Time has been moving pretty fast!  We have almost all of our stuff sold most of our furniture spoken for, my Spanish class (clase de espanol) ends tomorrow.  Our garage sale is this weekend to clean out some of the items in the garage.  We are closing up some loopholes at work (training replacements; I am flying out to Chicago next week for that).  We have taken care of some medical mysteries and taken care of some financial goals.   As I write this I see our counter says 95 days to go!

Sometimes when we talk about the wood house on the property we joke about the rats that are living in the walls.  Sometimes we tell Kitty that is going to be his job, to chase out all the rats.  The ratones have become a symbol for us that represents challenge that awaits us.  When we joke about it and frame it as an interesting and fun thing it becomes part of our lives in a positive and silly way!

We were sitting in the living room when the UB40 song “There’s a Rat in the Kitchen” came on and it made us laugh so I figured I’d post it:

There’s a rat in the kitchen.  What am I gonna do?
There’s a rat in the kitchen.  What am I gonna do?
Im gonna fix that rat that’s what im a gonna do.
Im gonna fix that rat that’s what im a gonna do.

You can look at the rats as a bad thing that has to be taken care of, or it can be one of the bugs that makes for an interesting chapter in your life’s story.  We prefer to tell interesting stories!