- I traveled to Chicago to look at houses. I looked at 16 houses in 2 days. Nearly every house that Jenn and I reviewed until the internet itself begged us to stop was nothing like its real life counterpart.
- The crappy houses removed themselves from our carefully researched list until I was left with 2 choices.
- I videotaped the houses and uploaded them to YouTube so Jenn and the kids could "see" them. Both great houses...very different but filled with possibility.
- The YouTube login/password process tried to get me to smash my computer. It failed.
- I drove around a lot in an HHR. I really like this car and decided to buy one since we need a car anyways.
- Every single person that I told of my auto buying prowess questioned my sanity and even my very humanity. The Chevrolet HHR Facebook page agrees with me.
- We made an offer on one of the houses. It was accepted. We celebrated. I flew back to Germany. We completed all the paper work. Everything was super cool until the house appraised for much, much, much, much less than we agreed to pay. The deal collapsed like the economy in Greece.
- JaMarcus Russell was finally cut by the Oakland Raiders. Hallelujah!
- We made an offer on the other house. It was accepted. We are cautiously optimistic. The appraisal is not yet done, so we are still waiting for the word. No pictures until the deal is set in concrete.
- We continue to pack. One of the crates is now full. About 30% complete
The kids have finished school for the year. They seem happy about that. I have 3 more days of work in Germany. We will be flying in just over 3 weeks. The house had better be ready!
