The Deal is (finally and officially) Done!

Well, we thought we would never see the day... our buyers have officially and finally signed off on whatever paper they needed to sign off on to make this deal done! Of course, this last step did not occur without worry... it took them 5 days from the day of the walkthrough to sign the frickin' (is that really a word?) paper. The relocation company was like, "if we don't get that paper from them by tomorrow, you won't be able to get all of your $$ on the closing date." Ugh! After all of this hassle... but anyhow, it's done. It is not our problem anymore. I guess we have technically sold the house over to the relocation company and on the closing date, the house will be sold from the relo company to the buyers. And we do not have to go to the closing, so we will never have to see these freak-oid buyers - thank goodness!

In other (happier) closing news -- I am flying out to Omaha this week on Thursday to go to the final walkthrough and closing (Friday morning) of our new house. The kids are excited to have "one last" sleepover at Grandma's before we move and I think that it will be good for Frank and I to go out there together and start to "re-build" some kind of a cohesive life (too dramatic?) You know what I mean. Let's start building something back up, instead of tearing it down here. I mean, I spent a few hours last week cancelling all of our utilities here - it will be nice to set them up somewhere new. Instead of trying to eat everything in our pantry, it will be nice to go to the store to buy new stuff and bring it in.

Frank will be heading back to Omaha bright and early tomorrow morning - earlier than he had planned - because he learned today that the plant was damaged by a tornado that went through Eastern Nebraska. (My first thought..."Is the plant still there? Do we still have a job there? Do we still have to move? Of course, we are still going...) :) Poor Frank - sometimes it stinks to be the one in charge... Anyways, here's a snapshot of the "missing wall" of the warehouse there:

So, in addition to mall shootings, there are also tornadoes? Now, what list was it that ranked Omaha as the number 3 city to live in? Just kidding, I'm sure it will be just fine!