Ups and Downs

Seriously, life feels like I am on a roller coaster! Up and down, up and down, up and down. Couple that with the sometimes queasy stomach the roller coasters produce and I cannot figure out if I'm at home or at Six Flags. (Although, I've been dying to go to Six Flags on of these days-that's another story)

Remember the house in Denver that I renovated a few months ago? If not, you can read about it here. We put that house on the market about a month and a half ago and it's currently under contract. Part of the sale and inspection requirement are that we put a new roof on the house. I've been in Denver since Monday, wearing my General Contractor hat once again, handling all the details that go along with roofing. If you have sold or bought a house in the last 18 months, you know how much has changed within the mortgage industry. It is a painful process. There are new inspections for FHA loans that need to happen. Different types of appraisals, tighter loan requirements, bla bla bla. It's a horrible process. One minute the sale is on, the next minute it's off.  We are supposed to close the week after 4th of July. Ugh, I'm sucking down Pepto-Bismal on the rocks this month.

We had some really good news on the adoption front late last week. Then, on Monday it all fell apart. The Korean Ministry announced they are holding off on processing all EPs until the end of July. What does that mean? Basically-everything is on hold. The government is "taking a break". No one is sure why or what the reasoning is. I truly don't care why. All I care about is that something is moving and something is in the process of happening. For now, that's not the case. Nothing is going to happen or move until the end of July.

Up and down, up and down, up and down...

Can you see a pattern here? Good news, bad news, good news, bad news.

Dave is heading out of town this weekend for 4 days. While he's gone, I'm going to need to get all the gray hair this adoption is causing me covered, a 2 hour massage for all the knots the Denver house has caused and 45 units of Botox for all the stress lines that have popped up on my forehead and around my eyes.

Good grief.