My sister sent me these gorgeous flowers to cheer me up.
In the midst of this ordeal, Daniel was called at work and asked to interview for a job. This was peculiar because they called his desk line which no one has outside of work. He called them back and went for an interview, honestly not thinking that it would be anything. Daniel has been in a toxic work environment for years now, so he had been interviewing pretty regularly for two years. So we didn't think much of this new interview. Daniel has been trying to get into the butler world. He was set up for training the first two weeks of Aug. Due to the pandemic however, his class was canceled. We were looking at another 2 years before he could get in again.
He had an informal phone interview and then they had him come down and shadow the guys for a few hours. It seemed so weird. He went down on Friday, by Monday he was offered the job. Since this was not in our plans we held a family council and put it up for debate. The kids were excited about a move, except for Lizzy, who was worried about missing her friends. So we went ahead and accepted the job.
Here's where it gets interesting. Daniel was set to start work on Aug 3. His last day here at Lower River Road was the Thursday before. The new plant is in the tiny town of Roosevelt, WA. There are no homes out there, okay there are 20 homes out there, but none available and no shops. The nearest town is Goldendale. It's 2 hours east of Vancouver. The plant is another hour east. Luckily they provide a house where the workers can live during the week. So Daniel leaves Sunday night and comes home Thursday night. He's been really enjoying his new job though. It's so much better than his old job. We went house hunting a few times and put an offer on a house, but the owners decided to go with another offer. We were wondering what to do when a new home went on the market and we were able to view it. The homes are selling like hotcakes so we put an offer on it that day. Not surprisingly there was a counteroffer. So we waited. Luckily they chose us! So that was settled. Then we put our house on the market and got an offer before it officially went live. A second offer came the next day which was much better, but we were already locked in. Then as luck would have it, the first guy bowed out. So we had our inspections done and we are just waiting for the closing dates.
Our home closes on the 11th and our new home will close on Oct 10. So we may be homeless for a month, but we are hoping that we can get in sooner. So there we are. Trying to drink the lemonade and feeling very grateful. Here's a view of the Columbia with kite surfers.
Packing has it's advantages!
Goodbye old friend, you served us well! Mom came down with Taylor and Makayla to help pack up the house. It was so nice to have some extra hands.
