It's been a roller coaster ride!

What a ride!

Almost every day for weeks now Ingrid (our Realtor) and I have been talking or emailing back and forth...she makes sure she keeps me posted about what is going on with the sale of the house. The couple that is buying the house are a really nice couple, but their Realtor is not very good about communicating...so we haven't been kept appraised of where they are in the process of the escrow.  Today we found out they got verbal confirmation of loan approval, so it looks like the loan is going to go through and we will close next week!

Oh my, saying good-bye.....or shall I say "farewell, till we meet again" is really difficult. There are so many people to try to see before I go.........

Went to "Aqui's" in Willow Glen with some friends and coworkers.......Ahhhhhhh, the Sunrise! Yummmmm!

Sunrise!

What a great sister you are Sunny!  XOXOXO

Tracy was nice enough to have me over for dinner......great times with good friends!!!  Now, I ask you, do youuuuuu see a screen there?!?!?!?  I almost walked right through Tracy's screen door...didn't even see it!!! Yiiiiikes!

Pretty and yummy cake made by our resident cook, Sally!

Went the house, made another trip to the storage locker to bring a few more things over and now I have the last of our belongings in the garage.....

Today was a busy day!  At around 0630 Dillon and I woke up (I'm sleeping on a cot in his room!). Allen took him with him to bring Jackie to work so I could take a shower. When he got back, Dillon and I headed out to San Ramon. We met Nan over at the Peet's Coffee Shop for tea...and afterwards we went over to Target where Nan bought him a couple little cars and I got him some sunscreen and a hat.

Afterwards we headed over to Eddie Pappa's where we met Kristen for lunch. Dillon wasn't doing very well sitting there (he was a bored 1 1/2 year old!), so I took him outside a couple of times and walked around......The food there was pretty good, and when you receive your check you get some cotton candy!!! How fun is thaaaat?!?!?!

After I left there I stopped by to see Ingrid where I signed a form for "failure to perform" for her to file next week if necessary (this was before we finalllllly heard from him that the loan was approved late this afternoon!).

When I left her office, Dillon and I headed to "The City". We met my friend Nina at her daughter's condo. We went to dinner at a nearby restaurant......All Seasons Chinese. The food was delicious!

On my way back to Jackie and Allen's I took 280....it's been so long since I've taken that drive...it's sooooo beautiful!

Tomorrow I plan on going back up to Pleasanton. On the way, I'm going to stop at Kaiser Fremont to see Tullio. He has been hospitalized for difficulty breathing. He can't even sit up without having trouble breathing.  His nurse called today and said they will probably transfer him, again, to a rehab center till his lung capacity improves. He may be sent home with oxygen.  He has been living with emphysema for years...caused by smoking. He quit many many years ago, but the damage was already done.......

While in  Pleasanton I'll go to the house to water the lawn and the plants at the house, repack my suitcases (one of them is 10lbs over the weight limit), make one last trip to the storage locker, then head back to Jackie and Allen's house...

I've found myself calling it "the house" lately........rather than "home"........It just doesn't feel like home anymore now that it's so empty everything echos.  When I was there earlier with Dillon we were going down the stairs and he was calling for the doggy...he must remember Sammy coming in and out of the sliding door!  Made me want to cry........