Neil came home from Sea Base, FL yesterday. He had a blast there! They went snorkeling, fishing, slept in hammocks, lived on ‘Island time’…

While the boy scouts’ boys and dads were gone having fun on the island, us moms made the best out of it too! Jody, Myriam and I met for dinner on Thursday night. Then, I went to the meeting on Monday because I needed to deliver some t shirts. I was expecting a short visit since I didn’t have Neil at the meeting. Instead, I ended up staying in park till 10pm talking with Jody and Roxanne!!! They’re just so much fun to talk to! Then, Jody invited Roxanne for Tuesday dinner that we were having with rest of the moms. Deanna, Linda (Thomas’ mom), Myriam also joined us for dinner. We ended up staying till the close of the restaurant. We were still hanging out in parking even after the restaurant closed and owners left from there. I definitely had a great social week!

Avni got her learning permit for driver’s license today!!! I’m so not ready for another teenage driver! She’s super excited about it!

Weekend was fairly light. Didn’t need to go anywhere. One thing led to another and we started sorting out stuff from the storage shed. I’m glad to get things going. It’s like we know that we need to keep moving, but everyone is afraid to start it up. No one is realizing that there is only a month left before the move and we don’t have many weekends left. Time will fly before we know it! I know for sure that JK isn’t going to lift a finger in this entire move. That’s just the way he is. It frustrates me at times, but I just have to deal with it.

Any time, we were packing things, first question I started asking/consulting with Avni.. WHERE will this go? If we can’t assign a place for it, maybe it doesn’t need to come with us. If we assign a place, we dedicate a box/bucket for the like items. Later, we went to Costco and Walmart to pick up packing tape, sharpies and duck (duct) tapes to color code the boxes based on the rooms.

Avni went to the movie with her friends in the evening and Pooja went to help Chloe with wedding photography of a friend of a friend. So, it was just me, JK and Ba.

Sunday, Avni and I started cleaning up medicine/misc cabinet next to my room. I loved how it all worked out. Cleaned out lots of unnecessary stuff. Threw away expired/unwanted items. Added some items in donation bag. We made labeled boxes for flashlights, spare batteries and toothbrushes. Now, those boxes can go into hallway cabinets and they’re ready with their labels. I was still questioning the idea of labeling everything, but after seeing these labeled boxes, I think I’m warning up to the idea. I will be doing more of it. I might even do entire pantry that way by putting like items in the baskets or something.

I finally finished reading the book ‘The Host’ by Stephanie Meyer, so I asked JK to rent the movie when he was dropping off Dada to Kohls. Watched it before dinner. I’m glad I read the book before the movie. Movie itself was super slow and not much substance to it. Book is much better! Had fajitas/quesadillas for dinner. Finished up 2 Project life pages. All in all, productive weekend!

Just got email from Jody that everyone at Sea Base is back from the island safe and sound. They had a great time there. Can’t wait to hear all the stories! Specially, Neil’s story about the ariline losing his luggage!!

JK just got another prospect to lend the money. Keeping the fingers crossed that this one goes well and we can move a bit forward! It’s nail biting at this point, that’s for sure!

Last night, I went out for dinner with Jody and Myriam. All the ladies decided on dinner date while in parking lot to drop off the boys for Sea Base, FL. Deana and Linda couldn’t make it, so there is another tentative date for Tuesday night. I had a great time talking to Jody and Myriam (Kadlec). We met at Sauced restaurant at 6 and didn’t leave from there till almost 9! I don’t think I would go there again, as it’s a BBQ place and not many choices for vegetarian meals. But, I knew that going in, I was there for the company and it was worth going.

On the funding news, as disappointing and heartbreaking it is, JK wasn’t able to secure the money for the escrow money. Tom, our realtor, isn’t giving up yet and feels that everything will work out. I know it’s too late to think this way, but I never should’ve let this go this far without having 100% money secured. But JK was so confident at the time. Even though Pooja had warned me, I had that tiny little question about it too, but I truly wanted to believe that this was IT! I still believe that it’s going to work out, but we did need to wait on looking for a home until after we get the money, not just the promise of the money.

We’re keep getting closer to have our dream home. However, the way things are going, kids or I are having hard time in believing in it till it will really happen. The excitement is running out and as it’s dragging on financial matters, it’s becoming frustrating as the days go by. Tomorrow is the last day that we need to pay the deposit. I’ve already paid partial deposit over a week ago and that has left my bank account dried up. That’s in itself is scary enough!

We’ve already shared the news with family. I can’t really tell if they’re excited about it or still skeptical just as we are, but I’ll be glad when it’s a done deal.

We keep looking at Pinterest, Houzz and many other sites for decorating and organizing ideas, but good/bad thing is that most of the things are already there in the house. There isn’t much that needs to be done to make it better. I supposed it’s a good thing. As much as I would love to try my hand at home projects, most wouldn’t happen on my own. We’re really excited to make this house our cozy home.