It Is Finished

Whew! What a wild ride the last few weeks have been! The country bumpkin inspector failed to notice that the disclosure form stated the irrigation system was inoperable and tried to turn the sprinklers on. When we had the new sewer line put in 2 years ago the plumbers just tied the line to the sprinkler system back into the sewer. The valve the inspector opened would not close so he had to turn the water off. Then it was up to me to find someone to repair it and have the water turned back on. I called the man who had done our bathroom remodel (there was an issue with the new bathtub he had installed) and he fixed the tub issue and cut the irrigation pipe and installed a temporary cap in case the buyer wanted to repair it later. When I got up at 2:45 in the morning with a splitting headache and took some Tylenol I eventually went back to our master bath and heard waterworks outside. I looked out the window and saw the backdoor neighbors porch light reflecting off the pond in our back yard. The problem was, we didn't put a pond in our back yard! I had to call the city to come out and turn the water off. The next morning I had to arrange for Bill to come back to fix his temporary cap. He installed a permanent one and I was able to shower and get to work a little after 11:00. Not a good time to miss 3 hours of work!

This week started off okay, but Monday night,Tuesday, and Wednesday morning we had an ice storm, so I missed another day and a half at the office. The lady who is replacing me could only train mornings Monday through Wednesday, so she only got two mornings worth of training since she was out of town the first two days of last week. I'm going to be spending a lot of time on the phone with her, I'm afraid!

The closing went off without a hitch yesterday, and it seems ACU decided to give David two months severance on his final paycheck. We should have a good down payment for a new house when we decide what we want to do in Murfreesboro. It's a God thing that this has all worked out this way.