So now it is official. The realtor came over and the three of us sat around the dining room table – Richard and the realtor and I – and he opened up the notebook he’d put together for us and we went over everything, one more time. How much we will be listing the house for. The range of prices we hope to get. What all needs to be done to get the house ready. When things will happen. Everything.

May 1st. That is the day the house goes on the market. I am at once excited and terrified by what this date means. I hope that our house sells quickly. I hope that the inspectors don’t find anything horribly wrong. I hope that the house that we found in Sacramento that we both fell in love with is still available when we’re ready to put in an offer. I hope that all of us – Richard and I and the cats – can get through this and that we are doing the right thing.

Three weeks. I’d better get packing.