Praise the Lord, I am online in my own home. Let me repeat that for emphasis: I AM ONLINE IN MY OWN HOME!!!
*pauses to wipe a tear*
Of course, things couldn't possibly go smoothly. That would be totally out of keeping with the entire moving situation. Our upstairs phone line, which is where the office and the computers are located, is not activated. So I just spent 10 minutes packing all the PC stuff back down the stairs and getting it set up in the living room. I am sitting cross-legged on the floor with my back to the sofa, looking up at the monitor on an end table. Still, I AM ONLINE IN MY OWN HOME!!!
I hope some of you readers have stuck with me through the move. I know Sherri and Kalisah kept things lively around here, and I really appreciate the help.
So, want the Reader's Digest version of everything that's happened since Matt wonked me on the head with the firewood? 'Kay.
The closing did not go smoothly at all. We managed to get the moving truck loaded last Monday without incident, and then went to our title company in Cascade to sign the papers. We got there, and the escrow officer said that she had no loan paperwork from our buyers yet. Definite problem. We signed off on our end of the deal, made a couple of phone calls, and found out that the buyer's lender was about two days behind on the paperwork. So instead of moving into our new house on Wednesday (move-in was contingent on the sale in Cascade going through), we didn't get in until Friday. We ended up spending three nights in a hotel in Boise, which wasn't the end of the world, but it was very frustrating knowing our new house was sitting just a few miles away.
Anyway, all the stuff is in right now, the office should be set up and ready to go in the next couple of days, and I've been enjoying the hell out of myself at the gym. It's been almost five years since I've been able to work out at an actual exercise facility, and boy, is it nice. No real news on the job front yet--lots of birds in the bush, but none in the hand. So to speak. That means I'm semi-laid-off until April. If I don't have another job by then, I need to go back to Cascade and work my 40 hours a week until I get something else. Bleah.
I don't want to overwhelm any of you and I think length of this post might already have done that. Missed you all, and thanks for the well wishes about my noggin!