Well, last week was just so long!! The kids last week of school went great. My last week of school went great. I will really miss the kids!
As for Chris, things were stressful, as big Memorial day weekend was approaching. He lost his days off to go in and assemble grills and mowers. That means he worked 11 10 hour days in a row. He was staying in until 3 am helping them unload the trucks and then going in 2 hours early to get more done. When memorial weekend came and went, he got a phone call from the CEO of the company telling him that thanks to his hard work, the Norman store placed 9 in all the stores for record sales in his zone alone over the weekend. That compliment will go in his folder for records. I think it made him feel like his hard work paid off and that he earned his 2 week vacation.
Originally when he asked for it, we had planned on moving into the house the 1st week and vacation the second, however, it hasn't quite been that. This week has been moving all our belongings into self storage, minus a suitcase for everyone and a paper grocery sack for everyone with fun toys and books. It is after midnight, so later on today he goes to court to fight the landlords about their neglect to care for our apartment. We prepared three folders with pictures and letters and print offs of our responsiblities as tenants vs. them. I am worried about it, but I also know we have a stack of things proving that we aren't just joking with them.
We are prepared that if they ask us to leave the premisis tomorrow, we will be ready to go; but with everyone being sick that one week, i realized I only have one utility shutting down here, so if they offer a few days to get out, we can do that and just camp out in the living room.
Mom and Dad came down this weekend to help out and to take Ben and Percy home with them. We were so grateful for their help. if it wasn't for both of them, we wouldn't be nearly as ready as we are. And their support and encouragement with prayer was really good for me. I talked to Mom today and it sounds like the pets are doing well. She said that Ben got to meet Pooh and Grover and he and Grover went running into some water. They look to have a good time together.
We talked with Kay today. She is the one handling our finances with this thing. She said she got information today from the lenders that they had approved the changes to the sale, since the sellers had gone into foreclosure while we were in the process of buying it. The bank that now owns the house had to approve our offer and in a foreclosure, they are only allowed to pay so much at closing. Since we had offered more in order to get help, they offered their max and took the rest of what was promised in help off the amount of the loan, but that changed all the paperwork. She said that all the changes had been approved. There were a couple of questions that the lenders had for the appraiser that would work the kinks out, but she said that as far as she knew, the sale of the home to us was a green for go on Friday at 2pm. I sure hope so. If not, Chris and I are going to call it a fail and pray for another opportunity to open up. We sure are hoping God just makes it so clear, because this seemed so clear and now it just seems like it is surrounded with problems. so, be praying for us. After the court hearing tomorrow, we are planning on just doing some fun things here in the city. We talked about going to the OKC zoo for a day and hitting Incredible pizza another night. If closing still is a go, we will do that Friday and then at 7pm is our friend's daughter, Dacia's , birthday party. Hannah has been invited to go and spend the night too, so we will go to Jump zone to share in the fun and then we will head to the new house to sleep the night. Saturday we are heading to Grove, Ok for our anniversary trip. We will be there until Tuesday and then we will head to Mom and Dad's. Chris will stick around until Friday and then he will head home with Percy so he can get some essentials ready before he has to head to work on Monday. The kids and I will stay in Kansas until after Leah's wedding and Erin's shower and then Mom said she would take us and Ben back and help move things in if we needed her to.
I am just so thankful that when we need help, they (mom and dad) are always around with so much support. I may not talk to them a whole lot any other time, but when there is a need, they are always the first offer their help. They drop all their plans and come to the rescue. it is such a relief to know they are always there. I am excited about being in Kansas for a while. i can get some time in with Grandma as well as hopefully see all the cousins and the farm before the wedding. We pulled a big pile of board games we are taking with us to play in Grove and at Mom and Dad's.
Well, I need to get to bed. I thought i would post before I disconnect the internet here tomorrow. i have been out in the backyard cleaning up Ben's mess so that the landlords won't have that against us. My thought and it always has been is that no matter how awful or great the landlords are to us, this apartment belongs to God and so He deserves to have it in better condition than when we found it so He can use it for His glory!
Will post again when i get the chance. until then I hope your summer's are starting off nice and easy, like I thought ours was going to. :-)
Love to you all and will post again later!!
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