Yet another twist

It was yet another twist to the house selling process this past week. I received a call Wednesday afternoon from out Realtor in Fargo that she had finally received the report from the buyer's appraiser, listing projects that must be done on the house before they can approve the buyers loan~ which means no loan- no closing June 2nd- which means we'd have to make another mortgage payment. The ridiculous list of things included,
1- scrapping and painting the garage door,
2- scrapping and painting the storage room wall
3- re-shingling the house
4- install an electrical outlet in the bathroom
5- install a bathroom exhaust van
6- have the basement inspected by an structural engineer

OK, now thats quite the list to throw at us just 5 days before our closing date when they had all month to get this done!! But at this point what choice did we have but get on the ball and get these tasks completed in time to close the deal. We reached an agreement with the buyers to pay halfers on this list, but the stress was all ours. So Wednesday afternoon I hurried and packed the family up to head back to Fargo to look after these projects. However I was not only packing for this little emergency trip to Fargo, but our planned trip to Winnipeg for the weekend, then the 2 week stay we will have with my parents. Like a mad women I packed us all up in between Brady's feedings and we were on the road by 6:00pm. (thank God I had did laundry that morning).
Early Thursday morning we were off to Menard's to get our supplies and head on out for a long day at the house. Of course we forgot our keys in Duluth, so we had to wait until our realator got there to let us in. And then since I had the water shut off the boys had to pee on the tree and we snuck over to the neighbors backyard to wash our hands from the garden hose. (Thankfully I was able to hold it until we went for supper). So I spent the day scrapping and painting the garage as Brad worked away in the house, Brady watched from his car seat in the driveway and then the boys cheerfully played in the yard, they've so dearly missed. Our yard has been the hardest thing to live without, and I caught myself just gazing at it several times througout the day.
Back to the list... Believe it or not we got an electrician out there that afternoon, a roofer lined up for Friday and the structural engineer came around noon... Someone was certainly on our side as the engineer that came out was a friend of a friend, and helped us out a ton. Not only did he give very specific instructions to Brad as to what needed to be done, but he gave him the exact measurements and then invited Brad over to his home to cut the wood. Sandman's a great guy, and his friendly, familiar face was exactly what we needed in this unfortunate predicament.
Its hard to really describe the overwhelming stress and feelings of defeat that occurred during those 2 days, but we pulled it together (thanks to my determination) and are still on for closing tomorrow afternoon. Brad hasn't recovered from this event, as he's groucher that all get out still. We've certianly been a rollercoaster ride with selling the house, but its been shortlived and hopefully one we won't encounter again for quite some time. It could have been worse...