Life Goes On

I've been terribly remiss in updating, but life has gotten completely out of control!! Marcus and I made it through his mom's funeral and though he still is in the grieving process, life has continued on. We jumped right back into preparing our house for the market, but everything seems to be going wrong. First, I broke the fiberglass bathtub in Shannon's bathroom (UGH) by putting the ladder down in the wrong place in the tub. It cracked the fiberglass and that cost us $160.00 to fix. Later that same day Marcus attempted to replace the drain spud in the same bathtub and cracked the damned fiberglass again!!!! That was another $160 plus $75 for a plumber to replace the drain spud for him. Then, yesterday I am minding my own business cooking dinner and Jason (Finn's dad) says "did you know your ceiling is leaking?" (insert fainting smiley here) We quickly realized that something was wrong with our AC and water was dripping from the vents in the kitchen ceiling--the very ceiling that I spent days repairing the sheetrock from the last AC leak we had!!! Chalk up another $150 for the AC guy! And on top of all of that our landscaper has disappeared in mid-landscape!! Thank God he hasn't been paid yet.

That being said, it is difficult to let all of that mess get to me because my sweet baby Finn arrived on Friday once again reminding me of the beauty and simplicity of life. Nothing can get me down right now when my sweet baby is running around my house full of giggles. We are having a great time; he really understands now who is gammy and pawpaw are and he especially adores his pawpaw. Yesterday we spent ours at the Sci-Port Discovery Center and today we just hung around the house enjoying each other's company (although, if I have to read Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb one more time I may go into a catatonic state). Tomorrow we intend to do the park and get in some swimming. I'm taking tons of photos and if I can figure out how to post them here I will do that when I have time.

BTW, that no smoking thing? Still going strong on week 5!!!!! Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me either though comments here, PMs, IMs, e-mails and chat!! It has meant the world to me and has really helped me stay strong!