Everybody's High On Consolation
The last week or so I have been in a wrestling match with the people securing our loan. The number of times we have had to produce documents, many superfluous in my estimation, others certainly duplicates or a variation on a theme, was ridiculous. But, that said, and I don't mean to bury the lede, the house appraised and we have been approved for our loan. Next, the closing. Depending on the document, we close the 26th or 27th. The seller told the solar people, with whom he is arranging for us to meet, the 28th of July. Certainly he is wrong. I am so excited to be moving, words fail. No matter how you slice it, it comes up 7 days or fewer. I'm good with that. The house is filled with boxes, and if you've seen Jenny's caringbridge, she did an all call for help moving boxes between the day we take possession and August 2, when we leave for the Oregon coast for a week. If I had my druthers, and I am a curmudgeon, I would skip the vacation and focus...