This week has had a lot of ups and downs. Teething babe. Prepping to sell our home and prepping to buy.
We had the photos taken for the virtual tour of our house yesterday. I have been cleaning constantly (just for everything to get messy again), but I went on this huge cleaning spree all day like never before. We cleared out so much clutter that our voices echo throughout the house. It's pretty amazing... This was all following a day of yard work.
After the pictures were taken, we headed downtown to Depot Grille for a late lunch. Our waiter mentioned that the weather was so great that he wanted to go play beach volleyball. It's funny the things Eliot picks up on.... As soon as the guy said that and turned around, Eliot shouted, "Ball!" He'll say that whenever anyone else says "ball," even if it is just casual and mid-sentence. Half-way through lunch, a train came by. Eliot thinks they're cool at first, but then he gets scared from all of the noise. Isn't this a great photo of me? No shower, after running around cleaning like a crazy person, and eating my first meal of the day at 3:00 pm. Not a smart move, Katie.
We have also been working with our realtor in Chesapeake. The Chesapeake MLS is not open to the public, so we had been looking at websites like Trulia and Zillow. Well, we were pretty disappointed to find out that every single house we were interested in was either a short sale or already had an offer. Since short sales also require bank approval, they take a bit longer, which could be OK, but almost all of those already had offers too! So, basically what we thought was a realistic price range is not likely to happen. I try to be conservative with money and I don't want to dig myself in a hole where we are working solely to make the mortgage payment without any money to save or put toward more "fun" things. Chesapeake is so much more expensive than Lynchburg. Instead of up-ing our price range to accommodate a "dream home," we're lowering our expectations some. I'm not a big "status" person. I just want something that is enough, in a good school district, and... has enough space in the backyard that can maybe someday have a pool with Chris's palm tree oasis.
Eliot is still teething and goes from happy to sad in a flash. He felt a bit warm today too (probably from the teething) and was so very clingy. We gave him some Motrin and, man, within thirty minutes, he was running around the house and throwing blocks. I was leery of giving him Mortin at first because his diapers were already "off," and I didn't want to make it worse. He is mostly back to normal in that area now, though, and he really needed it. And now he is out. Maybe even for the night. I hate seeing the little guy not feeling the best, but I think we're getting there. Each day gets a little better.
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| He would not take his eyes off of basketball on TV for me to take a picture. :) |
And whether you're teething or not, you're still gonna get tackled in this house. No sympathy.
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