Monday, August 31, 2009

The barfing has abated and the kids are all feeling much better, but their recovery is coming at the last hour, and they’re all tired, so there will be no school for them tomorrow. One might think they’d all be happy about this, but Alex is grumbling about getting behind in chemistry, Kevin has a spelling test that he knows he’ll ace so he wants to be there, and Rachel just has to be in school tomorrow. She won’t say why, but I suspect it has much to do with a squeaky thirteen year old named Mark.

So far neither Char nor I are feeling sick, and I have fingers crossed that in spite of how much vomit I’ve cleaned up this weekend and how much she cuddled with a sick ten year old we won’t get it. Since they’re feeling better their grandfather is coming over to spend the afternoon with them, and we’ve got an appointment with one of our students (he being a Realtor) to look at a couple of houses. Char did some surfing on Zip Realty and found several she thinks we’ll like, but what sounds good on paper doesn’t necessarily mean they’re be as good in person.

I’m still vacillating on this, but my gut tells me we’re going to accept the offer to buy this land. Char feels like it was meant to be because of the timing (the kids realizing how far removed they are from their friends, plus the mega-medical bill we’ve been presented with) and the fact that we’ve both pondered how big this house really is and how much bigger it will be after it’s just the two of us. And there’s the issue of the other two houses on the property. TK will never move back into his house and other than my niece, I can’t imagine having anyone else reside in my parents’ house. And Erin and Miko have no intention of living (as she puts it) in the sticks.

I have to admit, there’s a perk right there in moving: being closer to the grandkids. Travis is trying to crawl and Toni is full of first grader enthusiasm; I don’t want to experience that as a parent again, but it’s still fun and I miss it. If we move closer, we’ll get to babysit more.

Yeah, I’m partly still trying to talk myself into this.

I’ll try to keep an open mind as we look this week. Char’s mind is made up. Hopefully we won’t wind up butting heads over this.

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