First Guests

Yesterday was our first friends gathering at our new home, which was very exciting. The day wasn't looking good when we woke up in the morning; we had no power, along with thousands of others in central Illinois. Luckily, we were able to take most of our refrigerator food over to Vanilla Bean Counter's house. Besides worrying about the food, the temperature rose to 90 yesterday, making an evening of entertaining not much fun to think about. We waited all day for the power to come back on, but no luck. When we left for dinner at 5:00, still no power. Throughout the Peoria Chief's baseball game (surprisingly fun!), we were wondering if there would be lights on at our house when we got there. After turning into our subdivision, I was so relieved to see all the silly lampposts glowing down the street. The evening was a success. We played Wii, and it was nice to be able to make a little noise without worrying about waking apartment neighbors. It was great! Joshua and I agreed this morning that despite all of the problems we've encountered with the house-buying process, last night made it all worth it. We love our house, and we're anxiously awaiting the new closing date, July 10, may it arrive soon with no more problems arising.