Nicole treated me to a pedicure yesterday afternoon. It was so relaxing to have my feet and calves massaged. My feet were so rough I would wake myself up turning over in bed at night. Nice to have soft feet again.
Nicole went out with her friends last night. I decided to finish mowing her front yard for her. I did most of it and had to take a break as it was still over 90 after 9:00 last night. Her very kind neighbor from across the street came over to check on me as I was sitting on the front steps. I was able to get most of the yard mowed before I ran out of day light.
I was surprised to see that it had rained when I got up this morning. I looked out the west front window and saw a beautiful rainbow. It sprinkled for a bit this morning but then it turned hot and humid again.
We went over to the old house early this morning and were surprised the dumpster hadn’t been emptied yet. They had told us they would change it out around 7:30. We did a few things but what we wanted to do we needed the empty dumpster for. We decided to go eat breakfast and then go to the Social Security office as Nicole needed to file for death benefits. We got to Social Security at 9:40. After almost an hour waiting we could tell it was going to take at least another hour before it was going to be our turn. We left and went to the old house and filled the pickup with another load. We dropped off the load at the new house and went back to Social Security. We only had to wait another 20 minutes before they called Nicole’s number. It took about three minutes to do what she needed to do with the clerk. Thank heavens she had taken all the paperwork she needed and doesn’t have to return.
We went back to the old house and the empty trash dumpster had been delivered. We put the trash from the garage in it and started carrying her big donation pile into the garage. I carried the stuff we had stacked in the bedroom that is on the same level as the garage. Nicole carried all the boxes we had filled from upstairs down to the garage. The place that is picking up the donation stuff can’t come in the house although they will carry it out of the garage. She has a huge donation pile that will go out into the world to bless other people.
We got all of the smaller pieces to the garage. Nicole’s friends are coming over tomorrow night to help her carry the bigger pieces out of the house to the garage or to the dumpster and to help bring the bigger pieces she wants to take to the new house.
We finished by walking through the whole house to determine what we have left to do. Thinking we only have about three hours of work left before we start cleaning. Thanks to her friends that are going to move the bigger pieces we should have the house empty by tomorrow night.
We came home and took showers and cleaned up. We then went out to lunch and did a little shopping. Not sure what the plan is for the rest of the day. Nicole is done with this project – emotionally and physically. She has done a super job digging deep to get done what we have so far. Maybe with some rest this afternoon we can find the energy to get this house empty tomorrow.
Not sure when I am going to go back home. I told Nicole I will get the house cleaned for her. May go home for the weekend to let Nicole have a few rest days and then come back early next week to clean. She hasn’t contacted a realtor yet to see what they recommend she does to the house before she lists it. Want to get it cleaned before we have them come over. We still have two full weeks plus this weekend before we leave for Japan. Our goal is to have it listed before we leave for Japan. Fingers crossed we can still get that done.
The heat this week has sure made this a tougher project. We have been taking good care of ourselves and not pushing ourselves too hard. We have not been working in the heat in the afternoons. Nicole is really tired this afternoon. I think the emotional toll is catching up to her.
Sitting in the air conditioned house this afternoon. Gathering our strength and energy to get this project done! We are ever so close now. We got this!