Vic is better, but in true fashion of the everything-that-can-go-wrong,-will-theme of the summer, they have decided not to sell us the house. It was listed for 149900, the appraisal came back that it was 130 someodd square feet smaller than listed, so the value is only 135000...great for us! Well, the dumb ass relocation co., Graebel, didn't have the house appraised before paying the home owner the offering price that we agreed on. SO, now they have chosen to back out of their contract because we 1. can't get a loan for more than the house is worth and 2. won't pay more than it's worth...because it's NOT worth it! I'm not real sure who they think is going to pay more than the house is worth, but I've got news for them: people that can afford to pay cash (or a very large down payment to cover the difference in what they want and what it's worth) are NOT going to be buying a house that small and for that little amount of $...they will go much bigger. But whatever. I suppose it just wasn't meant to be. So we are going BACK to frickin' Pampa tomorrow to look at more houses...

William and Heather came today to help me clean out my classroom. I thought it would be sadder than it was. But I was kinda glad to be outta there. I didn't clean it up as nicely as I should have...but there was no a/c...they want me to clean, they can turn on the air...otherwise, not my problem!

We leave Monday for New York. We will be back the following Monday. 36 hours before I start work in Pampa and I have no where to live and my house isn't packed.

Stress.