Under Contract-and some candidness

Well, we're officially under contract! It's crazy and hard to believe. It was only on the market for 32 days! I have to admit, though, this has been a rollercoaster of emotions. It all happened so fast. First we were playing around with the idea of moving out of state, just for fun, for something new. Then we decided that we’d stay here so Jeff can dedicate more time to his swimmers. Then we talked about moving to a new place in town since the market is so awesome for buyers, and all of a sudden we had a realtor at our house and we were signing a contract with her that same day. Yikes…that was quick! I had the mind set that we have a great house that we both love, and since this is a hard time to sell, if we didn’t sell we’d be fine. We’d still be in a house we love. Jeff seemed to be in the same mindset. But then he got a little impatient. Or maybe not necessarily impatient, but he took everything personally when it came to showing our house. Of course that makes perfect sense because he took the house from trash to gorgeous! If we didn’t get an offer he wondered what it could possible be about all his hard work that someone didn’t like. A typical day after work would sound like this, “why didn’t anyone come look today?” “Why didn’t we get an offer today?” Then all of a sudden we had an offer on Friday. We countered on Saturday. They accepted on Sunday. Fast again! Along with the news came a bit of unexpected sadness. Jeff had been the one telling me that yes, it’s sad, but we’d get our own first house together and make new memories in it, too, so it was exciting. But yesterday, when the news finally came, Jeff was the sad one. He wasn’t expecting to feel such a sense of loss. And I wasn’t expecting him to feel it either. I was so looking forward to the day we got an offer so that he would be super excited. What a shock and a bit of a let down that we were both feeling a lack of excitement. It’s OK, though, because I think it’s normal. We will miss this home. But I know we are in store for a great adventure of finding a new home together and making new memories there. And it’s cool that Cade will be here to look at houses with us by mid June! Unless of course thing go as fast as they have been ;) The next steps are the inspection, which is Thursday, and I’m sure Jeff is worried about it. Then to make sure the buyers get the financing. Then to make sure we find a new place. Your prayers are appreciated! I’ll keep you posted...