The Closing

RJ and I went to Fort Worth on Sunday to clean the house and then go to the closing on Monday. It was a lot more emotional for both of us than we had anticipated. First of all, it was weird to see the house without any of our furniture in it. It reminded me of when we first bought the house and we didn't have anything in it for a while! Then, while cleaning each of the rooms (especially Aidan's), my mind was flooded with memories...as I vacuumed the back right corner of his room, I couldn't help but think of all the times I rocked him in the rocker that used to be there...then I moved to the other side of the room where the changing table was and I thought of all the times he laid there to be changed and also of his first night home when he sprayed both of us plus about a six foot perimeter of the changing table and of his first "bath" at home which happened on that table...it was truly overwhelming and my emotions took over. Fortunately, memories are things we can take with us...that is what I keep reminding myself...

So, we got it all cleaned up and went to sign the papers...the title company gave us a random cheese server and our realtors gave us a bottle of wine as thank yous for doing business with them...so, as RJ said...we walked in with a house and out with a platter and bottle of wine! Then we went to eat at Sushi Sam...the same restaurant we ate at after signing the contract to buy the house...then we drove back to Cedar Park. It was a somber trip back and seemed to last forever.

While it was sad to go through the motions of giving up the house, it is a good feeling to have that part behind us. We can now focus on the house here and getting everything in order here. I hope the new owners love our (their) house as much as we did. I know we are going to love our life here even more.