Things that have happened since I last posted on this blog:
- We went to the pool.
- We looked at a house.
- We rejected the house.
- Mr. A won a very big case. He was happy.
- We put in an offer on the previous rejected house.
- We went into contract on the house.
- I agreed to play on a sand volleyball team. (Shocking due to organized athletic activity AND socializing with strangers.)
- I applied for a JOB.
- We discovered the house had several not so minor problems. We made arrangements for them to be corrected before our closing.
- I interviewed for the job.
- I took M to see Ramona and Beezus.
- We let our property managers know we were going to break our lease. They were unthrilled.
- I got a 2nd interview for the job.
- The landlord decided to rent the house to his exwife, so we wouldn’t need to find new renters in order to keep our security deposit etc.
- I got hired for the job.
- I changed my vacation dates for the job.
- I worked.
- I worked some more.
- I got a nasty kink in my neck due to job-related stress.
- I was very confused and concerned about the job, but I kept on working.
- After three days of working, I quit the job.
- The kink in my neck went away immediately after my “I quit” phone call.
- I patted myself on the back for having good enough personal boundaries to not work for a crazy person.
- Mr. A finally managed to extricate his dad from Taiwan. He was supposed to visit for 2 weeks, but instead stayed for like 6 months.
- All were relieved Mr. A’s dad didn’t bring home a Taiwanese wife, despite suggestions he was looking for one.
- I yelled at Mr. A for telling the rental company we would move out two days after we came home from vacation, and a week BEFORE we could close on the house.
- Mr. A called and rescinded that statement.
- I spent many, many hours trying to select light fixures for every single room in our new house.
- I went on vacation with my parents & sister’s family for a week.
- We played Settlers of Catan every. single. night.
- Mr. A and I bickered incessantly due to the stress of constant family supervision.
- I visited my friend Peggy and convinced her that it was in her best interest to give a lovely piece of furniture she just bought for herself because it would be more perfect at my new house. (She is a good friend.)
- I read Mockingjay.
- I read Mockingjay again.
- I bought a new stove and refrigerator. They are pretty. Oh So pretty.
- M started school.
- I freaked out when the contractors were not finished on time with the work that was required to be finished before we could close.
- I freaked out because our mortgage company screwed up our paperwork and we had to go to the closing without knowing how much money we had to give them.
- We closed on the house.
- I spent several days pulling out carpet and about 50,000 carpet tacks. That job sucks.
- I scheduled and supervised the mold remediation people, the electricians, the plumbers, the drywall repair guy and the hardwood floor refinishers. And the the plumbers again.
- I accidentally stuck my finger through the ceiling. Then I called the plumber yet again.
- L started preschool.
- Mr. A spent over 14 hours cleaning the creepy basement of the new house, which probably hasn’t been cleaned for over 40 years.
- I panicked because the floor guys might not be done by sunday, but we have to move out of our rental on sunday.
- I am packing up the house and moving things into the not-ready new house.
- I convinced ThatPatti to pretty up my blog so I can distract myself from the move. (She is a good friend)
And here we are.
I think I am back. I missed you guys. I going to give blogging another shot. Let’s see how it goes.
Wooo-hoooo!!! It does look super-duper pretty! And I must say that Twitter works! At least it worked for about half of the things you said above, which I already knew
. Anyway. It would only really work if all blog posts were twitter-like updates, which (thankfully!!) they’re not. So, yeah, twitter does help you to stay marginally connected & up-to-date.
OK. good to have you back.
Man – I am exhausted just reading that. Can’t wait to hear more details. Great to see you in my Google Reader again!
Too much! When you finally move in, you get Kozmik permission to just collapse for a few weeks.
Welcome back! Always enjoy your writing. Lovely blog flowers!
Congratulations on the new house! Sorry the job didn’t work out. Glad you are blogging again!
Pictures! Pictures! Oh yeah..glad you’re back!
