I haven't posted anything for a while because over the last week we have been scrambling to get the house put back together and get moved into it. As of noon yesterday we are officially moved out of our apartment and the house is now our home. Or at least the place we sleep at night. I'm struggling to feel much at home in it. We still haven't finished putting the bathroom back together, and the kitchen is virtually unusable. Although I did make some mighty fine tater-tots in our gas oven the other night.

On Sunday evening we finally tested out our bathtub drain and the shower plumbing. The drain works perfectly. The plumbing, well, I almost can't even say it. We think it may have a small leak. We are checking it out again tonight, and are praying that 1) it wasn't a leak but instead what we saw was water splashing through the holes since we hadn't yet put the faucet plate on yet, 2) was a freak occurrence, or 3) if it was a leak it has miraculously fixed itself and we won't have to take out the dishwasher and rip out the wall on the kitchen side of that wall to fix it. Ripping out the tile in the bathroom is not an option. Or if it is, I have already informed Otis that I will be staying somewhere else while that happens and we pay someone else to fix it. Because I can't do that again. We are both really praying that this will be something we don't need to fix or is something that will be super easy to fix. We encourage you to join us in that prayer.

Thank you to all of our friends and family who have helped us get this far. We could not have done this without you. Seriously. I may be dropping off the radar screen for a bit. I'm overwhelmed with the state of our lives right now, and I feel like I can only operate in a tiny microcosm of my life if I hope to get through this without a breakdown.