Update

My parents have loaned us the money for the deposit on the new place; once we fax the lease papers to our insurance agent they'll cut a check for it and we'll pay back the loan. So that's settled.

Our insurance people are now on the job; we're compiling a list of losses for the adjustor and will meet them at some point. We keep remembering shit that's gone and groaning. Some of it cannot be replaced. Some of it can, but I doubt we'll get the full value. I opted for Cost of Replacement on stuff when I bought the policy, but I can't imagine they're going to give us full replacement value for everything. I'm not even bothering to claim some stuff, like spaceship toys, and I refuse to inflate the value of our claim just to get more money. My integrity is worth more to me than that.

Again, thank you to everyone for your continued support and well-wishes.

In happier news, I am pleased to report that the night before the fire, vivalabonita and her husbandmonkey edgylesjr agreed to become the Guardians of our daughter, should anything unthinkable ever happen to us. It was a load off our minds to hear them so gracefully accept this incredible responsibility, and we appreciate them more than words can say.

Update and Request

We made the deposit; we move in Friday unless they need more time.

Tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday, as well as Saturday and Sunday, we will be at the house (except for a small part of the afternoon when we each need to go to work for a bit) to pack up books and so forth.

If you're willing and able (and maybe a little eager) to help, we could use help:

Wiping books clean and packing them into boxes

Sorting small possessions and packing them

We'll be at the house from 10am to 6:30. However, if you plan to come help, let us know so we can manage to be there for sure. We'd love to be able to accomodate eager beaver helpers later, but there's no electricity and the sun doesn't penetrate into the house much past 6:00pm.

The house is NOT safe for children. Don't bring them. Teenagers are allowed, but they MUST wear masks. We suggest you do, too.

Alternatively, if anyone is willing to pick up a bag of laundry and wash it, then bring it back to us after the weekend, we'd appreciate that, but if not, no worries: Laundromats are plentiful.