JUST DONE

I went to bed last night done in.
Drained.
Mentally exhausted by everything that is going on.  Some really UPSETTING STUFF, that just knocked me for six yesterday.

Found out SECOND HAND that our son Griffin got hit by a car outside his school yesterday.  He's OK APPARENTLY ... possible broken wrist, broken tooth, cuts and abrasions.  Just gutted we were not told till well after the event. 

I just can't get over the complete lack of consideration we have been given, like we don't matter anymore. 

But ... I have to move on.  We are having our first Open Home TODAY.
But I just feel like I can't be arsed doing anything.

Flat.  

Last night it took me 6 hours, using three different products, to get our oven clean!  I bought a product that you 'just' had to wipe on and leave for 4 hours.  So I did that.  It worked AMAZINGLY well for the stainless steel rack.  But the oven itself?

RUBBISH.  So then I tried just scrubbing it with Chemico.  Nope.  That didn't work either.

So out came the shitty smelling, chemical can of Oven Cleaner.  THAT worked.  But talk about a waste of time that all took!

I was still doing it at 11.30 pm.  

NOW... Trying to sort out what needs to be done this morning.  Bread on.  Beds made. Bathrooms cleaned. Dogs area cleaned.  Dogs in the car.  Brylee sorted and out of the house by 12.30. Bread out of baker at 12.45. 
Us out the door at 12.55.

Park up the road and watch how many/who comes to the first Open Home.  Often neighbour's turn up for a nosy.  Let's see who turns up eh?

I seriously doubt I will be back until after the Open Home... leave me some nice comments would ya?  I am teetering on tears constantly right now.  Just too much upsetting me right now.

The ducks might be in a row, but there's still too many balls up in the air.

ONWARD...

11.13 am: bit of a laugh! I've been sitting watching tv most of the morning.  This house is so ready... we have bugger all to do today.

There's the last minute stuff, but nothing else!

We are going to park our cars at the end of the road and then take the dogs for a walk to kill time during the Open Home. 

Afterwards we are going into Hamilton.... to look at a house.  Yep. Stew wants to...so we are.

5.23 pm:  Well.  Kinda a mixed bag day. There were 'only' two groups through our first Open Home.
But, as our Estate Agent said, the house has only been 'on the market' for two days, with minimal advertising.
AND.. of those two who came through, one is quite interested.  Enough to register his interest for the Auction.

So, we are not disheartened at all.

After the Open, we had fresh hot bread for a late lunch, then headed into Hamilton to look at just one house.

 ABOVE: We liked this home.  But it had a few drawbacks.  Very, very small kitchen, and a very small master bedroom. We'd certainly not get both our chests of drawers in it.
But it had a fantastic downstairs room, perfect for the sewing room AND the gym AND guest sleeping.

But, it will no doubt get sold before we are ready to make an offer (if we wanted to).

I am not stressing out about buying at all... the right house will be there, when we are ready to buy.

Now... time to relax.

Dinner tonight is gunna just be sausages and veges.  After dinner I am going to prepare a beef curry in the crock pot, ready to turn on tomorrow morning.  No hot bread tomorrow, we will have a lovely mild curry wafting through the house.  *smiles*

Steve, Bex and the boys are coming for dinner tomorrow.  So.. curry and rice should go down well.

And that's a wrap of the day.  Stew and I are exhausted... probably a combination of physical work and mental stress.
We won't be long out of bed tonight.

My curry is ready, sitting in the fridge ready to be turned on in the morning.