C / S !!!!!!

Today was a good day for me.
I really liked today.
I liked the way I felt.
I felt lighthearted.
I had a skip in my step.
My face looked bright and relaxed.
I felt like my eyes and my brain were smiling.
I felt good.
Still do.
So good.

If you were to drive by our house, I'm sure you would see the bright yellow "C/S" on our "House For Sale" sign. I can't say for sure, because I haven't been to our house lately, but I'm sure that bright and cheery sticker is on that depressing sign.
As of yesterday, our house is Conditionally Sold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel like screaming excitement!

We closed the deal early evening yesterday. And the only conditions are the buyers financing (for which they are already pre-approved for) and the house inspection (which our house already had in September, and passed with flying colors) which need to be fulfilled by January 29th. So it feels like a done deal.

The possession date is March 14th. THIS YEAR!! It feels very surreal.


After 6 months of riding a rollercoaster of hope and hopelessness, excitement of possibilities and discouragement, I am ready to get off.

We have had one special condition on our house, which fell through in October when the potential buyers gave up on selling their house.

We had one couple love our house but said there was no way they could buy it (and I ask, why were they looking at houses out of their price range in the first place?).

We had another couple almost put an offer on our house but then another house came on the market and they liked it much more and snatched it up, dropping our house in the process.

We had another couple who wanted to buy our house but had no downpayment (again, why look when they can't buy?).

We had another couple say they were going to put an offer on the house, they just had to talk to the bank (argh with the people who don't get pre-approved!!) then we never heard from them again.

We had someone else put an offer on our house and our realtor advised us to not even look at it because it was ridiculously, almost insultingly, low.

We had another couple negotiate price and conditions with us, conditional on the sale of their house with a May 2008 possession. So once again, this translates into a special condition on our house. We only came to a verbal agreement with them, and the day that our realtor was writing up the offer, this other offer came in and plowed their offer right off our table, even though they were offering less money.

And inbetween this all we had dozens more showings, especially in December and the first half of January.


I am tired of living out of suitcases.
I am tired of relying on the goodness of other people to provide us with shelter.
I am tired of moving every month.
I am tired of feeling hopeless and discouraged.
I am tired of not knowing when this situation was going to end.
I am tired of not feeling any permanency.

I am excited to look for our new home.
I am excited that I know we will have our own place in about 2 & 1/2 months.
I am excited to live with my own things again.
I am excited to have that settled, permanent feeling.
I am excited to unpack and find a place for everything.
I am excited to have people over to my home.
I am excited because I feel hopeful and uplifted.
I am so excited!!!!!
So excited!

Thank you God!