Now on to more important topics, like what in the hell happened to me? (OK, Easter is probably more important). So some may have noticed the slowing of my blog posts and then their abrupt end and wondering whether or not I had been kidnapped by international terrorists or perhaps my car was taken away by an angry swarm of butterflies (a la Ms. Nelson is Missing). I wish I could say that my absence was due to something glamorous or even intriguing but instead it was just the convergence of a whole lot leaving me extremely busy and more than slightly overwhelmed.
The biggest of these things is the fact that in January Raif and I decided to try to sell the house. OK, honestly we decided to sell the house about a year ago but it was in January we really decided to actually put the plan into action. We spent most of the month of January getting the house ready and cleaning and tossing (anyone remember pictures of the basement?). In February we listed it and held our breaths and spent more time than I care to admit vacuuming every single piece of dust and dander every night before bed, putting every semblance of actual people living in this house under beds and in closets and in general living like we were in a museum. Then on the flip side we spent countless hours combing the internet for a suitable alternative house. I spent half of my time worrying our house would never sell and the other half worrying it would sell and we wouldn't find a place to live.
But it appears that everything is finally coming together. We got our house under contract a little over a week ago and are closing on it on April 26th, knock on wood. (The neurotic side of me is still convinced they are going to find out that our house is on an old Indian burial ground or something like that and the contract will fall through.) As for the Erim clan, as of April 27th, we will be homeless, though temporarily. After looking at every single house in Franklin we could we couldn't find anything that suited us and so we are building a house. In the meantime, we will be shacking it up in a nice little 2 bedroom apartment (though a specific one has yet to be determined) for 4 months.
Of course pretty much since we signed the contract Raif has been out of town on business and will be this week as well so moving this family and packing up all of our valuables and not so valuables has become my sole responsibility. No stress there, none.
So there you have it, the last two months in a nutshell. For the benefit of the grandparents, I will try to update you on the happenings of the last 2 months or so as I take much needed breaks from packing and attempting to determine what goes to storage and what gets moved to the apartment. Oy vey. Let the fun begin!
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