Cleaning & Bickering

The Tucker Family rang in the New Year with some friends at their Nickle Nickle (arcade). It was a fun time. We did a little shooting, a little skee ball, a little b-ball, a little DDR, some fast driving and some old school pac-man, centipede and frogger. When we came out, the fog was so thick we could barely see, but we made it home ok.

Since then, we've been cleaning and straightening and packing. We listed our house with one of Ken's friends in Scouting. Truth is, we'll be lucky to leave "hell" with our shirts and our credit. Given the asking price on our house, we'll be lucky if we don't have to write a check to sell it. Our plan is to go and put as little down as possible on something in Tucson, then if we can't sell this and at least break even (losing all of our down payment) then we'll just give it back to the bank and take the credit hit. But, not to worry. Ken has assured us that we'll be stable for a while, so we can rebuild. Looking at life through Ken's "half full glass," we're buying low, so the opportunity to make money on a house in Tucson is high.

The whole family is just a little on edge. I think Jake is a little worried about the reality of being on his own. Megan is frustrated with the whole idea. Ken and I are stressed over the finances and the details. Michael is just picking up on everyone else's stress. So, we are at each other quite a bit. I understand everyone is stressed, but it is a little tiresome listening to all the bickering.

Ken and I are heading to Tucson the weekend of the 16th to find a house. It looks like there are a lot of options in our price range. We should be able to find something nice, with a pool for the kids. Megan said she wants a car, a pool and her own bathroom. Two out of three ain't bad.

I'm off to bed. House cleaners coming around 9, we still have some packing to do, and a realtor is coming by around noon. I'm hoping we can squeeze in something a little more entertaining during the weekend, but I'm not holding out much hope.