Lists - Bad and Good

Dumping my worries and to-dos in black and white always seems to allow my mind to rest easier. It's as if I don't have to feel that all that needs to circulate in my head to mull over or so I don't forget. So here are my list of worries so I can sleep easier:

1. Our house is now valued at $113,000 less than what we bought it for (and it's not an upper end price in the first place) and is still falling.

2. I would just ignore it except for the fact that we'd like to move sooner rather than later and the down payment part of the loan was a balloon loan. (unscrupulous mortgage broker and naive new home buyers. Not getting into it here.)

3. It worries me that we have so few people near us that we can trust. (Why don't you yahoos on the gulf coast move this way huh? I kid, I kid. But seriously...)

4. As much as we want to move, we also don't. There's so much we've made here and so much we like. It's terrifying. What if we don't like where we move as much as we like it here?

5. The insurance company (the other guy's) covering my car is starting to worry me. After what seemed to be a strong, great start, we haven't been hearing back from them much, and a fax number we're supposed to use for our car seat reimbursement isn't working. It's the number listed on every official document/phone line they have.

6. I worry that they won't give me any compensation for loss in resale value on the car. And no matter how great the repairs, you know there is loss of resale value. People don't pay as much for a wrecked car. Period.

7. We are not in a position to afford losses that happened through no conceivable fault of our own. (He hit me as I sat at a red light. He wasn't paying attention.)

8. Speaking of cars, Hub's is on its last leg for reals and another payment now? YIKES

The Good:
1. On my good days, I revel in the thought of once again experiencing solid community and good schools even if it is years away.

2. Though E is definitely starting into defiant toddler zone and bedtime has become an issue again, going back to routine (the same one he shunned in favor of an easy straight to bed for a few weeks) has eased it somewhat.

3. Hub and I have been a great team. (Thanks Babe!)

4. We have some family visits coming up that are giving me a lot to look forward to.

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