We listed our home with an investor who specialized in helping people with not-so-great credit qualify. They showed the home a ton. Lots of people applied for financing, but even with the “Bad Credit Ok” thing they still didn’t qualify. Ugh. I started to stress a little- but only about selling the house.

Sei flew down to Texas on November 14. We had found a neighborhood online that we liked and a friend/realtor in Texas set up an appointment for Sei to check out homes. We loved the “Montana” floor plan, but for them to build us one from scratch would mean not having a home until April 2008. I love my parents and they love us, but I don’t think we’d last living together for 5 months! But… this neighborhood had started building a Montana home already in a cul-de-sac and the buyers had to back out. It would be completed by the end of December or mid- January!! YAY! In this neighborhood Tristan would be able to attend the same middle school as his 8th grade aunt. Not to mention homes are a lot less expensive in Texas. We could get this brand new home that is over 1000 sq. ft bigger than our home we live in now for less than what we bought our home here. And we bought our home in Utah “as is.”

On Nov. 15 Seiuli went in for the lie detector test. I had no worries because Seiuli is the most honest person I know. (Except for when he lies, but that’s only when he’s joking. He usually knows when it’s appropriate to tell the truth. A lie detector test would be one of those occasions.) He called me a few hours later and said, “They failed me Babe.” I thought he was lying because I knew he wouldn’t lie… on the test. I said, “What? Whatever Babe. Babe?” He was totally upset and said, “Guess which part they failed me on?” I had no idea. “The drug part. They asked if I had ever used any illegal drugs. They asked it 3 times and he said that I showed some discrepancies when I answered all 3 times.” Whaa? I didn’t know what to say, so I made some lame attempt at a joke. “Well, now I feel bad for all those guys on Maury that say the lie detector test was wrong. Maybe they *didn’t* cheat on their wives…” Retarded, I know. I really had no clue what to say. My legs were shaking. I asked what other questions had been asked. He had passed the question, “Would you lie to get this job?” He said “No” & he was telling the truth. The test giver guy tried to get Sei to admit to doing drugs when he was younger, saying “it would be better to get it off his chest.” That pissed me off. That pissed Sei off. Sei was like, “I *wish* I had something to get off my chest because then the results would make sense.” The jerk even asked, “How did you pass the polygraph in Utah?” Sei said, “By answering the same way I did today. I told the truth.” I was so bugged. Sei was convinced the chief of police wouldn’t even want to meet with him. He thought it was over. I did what I do best, I said, “It’ll be fine Babe. I know it will. If he meets with you he’ll know you’re telling the truth.” Then I went to pray. And I prayed so so so hard. I prayed that Heavenly Father would open the hearts and minds of the interviewers so they would know that Seiuli was telling the truth and was the man they were suppose to hire. And right then and there I felt an overwhelming calm feeling. A calm feeling I had heard about from others, but had never felt in such a way myself. I knew he would be interviewed. They would listen to Seiuli. How he did in the interview would change our lives forever- one way or another.

To be continued…. Don’t forget to visit my Vegas pics.