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BUYING A CONDO

Today is a turning point. We know, without a doubt, that the closing will be on this Friday, June 18th. Sometime later in the day. When they record the deed.

We don't have to go anywhere or do anything. We already did it. Went over and signed the papers with a notary.

And, of course, we sent the money. It is weird how, for me, the most anxiety producing events turn out to be fairly simple.

We had to wire the money. Out of ignorance mostly, I had this idea that it could all go wrong somehow.

It didn't. Although it did take a special trip to our broker to give them a paper authorization with signatures to do the deed. Funny. You can do away with the paper work up to a small amount and then, well, not.

The money went whiz from there to the escrow place. They even followed it through the pipe and talked to the escrow people on the other end to confirm that it went through OK.

So we are on schedule.

We will use next week for "improvements". Some electrician work, a new fan/light over the dining room table, a new microwave (the one in there is broken) and some early setup of John's office. Some work in the walk in closet that will double the hanging storage.

It is a relief.

We are almost done with getting rid of shit. Consignment. Second hand store. Junk. Some friends got goodies. A friend picked up a collection of dirty pictures this morning. He can enjoy them and, for that, we may get to use his truck. Not while he is enjoying the pictures though.

It is really too early to pack much. Some things. OK. We will start that next week and work our way into "room boxes". The kitchen boxes, the bathroom boxes, the bedroom boxes and so on.

We are on our way.