Complete freakin' disaster

June 21, 2006

I'm writing this on Wednesday night from our hotel, because we DIDN'T CLOSE ON THE HOUSE TODAY. As unbelievable as it may sound, the seller isn't ready - they claim they thought the closing was (still) set for June 30th (the original date). Our mortgage company is working hard to move the date up to this Friday, because that's the last day for our guaranteed interest rate. Larry spent literally hours on the phone today, and after all that, he met the moving truck at a storage facility and watched them load our entire house into a 10' X 30' storage unit. Even the moving company guy (Ralph, from Poland) felt sorry for us. We figure it'll cost an extra thousand dollars for the storage unit and a second team of movers. Hopefully that'll get reimbursed by Larry's company. Meanwhile, we're cooling our heels in a hotel, after rushing to pack up everything by the 20th (10 days earlier than originally planned). It's almost surreal. On the bright side, we're here . . . . I took the kids to the YMCA, which has a lovely playground right next to it. And we stopped by the house and picked up our mail (!) What a ridiculous situation.

Silver linings:

The drive up went very well.
The hotel is very nice and has a pool (though of course I don't have my suit).
The cats are settling in nicely to the hotel room.
The weather has been beautiful today.
We're right across from the ice machine (hey, I'll take what I can get).

Thanks for all your good wishes (Janet, your lovely card was waiting for us.)

I'll keep you updated!