It's Over

It's finally over. OVER! I'm leaving this freakin' dump of a house and moving on.

Mom sold our townhouse and she bought a new one! She says the new place is twice a big and has three levels AND A FENCED BACKYARD for Me! (Miss Eleni will be happy to know Mom kept that in mind when she was house shopping). I gotta learn stairs, though...I've been pretty spoiled in our current house, one level, no stairs, but it feels like a one-bedroom apartment 'cause the second bedroom is used mostly for storage. Oh, and it's only 1100 sq. ft. but mom says we really only use about 700 sq. ft. so it feels even smaller.

The new townhouse is 1960 sq. ft., three levels, three bedrooms (apparently Willy gets a 'suite' of two bedrooms and two bathrooms all to himself - Not Fair, if'n you ask me), and it has CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING! The new place is way closer to mom's work (10 min.) so she can come home at lunch to play with me, there's a sushi restaurant about 5 minutes down the road so that makes mom happy (I don't much care for sushi but if it makes mom happy, then I can let this one go.) The complex backs onto a greenbelt with a creek and a path going all the way around and when mom was up there she said lots of people were walking their dogs around the creek path so I know it's gonna be great for me. Mom says she already knows at least one person who lives there, one of her co-workers who she says is a very cool person. I sure hope this very cool person loves muppetheads! She does. She told me so.

On Friday mom called the utility people and made arrangements to transfer accounts, called the 'phone company got a new 'phone number, and made an appointment for me to visit Vegas so I won't be around to help pack, clean, unpack, and paint. I really, really want to help paint and help pack. Y'know, to make sure mom doesn't forget my treats, toys, bed, and blankie...I won't. Her bed, blankie, and one toy will be going with Kira to Vegas, and I've already got her backpack ready to be packed.

Oh, and we're moving in FOUR WEEKS!! Mom says that's lots of time, but she sure doesn't seem to be trying very hard to pack or anything. I think she's being silly by just loafing around, thinking she can just hire movers to do all the hard work. Half my crap is already in a storage locker as I purged to stage the house for sale. I will be packing most of my stuff but will also be hiring movers to take all my crap to the new place.

I just Thank GOD this is finally ending! I hope I love living in the new neighbourhood/town because I certainly don't want to go through this again any time soon. I have never been so stressed out in my life as I have been in the past 4 months. I figured about 25 people viewed my shack, averaging 1-2 a week, but only got one offer. The offer was pretty crappy and I was thisclose to saying 'forget it' and wait for another offer, but then my Agent dropped a Really Great Deal into my lap and I was forced to make a major decision. Jo came over from the Island and we viewed the new townhouse again and it was determined the deal was OK - both me and the sellers took an equal hit on our asking price so I'm no further ahead. The bank did an appraisal and said that came in $6000 over what I paid so while not a Great Deal, it was a fair deal.

I'll take before and after pics once I move!