My life is crazy!

As most of you know, I'm hosting a foreign exchange student from the Netherlands. The regional director contacted me for some advice based on my prior military experience. Unfortunately she ended up having to resign from her position and recommended me to replace her. Today was my first day on the job. I am now the regional director for the exchange program for all of Utah.

So, my supervisor calls me this morning and welcomes me to the team. Then she tells me I have to remove a student from a home today and find somewhere for him to stay. Of course my house is my first thought but I don't have a spare bed and I am in the middle of trying to sell it. After asking everyone I know I asked my realtor and wouldn't you know it but she and her husband agreed to keep him until the weekend at which time the issue would be resolved. Either he would return to his host family or he would go to Oklahoma to a family who is willing to host him there. After picking him up and then taking to my realtors house I found that he seemed to be a really nice boy who was willing to sleep on my couch for the rest of the semester and take a taxi to school if that was necessary. Unfortunately I am just not in the position to take on another student. On the way home I needed to stop by another friend's house to drop off a computer program. After telling her about my crazy day she told me the boy could come and live the rest of the school year with her and her 3 boys (she is a single mom). So assuming all the paperwork goes well that is where the boy will end up. She is happy, he is happy, my supervisor is happy. The only one who won't be happy is the host parent who will no longer have a student. Oh well. I'm happy to get this resolved!

But guess what else happened???? I looked out my front window because I thought I heard the mail truck go by. What did I see? Not a mail truck, but a big hole in my front yard! I have a man hole cover which goes to a storm drain. It seems that somewhere along the line there is a crack in a pipe which is sucking the dirt from my yard into the pipe. The hole is currently about 3 feet deep and about 6-8 feet in diameter. Now how did I not notice this before? Because it was covered with a record amount of snow!! Not really good timing since my house is up for sale, although my realtor told me she is expecting an offer on my home soon from someone who looked at it yesterday, so we'll see.

I really don't need anymore stress! I have enough with school, two part time jobs, two full time teenagers, a boyfriend and a house for sale!