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Thursday, November 15, 2007
tying up a few loose ends
loose end the first:
The texbook was in the classroom. The instructor didn't bat an eyelash or even smirk (that I could see, anyway) when I asked about it. As Mr./Ms. Anonymous Commenter noted a couple of days ago, surely the guy knows me by now.
loose end the second:
Claire's ear is healing up. I am not at all certain that the thing was a keloid, simply because it has shrunk so much and keloids are supposed to be more or less permanent. I think it is/was a boil. But what do I know? Anyway, it's responding favorably to antibiotics and very careful earring hygiene, so I'm not worried.
loose end the third:
In case anyone's wondering, we're still buying The House. We just get to pay penalties for the extension of the escrow. The selling agency has courteously agreed to pay the penalties for which it is at fault (failure to get all the necessary signatures as fast as they should have); we pay the rest. Only buying a house (or, I suppose, having unimaginable-to-me wealth, or maybe serious remodeling, or having a dreadful disease... oh, shut up, Rachel) can put you in a mindset where you find out that you are going to have to pay $600-ish extra for something, and you just shrug and move on. So. Sometime between Thanksgiving and the end of the month, we should close, and then we start making repairs and doing a little bit of remodeling, and then we hope to move in before Christmas. It all feels very unreal to me at present, frankly. Watch this space for a possibly-asterisk-laden freakout once the layer of surreality wears off.
Comments
Buying a house is just INSANELY stressful. And yeah, I can't imagine quite how rich I'd have to be to not mind $600.
Posted by: Beck at November 15, 2007 04:53 PM
I'm glad to hear about all three pieces of good news. I confess to falling into the "oh, well, what's another few hundred" mode a few times: buying houses (twice), planning a wedding (ours was small by a lot of standards, but we did want to feed our guests), and a couple of our biggest vacations (Australia, Antarctica).
Posted by: dichroic at November 15, 2007 05:47 PM
((HUGS))
Posted by: jenn at November 15, 2007 08:09 PM
That anonymous comment was mine. I just forget to sign my name.
Shea
Posted by: Anonymous at November 15, 2007 10:17 PM
Very cool. I've been wondering about you - about all that actually - and am glad for the update. Awesome news on all three accounts!! Love ya!!
Posted by: Susan at November 17, 2007 06:10 AM
