Here I am at 18 weeks. Still walking. Still yoga-ing. Still trying to convince hubby that I am pregnant and we are going to have a baby in August (insh'Allah).
So while this is all so exciting and we are super duper happy, there is still a lot of grumpy-why me?-stress in our lives. I keep thinking, thank God we have this baby to keep us going on, as really Bam Bam is the only thing that matters, and all the other BS, is well just BS.
You see it looks like our builders have screwed us out of 15,000 Euros (US $21,000) and now we have to go and see a lawyer next week. This means our house build has slowed down a lot. We were meant to be in by January and now it's March and it doesn't look like we will be moving in anytime soon. Thankfully we decided to get the flooring and windows ourselves so these things are moving forward there but we now have to make a big money decision - do we finally fire our builders, swallow the loss for the time being, pay (again) for the final works to be done and then at least we can move in soon (though won't have any money left for furniture!) and try and get the money they owe us back off them at a later date. Or do we hold on, keeping the house static, not paying anything else and just wait to see what happens with the legal proceedings and just keep on living in my parents rented house until.....?? Grrrr.... stupid, irritating situation which we really didn't need right now - but looking on the bright side (what else can you do?) we have a learned a lot, I mean this has been a HUGE life lesson for Mr. T and me... though we seem to have had a lot of these recently. IF and miscarriage being our last huge life lessons.
Oh and to top it all off, our adorable furbaby Mika went missing last night. Mr.T went looking for her until 2am and I went off for an hour and a half looking for her this morning. No sign of her. Hoping she has just decided to go walkabout and will come home soon.
Whoo hoo! Here's to 18 weeks!
ReplyDeleteBoo! Here's to shit construction workers who are scamming you out of your money. I wish I had some advice but I know NOTHING of these kinds of things. I've never purchased a house let alone built one. I hope it gets resolved without too much frustration and heartache (impossible I'm sure). As always, you're in my thoughts and in my heart.
I am glad your pregnancy is going well and I am sorry about the other dramas you have.
ReplyDeleteThank goodness you have the pregnancy, a most welcomed bright spot in all of the chaos.
Hi Clare! First of all a loud WooHoo for reaching 18 weeks!
ReplyDeleteAm sorry that your construction fellows were cheating you so. Don't spare them.
Mika....do come back soon.
Clare, if you get the time, can you do a short post on what kind of Yoga you do (what you were doing pre-pregnancy, and what changes, if any, you have incorporated in your routine).
My two cents' worth: I say swallow it for now and try to get the house built however you can. All you really need is a fridge and a (big!) mattress to move in.... and a whole lot of love! Diego and I moved in together with little more than that... You don't need furniture for a baby but I think that having your own space--your nest for your baby--will make you really happy. xx
ReplyDeleteFirst, congrats about reaching 18 weeks. This is wonderful. But I'm so sorry that you're dealing with dishonest builders (not a small sum of money:( and a missing furbaby. I hope Mika comes home soon. And I hope that the builders get their butts in gear and that you don't have to resort to legal channels.
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