So the past few days have been, for lack of a better word, crazy.  Last weekend we went to see Sesame Street Live (yes, I have videos but I've been too busy to edit them down for posting--read on).  We happened to be there with our realtor, who helped us score primo seats.  During the intermission, she got a ring-a-ding-ding on her cell, and it was an offer on our house!  After some hand-wringing due to technological delays with our realtor and her email and the buyer's agent's lack of understanding of how to spell, it took a while to get the offer.

Fast-forward two days later, and we have the offer in hand.  Given the state of the real estate market, it was of course a bit of a low-baller, but we expected that.  After counter-me-this-counter-you-that, we struck a deal which was amicable to all parties, and we are currently in escrow on the sale of our house!  Closing is on October 14.

To you gentle readers who are in the know, you probably are aware that this falls dangerously close to our highly anticipated trip to Paris/Amsterdam.  If you didn't know, well, consider yourself enlightened as to our calendary* situation.  Luckily for us, we already had a buyer's agent and had spent considerable time scoping out our options and schools and what-not, so finding the house was really a matter of having the right one on the market at the right time.  Wouldn't you know that we found it?

That's right, only a few days after entering escrow on our current house, we located the perfect home for us and the family, in a great school district, in a great suburban location that is quiet, wooded and nestled in among near-by schools and conveniences.  We are very happy with the pad we have chosen, and we're hopeful that everything comes together.  Believe me, when I relay to you the sequence of events that will occur in three weeks' time you will understand that these cogs are more intricate than a Swiss Master Clocksmith's finest work.  Well, perhaps not, but I digress...

As I mentioned, we close escrow on our current pad on 10/14 and vacate by midnight.  As soon as closing is over, the kind folks at Bekins Moving will show up, pad down the joint and pile our 12,000 lbs of stuff (yeah I hardly believed it myself) into a trailer.  Said trailer will be removed to the Bekins Storage Facility (hopefully not a nearby Wal-Mart parking lot) where it will sit.  Meanwhile, we will check into a local room and board facility for lodgings for the night, and then we'll wake up bright 'n early, and Karyn will knock on our door to watch the kiddos while we close escrow on our new home.  Then we'll pop by the new home, show it to the kids, and then take off for Charlotte...  And, a few days later we "take possession" of our new home and Bekins will show up to unload all our 6 tons of junk.  All while we are away, as Deb will be overseeing the installation of our stuff.  Kind folk, Deb.

So then after vacating, we'll be back in the saddle of unboxing and setting up shop in East Cobb... Look for us in November.  Until then, we'll be busy boxing and taping.  And boxing and taping.  And boxing and taping some more.

*made up word