Fall                                                                                      New (Closing) Moon

You may notice that I have changed the name of the moon. That means I will be driving out to Colorado next week for closing on our new home, 9358 Black Mountain Drive. Valerie, our mortgage consultant, called me about a half an hour ago and said the underwriter told her the loan would be approved! That’s one end of this process wrapped up. Now all we have to do is move, then sell this house.

Wow. Still trying to take it in. It was the result we hoped for, even expected, but until confirmed, anxiety. The rest of it feels down hill from here. The months of preparation mean we will easily meet a moving date in December or early January. Our stuff has been decluttered, our work on this house will move forward after we’ve emptied it and we can settle into our new place before the heavy Colorado snows of March and April.

Now the fence becomes the next highest priority, since without it, we can’t move the dogs. I’ll just keep calling until I find the right person.

I feel lighter, much lighter. We can focus on building that new life, a mountain life and a family life. Can’t think of a better way to spend the third-phase. Yippee.

BTW: Good job, Kate. Our scout.

Fall                                                                               New (Samain) Moon

Waiting is wearing. No news (which is good news so far) on the mortgage. We’ll know no later than Tuesday, October 28th, but that doesn’t leave much time between when I need to leave, driving, and the closing date of October 31st. If the decision is positive and we both imagine it will be, it will close off one end of the moving process.

Then, many other things become more straightforward. We can pick a moving date. We can make firm decisions about larger items that won’t work in the new place. We can do the math on almost all of the process and see what our assets will look like after closing. And project what effect selling this house will have on them, too.

I’m sleeping ok, but find that once I wake up, going back to sleep is not possible. Too many scenarios, ideas, issues hurdle the gate before the sheep can get there. That means I’m still in a modestly sleep deprived state, which I don’t like. It will pass.