Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Whirlwind


The past few days have been exciting ones for Mr. and myself. We had a wonderful time in Chicago. We ate pizza with good friends, we drove by our old apartment building in Evanston (now converted into condos), and we watched Mr.'s coworkers party down . . . all on our first day in the city. The next morning, we slept until 9:30 (a treat in which I have not indulged in over a year). It was glorious. Then, we ate cinnamon apple pancakes and eggs with chorizo and cheddar at one of our favorite Chicago breakfast spots. The meal was almost as glorious as our extra sleep. It was a whirlwind trip, but getting away together proved to be very restful and re-energizing.

As it turns out, we will need to rely on that re-energized feeling to get through the next couple of days. The little Peanuts are still sick with bad colds, and they are a bit fussy and high-maintenance right now. They did well while we were gone, but I think that the Grandparents Peanut may go home feeling a bit exhausted by their babysitting asignments. Not only did they have to watch the ill littles while we were in Chicago, but they had to watch them *again* this morning, as we went out with our realtor to look for homes.

And, they will have to watch them *again* tomorrow, as we go to make an offer on one of the homes we saw today! Yep . . . after our first day of looking, we found a home that we really loved, and are going to tender an offer. We weren't planning on acting so quickly, but the seller is going to make a "rent to own" deal with another person if he doesn't sell it right away. So (*gasp*), here we go! The house is adorable (in my opinion), and it has all of the features we were hoping to find. It is in a swell little Minneapolis neighborhood, and it looks like it would be a great place for us to settle in. I am excited about it, but am also trying not to get my hopes up, since it very well may not end up being ours.

Prayers for our wisdom and sanity would be appreciated, as we make this rather big decision.

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