Nickled and Dimed - Genie

I think the two most infuriating parts of this process are the secrets and being nickled and dimed by the process.

To help future people with this, Amanda and I are going to be running a post dedicated to what all the tiny costs add up to be throughout this process. For instance, part of our uniform is black, knee-length skirts. Do you own 5, black, knee-length skirts? Well, at Target, they're $28.99 each. Thankfully, that isn't my first line of defense; thank you, Goodwill. If you want to see the whole thing, check our budget post.

The second part is having to keep this news quiet around work. My boss is gone this whole week for a business trip and I don't feel it's appropriate to tell my coworkers before him. I'm considering turning in my notice on April Fools Day. There's a level of comedy in that I don't know if I can resist.

At this point, Amanda and I are running around and doing random errands we need to accomplish. We've still got quite a pile of work to do on the house, what seems like a million forms to complete, doctors appointments, transcripts to find, and the only thing holding me together are the beautiful checklists I've been making. I feel bad because I know this is going to cut into the time we can spend with family, but I'm also not going to have our tenants move into the house if it isn't finished. This on top of cleaning and packing? If I have my sanity at the end of April, I'll be a happy camper.

On the bright side, I made a paper chain at work. Frosty spotted it and I correctly and vaguely informed her that I was counting down to something exciting. It's not a lie - under the terror, there's excitement.