Taking a little break

I didn't do anything that has to do with the house today. I really needed a little break. It seems like when I'm not on the phone talking to a bank/realtor/relocation person I'm cleaning, sorting things, or having to leave on a moments notice with the kids and dogs because a realtor wants to show the house. I've got to get up early tomorrow though and get crackin because the realtor's having an open house from 1-3. They told me they thought they were gonna get an offer on it the other day but later told me for some unknown reason the realtor that showed it didn't bother to see about getting the people pre-qualified before showing it. The people ended up not being able to get a loan. I don't understand that for the life of me. Why on earth would someone go house shopping without being approved for a loan first?? That sure does waste a lot of time for a lot of people.

We're flying back to D.C. in a week to go house hunting. I wish I could be a little more excited about it than what I am! I could really use a little encouragement right now. I know my parents are having a hard time with this but my dad hasn't spoken to me much at all since our last D.C. trip. I know this isn't easy for him but it's not exactly easy for me either. You would think that he'd want to spend as much time with me as possible instead of not talking to me. I know everyone has their own way of dealing with things but if he only knew how much harder he was making this for me. My mom has been pretty good about things lately.

Is there ever anything that you really really wanted to be that you're not able to be? For example I know some women want kids but can't have them. I've always wanted to be an aunt. I've always thought it would be super cool to spoil a niece or nephew rotten and then send them back home :P. Unfortunately my brother's not able to have kids. I do have a niece and a nephew on Mike's side of the family. My nephew lives in Japan so we don't see him. Our niece however lives in town. Her parents split up several years ago and for some extremely unknown reason, they don't make any effort to let us see her. I've asked dozens (probably closer to a hundred) of times for them to make some kind of arrangement so the kids could spend time with her but no such luck. I've told them I'd come to them or they could come to us. I've told them we could meet them somewhere or I could pick her up. Still nothing. So we live in the same town and we've not seen her in over 5 years. She's 10 1/2 and we've not seen her since she turned 5. How sad is that? Actually, I take that back. We have seen her mother and her walking through the mall but as soon as she sees us she flies off in the opposite direction. I've told them several times that it was really important to me that the kids know their cousin. Apparently that's not a priority on the other end. So now we're moving really far away so any chance of them getting to know a cousin or me getting to be an aunt has pretty well been buried. That's really unfortunate because I have really great kids who would have really loved her and I would've been a really great aunt. That child wouldn't know any of us if we were standing right in front of her.

We went shopping for shirts and ties for Mike today for his new job. We got some really great deals and he got some really nice things. He got lots of ties at Khol's! They had a bunch of really nice ones for 70% off so we got them and then shirts to match. I think it's easier to pick the tie first and then find a shirt to match. I LOVE shopping for men's dress shirts and ties. Maybe even more than I like shopping for myself. I don't know what it is...I just have a "thing" for them. Stick a man in them and they're even better...LOL! You know, when I was little girl I always said I would marry someone that wore a tie to work. Did I call that or what?! LOL! He's still got to get some more clothes but we got a nice start today. We'll probably go shopping for some more when we get back from this next trip.

We went to meet the teacher night on Thursday. Both kids are really happy with their teachers. They both got who they wanted. That figures since they'll only be there a short time...lol. Oh well...hopefully the time they are there will be really good. I still can't believe school starts on Monday! We had a very eventful summer and it flew by. Speaking of flying, I've done enough of that this summer to last a bit. I just can't get too terribly excited about hopping on a plane again next week. I am however looking forward to landing at Reagan National again because I got a fantastic meatball sub there our last trip and one has been calling my name...lol. Lucky for it (and me..lol!) I'll be around in a week :). That reminds me...did I mention that Mike and I aren't sitting together on our flight to Cleveland from Dallas?! I'm so annoyed about that!! Right after we bought our tickets I went to look at our seats. I went to change them but realized quickly why I couldn't. Apparently everyone else who bought tickets wanted aisle seats and they were all filled so we couldn't sit together, darnit! I would ask someone to switch with me but we did that last time and 2 people told us no...sheesh. It ticked the flight attendant off that they wouldn't so she gave us seats in the exit row so we could sit together. She asked in the event of an emergency if we'd be able to help with the exit door. You'd better believe it sister!! In the event that happens, that doors coming off because I wanna be the first one of that thing! LOL!