The Everyday

I can't really remember what we did Friday. Marty and I watched Shrinking together and it was a very windy day. Emi and I went out to take the garbage and it was scary windy. So we mostly stayed inside and I remember Emi had 1 or 2 good naps!  We thought about seeing houses but decided we needed a break this weekend.

Marty took a sick day today. It's weird how covid has changed things though...because even though he took a sick day he was still able to attend a work meeting and do some other work from home. At first, it was weird having him home because I feel like our apartment is my workspace during the day. But it ended up working out just fine!  Emi and I went to Pickle ball. It's fun because I'm getting to know the ladies better and am having more fun playing the game. Today I left Emi in the care of 3 year old Ezra and 5 (maybe 4?) year old Finley. Normally there's a person or 2 sitting out, but today we had just enough people to fill 2 pickle ball courts. I watched as Ezra ran away from Emi toting his mom's bag and items with him (because Emi was trying to eat them) and Finley made a fort with chairs around her and was watching YouTube. I felt bad for Emi because she was the kid no one wanted to be with.haha. After a few games she had a meltdown and just wanted me to hold...

I'm really tired tonight so we're keeping it short and sweet. A few favorite moments of today. At My Gym I overheard the teachers talking about Emi. "Her smile is just what gets me..." Aww yes she has the cutest smile. Ran 2.5 miles today! That is a feat for postpartum me. Yay! Two unrelated things but...Got to watch Marty play softball and one of the managers at his work gave him positive feedback after a call. It makes me happy when people recognize the hard work of people I love!

Well we didn't get the house. The person who offered $40,000 above asking and all cash also waived the inspection. They are a house flipper. Oh well! Hard to compete with that. I had Japanese tutoring this morning. My tutor is the nicest! I told her I might have a call from our realtor that I would need to answer during our lesson, but that she could still plan on starting our lesson at 10 and ending at 11. She said it wouldn't be a problem at all and that she would go over for however much time I spent on the phone with the realtor. That just shows you what kind of person she is!  Emi and I also took a long walk today. It was nice being able to clear my head after a hectic past few days. I listened to my music and then started a new audible "The Rosie Project."  While I prepared dinner this evening, Emi was happy to stand in her activity center with her binky. Lately she hasn't been loving it and starts fussing but activity center + binky worked great. We think s...

Found out today the home we put an offer in got 8 offers...one of them $40,000 above asking price and all cash. I'm so bummed! I think we're done with house hunting for awhile...

Church and the waiting game. 5 pm rolls around today...no phone call. It's almost 6 and finally we get a call from Heather. She says they've extended the deadline to 9 pm because of interest in the house.  Thoughts going through my head: What?! How is this even allowed? Ugh. You're kidding me! Welp. 9 pm rolls around and we didn't get the house. But Heather tells us that if we want to beat the other people's offer we can. No way jose! Marty and I think they extended the deadline until 9 so we would up our offer to beat the other people. It was already an expensive price per square foot, so we felt like we couldn't justify going any higher on this house. Plus, we also loved the other house so we decided to jump ship and go for that one! The only bad news is we have to wait until Tuesday to find out if we get that one or not. Ugghhhh. I am the most impatient person ever so this is really testing me to the limits haha. Side note: My perspective on realtors has vast...

Turns out that the deadline for the house is actually 5 tomorrow...darn it! I hate the waiting game.haha.  My Gym in the morning, signing documents for house offers throughout the day (Heather recommended we get our offer ready for the other house we didn't put an offer in so we can have it ready to go if this one doesn't work out), and preparing gifts for our neighbor dinner in the afternoon.  Turned out that Kyle and Bianca couldn't make it because Bianca was feeling sick, but Steve and Abby were still able to come! Kyle and Bianca were in charge of dessert, and when we heard they weren't coming I asked if Marty would go to the store to pick up some dessert (what's dinner without dessert?). When Steve and Abby showed up they had a dessert with them and said "We heard Kyle and Bianca couldn't make it so we figured we'd bring a dessert." hahah Great minds think alike. More dessert is never a bad thing! The dinner was a good time. We enjoyed chattin...