Moth Madness

Well WS and I are both having a little bit of rough going these last couple of days. WS is trying to get settled into the new rental house, but there have been a few kinks to work out. The gate house is pretty old. The hot water in his morning showers has been pretty sparse. He's managing, but he thinks that he needs to work on the hot water heater. He also had an ordeal with his first shower because the old fashioned bath tub required two shower curtains. He only had one on there. The biggest problem that he's having to face is a moth infestation. Every night when he has come home there have been at least a dozen in the house. He has tried my mom's trick of the soapy water left out under the lamp overnight. It's worked somewhat. This morning when he tried to get into his car to leave for work he found about 200 moths in the door jambs of his car! I know this sounds like an exaggeration, but WS is not one to embellish. He said that it took him 20 minutes of scooping them out of the car! I'm so glad that I haven't had to endure the moth situation. I am not a fan of bugs in general. I'm not sure what WS' next move is. I think that maybe he's going to try to talk to the owners and see what they can do. Does extermination work on moths? I've heard that mothballs are really dangerous to use. They are very bad for children, but can even cause issues in adults. We definitely don't want to go that route. Hopefully WS will get this situation under control before E and I move in!

I have been dealing with our escrow. First of all, the real estate market has changed so much just in the past 2 months. We had the big group of showings during our first weekend back on the market, but for the last few weeks there has been hardly any interest. I know that we're in a contract, but it's always nice to have other interested buyers. In fact, our agent has kept our listing as active (she just updated it to pending today) and there have not been any calls at all in the last few days. She also had another deal fall out of escrow today (not our place!). She said that it was another bank situation. I think that banks are being a little too crazy right now. That's not helping the slow down.

Our buyer's inspection was today. It did not go as well as the previous one from our last escrow. Apparently, the inspection company that the buyer used is known to "kill deals" as our agent put it. Although I haven't seen their report yet, our agent told me that our dishwasher is backed up, our outlet wiring is backwards, and our chimney is faulty (in addition to other minor faults). There was actually a separate chimney inspection that reported that. The inspector claims that our chimney is too close in proximity to the chimney in the next unit. There's not really much that we can do about that. My concern is that the buyer will either want to back out or that she'll want us to do some repair work or credit her for repairs. I'm frustrated because our last inspection went so well. Although there were a few minor things, there was really nothing major reported. The buyer has until Sunday to respond and to sign.

I'm trying not to worry about things that could potentially happen. I could play the "what if..." game all night long. It's really hard for me to not do that. I'm trying to just focus on what I know for sure, but I tend to have a very worrisome personality. I'm just really fearful that this deal is going to fall through like the last one. Still trying to think positively.