I’m beginning to think there’s something to the stress of big life changes like this though – that something clicks and suddenly it’s everything at once.

I put an offer on a house shortly before I got engaged over the summer, and dealing with the whole process of that while trying to plan a wedding was crazy. My fiance is out of the country until a week before our wedding (which is only 16 days away) and since he’s been gone, the sprinklers have broken, a pipe burst and flooded our house, our refrigerator broke and I had to buy a new one, and a bathroom cabinet door fell off in my hand.

For some reason, I think the Universe likes to give us feast or famine. But someone told me that all these mishaps now mean that there’s a happy marriage ahead. I wish the same for you – tough times now, amazing times later. Hang in there!!

Being one to always look on the bright side of things, I thought I might put in my two cents regarding the recent sequence of events in your life, and that is:

With fewer things, the move to the new digs will be less stressful!

Congrats!

Also, don’t know how handy you or the boy are, but you might want to look into a home warranty, especially if it’s an older home. It should cover all appliances, plumbing, electrical in the house. Ours just covered a $1000 furnace repair.

Good luck!