Farewell Texas....

We are down to the final countdown......48 hours left in TX. For me and Olivia actually. For Kyle and Sam, the last 24. They are heading out in the car, along with the small Uhaul tomorrow. Olivia and I are flying out Wednesday afternoon. My mom is flying from San Antonio and laying over in DFW to connect on the same flight. She's staying for a few days to help out as we get settled into our new, albeit temporarily-permanent setting.

So, where are we going you ask??? Last weekend we had yet another fun filled, but unproductive weekend in Miami. Olivia survived her first house hunting trip. Funny enough, the first house we went to had a 'renter' family in it that happened to be home. (mom, newborn and 4yr old girl were home). Olivia made immediate friends with the 4yr old girl, and I immediately made friends with the mom. Turns out they just moved here from Tallahassee and the little girl goes to the same pre-school we are signing Olivia up for this fall. It was even the kid's birthday that weekend and the mom invited us back to meet other families/kids from the preschool. We were seeing houses during that time, so didn't make it, but am excited that we met someone already. We found a few houses we liked (again) and made yet another offer. Our 3rd to be exact.......Can anyone guess what the outcome might be at this point?? (I wouldn't know as no one leaves comments!! :) )

Well.......the process is at least getting expedited by this point. It only took 36 hours this time to find out they didn't accept our offer. We even got a 'pencil' appraisal to make sure we were in line. Turns out these people ALSO refinanced in 2006 and are now gloriously upside down on their house!!!! WTF!!!

Here's the good news.,,,my brilliant sister remembered that her college roommate actually owns a vacation condo on Miami Beach and has offered it to DeeDee from time to time to vacation. She called Rachel. Rachel agreed to let us rent it somewhat indefinitely. Lane's now soon to be living on the beach. We haven't even seen it. But, she's a cardiologist and he's a plastic surgeon in West Palm, so it can't be all that bad, right? It's 1600 sq ft, 2 bed/2 bath, all hardwood floors with balconies overlooking the intercoastal. And, they will allow Sam. She's meeting us there Thursday with the keys. It's furnished, it's affordable and for the time being, we have a place to forward our mail. Life is good!! I cannot tell you how excited I am to get 'settled'. There are many, many worse things that could've happened to someone in need of temporary housing. Thank you DeeDee and thank you Rachel. All those weekends of coming to Texas Lutheran and 'studying' really are paying off!!

So, that's where we'll be. Come visit.

I have more to update about our last weekend here. It was a lot of fun. And, sad. I don't really know how to tell friends 'good-bye'. I'm awful at it. But, more on that later.

Pictures coming from last weekend as well.

Adios Texas......