Brittany, Victoria, inside/outside

Brittany should be on a plane headed home this morning. I have not heard yet, but Mama will be letting me know sometime later this morning. She spent her day yesterday looking at houses and found one that she really liked, in an area she would like to be in, at a price that was in her budget. She talked it over briefly with Andrew and made an offer on the house only to find out that the seller had already accepted an offer on the house. I am not sure of the time lapse between offers but it had to be very short for her realtor not to be aware it. Brittany and Andrew were obviously very disappointed but they know as well that God’s timing is always perfect. I am not sure what the plan is for now, but Brittany talked about renting for a short time once they get to Wichita while they take their time and really hunt down the house they need. It is a five to ten year commitment on their part so it would be best not to rush.

Mama and I went to FBI last night even though Mama was still feeling a little croupy. Victoria stayed home because of a severe headache. On Sunday, she and Erin went to the visitation for the coworker that died suddenly last week. I do not think Victoria would have gone without Erin even though she liked the coworker very much. Victoria is not expressive in that way. Yesterday was the funeral. Walmart called out personnel to backfill the pharmacy so the coworkers that wanted to could attend the funeral. Victoria elected to go. It was a wise decision on her part and hopefully will provide a chance for witness sometime in the future, but it was very hard on her emotionally. I get the impression that this affected her deeply but it is always hard to tell since Victoria is not one to talk openly. She seemed to need last night to recuperate emotionally.

Mama will be off again today because the boys at the school have a special activity away from the school. Bro. Zach did not feel it was appropriate or necessary for the girls to go to the activity so they all get the day off. There are only two girls at the school so it did not make sense for Mama to spend the day at the school for only two students. Plus, they would have been doing school work all day while the boys were out playing. I think it was a good call and Mama needs some time at the house to get a few things caught up. Since we have been traveling through the weekends recently and have had church services through the week last week, we have gotten behind on a lot of little things; laundry, vacuuming and dusting, general upkeep outside, etc. I am not sure how much will actually get done at home today but Mama is not feeling as sickly as Victoria and I did through the bronchitis battles we just had to fight and inside duties are not something she favors. There is plenty to do outside also and like the normal inside needs, there always will be since we live on a farm, but Mama and I have a tendency to like the outside chores rather than the inside ones. Our house will not win any prize for cleanliness, but other than the small magazine and paperwork piles Mama and I tend to accumulate, it is pretty organized. It all eventually works out and everything gets done – enough to get be anyway.

A house can either be lived in or looked at. We live in ours.