Progress

To my regular readers, I regret not blogging much lately. We don't have free in-room internet at the hotel, and so carving out blog time this week has been difficult. Stace agreed to put Cora down so I could go downstairs this (Sunday) evening and use the free wi-fi in the hotel lobby/restaurant to post a few updates.

The good news is, we should be moving home Tuesday. One thing is for sure, we're moving out of this hotel on Tuesday - they're fully booked from then through the rest of the week, so our checkout is definite.

As of Friday, all the contents of our house had been cleaned. As in, every single thing in our house. A crew of three ladies have been there full-time for seven working days. The carpets and floors will be cleaned Monday, and we plan to move back in Tuesday after checkout.

On Tuesday evening, our new mattresses will be delivered - we had to replace all the mattresses, because of the smoke. Our set was quite old, so I'm glad for the excuse to get new ones. I'm also looking to buy all new bed pillows, because they also have been counted as losses. Our large sleeper-sofa also will be discarded, because it can't be adequately cleaned. Somer's spot is on the sofa, and she was covered in soot, so she left quite a dark stain in the couple of days she was in the house before we got back into town.

This little "staycation" has been fun, but we all really can't wait to get home. For Cora and me, it's been over a month since we've been home!

It will feel like moving in again, since all our possessions have been cleaned and put back, and not generally where we had them. Not complaining, just stating. I'll have my work cut out for the rest of the week.