Sleepless Night

Tonight I pretty much got about 2 hours of sleep. I tried to sleep - but my mind would not shut off. We are getting ready to leave for a driving trip to Chicago/Michigan and the thought of packing is overwhelming. It shouldn't be - I'm pretty organized in that department...but I like to have it all done ahead of time. So maybe I'm thinking about that.

It could also be that we've seen close to 20 houses over the past 2 weeks and none of them were jaw-dropping. BUT, there is one that we keep going back to. I've been thinking about it all night - what we'd need to do to make it our "own", what kind of timeline, expense, etc. I've also been picturing us living there, furniture layout, where the Christmas tree goes at Christmas. My mind is just not shutting off.

We've had one showing of our house this week. The pictures just got posted online - so there should be more action very soon. The pictures actually turned out really nice. Keeping the house super neat hasn't been that bad this week. It gets a bit challenging with the kids at times but easy enough to pick up and they do cooperate in that department.

We are looking forward to be gone and the house can be shown and nobody will be here to mess it up....a bit concerned about being gone, an offer, than what? But there is no sense in worrying about the unknowns...but my restless mind isn't taking it's own advice.

It has been so incredibly hot lately - it is just miserable to go outside....but it does get pretty old hearing people complain about the heat when we DO live in in Texas. I'm sitting in the kitchen, awake, trying not to wake anyone else and listening to the rain fall....very nice. Looking forward to the Michigan summer and breathing the Michigan air.