Feb 24th… well that day came and went and they
were still putting the finishing touches on the house. This may or may not of had anything to do
with the long list of repairs I kept giving them. Finally, the first week of March we were told we would close on March 26th. Well, all the paperwork I’d signed had our
interest rate expiring on the 25th so I was quite concerned with
closing after that date. They kept
assuring me that everything would be fine but since we’ve been down this road
before, I was getting a bit anxious. On
Wednesday, March 19th they called and said we were clear to close on
Friday the 21st. Hallelujah.
Praise GOD! The only problem with
closing a week early is that I hadn’t made arrangements for moving. With Jeff being in a cast and crutches, he
wouldn’t be any help. YIKES, what to do
– what to do… So I did what any girl would do, hire movers!! My Mom and her friend came and helped me pack
which was a huge blessing in itself.
Friday came and I could hardly contain myself. We still
didn’t know the final amount of money that we needed to take to closing so I
was waiting very anxiously with my phone in my hand, refreshing my emails each
time I died playing flappy bird (which is often). It’s now after 10 am and closing was set for
12:00. Knowing we have to make a stop at
the back for a cashier’s check, we would have to leave the apartment by 11 to get
to closing on time. Finally, at 10:45 am, I received an email with the final
amount to bring to closing. Jeff and I quickly zipped out the door and headed
to the bank. We got to closing and
everything went as smooth as can be. At
our last closing, in June 2012, I left in tears because I was so upset about
the survey and having the massive easement in our back yard… the only tears I
shed on Friday, March 21st were tears of joy!!! Feeling so blessed in so many ways.
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| The kids standing at the bar looking into the kitchen about a month before the house was complete. |
Since the movers screwed us over, I just decided to pick up
a couple of day workers and rent a U-Haul truck to move the stuff
ourselves. Saturday morning, we did just
that! With the help of my Mom, dear
friend, brother in law and 2 guys, we knocked this out with a couple of
hours. It felt great to have some of our
stuff in the house.
Because we had a very busy weekend
of tournaments and moving and other errands I was not able to open a single box
until Tuesday afternoon. It’s been an insanely busy week (considering I am the
only one in the house that can drive right now) and I finally unpacked the last
kitchen box last night. That is the only
room that is unpacked and put away. None
of our bedrooms are unpacked and we still have a 20 ft. storage unit that has
to be moved too… Our closet looks like a
tornado went through it, it’s a disaster. It’ll be a busy night getting things
in order because we have painters coming tomorrow!!
On Wednesday, Jeff got his cast
off which he was so happy about. They
also took the stitches out. He’s now in
a boot for at least 10 weeks. The doctor
said that everything looks great and that it’s healing properly. The boot has a
3 inch wedge in it to keep him walking on his toes… kinda cute! Now that he doesn’t have to use the crutches,
he is much happier. He and I both went
back to work on Thursday. Thankfully, he
has a co-worker who lives in Katy who volunteered to drive him to work for
these 10 weeks.
Volleyball is wrapping up. We only have 2 tournaments remaining which
makes me quite sad. I love the
volleyball season. Looking forward to
watching my girl and her team in action this weekend. We had a great tournament last weekend taking
1st place in the silver bracket. Kiarra had another round of testing
today to see if her brain is all healed from the concussion. Praying for great results.
Jayden is going strong in
basketball. He has his 2nd
tournament this weekend that Jeff and I will be able to go to. I can’t wait to see him and this new team
play. I love watching these boys take
control of the court.
If you could, please just pray for
my sanity. I’m serious. This is all quite stressful for me. Being the only driver, and trying to get the
kids to/from their activities, Dr’s appointments, homework, in addition to
moving (address changes, utility hookups, construction updates, furniture
purchases) and having a busy work schedule myself, it’s causing me a great deal
of anxiety and we all know “when Mama’s not happy – NOOOOO-body’s happy”… Thankfully, they are each only in one
activity. I’d really go insane if they
were involved in more than one sport.
Please also pray for Jeff and
speedy recovery for him. It’s really
hard on him not being able to help during this move.
