Catch UP!

Okay, I admit it…I’m behind and there’s so much to report that I don’t even know where to start…wait, yes I do…
1. The house is sold! It’s official. It’s no longer mine. I know I’ve been keeping things hushhush but for good reason after the string of events that happened prior to this. I accepted the offer a month or so ago, inspection passed after a minor/major repair! The next thing was the appraisal, which resulted in fixing of 5 things, one of which was to paint the house! EEEks-I had looked at a house that had to something similar and they became a polkadotted house that went right back on the market. I was a bit nervous. However everything passed….and I closed last Friday. Feels so good on so many levels. I want to give a huge thank you to Matt for helping me through all the crap and the extra repairs and the time and the truck usage and the energy….I also want to give a shout out to my parents who have helped with other repairs and realtor “issues”. They have been so amazing to assist however they can 100 miles from location.

2. I moved (twice/kinda). Not only did I get EVERYTHING out of my house in Dickinson…but I also moved out of my parents’ house. I’m renting a little duplex just south of Hillside Park. It’s a temporary spot but it works. Two bedrooms, one bath, kitchen, and living room. I will miss the central air and garage but I know it will be okay. I moved in the week before Labor Day, Matt and I shoved everything into a stock trailer and his pickup and drove to Bismarck where we unloaded with the help of Mom and Dad. I can’t believe how wonderful those people are to me.

3. Unpacking has been slow…very slow.

4. Labor Day happened! Matt and I went camping at Beulah Bay. It was nice to not worry about things and just play a bit. There were two fails for the weekend; we had bad icky wind on Saturday and I didn’t get a smore again! I would like to say I continued to work on my DJ skills, but they went unappreciated by some. I’m afraid it was our last camping trip of the season. Just when I was starting to become a master! I made good salads, I think Matt was even happy/impressed about them.

5. I helped harvest. Dad had been combining like crazy so I took some time to bale straw bales. His grain crop was ok, but his corn crop is pretty amazing. Some of his stalks have three ears.

6. I’ve been busy at work…the flood has impacted a few of my clients so it’s been hard to hear, “It’s not normally like this” but I’m learning and I’m pretty sure that means it will be easier in the future.

7. Alaina is officially at school. Mom moved her and her thing to the Bismarck State College dorm room. I know she’ll do great as she’s awesome at things she puts her mind to. Seems like only yesterday we were riding the bus and she was sleeping.

Those have been the major things that I need to catch up on. I’m sure I’m missing a ton but I’m still living off the high of the weekend.

It was a great weekend, on Saturday, Matt and I helped Mom and Dad haul square bales. Not the best activity, but the people were pretty great. We also met a few friends for supper before going to the preseason Bobcats game.
On Sunday, we took in the 9-11 Benefit Breakfast at the Airport. Matt even surprised me by getting me up in the air! He managed to get a flight out to do a flyby my parents’ farm. Wow. It was amazing to see it in the air, a little surreal. Never had a boy do that for me! We did some running around town even hit a garage sale or two! Matt bought more than me (I didn’t get anything)! We did mini-golf a round too…and I’m embarrassed to say that Matt lost to me, and he even used his putter! I won’t brag too much, he’s not the best loser! We finished off the night with a movie, “The Change-Up” where we had the theater to OURSELVES! We ended the night with a moonlight dinner on the backsteps of the duplex. It was amazing the meal actually happened (as most things were still in boxes and had to be dug out). I thought it was pretty romantic.

“In a world where there is so much sadness and so much to be afraid of, good things do happen to people. Romance is still something we can find even if we're not consciously looking for it.”—Kathleen Quinlan