Brain full... need recharge.. BAD
Damn.. this housebuying stuff is pretty stressful. All the documents to be signed, I'm checking everything, and double-checking others... I guess it's probably good, in some ways, that I'm a Project Manager by day, because my control-freak tendencies come out when I'm nagging the shit out of others to do their part.
I'm lucky to have a great real estate agent and an awesome bank, but working with the selling agent and their bank for the owned property is really a pain in the aryse. Those people are woefully disorganized. Because of my experience with these people, I've documented "lessons learned" to share with others who plan to enter the homebuying process. The least I could do is to offer some words of advice to help others avoid the headaches I've had to deal with.
That stress, compounded by school homework stress, compounded by work stress and the Stanford class I'm taking this week has put me on damn near full-tilt. My patience has been EXTREMELY low, as of late. I'm tired, and my ulcer is acting back up.
The irritants of today where some total dufus was driving down a one-way road in my neighborhood, to turn the corner and then enter YET ANOTHER one-way road in the wrong direction, made me more than a little agitated first thing in the morning (and to mention, I was up 2 hours EARLIER than I normally am).... Additionally, I bring my lunch in today and begin to enjoy my yummy soup to hear two ladies going into some serious graphic details about child birth and doctors stitching up all sorts of bodyparts.. f'ing sick! I never understood why chicks talk so openly about that crap.
So.. maybe I should be grateful for some things to counter-act some of this weirdness:
+ Mom's job interview went well. So well, that Big-B offered her a job, on the spot. Salary offer to come today/Monday!
+ Today, I finished class #2 of 6 for my Stanford advanced PM certification.
+ Homeowner's insurance came in $240 LESS than anticipated by the bank/me. I even get about 25% MORE coverage than I originally requested, giving me more than enough coverage for damn near all possible issues that I could encounter. Even the insurance agent said "wow, I was really impressed that the price of this policy is so cheap - you and Mr. Rockstar are not considered "risky insured individuals"
+ I am down 4.5lbs from stress. Gonna see if I can keep this weight off. If so, I'll be 3lbs less than when I left weight watchers, over a year ago.
+ I have no "official" plans for this weekend so I intend to sleep damn near every bit of the weekend away. Additionally, I'm happy that next weekend will be 3-days.
+ Tonight is game night at E&B's house. Should be a great time with everyone.
I'm lucky to have a great real estate agent and an awesome bank, but working with the selling agent and their bank for the owned property is really a pain in the aryse. Those people are woefully disorganized. Because of my experience with these people, I've documented "lessons learned" to share with others who plan to enter the homebuying process. The least I could do is to offer some words of advice to help others avoid the headaches I've had to deal with.
That stress, compounded by school homework stress, compounded by work stress and the Stanford class I'm taking this week has put me on damn near full-tilt. My patience has been EXTREMELY low, as of late. I'm tired, and my ulcer is acting back up.
The irritants of today where some total dufus was driving down a one-way road in my neighborhood, to turn the corner and then enter YET ANOTHER one-way road in the wrong direction, made me more than a little agitated first thing in the morning (and to mention, I was up 2 hours EARLIER than I normally am).... Additionally, I bring my lunch in today and begin to enjoy my yummy soup to hear two ladies going into some serious graphic details about child birth and doctors stitching up all sorts of bodyparts.. f'ing sick! I never understood why chicks talk so openly about that crap.
So.. maybe I should be grateful for some things to counter-act some of this weirdness:
+ Mom's job interview went well. So well, that Big-B offered her a job, on the spot. Salary offer to come today/Monday!
+ Today, I finished class #2 of 6 for my Stanford advanced PM certification.
+ Homeowner's insurance came in $240 LESS than anticipated by the bank/me. I even get about 25% MORE coverage than I originally requested, giving me more than enough coverage for damn near all possible issues that I could encounter. Even the insurance agent said "wow, I was really impressed that the price of this policy is so cheap - you and Mr. Rockstar are not considered "risky insured individuals"
+ I am down 4.5lbs from stress. Gonna see if I can keep this weight off. If so, I'll be 3lbs less than when I left weight watchers, over a year ago.
+ I have no "official" plans for this weekend so I intend to sleep damn near every bit of the weekend away. Additionally, I'm happy that next weekend will be 3-days.
+ Tonight is game night at E&B's house. Should be a great time with everyone.