It's Getting Hectic!

Well, it's been a few days since I sat down to update everyone. A lot has happened in that time! I was able to home last weekend to see Don and the kids! It was great to see them again! The kids are doing well. Milan has a virus of some sort, but otherwise is doing well. And Mzee is doing great! My parents came to our house for the weekend as well and we spent most of Saturday loading an entire large trailer with items we aren't moving out East with us! Much of it my parents will sell on one of there many garage sales, and some of it they will be able to store for us! Thanks Mom & Dad! It was great to see them and Mzee and Milan love visits from Grandma and Grandpa! We went out to dinner on Saturday night and the waitress mistakenly tried to deliver dessert to our table. She said: "I have ice cream" and something else I don't remember. In any case, Mzee was quick to say: "I like ice cream, I'll take that!" We all got a big kick out of that!
Milan is cruising all over the place, but still gets very nervous looking if you try to get her to take a step on her own. She loves to sit down hard and say "boom!" She'll also say "Boo" any time and if you say it back to her, she cracks up with the biggest belly laugh ever!
I flew back to New York late on Sunday night, landing at the airport at 11 pm. I then took a bus to the subway and had to transfer once to get to my apartment. All told it took about two hours. I really expected the trains to be deserted, but was shocked to see how many people are out and about after midnight on a Sunday night! In any case, I'm still recovering from that night of staying up so late...I'm definitely not as young as I used to be!
Everything is official on our new house, the lease is signed and at least I will move in the 1st of December! My lease at my current apartment ends this weekend. Rather than extending this lease, I am going to move in with a woman who works at the UN who rents a room out in her house. The price is great and I'll actually only be there about 9 nights! It's farther into New Jersey than where I am now, so I'll likely commute by bus!
I'll be flying home early next week to do some more work on sorting out things that won't make the move. I'll also get to spend Thanksgiving with my family! It will be great to see some of my extended family in addition to Don and the kids!
Things are heating up with our house in Nebraska. We put it up for rent last week and before it was officially up for rent got an interested party to look at it. They came back for a second look tonight, so we'll see how it works out. There is also an interested renter that may come by this week. So, hopefully something final will materialize in the next week or two. That would be a great relief!
Tomorrow Don is meeting with the movers to do a walk through of the house for our moving estimate. Once that is done, we should have a better idea of when our items can be shipped here. That information will then determine when Don drives out and I fly back to get the kids. They will fly out with me, since I thought 20 hours in the car would be a little much for them! So, hopefully the moving timeline will be finalized pretty quickly!
I hope this finds you all well!