A long overdue update … This time with triumph

We are done.

No, really, we’re finished …

The house!!!!

Yes, you read that right. DH and I (and my parents) finished my MIL’s house. We found a realtor and we’re putting the house on the market on Saturday.

I can’t even begin to express how nice it’s been the past few Saturdays. I haven’t had to crack a single can of paint. I’ve had entire weekends with LittleZ and even though the house isn’t sold yet, I feel like a ton of weight has been lifted.

I can actually make plans for the summer. I’m almost a normal person again…

…almost.

Let’s face it folks, we’ll never be a “normal” family – not by a long stretch. And surprisingly I’m at peace with that. In an odd way ripping that house apart and cleaning it up for someone else actually helped me to process all the built up resentment and frustration I’ve been feeling about MIL. I’m sure it’ll be a long term struggle, I’m far from being “over” all the nonsense that MIL puts us through, but I think that I’m just a little better equipped to deal with it than I was before.

And on the other plus side, renovating our own, much smaller, home now seems a lot less daunting.