So I’m officially a homeowner.This morning started early, as I had to drive over to the condo first to verify that they did the things I asked them to do during the walk through and sign off on it, and then I had to turn around and drive 22 miles towards DC…at 9 am.
This made for a lot of irritation, which I may detail in some future entry.
Once I got to the title company to sign all of the papers – and there were a lot of damn papers to sign – we ran into a problem, in that the settlement costs listed were about $1,000 more than what was listed on the estimate.
This was largely due to some major screw-ups by the mortgage company, and my realtor sprung into action to get it sorted out, which was kind of fun to watch.
Still, it took a while to get everything sorted out, so ultimately it took me about three hours to get to the point at which I had the keys in my hand.
So it wasn’t until well into the afternoon that I called Brian and we got started on moving.
Moving my couch served the purposes of demonstrating just how long it’s been since I worked out and just exactly what the lingering effects of 18 years of smoking are.
We got the majority of my furniture moved over (most of the rest of the stuff I can haul over myself), but we weren’t able to move my bed, as the mattress and box spring are too big to fit in Brian’s truck. The lack of bungee cords coupled with a poorly secured luggage rack and high winds meant that I wasn’t able to get the bed moved over.
I’ll most likely rent a truck from Home Depot tomorrow for the purposes of moving it, but I’m considering the option of just throwing them away and buying a new set and having it delivered. After all, it was never a great bed to begin with, and the prospect of moving it isn’t especially appealing. We’ll see, I guess.
In the meantime I’m back at the apartment, as after moving stuff – and taking Brian and Kathleen out to dinner as a means of repaying them for helping me move – I didn’t feel like messing with sorting stuff out over there.
Besides, along with my bed, my TV is still at the apartment, as is my Internet access, though I did find that there are three wireless networks within range of my condo, at least one of which is unsecured, so I could leech off of it until my cable gets hooked up.
Until I get more things moved over, I’m sort of stuck in the middle.
My apartment actually looks kind of like I’ve been robbed, though I’ve got most of what I need and most of the valuable stuff is still here.
What I am lacking here, though, is anything comfortable to sit on.
All I have is my plastic deck furniture and one of those round folding chairs.
I actually bought the thing a couple of years ago to use in my bedroom as something to sit on while getting dressed in the morning, though ultimately it served as something to throw my clothes onto rather than sitting on while throwing my clothes on.
Still, it works for what I need, though my lap is getting a bit warm from having the Tablet PC resting on it while I type this.
In any case, I thought I would provide some kind of update. It’s unlikely that I’ll post anything more substantive before Monday (at which time I’ll most likely write about some of the more entertaining aspects of the three hours I spent at the title company).
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