Housing Hassles

so lets see we have 20 days til closing on our house and still have no where to go. the last 2 weeks have been hell!!! i swear i've never slept so little in my life. talk about a desperate need for beauty sleep!! no more blog pictures of me, think i've aged 10 years this Feb : )
Anyway quick update.... I've packed half our house here, we're ready to go, to run from here in fact. But unfortunately we are trapped and in a hold mode waiting for a relocation company to sign us off our previous contract.
So much for a buyers market and having the upper hand, lots of choices, etc. It ain't so down here. At least not for us.

1st house (2 weeks ago, feels like 2 years ago) - we loved, lots of land(for down here), awesome location, beautiful brick house, 2 years old, 3 floors, etc. we lost out in a bidding war even after putting in the higher bid. relo company chose the other buyer who had cash in hand, while we are still waiting to close. that was crushing! especially for john as he constantly referred to it as his dream home.

2nd house(9 days ago) - ok so we were believing that things happen for a reason and were feeling lucky that we lost the first house. 2nd house was in a more beautiful neighborhood,one that even had some trees! great house had everything i wanted, big wrap around porch, long flat driveway, a backyard for jackson. etc. we finally negotiated the price down and signed the deal. Monday on a Septic Inspection the whole thing fell apart. Lots of problem and we had to get out.
We are currently awaiting the relocation's signature so we can get our earnest money back and put in an offer on another house. Without their sign off we can't buy anything else, its ridiculous.