Just Keep Swimming

Not a huge Nemo fan, but that's what I told Mitch when we were talking about the week we've had thus far!!

The Liquid Fire smell took two days to dissipate. The kids and I spent Monday and Tuesday night at my parents. They were unruly the entire time and slept terribly. Besides that, it's hard on me going up and down the stairs 20 times a day. By Wednesday I was ready to come home smell or no smell. Luckily, it was almost at "no smell." Rafe had his 2yr check up at 4, at 3 after naps we headed home. On the way Mitch called after getting home from work. The AC was off and the house was 88. Ahhhhh!!! Usually we can push the reset button, and it starts working again, but not this time. We headed for Grandma and Pa's house. Mitch picked Rafe up from there and we unloaded at Grandma's and Pa's.

Of course it's always nice and peaceful over there. It was almost easy with just 2 kids!! Less fights, less food to worry about spilling, less noise! Mitch dropped Rafe off and went home to work on the AC, but I prepared the kids (and myself) for maybe having to spend another night away from home. First thing, Rafe pulled his shorts up and showed Grandma his bandaid. Then he walked into the living room and showed Pa and me lol. We were at Grandma and Pa's until 6:45. By then Mitch had the AC going (cleaned it and changed the filter) althought it was still 87 degrees. We went to his parent's house while him and Michael went to kickboxing from 7:30-8:30.

We FINALLY made it home at 9. I was in first while Mitch unbuckled the kids, so I had to be the bearer of bad news: AC off; house 88. He put the kids in bed and went back out to work. That time it turned on and has stayed on ever since. It was a hot evening to say the least. All the kids slept on the top bunk because there's a vent near the ceiling by the bed. I also kept cool rags on them until 11pm when I went to bed. I guess we all made it okay, and this morning the house was down to 79 (where I keep it).

We're SO HAPPY TO BE HOME! It's sooo much easier to watch the kids here. Plus they have all the new toys from Rafe and Addy's birthdays. This morning Rafe ran right past me for his basketball goal, and all the kids have been rotating turns every 5m with the Flinstones car. Not always willingly, but it's helping keep the peace.

I think buying a house is stressful in and of itself. I've been busy filling out paperwork to refi our house. This way we'll be able to pay cash for the rental--AND our house pmt will go down bc of interest rates! Gotta say, I am excited to tweak the budget to include a lower house pmt PLUS rental income. In a few weeks the stress will be over, and we'll be glad we pushed the limits and endured the stress for long term payoffs.

Just Keep Swimming! The shore is in sight!