Final Two

Day 17 Monday
A very rainy Monday afternoon made for wet conditions back home. A flooded front stoop and dropping temperatures made for a long chilly night at the RV. But the kids and I survived while Brandi and the Life Group girls entertained the folks at Kindred with their favorite past time - B-I-N-G-O.

On a good note, as much as I complain about the time change, we were all up early Monday morning and we even drove away from the drivable house in time to swing by to check up on the progress going on out Day Mir road at the new Church on Rush Creek - Mira Lagos campus.

Day 18 Tuesday
There's just something about a day where you know at the end of it there is going to be a free meal. I'm not sure there is anyone outside of Rob Ryan who likes a free meal more than me. Doesn't matter if it is crappy cafeteria pizza for a lunch and learn at work. Or a going away celebration with cake and ice cream (which reminds me of this especially around the 2:05 mark).
Well, the Campbell's didn't let us down. The kids enjoyed the time playing babysitter to their little on and the space that comes with visiting someone's nice house. Thanks guys for having us (and especially for feeding us!!)

Day 19 Wednesday
With 4 moves in the last 6.5 years its nice to know that I am finally applying some "lessons learned". . . . or so I thought. It never fails that I wait till the last minute to move the money for our down payment into the actual account that I will be withdrawing from. Since Monday we have been expecting to close on Fri at high noon. All week long my plan has been to make sure that I got all the money into my BoA account by Wed so there would be no problems getting the certified check (or is it a cashier's check) out the day of closing. Well, turns out my planning is helpful but won't get me out of any worry. Raise your hand if you knew that 11-11-11 was an actual holiday? (Put your hand down John Crawford - your birthday is not a holiday). Today at 5:07 I learned sure we could still close on Fri but no money can actually move because as we all know on Veteran's Day the banks are all closed. And how bad would it have been if I went to all the work to get my money into the bank and then show up Fri morning only not able to get my money out.

As of right now however (10:40), it looks like we will be closing tomorrow!! A whole day early. My wife may be the most disappointed person in our 175 sq. ft accommodations after I told her I think we should stick to our commitment to the Texan RV Ranch to be here through Fri. I mean you never if a good cornhole game will break out tomorrow night and we'd hate to miss that!!

Nitey all! By this time tomorrow we'll be homeowners!!

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and coming soon. . . .
390 N. Holland Road, Mansfield TX

Wow. . . all since Brandi and I got married 8/11/01