Boot to the head, Kicked to the Curb, Das Boot
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Currently in your area, 75 degrees, under clear skies. Nice. Back to you.
Some updates during the eye of the hurricane of my summer…
Many of you know we’re planning on buying a house. Well, it’s been delayed, and delayed again, but things are starting to go into motion. I had called the mortgage company last week to go forward with the loan application. It got sent to me on Tuesday. All 6.0222 x 10^23 pages of it. When I spoke with the loan officer, he also asked me if I had a purchase contract. Being new to this, and since we’re buying the place from my parents, I reacted coolly, and said I would fax it to him. Of course, I hadn’t even thought about a purchase contract. I prompted called my mom, (Hi Mom!) and she took care of finding the right forms. However, this all sent me into a near panic, because becoming a homeowner is rapidly approaching reality. After the deeee-lightful hangover Wednesday, I went to my parent’s house to work out the purchase contract. That was fun– it was trickier than I thought it would be, but ‘twixt Mom and me, we figured it out. Only to realize late last night, among the three thousand pages that TLEMK had to initial, that we had forgotten the signature that sealed the deal; the one from the Seller that agreed to the Buyer’s offer. I awoke this morning determined to GSD (sorta like GTD, but with more vehemence). And GSD I did. I speak to you, gentle readers, because I can’t believe my procrastinorial (my Ebjournal, my words) got this much sh*t done:
1) Finished filling out loan applications, including double checking that everything was initialed and filled out, pulled the W-2’s, the bank records, the pay stubs, and the government-issued ideas, copied said stuff, and wrote a cover letter to the loan officer.
2) Spoke with said loan officer, figured out what was going on with some questions I had, and finished the loan application.
(After doing this much stuff, normally Summer Tony would want a nap. Nay, readers, there was more Stuff to be Done.)
3) Sallied forth to my parent’s/soon to be our house to collect aforementioned signature.
4) Spoke with investment company about divesting myself of some shares. Wrote the letter of authorization, went to the safe deposit box, and collected the stock certificate.
5) Went to the post office to mail said stock certificate, along with authorization letter, via registered mail. Pricey.
6) Went to Kinko’s to copy all of the loan application stuff, and mailed it via FedEx, which is conveniently now in a symbiotic relationship with Kinko’s.
(Still haven’t gotten my nap…. bah! Stupid Panicky T, worried about GSD)
7) Came home, ate leftover wings. Normally, I reheat leftovers, but Frantastic’s are delicious cold.
8) Called Allstate, because apparently they have nice hands that I would be good in. I secured a quote and a pending policy for the new house. (And yes, Mom, I got replacement insurance. 
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9) Went to the doctor’s office for a re-evaluation of the ankle.
The doctor was pleased with how it’s coming along, as in there was no pain as he torqued it around. He also told me that the MRI showed a decent tear in one of the ligaments, and that I had a bone bruise, which explained the extra pain. So I really wasn’t a nancy pants. He gave me some instructions for rehabbing it, and made no mention of physical therapy, which I thought was great. And then he told me some great news: NO MORE BOOT. That’s right folks, das boot is gone. Now I get to wear the aircast for about a month, and he said I can try some regular exercising in a few weeks. Until then, plenty of stretching exercises. An unfortunate side effect of the aircast is that I have to wear socks, something I’ve managed to avoid since June 9th. So shoes are coming back. This also means I have to find the left shoes I haven’t worn since May 17th (Which shall forever be known in my heart as The Day God said, “See? See why running is bad for you? I smote you, but lovingly. Look, I even saved your sandwich…”)
Done for the day, I came home, talked to TLEMK via technology, and read a book. Now I’ve come to the part where past me has caught up to present me, and you know way more than you wanted to about my lazy (ish) summer day. Tomorrow some of the CU crew rolls in (I think) for the DMB weekend. And then the Fourth is upon us. Plans are currently up in the air, save for the Warrenville parade at 6 pm on Monday night. Always a good time, the parade is.
Also, a belated thank you to Chuck and Crissy for hosting a terrific getaway last weekend. It was a wonderfully relaxing time on Saturday, and no one screamed at the site of so much pasty white skin. I loved the water, the boat, and the company. I also enjoyed the trouncing of Kenny and Marc in cribbage.
So now you’re caught up. Back to reading for me. If you made it this far, you are either a glutton, or very nosy.
