close?

As it was, we were supposed to close on the sale of our house today. Way back in July when we got the offer the buyers requested September 25th as the date for closing. As it is today, we're back on the market and showing the house once again. It is disappointing, I'm not going to lie, but then there are the positive aspects.

-We don't have to pack up and, well, move
-We didn't find a house and therefore we didn't have to back out on the purchase of another house
-We like our house, so we get to live in it a bit longer
-I wasn't looking forward to spending a long winter cooped up in an apartment with a one and a half year old

Of course there is still that sliver of a chance that we'll actually sell the house still this year, but we're not counting on it.

It's just interesting to think about how life would be had we been closing today. Strangely the weather today is very much reminiscent of the day that we closed on the purchase of the house. Chilly, dreary and rainy.