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June 25, 2003
Nauseous...
Our new house closing is scheduled for tomorrow morning... That means walk through and actually buying the property. Of course our current condo is on the market, but hasn't sold yet, and so that will have us heavily invested in the local real estate market.
Today, I find out precisely how much "out of pocket" expenses I need to bring to the closing tomorrow. Its frustrating that this isn't something that I could have known a week or even a month ago. We knew how much we are paying the sellers, we knew the interest rate and we knew the date of closing... Isn't it just arithmetic? They must be out to get me...
Anyway, I'm sure that we're fine, but its the fear of having to deal with an unexpected event that makes me physically sick to my stomach. This situation is routine for the mortgage people, bankers, lawyers & real estate agents, but is not a common occurence for the average home buyer or owner, a little touchy-feeliness would go a long way. Of course in this high volume market of low interest rates, rising home values and affluent people, there's no incentive(time) to coddle the tense people.
Lori jokes about how nice it would be if she came home and I just told her that I had bought a new house and all she had to do was grab the kids, diaper bag and just start living there: no moving hassles, complications or trade-offs. While I know she is empathizing, sometimes I don't think she realizes that I really wish the same thing.
But, back in the real world, we have leaned on each other so much through this process and, at the same time, used each other as punching bags. We'll come out of this a bit fatigued, a bit bruised, but hopefully having made an improvement for our family. All the issues won't be gone, and we'll have new ones, but hopefully we'll net a small improvement.... Does anyone know how to keep score?
Posted by KnipSter at June 25, 2003 04:11 PM
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