Packing, Moving, Closing, Collapsing

What a crazy, tiring couple of days it has been. The date we have been looking towards for the last year- closing sale of the house- was preceded by moving all our remaining furniture and contents of the house to prepare for the transfer. You never know how much JUNK you have until you move. We gave much stuff to Goodwill and threw away much that we could not give away. We filled our 10x15 storage almost to capacity. We have enough room in the front to store a little more just in case. We have also packed for our trip to FPO and have had a tough time deciding what to bring, so we have packed all of our clothes in the suitcases. We will consolidate the things we will take to the field when FPO is over and we have about a week at home before heading to the field.

Our minds and bodies were already reeling and exhausted from yesterday and today moving, and then the closing, which was scheduled for 4PM, hit a snag. Our end went fine, all the papers were signed and the buyers were supposed to close on their end at another location. But their paperwork was not correct. Closing may not happen and we would not get our money until Tuesday or possibly closing may not take place for a week or two. My wife and I sat in the car outside the title company and prayed that all would go smoothly. We will still get our money that is leftover from the payout wired to us on Tuesday morning, but all this was quite the crisis for a couple of hours.

Needless to say, we are out of the house, staying with church family members until we fly out of town to visit family for a week and a half next Wednesday. We have some last minute legal things to do before, as well as spend time with my wife's parents who are visiting from Arizona and who helped us immensely while being here (thanks Ma & Pops!) They will fly back home Monday.

We also may have a buyer for our van, which will give us some more emergency fund money. We'll really be dependent without a vehicle!

It's time to collapse. I'll post some pictures of packing to get an idea of our last couple of days. Hopefully now we can relax some! Anyone who thinks their move will go smoothly, talk to me! I'll prepare you for the bumps with our story!