Is this what purgatory feels like?

Well the dishwashers are fixed and I am just putting up with the dryer. Sharon came over on Friday to wait with me and helped me to unpack some of the things from the garage (we need to make some room to bring other things over) and we found all the Willow Tree Angels I have been collecting, it made me happy to see them, ashy though they were. And then I got a pkg in the mail from Colorado, my sister and her friends again! Now my angels have some new friends :) We have received some really sweet things from people we have never even met. It is so touching. I realize the other day I didn't cry when my house burned down but I cry at the generosity of others.

Yesterday we spent running from here to there trying to pick up some more of the things we need. Mike and Aidan replaced his fish tank and today they will get the fish (his ended up dying) if it all works out. Unfortunately Mike's mom, Joan, is in the hospital. She has COPD and caught a cold, the combination has made it very difficult for her to breathe. They ran some tests last night and are doing more this morning so, how things go with her will determine what we end up doing today.

As for the house...Mike waited an hour for someone to tell him what we already knew, "the piano is toast". It wasn't that bad after the fire but sitting in that wet house with no roof, during the rain, covered in plastic, did it in. But the washer and dryer seem to be ok so we are hoping to bring them here. We also grabbed some other things, glass baking dishes, flatware and my g'mas silver along with the Kitchinaide mixer.

We are hoping to hear about the demo plans this week. I think having the house torn down will feel good in an odd way. Hoping it will feel like the beginning of restoration instead of this sort of purgatory we are in right now.

Not sure if I mentioned our mailbox is still standing because it is detached from the house. So we continue to collect mail there though we are trying to get everything changed to this address. Friday we received a letter from our HOA to all the homeowners with a list of all the furnaces that had recalls (we have been assuming ours was on the list and was either never serviced or serviced incorrectly) well, our furnace was not on the list so there goes that theory. Not sure yet what that means to us, hopefully nothing but I'll keep you posted, meanwhile we'll just wait.