Today we will officially move to Vail although we’ll be leaving a bunch of stuff here. I did swap out a few paintings on the wall and Ty and I cleaned out the pots and pans from the cupboard. We’re only taking our good copper cookware, our Kitchen Aid mixer and Cuisinart. I could go on about other things but you get the picture.
Yesterday they threw a going away party for Lori at work. She said it was nice and Chris gave her compliments that she’s probably never given anyone in her life. I think she’ll come home early today so we can get a jump on the weekend traffic.
We also received some great news yesterday. Both boys have been accepted into Vail Mountain School. They had 2 spots in 8th grade but had to make an extra for Ty in 6th. That was great to hear but then we had to wait to see what the financial aid committee was going to say about is not being able to pay the full tuition. Well they came back and have said they’ll provide a $10,500 scholarship per child. This is great news but still means we need to come up with about $11,500 per kid. Lori is adamant about us getting the boys in so we’re working on it now. The public schools up there are pretty good but this is leaps and bounds above any public school, even The Manning School where Jag goes now. So we need to commit today and figure this out right away as it’s our number one priority. Lori and I were saying a few weeks ago how we would have given our right hand to go to a school like this when we were kids. We both think our lives would have turned out totally different, not that we’re complaining, but it’s the kind of place that gives kids today such an advantage. We’ll keep you posted. Another advantage is the public school is an hour round trip drive (meaning two hours a day) verses about 7 minutes to this school.
Today I need to cancel a few things in town, get to the gym and pack up the truck. We countered the offer we had on the house but they didn’t counter back. Apparently they wanted to put an elevator in???? Anyhow we’re ok with that as they low balled us on the price. So we’re back to square on which is ok.
Time to get moving, it’s a big day, hope all’s well, take care and God Bless.