Moving to Marin

Hello,

When it rains it pours. Such a common phrase, however, I feel that's the best way I can describe things.

After being on the market for 4 months, my house will finally sale. This time I hope its for real. We were given a closing date before and it fell through at the last minute. So paperwork has been signed and we are set to close on October 10th. Once again I will frantically pack and find a rental within 2 weeks. Almost seems impossible! Thankfully there is a very large amount of rental properties in the right price range. So on Sunday we have 7 different appointments to find a place. Im actually excited about it. Im finally going back to Marin County (love it!) to be back with my friends, very close commute to SF and wonderful weather. So happy about it. Sam and I will also be living together which will be nice for us to have our own place chosen together.

Kids are doing great!! Andrew pee'd on the potty for the first time on Wednesday. He was very proud (as was I) and he wanted all of us to view it. Emma also slept for the first night without peeing in a diaper or in her bed. Its been quite the transition of getting her to pee in the toilet at night. During the day.. no problem. Night time is tough. So I believe we are making progress and that makes me happy.

Kids are very excited for Halloween and Christmas. Of course Im talking about it constantly which gets them excited. Emma is amazed that she may get more My Little Ponies (the girl has about 30 ponies.. never enough!) since she feels Santa will buy them for her. She also has clearly stated what Andrew will want and has made demands on behalf of him.

Our weekends have been full of fun stuff and we are busy constantly. Kids are doing well in social scenes and are finally minding me. Its been a long road to get them to do that. I realize Im truly the single parent so Im doing my best to train them and create good little human beings. :)

As for my ex.. Kids dont see him much and I feel for them. After going through the loss of a child, I would only except him to be even more loving and want to see them all the time. Unfortunately that is not the case.

Hope everyone is well.

b