A stake in the ground

So we pulled the trigger on the "big house!" I haven't written much about it because it has been quite the ordeal, but basically our relocation consultant made a counter offer last week on our behalf...WITHOUT our consent. She couldn't get ahold of Bond since he was in a huge meeting that day (and why she didn't think to email or call me is still a mystery!), and so when she didn't hear back from him (not that we had a deadline!), she counter offered. It wouldn't have been so bad had it not been higher than we wanted to go (!), but with the exchange rate we are still okay and finally decided that the hassle of having to look again wasn't worth it. Yes, we were/are a bit confused by how this would even happen as well, but alas, "all's well that ends well," right?! That is if they accept our offer...! Since we don't have our visas yet, we had to push back our start date to June 1 vs May 1, so that was the only thing we changed. Bond is oddly optimistic that our visas will be approved in Brasil any day now, whereas I'm thinking end of April at the earliest. We'll see, we'll see...