New house

We are still in moving mode. We emptied our storage unti. I'll admit I'm excited with each box I open. Though I'm trying not to be so materialistic, I missed my stuff. I think my stuff is more of a sign of normalcy.

We did have to paint:


And in BIG news, Trout got a job!Woohoo! It will be working in a year-round greenhouse, exactly what he wanted. The only drawback is that it is entry level, so it doesn't pay much. But, when we decided to move back home, we both agreed it would be the perfect opportunity for BOTH of us to work in areas that we truly love. I love my job and what I do. Hopefully, Trout will too.

I start full-time next week and I am freaking out a little. One, it will be a lot of change for Bubs, mom gone most of the day, new daycare, new house. Poor little guy. But, he has shown me how adaptable he is and how inflexible I am. I need to learn to lighten up.

*Sniff* Bye bye house

We closed. We still had to bring a big 'ole check but we were able to walk away. It was the perfect house for us, just in the wrong town. I was able to hold it together until we drove by it on the way out of town, then I felt really really sad. Both Trout and I feel like we failed, at what I'm not sure. Money? Mortgages? Being grown-ups not borrowing $ from everyone we know? However, we can now start our lives here and create new memories. When we were leaving, I was sad for the memories I had hope to make there.

I don't feel 100% bad about it though, the buyers really love the place too. They will take care of it and love all the little details that made us fall in love with the place.

We do have a new place lined up which means after 7 months of living with my folks we will finally be alone again. This is huge and also weird. I feel like we need to get reacquainted and figure out ourselves as a family. We didn't really get a chance to do that.

More info as we get moving to our rental house!

All packed up

We finished packing up what was remaining in our house, including the poor cat. We counted that we've moved her into 7 different apartments/houses. Eep.

It was quite the emotional experience for me. On one hand I was relieved that we would not be responsible for the house and all that was attached to it. Not having the house means we can be together. On the other hand I had such grand plans for what would happen there. Kids, projects, holidays, gardening etc. I had memories of what did happen, a positive pregnancy test, waddling all over, bringing home Bubs and the post-partum time. It was our first house. As I was mopping the floors, the last cleaning item to be done, I was sobbing. The new owners are literally getting my blood, sweat and tears.

The ride home was a bit stressful. Trout's brother helped us pack up so it was Trout, BIL, me, Bubs, and kitty in the Forester. We were also towing a trailer. The cat whined the entire time and the last hour Bubs was crying and upset. We didn't plan very well and didn't time it out as well as we could have.

But, the ride there was very quiet and sweet:9 months

I'm always amazed that now matter how much he changes and grows, he always looks the same when he is asleep.

3 weeks

Cuteness.

~Yawn~

Bubs has not been easy to go to sleep at night this week. I would suspect teething but he still doesn't have any teeth, so each time I say that nothing happens. It could be that we switched our room to the basement at my moms and dada is here for good. Poor little guy. Him and daddy are snuggled up right now still asleep, which is good.

However, this is my achilles heel. I do not deal well with a screaming baby late into the night. So far this hasn't been much of an issue which I think makes it worse. I'm not used to it and don't have a lot of coping mechanisms. I feel terrible because when at a loss all I can do is lay with him in bed while he screams. He doesn't want me to touch him, snuggle, nurse, nothing. Sigh.

We got the house to rent, but the owner wants us to move in right away. He has other people who are interested who can move in on the 15th but we wanted to wait until Nov. 1. We need the dust to settle in our lives a little before we go through the moving process yet again. I'll have to see if he'll take pity on me, 'cause pity is what has been pushing us forward the past couple of months.

We are waiting for final approval from "central" for me to go full-time but it has been approved in house. Hopefully there won't be any issues as I have assumed that I would be full-time starting in November.

Wow, I am longing for some common days, where each was just like the last. I think Bowie does too:

Status

The house inspection went fine, nothing to update, closing set for the 17th. What a relief! Now we need to find a place to live.as living in my parents basement is, uhm, not ideal. We are going to look at a place today but the realtor said he was showing it to another person right after us. It is a two bedroom house with a full basement. It would be roomy enough for us to stay there for a while if needed, and I need some freakin' space!

I've been sick since last Sunday. It started with a fever and turned into more of a fever and a sinus infection. I'm still all gross. I think that once we finalized the house sale my body released 7 months of stress and I was a prime target for germs.

We got the wireless working again here so hopefully I can update more. Until then: