Spike's Bitches 23: We've mastered the power of positive giving up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Fuck. Think Em has ringworm.
Fuck! I hate to say it, but that cat needs to go.
Ringworm isn't worms, fwiw. I thought I had it while I was pregnant with Julia (I didn't), so did research, because it was freaking me the heck out. It's just a fungal infection, like yeast, etc. I don't know if the cat has had ringworm, but regardless, it isn't worms. Still, glad Em doesn't have it. Sorry she had the ec..ec..ah shoot, I can't spell it, this morning.
Sorry for all the pasta, mandarine oranges and peas on the carpet. I hope you found the bagel and muffin top.
HEE!
(I am so jealous of everyone else who's gotten to meet you and Owen, I can barely speak.)
When Deena informed her it was time to go home she said, "OK, but I want to take my new baby home." Deena asked her what baby and she said, "Baby Owen."
Except for Kara, because she totally gets it.
Gronklies. This is gonna be a long day, I'm afraid. My thwump from yesterday still stands. And, it's starting to hit me more.
Oh no, vw. I'm sorry. Can you call your therapist this morning, just to talk. I mean, I realize your thwump isn't *your* thwump, but if it is hitting you emotionally, that doesn't really matter.
Can you call your therapist this morning, just to talk. I mean, I realize your thwump isn't *your* thwump, but if it is hitting you emotionally, that doesn't really matter.
I may a little later. I did talk to her last night, which was helpful. I'm still kind of numb about the whole thing. It's living in knots in my stomach. I really thought I'd wake up and the thing would be resolved. But they're not, which means this could go on for weeks. Somehow I have to get myself to the point where I can deal with that.
Have you ever been to India Quality, though
I have not- where is it?
Also I hear there a couple Indian joints in Salem that are decent (well, I heard one is decent). Tom has a lot of co-workers that live on the North Shore, 'cause he works in Beverly)
Frank, will you be our friend when we move? I'm a-skeered and the only thing keeping me going is that more Buffistas will be nearby. Hey! Cindy's sort of up that way, kind of! Kewl!
OK, I stop being clingy and needy now.
{{vw}}
Also, I miss Teh Cute of Owen, and the general awesomeness of hanging out with the Ohioistas. Had such fun in November. Must visit my sister soon! Maybe I can bring a baby (one of hers) with me!
Also, I got to work early so's I can start work before co-workers arrive, and look at where I am. Also, I had a dream that there was heavy flirtage with meara, and I was trying to behave due to my marital vows. I will say, though, she was tough to resist. Nice dream!
Frank, will you be our friend when we move? I'm a-skeered and the only thing keeping me going is that more Buffistas will be nearby. Hey! Cindy's sort of up that way, kind of! Kewl!
Somerville is probably physically closer to me (I'll have to check mapquest) but Salem is psychologically closer for me. I'm much more likely to hop on 128 and go either north or south, than to hop on 93 and go South. I think it's an aversion left over from when I used to work in town. When I was working at City Hall, I drove in a lot, and when I worked in Charlestown, I drove all the time. Somedays I think that if I never see 93 South again, it'll be too soon for me. Although when I went to your place for Nillyfest, and realized I only had to drive it to Medford, it was nothing, as we go to Medford a lot, because of in-laws.
The North Shore mall wouldn't be the worst meeting place, ever.
Oh. And Pickering Wharf.
Frank, how is Salem Willows these days? My roommate and I used to go down there and play pinball, rather than study.
housing update: (because I know you are all dying to know)
- We have retained an attorney
- We have a P&S draft
- We have an inspection scheduled for tomorrow
- Our regular agent is out of town for a week and will miss the P&S signing. I think that'll be OK, though, she has someone covering for her.
- I have spoken to my best friend about the house and all is well (she pledges to get mad at me AFTER closing, because I'll be too stressed to listen properly to her railing at me about moving out of Somerville)
That is all!
Nora, that all sounds good. Thanks for the update!
Our regular agent is out of town for a week and will miss the P&S signing. I think that'll be OK, though, she has someone covering for her.
It is completely OK, Nora. Remember, this is mundane for them. It's huge, scary, complicated, and completely new to you. It is so commonplace as to be mundane for them.
Also? Everyone involved (except you and Tom, actually) has the *highest* motivation for the sale to go through, because that's how they get paid. And your purchase of your new home is not dependent on you selling a home, so really?-- this will be the most simple home purchase you ever make, until you win Mass Millions, anyhow.
We nearly drove our broker and lawyer to drink with our last sale and purchase. We insisted on drafting the P&S such that if the closing of our old house didn't go through (and if it was the fault of our buyer) we could recoup 5% we put down on the new house, at the time entering into te P&S agreement for new house.
Apparently, this isn't done, at least not without some sort of carrot for the guy you're buying from. Usually, in a P&S, where the buyer is selling a home, he makes his purchase of the new home contingent on the sale of his home. But what is really meant by "sale" there, is that it is contingent on him getting a P&S for the home he is selling. We needed to literally close on the sale of old!house, or there was no way in heck we could buy the new house. But I stood firm and occasionally stomped my foot. Because home prices are crazy around here as you know, and if we lost that 5% (it was something like 26 or 27K) due to no fault of our own, we couldn't actually buy anything, or embiggen our old house, because all the rest of the down payment we were putting down on new house, was coming from the profit we were making on old house.
You know who agreed with us? The sellers of new house. While the lawyers and brokers were freaking out saying, "That just isn't done," we appealed to the sellers. "Look, we're a young family with one income and three kids. If the guy buying our old house has a stroke, or car accident, or heart attack after he enters into a P&S with us, and can't complete the sale, we're not the kind of people who would keep his money. We just couldn't do that. And even if we did keep it, his 5% on our old house, is significantly less than the 5% we're putting down on your house." The sellers of our new house saw the human side of it, and agreed.
I'm going to be late to class today. I'm just now writing my assignment. I wasn't going to do it (it's optional), but got inspired while in the shower. I'm writing a worst-case scenario option of the situation I'm dealing with right now. I'm hoping that getting it out of my head will help me realize how unlikely it actually is.
Salem mini-meara (which reminds me - we've got "meara", "mejia" and "nilly" as buffistas who's user names also mean something else - are there any others?):
Have you ever been to India Quality, though
Kenmore Square in Boston. Of teh YUM!
Frank, will you be our friend when we move?
Hells yes. If I'm around when it's happening I'll even help with the move on the Salem end.
The North Shore mall wouldn't be the worst meeting place, ever.
And the Liberty Tree has a Loews googleplex where all the theaters are stadium seating. The old Loews is now Hollywood Hits which is part first run, part second run and part art cinema. I've heard the Cabot Street Cinema (which is second run/arty end of mainstream - not unlike Somerville or Arlington - and is one of those old style red velvet places; also, it's a magician's theater on Sundays) is nice too (can't believe I have never been there in the 6+ years out this way).
Frank, how is Salem Willows these days?
I've been out there exactly once, right after I moved to Salem. It wasn't really my thing - to much like a state fair or carnival, but without the rides. I prefer amusement parks for that sort of thing, but I'm now too big a wuss to go on any of the rides. But I do like pinball, so I should give it another go.
