The Truth Hurts

We have lived in this house for 2 weeks and 3 days, give or  take a couple hours. As you can tell the tone has gone from giddy Here We Are to How Did We Get Here? Par for the course! The thing about living in a foreclosure is it doesn't look so daunting when you first move it. You scrub and throw things out, start ripping out, ripping down, blank canvas. But it's like dating that guy every one warned you about - the few weeks things are going great and you wonder what everyone had against him. Then you find out about the side chick, the gambling problem and the probation.  Do you stay and work on him - or do you pack your bags and go? Ugh. So this week has been the septic - our biggest fear. When we had it looked at the water had been turned off so it was on but then turned off again. We have been of course using it and discovered it doesn't work properly. This system uses a pump in one tank to a second tank - the guy came and replaced the floats in the first tank - David cannot find the second one. This has been hindered by the piles of junk and trash overgrown with blackberry bushes. He looks and then does something else - it's frustrating. We can have the plumber look to the tune of $100 an hour, no thank you! David got under the house today and fixed all the leaks, he did not like that. Not at all. But on the other hand I made us those Beyond The Beef burgers - it was much different than the one I had in the pub. So if you're wondering - I was very meh about it, I would not eat it again. David on the other hand - loved it. He said it tasted to him like a really good hamburger, but a little better and would definitely eat it again.  They are very thick and bumpy, juicyness, I put sharp cheddar on it which made it a little better for me, super duper for David. They are not cheap, but not overly expensive, they are supposed to be better for you so I guess if you're trying to cut down on your meat consumption it would be a good thing. I've started to look for a job, going back and forth as to what I want - or don't want - to do. I have an interview next week for a full time position but......I don't think so. We'll see!