it could always be worse

that seems to be the theme for the last couple weeks. this is definitely not the way i'm supposed to be feeling my first week in my new beautiful home.
we moved last sunday. a crazy day of stress and moving and organizing and cleaning and making beds. falling asleep in our new house was a feeling of relief.
then, 12 hours later- water in the basement of the new house. i started crying. as the brand new carpet was ripped up, i almost lost it. i couldnt go into the basement at all for fear of a total meltdown. even levi sensed i was on edge and was the best behaved boy around.
then, as i was getting ready for bed after a very trying day of unpacking, jeff calls my cell phone from the old house to report.....water in the basement there too.
i laughed out loud. seriously. of course there was water in the basement there too (for the first time in the 5 years we have owned the home). what else would i have expected?
not only do we have two houses now, two mortgages to deal with, but we now have two houses with two wet basements, carpet ripped up in both, both needing waterproofing and remodelling.
i feel like i am in the middle of the book "it could always be worse". you know the jewish folktale about the man complaining his house was too cramped until the rabbi kept telling him to bring more and more animals into the house, only to find complete relief when the rabbi finally lets him get rid of all the animals? except, i feel like we keep getting more and more things adding up, increasing my stress level and lowering my bank account, and there is no end in sight. we even had to take the other house off the market for a couple weeks until we have it fixed and ready to show again.
but, like they say. "it could always be worse".
we have our house(s), still intact. still livable. (at least, thank god, there wasnt a fire or anything like that- KNOCK ON A HUGE PILE OF WOOD NOW!). and since we had (literally) just moved, none of our stuff was ruined. nothing was in the basement of the old house. and nothing was unpacked in the new house.
we have our health. we have our family. we have our friends.
lots to be thankful for.
but how about giving us a little break now. we could use the relief.