Terrific/Terrifying

This is insane.
Everything is happening too fast.
David and Becky have formally asked us to house-sit for them. They’re having their lawyer draw up a contract and they’re cooking us a meal on Monday so we can spend the evening with them and collect it (the contract that is, not the meal). They’ve advised us to have someone else look over it for us and if we’re all happy we can sign it next weekend.
Then we can start packing..
Hannah has already opened a bottle of champagne to celebrate. The rumour is that Nathan will desert his religious family and turn our house into a Nest Of Sin with Hannah, although to be fair that rumour is only being believed by me, and that’s only because I’m the one who started it. The more likely outcome is that two girls from Hannah’s course called Tina and Natalia are going to move in. I’ve never met them but I’ve seen them in a play and I remember one as having a good singing voice and the other one as being quite fat. Hannah is keen for me to meet them both properly so I can give my approval before she goes ahead and invites them to start paying rent.
Are these things supposed to happen this fast?
Isn’t there supposed to be a bit of downtime where everyone considers their options and we all think things through and make sure we’re completely happy within our own minds about the changes we’re instigating?
The only time I’ve felt this out of control before was when TheLoveMachine skidded on ice before Christmas.

RC 14-4-12