Squatters

http://www.merriam-webster.com/ defines a squatter as: : one that squats: as a: one that settles on property without right or title or payment of rent b: one that settles on public land under government regulation with the purpose of acquiring title.  That's us!

We are settling on a property without the title or paying rent.  With permission of course!!  So, last week was more than I could handle.  There were tears, there was screaming, there were a few choice words, and there was defeat.  On Wednesday afternoon, we were told that we were not closing at 8:30 AM on Thursday as anticipated.  On Thursday early afternoon, we were told that we were closing at 4:30 that same day.  As I was at the bank getting the cashiers' check, I was told that closing wasn't happening that day.

When husband showed up at the realtor's office for closing (while I was in route from the bank), they explained that we would be closing on Tuesday.  We had booked and cancelled movers, we had gotten a cashier's check, we had told our family that we were moving, only to hit another brick wall.  Our realtor had contacted the selling realtor and gotten permission for us to get a key and move in.  This signaled hope for us.

On Friday, I met the movers at our storage units and we unloaded both of them.  On Sunday afternoon, we cleaned out the fridge and got it up and running, set up the girls' room, put our bed together, and made lunches.  To most, this doesn't seem like much.  True,  there is still an entire room full of boxes that we cannot walk into.  True, the girls' only had one choice for lunch.  True, I had to use the diaper bag wipes because I have no way to get into the brand new box of wipes (didn't leave out scissors).  But, we spent our first night in our new house.

D slept in a bed instead of a pallet on the floor for the first time in a couple of weeks.  The girls had room to play without us worrying about them waking others or breaking something.  Tonight we will unpack more bags from our stay with my brother and sister in law and start to make the house our home, but for right now, we are  squatters!