7 Quick Takes

Yikes, it's been forever since I've posted anything!  The main reason is because all of our computers have had problems.  Eric likes to have one when he's on call (and he's on call A LOT), so he takes the functioning computer with him.

Here's a recap of what's been going on in our lives:

1. Eric and I went to Augusta, GA on Thursday, April 28th to find a rental home.  We landed in Charlotte, NC around noon and drove down to Augusta and started looking at homes.  It was a hectic day!! We found one we really liked and on Friday we went and submitted an application and signed the lease.  On Saturday, we drove past "our" house and took some pics before driving back to Charlotte to visit with Eric's sister, Laura, and her family.  Right before we left Laura's to go to the airport, I got a call from the property manager that the homeowner no longer wanted to rent out her house!!! Eric and I were beyond livid.  I asked the property manager how that could be since she had to have signed a contract with the management company and apparently she hadn't signed it yet!  Talk about bad business!

          The next week we got a call from someone who was renting out his house.  We'd driven past it and really like the neighborhood.  We submitted an application and were so excited because it was owned by the director of the neuroradiology fellowship at MCG and the rent was sooooo cheap.  Then we received an email that the doctor's daughter was moving back to Augusta and was going to live in the house.  We were so upset!  It felt like Augusta really didn't want us to move there.

          Last week a home came on the MLS that sparked our interest.  The picture on realtor.com was really blurry, but it seemed to be in a good neighborhood and it had four bedrooms.  Without seeing it, we signed a letter of intent to rent it.  We'd met the listing realtor while we were in Augusta and really liked him. He told us he thought we'd really like the home and after we signed a letter of intent, he went and took this picture for us!

Isn't it so cute?  We hope we like it!

     2.    Eric finally got done with OBGYN. He was working at a hospital in the city and had 12-14 hour shifts.  The hours combined with an hour and a half long commute made for one crabby and extremely tired fellow.  So glad that month is over!

    3.    The short sale on our home was accepted by the bank.  Although we are grateful, my credit was severely affected. As my sister put it, I can't finance a pot to pee in!  I was so upset until Cara found the silver lining...Eric's credit was not affected!  If one of us had take such a huge hit, it was better that it was me.  Ugh...I was always so proud of my good credit.

   4.     We are in the midst of trying to find movers.  This is a pain because most of our stuff is in storage and if I have to take the quote people to the storage unit just to open the door and let them look in, I'm going to be so crabby!

   5.  Elina is growing up faster than I would like :).  She's rolling over both ways (belly to back and back to belly) and has the best laugh!

   6.  We had to put our cat, Chica, down last Friday.  She has had an autoimmune disease and she was doing well, but took a turn last week.  She completely stopped eating and on Friday, it was evident she was not going to make it through the night.  Eric and I ended up taking her to an emergency clinic.  It was so sad.  We got her after we went on our honeymoon and named her Chica because we'd gone to Mexico.  She was such a good cat and we miss her dearly.

    7.  The weather was warm enough last week that the boys got to wear shorts (it has since cooled down again...boo!).  One day, I took a shower and put on a pair of shorts.  When Carter saw what I was wearing, he kept staring at my legs.  It was so funny!!  My poor boys have been in the Arctic for too long!!

Well, that's about it!  We're just busy getting ready for the big move to the South!