I Just Couldn't Resist

No, my room isn't clean.

I'm such a failure.

Okay, not really. I have gotten a lot done during my little hiatus. Each night I go to bed with every single item on my To Do list checked off. Tonight, I even got something on tomorrow's list done. I'm making progress and it feels good. There is, however, a reason I'm interrupting said hiatus to post. I have some pretty exciting news. I was going to wait, but my excitement overtook my willpower and this post began when I logged into my bank account this evening and saw this:
DO YOU SEE THAT? (My sisters do not approve of excessive use of capital letters, but I'm pretty sure this warrants them. Besides, they should be glad I didn't do this whole post in caps...)


Here's the story... Not long after our other contract fell through on our house, we got a call from some people wanting to buy the house. Their house was under contract and things seemed really strange. In general, it didn't seem real promising and based on my track record, I definitely didn't have anything to be excited about. However, things moved along very smoothly and quickly. Within a few days of the initial call, they gave us an offer (which was actually much better than the prior one) and after countering for a few days, we accepted (the first of August). They had until the end of September to close and fund. Did you know it's the first of September? Yeah, one month sooner than anticipated. Even after we signed papers (Friday), wired money (yup, we had to pay to sell our house... that's awesome, you should try it sometime) and had a copy of the recorded title (Monday), I still didn't believe it. I said I wasn't going to believe it until the loan didn't exist on my account. And as of today, it doesn't, so I guess I better start believing (until I go to sleep and start having nightmares about it).

Of course we're excited, but it still doesn't seem real. Plus, there's lots of aftermath that still needs to be attended to, so it's not all fun and games from here. Three years of financial distress is taxing, you know. And my, oh my, what a ride. Ups and downs and plenty of all-arounds. Times I thought things couldn't get worse and then they would. Times I wondered where money would come from. Times I learned more than I wanted to at the time. Times I thought it was almost over. Times I thought I'd be stuck with this huge financial burden forever. Times I thought housing would fall so low in Utah that there was no hope to get the appraisal we needed. Lots of "times" during that period of my life. Inevitably, there was a lot of learning going on too. Maybe more on that later... but maybe not because some of it is pretty personal.

I have noticed something trials. During them, they seem endless. I struggle seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. It seems things will never pass. However, once it does end, I always, always, always look back and think wow, that was quick. And look! I'm a better person because of it. Of course I also look at certain times and wonder how I ever made it through (although I always know the answer). Anyway, I have decided this is how we're going to view life once we move on. We'll look back at our earth life and think, wow, that went quick, I learned so much and I'm a much better person. Oh what a beautiful day.