It's a (late) Christmas miracle. A silver lining.
The squatting family with the awful kids suddenly decided to leave. Was it something I did or said?...LOL
Just a day after I learned they were staying until Jan 4th, they packed up and went home. Could it be because I criticized they way they feed their kids garbage food (sorry TBoneTX), or because I questioned their parenting skills, or arguing about the British father's crazy liberal ideas?
Perhaps the last straw was when the one kid wanted apple juice and the father said we didn't have any. I said we sure do, I brought an unopened bottle down from home. The father had seen it in the fridge and noticed the "Best before Nov 30th" on the bottle and said it was expired and no good. I told him it had never been opened and always refrigerated. I opened it, smelled it, and poured the kid a glass. Father lost it. I started to explain that the "Best by" label was meaningless and that TBoneTX would drink it but it was a worthless conversation. Was very shortly thereafter that he started packing up the mess they had created. My wife was quite surprised too. And within an hour or so they were gone!
Sadly my daughter called and said they would not be coming down because one of the twins had a terrible ear infection. Was so bad there was green pus oozing from the ear. Now on antibiotics and ear drops. Apparently now has a ruptured ear drum.
Looks like it will be just my wife and I for the rest of the week. Starting tomorrow I'm going to have to find my long sleeve shirt and long pants. Certainly go to have to count on shared body warmth.