Well... we have a stomach bug. Which is not nearly as tragic as I broke my tea kettle (you know, the one that started to break the first time I used it, the day I brought it home?).
But the good news is, the first person who looked at our house made an offer on it! This does NOT mean the house is sold yet. There's still the inspection, and blah blah blah. But I'm just excited to get an offer, period. The last time the house was on the market, we showed the house about eleventy billion times and got NO offers. so this is a big improvement on that. Totally due to the awesome kitchen Nick put together for us, and his very, very hard work to cover the tracks of 3 tornadoes living in it.
So, yesterday and today we've been playing "what if". What if the house actually sells already? We kept saying that if the house sold within a month (thinking that's totally out of the question, that DOESN'T HAPPEN), we'd return to take care of the closing and our stuff, and head back out on the road, mortgage- free. But... do we really want that?
Our choices are, Nick could fly back and take care of everything, leaving us marooned somewhere, preferably with a beach. We COULD book it super fast to Cali, and be near some friends I've been whining about going to see for about 5 years, since the last time we were there. Timing- wise... we could just make it, if we drive really, really hard. financially.. not a smart move. Staying here would be smarter, but i'm not crazy about staying here much longer. Also, that splits our family up for a couple weeks, which I am not excited about.
Or, we can all drive back together and camp in Linn Co while we take care of stuff. Back to Iowa... we would get to see our friends again! And.. the snow. Well, it'd be rain by then. April. COLD and rainy. But, I can manage that. It's okay. If we are going crazy.. there are lots of people to visit. I know where to go, what to do.
So, that's probably what we'll do. PROBABLY. Nothing is final yet, including that the sale will go through.
But then, back on the road, or stay and buy a house? We don't know. There are pros and cons to each, and the point is, what does God want of us? And we don't know that, either. It's a really big exercise in waiting on God's leadership, and not jumping to make the decisions before the time has come for it. Don't borrow trouble from tomorrow. Which, is so true. I got so wrapped up in this whole thing today, I was not nearly focused enough on the kids and what they needed. I waffled back and forth on everything from what to eat for meals, to whether we should take a walk, or what the kids will play with today, or even when Anna would nap. It was exhausting God made us people of habits so that we wouldn't have to make so many choices, because choices are exhausting. Which ended with my furiously trying to do everything at the last minute, and in my hurry I elbowed my kettle out of the way and it broke. Which means heating water for my 6 teas and coffees every day will take slightly longer and be slightly less convenient and pretty. A nice lesson in patience.
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