The past week

It's been kind of crazy around here lately.

Just before the move, I got food poisoning. The only thing I had eaten all day except for my daily bowl of cereal at home was some meat with a very suspect texture from the cafeteria (which I ate part of and threw out the rest), but someone called and assured me that she had investigated and the meat was cooked to the proper temperature. Somehow I doubt that they take and record the internal temperature of every item as it comes off the grill, so I don't know how she could be so confident about this particular piece of meat. Anyway, that was unpleasant. I was really disappointed that I had to skip our anniversary dinner. (8 years!)

Then there was the move itself. You've probably done it before, so I don't have to tell you what it was like. I freaked out when the movers showed us the estimate (which, it later turned out, included our earlier move into storage that we had already paid for) and spent most of the day trying not to hyperventilate about how we were voluntarily bankrupting ourselves and no one would ever buy our old house.

JW's parents came for the weekend to help us out. We spent the weekend unpacking and fixing little things around the house. JW and I got to go on a date after all -- K decided to stay home with Grandma and Grandpa, so we spent the morning wandering the aisles of Ikea by ourselves.

We couldn't get completely settled for a few days because the electricians were still working. We had to replace all the wiring to make the house insurable. The down payment left us with a little money in our bank account, but the electrician bill is going to drain us. I'm not looking forward to receiving it.

Tuesday we got an offer on our old house -- for thirty thousand less than the reduced asking price. We tried to negotiate, but the buyers wouldn't budge and frankly, we have zero leverage and need to just cut our losses and walk away at this point. Offer was signed Thursday, inspection was this morning, and if all goes well we'll sign the P&S in a little over a week.

Today we got the documentation in for our refinance, which should close in about a month.

This weekend we have no plans, other than a toddler birthday party and lots of work for JW. I wanted to get lots of house stuff done, but I'm feeling beyond exhausted. My hair has been falling out and I feel like my knees are going to buckle. I have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday and I'm hoping the bloodwork will tell me that it's something easy to fix. Meanwhile, I'll try to fit in whatever unpacking I can in between naps.