Nelson is happy that Ann Sophie, her mom and Will have returned safely to the apartment. Her dad is back also from a road trip across the country with a friend. So, next on the agenda is a house closing.

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October 19, 2022

Ann Sophie, Will, and Astrid came back from Germany last night, and I’m so glad they’re here again. They attended a memorial service for Annso’s grandmother, who passed away last week.

I’m reminded that I almost passed away earlier this year. But at 49 years old, I thought I had lots more time. It turns out I might have been right at the end without even knowing it. Was I ready if the end did come? I’d like to think so.

For now, I’m taking chemo meds every morning and every night, doing whatever I can to stick around as long as I possibly can, and the results are looking good. I have more to live for than ever before!

John Hartley (orange hat) and I are headed up to Bank of America in Minneapolis today to try and move some money from Hawaii to here, so we can close on the house. I blew it and didn’t have any checks for the First Hawaiian account and wrote one from an old account Annso had a few years back.

Good grief.

I’m a novice at this house closing stuff. I have never moved larger sums around like this and didn’t know about the daily limits and other fun stuff. Now I am learning.

We drive 2.5 hours round trip to make it happen. Then I will know what to do to get this whole thing wrapped up. How long will it take to get $50K moved from Hawaii to BA? We have 5 working days left before the closing next week.

Of course that’s just the exact amount of days we need. How stressful, but I’m learning. Today, in Annso’s little note (she left one for each day) she said, “I am thinking of all the projects you started and finished.” Then she has pictures drawn of the truck, the mopeds, and other ideas I had that came to fruition.

It’s so fitting that I would see that note today when I am honestly a little discouraged about this money problem. It could be a lot worse. I have to remind myself of that.

I thought originally there was some IRS tax form that I was supposed to fill out or the bank needed to turn in to report the movement of that amount of money. That was NOT the case, which I’m thankful for.

The problem was totally on my end, not theirs. It’s not that big a deal to drive up to Minneapolis every day for a week to get the money moved. I love how right when Annso heard it, she said, “Well, I thought maybe something like that would happen, but I know you will figure out a way to do it in time.”

No pressure, but that’s the best thing a wife can do for a husband to build him up. She’s super good at that. She knows just what to say to keep me moving in a positive direction.

(…to be continued)

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“My God will supply every need of yours.” (Philippians 4:19)