rone | the good news is we bought a house. the bad news is we bought a house.

<ronebofh> more exciting moving goodness today for us. <davewsmith_blog> what stage is your move in? <rone> dws: it's either in the 'anger' or 'despair' stage.

My stepkids' father died in late March. Since then, things have been a bit of a blur. I changed jobs, which didn't help (although it certainly helped other problems). But after months of insane and almost conspiratorial setbacks (bad contractor, credit gone wrong, car difficulties, health problems, insanity at work), we've finally closed the deal on a loan for the house, which frees the estate (my stepkids) from any further fiduciary responsibility. Escrow closed today, and once probate closes (in another couple of months, we hope), the kids will have full access to the money. That's good!

Now we have to move to the new house. That's bad.

We get to throw away all kinds of junk. That's good!

There is a lot of junk. Still. After several garage sales and uncounted dump runs. That's bad.

We're going to rent our current house; in addition, we're renting the cottage in the back of the new house. That's good!

We have to clear out the current house and finish doing work to it before we can rent it, and we need to do it fast so we aren't paying two mortgages for too long.

That's bad. But it needs doing, and it's, overall, the best course of action for everyone involved. So off to bed with me, so we can tackle the situation with a full head of steam tomorrow.