...but there just were not enough hours in the day. Or, I guess I should say days at this point.
Last week was spent in a continuous effort to get our old house emptied so a final clean can be done. Our realtor doesn't want to list it until it is completely empty. I made a trip over on Tuesday, two trips on Wednesday, and another on Thursday. After work on Thursday, my husband and I made another trip over because I had reached the point where not only could I not carry everything, I needed him to make some decisions on things. Besides, loading and unloading four van loads of things had taken a toll and I was physically hurting. While we were there and the kids were here, we decided to partake of our favorite Mexican restaurant. It has a steak meal that I love and can't find replicated here. It was as close to a date night as we are going to get anytime soon.
Friday we planned to hit the road early for Columbus, but we awoke to no hot water, a cabinet broke, and we learned our credit card (primary card we use) had been canceled. GRRRR. We finally deal with what we can deal with and hit the road...so that our GPS could stop working. We laughed a little at all of it, and even my laid-back husband pointed out that all of these little things were starting to add up to one big irritation! We really had a good time though. The trip was our gift to Catherine so that she could visit the American Girl doll store. I was so proud of her. She knew exactly how much money she had to spend, and before she even came to close to it she announce, "That's plenty. I'm done." She had researched from catalogs before we went and we were in and out in 20 minutes. That is my kind of shopping! Our evening was spent at the 40th birthday party of a good friend. It was near our old home, so we stopped on the way for another load, and everyone tumbled into bed later than I would've liked.
Saturday Robert had his final cross country race of the season. It was a gorgeous day, although somewhat warmer than I had expected. Robert started our very strong, and we could see about 1/3 into the race that he was one of the top six. The race then goes out of sight, and I positioned myself at the finish line. Runner after runner after runner finished, and there was no sign of Robert. He was one of the very last ones to finish, and then he collapsed at the finish in a pile. Apparently he was dizzy and having trouble breathing. His coach said the dizziness was probably from not drinking enough. We keep telling him to hydrate, but he's a teenager and thinks he knows everything! The coach said the breathing could be from a "bug" or allergies that Robert didn't even know he had, but as a competitive runner it makes itself known. That does appear to be the case, as by last evening he wasn't feeling so swell. We spent Saturday evening at the birthday party of a four-year-old (we mentioned that ironically, he had as many candles as the forty-year-old the night before) and since that party was also near our old home, we again stopped for another load before coming home.
Yesterday Andrew and I spent the entire day at our old home. I washed the woodwork and mopped the floors of the entire second level and the stairs. We are hoping that by tomorrow at the latest, everything will be out of there and I won't have to keep making trips over. Andrew wiped down the entire kitchen, and the attic and basement are empty. We just have a few more things to get out of the laundry room and garage, and I'll need to sweep those as well as clean the living room. We are almost there! I will feel such a tremendous relief when that house is ready to sell!
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