I think I have hired a small football team

[flexagon]

Okay, just a lawyer and an inspector. The lawyer is nice. The inspector is a total real-estate-broker-hating freak but it does seem like he'll do a good job. And... well, if anyone can find $1500 worth of damage (the amount we must find to have any wiggle room in the price or backing out of the offer), it sounds like he's the one.

Apparently if the inspection on Sunday goes well, in 10 days we'll do a "purchase and sale agreement" that is legally binding. Oddly, then and not closing is when they apparently want the down payment--kind of an oops since I'd been including my next end-of-month paycheck in my assumption that I'd have that money. Uhhh.... HLM? Can I borrow a chunk of money for a few days? Thanks. :b

Also, when I woke up this morning at 6:00 with my brain frantically redoing my budget--and what was up with that, anyway, was I crunching numbers in my sleep? I think my subconscious hasn't figured out I won't have to handle these payments alone--I realized that with mortgage payments being tax deductable there's no way I should keep claiming 0 allowances on my W-4. I got the form from irs.gov & have promised myself to deal with it soon. Yay for suddenly having bigger paychecks without having to negotiate a raise!


So, all is well today. I do think I'm a bit ill from something... hey, perhaps I should panic and become part of the mass hysteria that's forming around flu season. Or perhaps not. :)

Comments

[miyyu.livejournal.com]

Heya -- hope you don't mind if I friended you. I thought your post on the childfree community was very interesting and intelligent, so I found my way here. If you mind, just let me know.

Good luck getting your house. :)

[flexagon]

Thanks--and I don't mind. :)

I do hope to settle the house thing and post about something else, at some point...

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

I think I have hired a small football team

Do they look good in tight shiny pants? That's the real question.

Here's some non-fluey vibes coming your way...your best bet is to stay off the germ factory, otherwise known as the...T! :-D Jk.

Childfree community...

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

Where is this post? I'm curious to read it but couldn't find it in the community. I was a little disturbed in my general perusings of the community though - they make a point of saying how they don't hate children and such on the front page, but most of what I saw is just rants about how evil children are for simply being themselves (ie. not adults)? What's up with that? No people, you didn't come out of the womb all clean and quiet either, so get OVER the facts of life. *rolls eyes* K, anti-anti-reality rant done ;-)

Did you see the post about the chick who got essure though? You have to promise me you'll get valium when you do it.

Re: Childfree community...

[miyyu.livejournal.com]

Some of them really hate kids, but they are upfront about it and most don't actively do anything to HURT children. So I don't have a problem with most of them.

Like me, a lot of them like kids but hate what people who just give birth to the kids but don't parent them do to them.

I will let soyfetus's post speak for itself, I found it fascinating. :)

Re: Childfree community...

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

Like me, a lot of them like kids but hate what people who just give birth to the kids but don't parent them do to them.

Yup...agree with you there. It's sad it's the bitter angry ones who are loudest, but I suppose that does tend to be the case usually. *shrug*

Re: Childfree community...

[flexagon]

There's another community called child_free_life that has much less ranting. I like it better for that reason, but it's also quieter and thus more boring.

You'd have to go back a few days to find my post on childfree... back to the day I said I'd discovered it, or actually the day after that for the one that actually started some discussion. I'll dredge up the links for you at some point.

[flexagon]

Do they look good in tight shiny pants? That's the real question.

So far, no... :( Though I haven't met the lawyer yet, and he at least sounds like he might be young and good-looking.