When "covid" set in during the Spring, I assumed that the real estate market for this year was dead. I assumed that we would be still sitting here until next Spring. (which could still be the case 😢) But... things went crazy during June and July and August. People were buying and selling at a fast rate. We started having several showings and some people who were interested in the house. Unfortunately, no offers yet. (I am writing this on Sept. 23rd). So... it is still to be seen what will happen for us on selling the house, but as showings picked up, I realized that we were not ready to move anywhere. I have been working like crazy for about 6 weeks... purging and organizing. I have thrown things away, given things away, sold a few things, and donated things. I kept looking at houses on the market to see what else might be appropriate for us...each time I tried to envision ourselves, moving and living in a smaller house... then, I tried to figure out what things were essential and what things needed "to go". As the weeks went by, I watched almost all of the homes that I liked be sold. Then I would watch for new homes to be listed. Each time that I was disappointed in a home being sold, I realized that I learned something from that home and where it was located. Even at this point, we are not quite completely ready to move somewhere else... but we are in much better shape than we were at the end of July. I have a feeling that things are really slowing down now, which means more waiting and wondering. But... maybe the right house has not been listed yet. Maybe we haven't found the right area yet. Maybe we have not been looking at the right homes. For certain, the right buyer has not shown up here yet. (There is a family in SA that was very interested, they could still be out there, or maybe they have changed their mind.) Maybe, I haven't gotten enough things organized yet. Maybe, I am supposed to go look for a job. (I had decided that if we didn't get an offer in September, that was my plan.) If every house that I am interested in is gone, Heavenly Father must have some other plan for us. The uncertainty and the disappointments of the past year have been taking a toll on me. Recently, Mike suffered some severe disappointments with his job. I learned some great things from how he dealt with that. He reminded me of some important gospel principles. 1. God is in charge. 2. Keep moving in the face of uncertainty. 3. There is refinement in waiting. 4. We don't see as clearly as God sees. 5. We don't always get what we want. Mike set goals for himself to have humility, gratitude, and excitement for whatever happens. Those are my goals too. And while I am working on that... stuff is disappearing around here, things are getting organized, and things are getting packed- lol. (I even took time this week to purge old Christmas cards and letters and made 4 notebooks of the ones to keep.) Yep, things are desperate here. haha.
