the key hand-off was messy. a call right around 5pm on thursday told us that our file had been flagged by the county clerk, because the sale looked suspicious - like someone was trying to get out of paying excise tax. apparently, we were getting too good of a deal. the county expected that the house should sell at $76,000 higher than we paid for it... which left me asking - are they even watching the market??
so, after some tears, matt and i decided to go ahead with the dedication, which we'd planned to do right after we got our keys. i messaged everyone and told them to dress warm and bring an umbrella. as we stood in the driveway, chatting before we began the dedication, i noticed that bob disappeared... and then the garage opened. he always was a rule-breaker. he'd found entry via the door that had been kicked in the week prior.
after some back and forth, we decided that the house was as good as ours, so we walked the perimeter, then gathered undercover (a cover which i'm now blowing) in the living room to pray.
our friend mel led the prayer, and did a beautiful job. we were very thankful for his spiritual maturity and the beauty of his words. most of all, there was an air of excitement. maybe it was from (almost) getting our new house... maybe it was from the rule-breaking.
friday, after a little waiting, megan called us and told us we had the keys. we met up with her at the church, collected our key and i headed off to start cleaning... and the rest of the story comes later.
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