Congratulations! Courtney

I am so proud of Courtney. She has made the JV Volleyball team at her new high school. I am so happy for her. I have to admit that I was nervous about tryouts since the school did not have a Freshman team. When I took Courtney the first day of tryouts, there were so many taller girls. Courtney was actually average height in comparison. I believe that she will have a coach that is all about winning and working them hard. It will such a nice change in that sense. Courtney will actually learn more this year in Volleyball than any other year. I can't wait for the season to begin!

A Florida Update

I know that it has been a while since I last posted anything and I am sorry for that. I honestly haven't felt like it. We have been doing things to keep us busy and our minds off the house situation.
To answer that most important question...Do we have a house yet? NO! We are supposed to close on it on August 15 but that may not happen because all the paper work from the seller's have not been turned in! I honestly do not want to see or deal with these people again.
I have to say that I have proceeded with things as if Closing will occur on the 15th. I know that at some point in the near future that we will be in this house. I have gotten the kids their Florida physicals done, they are registered for school (which begins on August 18th), they ( Ian and Chloe ) have their uniforms ready, Courtney has a few new clothes for school, and all school supplies have been bought (even though I had half the stuff left over from previous years of school supply shopping BUT that stuff is still in storage). The plus thing all of this is that Courtney has gotten to try out for Volleyball at the high school. She also has met the Girls Flag Football Coach and he definitely wants Courtney to try out for that in the Spring. So there is a small pearl in all the crap.
We have gotten yearly passes to the ZOO. It has a log ride and a ski lift ride. It actually is one of the better Zoos that we have been to. It's not just animals in cages. Chloe and Ian got to ride a Camel and a Pony there at the Zoo! We can't get our yearly passes for Disney and such until we REALLY have a house! We did drive over that way and it only took us right at an hour to get there. It was so crowded! We were going to look around at some of the shopping areas but there was absolutely no place to park. We will have to investigate the parking situation further so that trips there will be more pleasant. We've been to 3 baseball games all at different parks. We got to see fireworks at 2 of them. We've only been to the beach once.
That is life in Florida. It's really a lot more stressful than the advertising lets on. I'd much rather be in the 40 year old house in Michigan with snow all around! I really miss Michigan!!!!!!!

What Time is it?

Well, I'll tell you what time it is. It is 0130. That's 1:30 AM people. This is life is like for me lately. I can't sleep at night so I stay up until I can't stay up any longer. Tonight I thought I'd try blogging to help me drift of to sleep.

Just a few reminders about our situation.

• We have been 'homeless' for 2 whole months now.
• We've looked at 6 more houses and the only one I really liked was way to expensive.
• We've heard nothing on the house that we have put an offer on.
• We all are getting a bit stir crazy living the way we are without our stuff.
• We can't even get the kids registered without a FL physical and a contract on a house!

So that's it in a nut shell. However, I will try to find the elusive pearl in our situation.

• At least we are all together. (Even Trixie is with us!)
• We are in FL in the summer which means we can go to the pool just about everyday!
• We are learning the area.
• We've seen some really cool houses and even some not so cool.
• We may even look back on this time of "Homelessness" as a really fun and enriching time in our lives. Just think of all the exciting stories that could come out of this experience. I haven't found any yet but I'll keep you all posted.

I am so sorry that I am rather pessimistic but right now it is really hard to see the bright side of things. I am happy that we are together but it is really past time that we get out of this little two bedroom 1100 square foot apartment! We need to have our own personal space back. I really need my BED! I believe that my first night back with MY BED will be glorious! I will sleep like a baby. I will pity the fool that wakes me up from that slumber. I can't wait for that night.

Well since that night is no where near happening yet, I guess I should try to go to bed on the lovely footon couch. I usually will sleep there until I.B. leaves for work then I will go and collapse into the full size bed I.B. just vacated. It is so uncomfortable! I can't find the words to tell you all just how uncomfortable that sorry excuse for a bed is! You just have to take my word for it!

Welcome!

Welcome to It's Just Gr82B! I tried to keep the same web address but it just didn't feel right. I did add this on the link area at Gr82bnMI so you all could still find me. I guess I am just having a hard time with this move to Florida because I loved Michigan soooooo much! It was just like rubbing salt into an open wound every time I went to Gr82bnMI to blog. I just had to change it. Maybe now I can begin to adapt to Florida. (We will see! You know I'd adapt a lot better if I had a house to call my own!)
We still have heard nothing on the house. I really do not like Bank of America right now. I don't understand why they have not told us anything and it is going on THREE weeks since we made our offer. I have compiled another list of houses for us to start looking at by Wednesday of this week. You see we have only 5 weeks from today until school starts. Time is running out!