Procrastination Posting

I’ve been a big procrastinator with blogging about our vacation so I told myself that I couldn’t blog about anything else until I finished that first. Well…nanny nanny boo boo, I’m going to do what I want! So there!!

Wow…can you tell it’s midnight and that I’m a little tired? I couldn’t sleep so I gave up and came downstairs to do some work. Toby decided that he loves me and accompanied me downstairs. Cassie is most likely in the bed. In my spot. On my pillow. Pretending that she’s deaf so she won’t have to move when I get back up there.

I just want to post a little something explaining what all we’ve been up to lately.

Hugh and I came home from Europe and had a bit of hard time adjusting back to normal life. We had such a great time and discovered how much we truly love to travel. I know we could happily make a home somewhere overseas and I’d love to have the opportunity some day. 

Hugh and I have been debating for MONTHS about what we should do with our house. We’re ready to get out of the house that we currently own. Hugh’s commute to work is a minimum of 45 minutes when he’s carpooling to an hour and 15 minutes when he’s by himself. It’s just silly. Anywhere we move would require me to have the longer commute, but the hours I work wouldn’t put me in rush hour traffic. Right after we got home we found a house that we’d like to rent that would put Hugh about 10-15 minutes from work. It would make my commute about 30 minutes. We talked and decided to put our house up for lease and sale at the same time. We’re giving the option of owner-finance, so hopefully that will open up a few more doors. We’d really like to be out by the end of August, so keep your fingers crossed for us! 

One thing about having your house on the market: It has to be 100% clean, all of the time. It’s crazy. Hugh and I are both tidy by nature, but this is a whole new level of crazy clean. The house has to look “staged” perfectly every time we leave, just in case it shows. I don’t think I’ve ever made my bed this much ever. Or, maybe I did but my bed was smaller. Or, maybe I did and just did a craptastic job and my mother looked the other way. Whatever. All I know is that it’s almost like we’re pretending to live here right now.

I took a short little trip up to Dallas with my baby brother Jordan. He’s 22 and 6’3, but I’m still going to call him my baby brother. He really likes it best when I refer to him as “JORDIE”. Just ask him. Anyways, Jordan had a job interview that required an overnight stay so I volunteered to go with him and keep him company. We had a great time even though we only had one meal that included gravy. We stopped at the Russell Stover factory in Corsicana and pretty much embarrassed ourselves with the amount of chocolate we bought. In fact, we actually had to get a bellman’s cart to haul all of it into the hotel room. The hotel we stayed at was nice, but they were hosting several baseball teams that were competing in a local tournament. Let’s just say that Jordan and I both decided that children should not be allowed in hotels. Ever. Jordan looked great in his suit and tie, and I know he did well at his interview. We decided that the area was nice, the traffic sucked, and it wouldn’t be worth it to pay extra for a canal view apartment. 

Ok. I should probably go to sleep so that I don’t feel the need to nap tomorrow. I skipped going to the gym and ran outside today. Apparently I felt the need for a heat stroke with a side of sweat. Mistake noted: back to the gym tomorrow. 

Toby has decided that we need to go to bed. He's currently looking at me with judgement in his eyes.

I thought I'd share this completely random picture of me and my brothers. I'm on the left, looking bug-eyed and possibly crazy. Brandon is in the middle looking either surprised or high (he's neither, just being weird) and Jordan is on the right looking forlorn or perhaps confused. We're highly intelligent and amazingly photogenic.