[Yorio]

As Gracie said, what both of us are going through are real stress. I have coated stint in one of my artery so hope I can survive this stress. However for those future movers who are overweight and never had heart problem, I would say be careful. If you are type A, be careful too. After we signed the contract four weeks ago, we were literally numb for a few days and we were definitely in denial. We knew the clocks were ticking but we didn't know where to start. After the third day, I decided to wake up at 6 instead of 8 and started sort of a schedule until D-day. One thing that helped us was that we had already planned few days at the beach with our son's family. This diversion helped us also in tackling the move when we came back. You may need a diversion if you hadn't planned any. One other lucky event which transpired was that we could put the house on the market as is. Since we thought we needed to paint corridors, take out carpets and stage the house, we were elated. I guess this was possible because the house inventory was very low in our area. Also, now that we are half way through, I do believe the first bite is the best bite. The longer your house is on the market, negotiations become more harder I am told. Since we didn't want to move this quickly, we contemplated not taking the counter offer or after the inspector's visit, to refuse any further improvements. In 20/20 hindsight, we are glad we did compromise. The albatross will eventually be off our necks.