WE GOT THE HOUSE!

WE GOT IT!

WE GOT IT!

WE GOT IT!

We are moving in just a couple of weeks! Excuse me while I go jump up and down and scream for a while!

Later ...

Ahem. Yes, well, now that I've calmed down a little. Whew. That was exciting.

You should see the grin on my face right now!

The husband went out to pick up some prescription refills this morning. Not long after he left the phone rang. It was him.

"I got a call about the house," he said.

I held my breath a little. "What did they say?"

There was some interference on the line just then, but through the disruptions I heard, "They said no."

I felt sick. "No?"

"We got the house!" he told me.

"What? But you just said, they said no!"

"No I didn't!"

"Yes, you did," I said, forcefully, starting to feel very annoyed at his idea of a joke.

"No," he said, in very patient tones. "I said, are you sitting down?"

"Oh."

I don't know how I got a "no" out of "are you sitting down." I guess I was just so braced for bad news that was what I heard. But I was wrong, and I'm so happy to be wrong!

So, we should be moving in a couple of weeks. I am so happy. Our very own house. Just ours. Wow. This is going to be awesome.