Frustrated

Frustrations are running high in the Boatright household right now and I just need to vent.

March 10th, 2011 our home of nine years went "on the market".  This was a big decision for us to finally make (we have been talking about it for years).  This is the first house Danny and I purchased together, and the house both of our babies came home to and have lived the first years of their life in.  We have watched the neighbor kids grow up and have made life long friends here in this house.  And for me, it is the only house I have lived in longer than three years in my entire existence, so I guess you can say there is a slight attachment to this house.    

BUT, we have dreamt about having a larger home where we could coexist in a much happier manner (i.e., the living room does not double as a playroom) and after 33 days "on the market", we got an offer and accepted it.  From that day on our journey has been occupied of highs and lows.  Some days have been full of excitement while others full of regret.  There have been several hurdles throughout the process and it has been nothing short of a smooth process.  Last week was a "high", as we were back on the bright side of moving, packing boxes with smiling faces and celebrating the next chapter in our life.  Our closing date was set for this Friday May 27th, at 11:00 a.m, exactly nine years to the date of when we signed our closing documents to move in.  Wow!

We spent the past weekend moving the vast majority of everything out of the house, leaving only the computer and TV to help entertain our children while we continued to patch holes, paint and clean.  As of last Saturday afternoon, our belongings were scattered between a storage unit and the in-laws house, but we were excited. 

Then came the "low", late Saturday evening we received a phone call from our realtor (my sister-in-law) telling us "hold up on moving every thing out".  Well...if she would have called about four hours earlier that would not of been a big deal, but unfortunately most everything is already out.  She explained our buyers hit a bump in the road with their financing and have been working out the "unforeseen issues" all last week, but not one person on their side felt it necessary to let us know.  (Honestly, after hearing the entire story, I feel for our buyers in this situation too.)

Anyhow, this brings us to today.  We have no new news and are feeling all sorts of emotions, frustration being the most prevalent.  We cannot do anything until our contract is up on Friday.  We are hoping for everyone's sake involved this works out, but for now, we are stuck.  The worst part for me is we could be living in our house five minutes from Brynn's school and twenty-five minutes closer to Danny's work, but instead Danny's commute has increased from 45 minutes to an hour and fifteen minutes each way and I am now driving Brynn back and forth to school.  We are out of our routine and have no idea how this is going to play out. 

I know things could be a lot worse.  Our family has a place to stay and we do not have a contingency offer on another home (you have no clue how thankful I am about that).  We are even prepared to move back into our home if we have to. It's the uncertainty and stress wearing us down.  I know the buyers really want our home and are just as stressed as we are right now.  They are a young family trying to buy their first home and going through a very tough lending system.  The banks have gone from one extreme to the other with their lending requirements making it almost impossible for first time buyers.   

Just writing all this makes me feel a little better.  I know in the end that our family will be okay.  Hopefully, we will have some answers this Friday (at the least know if we are loosing this buyer or not).  Keep your fingers crossed for us.