One Down, One To Go!

Today at noon it became final. We have sold our house and are now renting it from the new owner until we can move into our new house. I can assure you that this is not a stage I am enjoying! It feels very strange, like letting go of one ring on the trapeze without grabbing onto another one first. Oh, and with out a net I might add. We were supposed to sign on Thursday and move in this weekend, but that is not going to happen due to a series of events dealing with the financing, and the builder not being done yet. So we wait while my stomach gurgles and events beyond our control are handled by complete strangers who have no vested interest in whether this happens or not. I am fine, thanks for asking.

The reason for all of this stems from the builder announcing 2 weeks early that he is done with the house and that we can commence with the closing process and then move in. This knocked the financing off kilter because they were not ready yet and did not expect the house to be completed so early. This really does not matter though, because the house actually is NOT ready yet. The builder has many things to complete and the appraiser for our bank will not sign off on the house until these items are done. (This is good as they are watching out for my butt and theirs.)

So to sum everything up:

A) We have sold our house. (YEA!!!)
B) We are renting our old house from the new buyer for $40 bucks a day. (Hey, at least we have some place to stay!)
C) We are waiting for our financing to catch up to the accelerated home completion date. (This should be done by tomorrow!)
D) We are waiting for the builder to finish the house. (This is the part that is the hardest to deal with because we would not be in this mess if he had not started the ball rolling by saying he was done and ready to close!)
E) We lost the weekend as our moving days and will have to wait until sometime (unknown) next week to close and then move in next weekend? (Cross your fingers!)

Oh yea I almost forgot... I leave for China on the 28th. (I'm staying calm.)