I don't suppose you could'a speed things up?
I don't handle waiting very well. I mean, waiting at doctor's offices or in lines, that sort of thing, I'm fine with that. I always have a book or something; I'm great at entertaining myself. What I'm talking about is when I know there's something I have to do, but I can't do it yet, because something else has to happen first and I have no control over that other thing.
What all this is leading up to is that this condo sale needs to go through smoothly and it needs to go through soon. I'm obsessing about this 24-7. Yesterday I researched magnetic paint and oven cleaners and tile and grout cleaners, and paged through Apartment Therapy, and trolled Craigslist for furniture I'm nowhere near ready to buy, and made a list of places where I'm going to have to file a change of address, and fished out my books on gardening on pavement and trompe l'oeil projects, and then I forced myself to get into bed, at which point I started reading Real Simple. Today I ordered checks for the account I plan to use for buying and fixing up the condo, then I talked to my realtor, then I went and bought a few new cleaning supplies, then I spent a few hours wandering Lowe's, checking prices, speculating and making wish lists in my head, and now I'm researching asbestos removal companies and also closet organizing systems.
I can't stop this.
Realtor says the HOA documents should be in her hands tomorrow, so we can spend some time going through them, and at least that'll be making some progress. She's trying to get the seller to commit to fixing some things that turned up during the inspection, or at least giving me a break in the price for them. I can't help but feel like it's a waste of time, since the seller has been crystal clear since day one that they have no intention of fixing anything and that's why the price is so low. But she thinks it's worth asking, and I would hardly grouse about it when she's trying to save me some money. Even if I am SUFFERING HERE.
She did give me the combination for the lock box and say I could sneak in there and start cleaning if I wanted. And I do want, but I also feel like it'd be kind of weird - and what if I do spend time cleaning it up, and then I don't buy it because it turns out asbestos removal costs twenty thousand dollars or something? (I don't think it does, but I will be making some phone calls tomorrow to make sure.)
Rargh. There's so much to DO, I just want to start!
Also not helping: I have this excellent opportunity to interview for Burke Williams, but they won't schedule an interview until my CAMTC certification goes through. I've already sent my application, my payment, my fingerprint scan, and my transcript. So what am I doing now?
WAITING.
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The Fourth of July weekend was awesome fun. We traveled to Palm Springs to celebrate kaycee_a's bachelorette, and all sorts of wildness ensued! We learned to pole dance, patronized two very different gay bars, lounged by the pool in our fancy summer hats, and ate delicious food at excellent restaurants. A super fun group of ladies for sure! And for such a wide range of personalities (and ties to the bride), everyone got along really well. I think there were some new Facebook friendships started in the baking heat of Palm Springs. ^_^
What all this is leading up to is that this condo sale needs to go through smoothly and it needs to go through soon. I'm obsessing about this 24-7. Yesterday I researched magnetic paint and oven cleaners and tile and grout cleaners, and paged through Apartment Therapy, and trolled Craigslist for furniture I'm nowhere near ready to buy, and made a list of places where I'm going to have to file a change of address, and fished out my books on gardening on pavement and trompe l'oeil projects, and then I forced myself to get into bed, at which point I started reading Real Simple. Today I ordered checks for the account I plan to use for buying and fixing up the condo, then I talked to my realtor, then I went and bought a few new cleaning supplies, then I spent a few hours wandering Lowe's, checking prices, speculating and making wish lists in my head, and now I'm researching asbestos removal companies and also closet organizing systems.
I can't stop this.
Realtor says the HOA documents should be in her hands tomorrow, so we can spend some time going through them, and at least that'll be making some progress. She's trying to get the seller to commit to fixing some things that turned up during the inspection, or at least giving me a break in the price for them. I can't help but feel like it's a waste of time, since the seller has been crystal clear since day one that they have no intention of fixing anything and that's why the price is so low. But she thinks it's worth asking, and I would hardly grouse about it when she's trying to save me some money. Even if I am SUFFERING HERE.
She did give me the combination for the lock box and say I could sneak in there and start cleaning if I wanted. And I do want, but I also feel like it'd be kind of weird - and what if I do spend time cleaning it up, and then I don't buy it because it turns out asbestos removal costs twenty thousand dollars or something? (I don't think it does, but I will be making some phone calls tomorrow to make sure.)
Rargh. There's so much to DO, I just want to start!
Also not helping: I have this excellent opportunity to interview for Burke Williams, but they won't schedule an interview until my CAMTC certification goes through. I've already sent my application, my payment, my fingerprint scan, and my transcript. So what am I doing now?
WAITING.
~*~
The Fourth of July weekend was awesome fun. We traveled to Palm Springs to celebrate kaycee_a's bachelorette, and all sorts of wildness ensued! We learned to pole dance, patronized two very different gay bars, lounged by the pool in our fancy summer hats, and ate delicious food at excellent restaurants. A super fun group of ladies for sure! And for such a wide range of personalities (and ties to the bride), everyone got along really well. I think there were some new Facebook friendships started in the baking heat of Palm Springs. ^_^