This is why I never delete dead blogs from my RSS feed.
Pretty blog. I’m glad you’re back.
Glad to see you back in cyber space
So glad you’re back! You’ve been missed.
Yay! Welcome back!
Yeah! Glad to see you here and understand why you needed to leave for a bit…phew!! Congrats on so many big things! Can’t wait to see some pics.
Add me to the yays! Def. interested to see what you’ve done on the new place, and it’s heartening to hear about people who are very take-charge in their remodeling/ repair approaches. I’ve been dithering due to not finding the magical mixture of competent, cheap and congenial folks, and reading about others’ progress helps get my butt in gear. Plus, pretty pictures? At some point? Glad that things seem well, too.
Yay – that was an exhausting read. Congrats for not sticking with a job that wasn’t right for you – any thoughts for looking for a new one – volunteering at school?
Welcome back !! You were greatly missed my friend x
hey, you’re back! now i’m tired after just reading your latest adventures!
Oh, I missed you too. SO much. It’s not really normal, actually. Just the other day I was thinking that I should email you and force you to start blogging again, and look! This obviously shows that I can make things happen with nothing more than the power of my mind. Go me!
But seriously, very glad you are back.
Dude, thank God. My blog roll wasn’t so much rolling as barely thudding along.
Hooray! I’m glad to see you’re back.
YAY! I missed you embarrassingly much. I felt like a fool for checking one more time to see if you’d changed your mind, and here you are with juicy house news. I even started my own blog since I moved recently but now I can kick back and read yours again
hi Amber, this is Lori Wishnik Sara – glad you are back!!!
I pulled up carpet tacks from a very, very, small room. My hands hurt for 3 weeks.
Good for you about the job – but if you want to work, hopefully you will find one to suit you better.
Great to see you back!
So, SO glad to see you back! Congrats on the house. And I’m sorry the job didn’t work out, but thank goodness you got out when you did. Who needs that kind of stress?
Haha! I thought you were really gone for good. Glad to have you back. You’ve got to post some house reno pics!
Welcome back! I just checked today in case you had changed your mind and was so happy to see my dreams fulfilled.
Awesome! I’m SO glad you are back. It must be weird to hear that from a stranger, but I really enjoy your blog.
Also, congrats on the house. We moved in May, and it was super stressful, and we’re still very not unpacked. But we love our new house and I hope you guys will too.
Yay!!!! I missed you *so* much!
Good luck with all that. So stressful. I have to do renos, tear up some stairway carpeting, refinish wood floors in 90% of the house and paint the entire house (to start), and I just do not have the time to spend on it. I’m gonna have to start doing all this in the fall and winter. I feel your pain….
Welcome back!! Congrats on the house and not working for a crazy person:)
woah. had to read this post like three times, but am so glad to be caught up! congrats on the new house! am so jealous of you getting to live in a normal american place putting down roots and all. and that house (re: pics in next post) is soooooo pretty!!!!) and i can’t wait to have pretty fridges and stoves someday too. those things i ENVY. the other stressful stuff, not so much. oh, and good call on quitting the job. sometimes you just have to go with your gut.
WOW! I am so glad to see you’re back. I was sad when I saw your “farewell” post even though I totally understood your decision, probably more than I can say. And reading all the things you just went through exhausts me on your behalf!
Take it easy and post when you can. Moving is so super stressful, but how great that you found such a pretty house. It looks idyllic!
Yay!!! Well, I’m happy that you are back, not so happy that you’ve had so much stress. House renovations sucks – there’s no other way to put it – but the results are so much nicer to live with. I’m off to see the pics next. And how are the girls doing with their new locale and new school year?
You being back has made my day.
So glad to see you back. I kept you on my quick favorites list just in case. Day has been made better! Hope you will stay with us!
Hey-just heard that you are back! I haven’t opened bloglines in months, but we are settling and I plan to reopen my blog soon too.
Hope you got my other email with the resource links?
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