Too Much Drama

I suddenly realized it has been a while since I have posted, but it seems that the drama never ends. We received an offer on our home and did some major house hunting so we would have a place to live when ours sold.  We did not find exactly what we wanted, but we were still very happy with our choice.  It gave us a chance to rethink how we plan on spending our time in the future as the family grows and changes.  Turns out we won't be spending hours mowing the lawn...haha, but the house is a beautiful American Foursquare that we are excited to put our touches on.  And it comes with room for everyone to visit and sit around the table laughing.

As we were progressing with all the requirements for the purchase of our new home, we did not hear anything about our buyers, I became concerned and questioned our realtor.  She said not to worry, and one week later I see that our listing status is now changed to active again.  I got a text from a friend who has a family member who was excited to see the house because they thought is was sold.  I told her "So did I".  My realtor then informed us that the buyers pre-qualified financing didn't happen.  Now our house has been sold twice with the buyers backing out for one reason or another.  There goes our January closing date.

However, we just had two people come through the house and both loved it.  One has submitted an offer (not good) and we have countered and we are hoping the other family submits some kind of offer quickly.  Either way, that pushes back our closing our our new home.  But after all this time what is one more month?

The time has been good. The wounds are slowly starting to heal.  When we are all together it feels like a whole family.  The white elephant in the room is shrinking.  The only thing left is to get us all under one roof.  The old adage that nothing worthwhile is ever easy seems to hold in everything that we do.

There was so much more to this story, issues with the purchase of our new home, that we thought we might loose it as well but that all seems ironed out.  There is no way to put into words the emotional roller coaster that we experience just in one day sometimes.

But on another good note, a friend recently informed me that her loved one had his designation hearing for his SO level and received a level I.  I was just as excited for her as I was for my husband when we heard the judge give him a level I.  Here in New York, level Is stay off the public registry and some counties don't even post your photos so it makes life a bit easier.  This is after the Probation Department had informed us and her family as well that you could not fight the designation and most of the pornography guys were getting a level II designation.  We fought, and we won.  They fought and they won.

The message today is to keep fighting for what you think is right.  Nothing will happen overnight but eventually things will change.  As more people push back, the swell gets bigger and hopefully others start to learn the truth and that is when we see the real change.