We got a house!

We move in August 11. Actually, we could move in now, but Matt is on the rifle range all next week, so we are waiting. It gives Nate and Beth time to find a babysitter for their kids anyhow. Just one more week. I can survive that. Also, we got paid Matt’s bonus…yay! Money to decorate our new house!

About the house…it’s in the old, crappy section of housing on base. But, Matt had to accept it or else we got bumped clear to the back of the waiting list again. It is really small, he says. I haven’t seen it. But I will tomorrow. It has no dishwasher or garbage disposal. The washer and dryer hookups are on the back PORCH. He said the kitchen is about the size of a walkin closet. But, it does have a new stove. It’s a 2 BR, 1 bath townhouse. There are 4 townhouses in each unit. We are in one of the middle ones. Ugh. Last time we were on the end, so we had side windows on the one side. Now we’ll just have front and back windows. The backyard is huge and there is a park about 100 yards away. There is no carport or garage…just parking out front. There is an attic, which will be good for some of our storage. I guess I’ll know more after I see it tomorrow.

Nothing else exciting around here. Still babysitting and going nuts…though, the kids have gotten a little better this week. And, I’ve been insisting Nate helps take care of the youngest at night when he is home so I can have a little break. I’ll still be glad to get back in my own place, though.

Our belongings won’t be delivered to us til the 14th, so we’ll have a few days with nothing there. DH is getting 10 days off to help get us moved in and settled though.

Derek has developed some sort of fear when he goes to bed at night. Not sure what exactly it is, but he’s been screaming and crying so hard he’s making himself sick the last 3 nights when I’ve put him in bed. The only way I’ve gotten him to sleep is to put him in the bed I’ve been sleeping in and lay down with him. Then, I move him when I go to bed. Ugh. This. Has. Got. To. Stop. I’m hoping that maybe it just has something to do with daddy not being here. I’ll find out tonight, I guess, when Matt is here.

Anyhow, that’s about it for now. Until next time…