School News, maybe

Last night the father of a boy in Declan's class who has the same screwed up school situation as us, called and asked if I had checked the assignment web site lately. I told him no and he said I just might want to because theirs now says Apex Middle. So I checked and sure enough, Declan's assignment now says Apex Middle. But there is a sentence that says, "all of the schools that you ranked were above capacity. You were placed at a school within your proximity and are on the wait list for your first choice. Please call the assignment office for more information." Apex Middle is my first choice and he was #10 on the wait list. I called and left a message for my assignment office lady asking if he is indeed now assigned to Apex. I have not heard back yet. This would be such good news! I am believing he now gets to go to Apex Middle. I also received my letter from the student assignment office telling me that my request for transfer has been denied and I can appeal if I would like. I am not very surprised by this. I am hoping it is a moot point. This news will make this one good week! Now if I can just find a place to live for the next few months...

Hurray!

Our house is under contract! After a week of frustrating counter offers, the buyer came up to a price we are mostly comfortable with. I am so excited. Glad to have this huge weight off my shoulders. Glad to not have to show my house any more. Glad to be able to move forward. Glad to have the new house even more of a reality than before! They have until June 18 to do inspection, appraisal, finalize funding etc. Then the settlement date is June 29. One month. That is what I have to pack up my house and find somewhere for my family to live until the new house is completed. I better get to work! I hope this all goes through without any problems. I do not need any surprises at the inspection. I do not need to find out they can not get financing. I am remaining faithful. I went to the builder this morning and for the first time that drive felt more real than all the months of dreaming. We need to do all the design center choosing and then sit with the builder man and go over the plans in detail before they start building. They have the permit in hand. Hopefully, we can get over there this week. The sooner the better! We are very excited. I hope the new people will be good neighbors to my friends. I hope they will be happy in my house.

House Dreams

Anyone who knows me knows that we have had our house for sale for a couple of months. We had a 60 day contingency plan with the builder of the new house that was to expire on June 1. Last week I was mentally preparing myself for the disappointment of loosing my lot in the neighborhood and having to make up a plan B. Then we got an email from the builder telling us to come pick out exterior paint, window and shingle colors. They are starting to build. The builder wants to finish the neighborhood so they are building all the houses that were waiting. We now have until the new house is completed to sell our current house and they plan to break ground on the new house next week! We are so excited. Now we know we will get our house and it may mean fewer months in a rental. There are about a billion, give or take, color options. But, we can't be too similar to the houses right next to us or directly across the street. That means no blue for us which is ok with me. We both really like a nice deep, dark red but worry about fading. I have marked no less than 20 colors so far. The new house should be completed in November, maybe in time for Thanksgiving, anyone want to come to our house for the holidays? This is the link to the new house video tour if you want to look! I love the master bedroom colors and decor. I plan to copy it. http://www.vrguild.net/c/star.pl?U=1108161620023979