As I’m writing this it’s not yet 10 AM, a fact which speaks volumes for what the rest of the remaining 8+ hours I’ve yet to spend here will be like.
I am heartened only by the fact that after today is over I won’t have to return for 11 days, as I’m heading home to Michigan for a week on Tuesday.
Yesterday it was confirmed that we have, in fact, hired Clueless the Wonder Intern.
Fortunately it was also confirmed that he will not be working on my shift.
Ominously, the news about which shift he would be on was qualified with “For now.”
Thursday night after work I met up with my realtor and we went to the house I’m interested in to discuss things with the owner.
We made her a good offer – the best she’s likely to get considering that the house was on the market for 320 days before her listing expired – and I think things went well, but she said she needed to think about it for a while.
There was something about the woman who owns the house that was familiar, but I think that’s because she’s a certain kind of person. So I haven’t necessarily seen her before, but I’ve seen people like her.
I think there are lots of people like that: people who appear to be variations on a theme.
I know I’ve discussed the notion before, so that’s all I’ll say about it.
The man she introduced as her “friend” seemed like a nice enough guy. He works in printing, so we had some common ground and traded some printing war stories.
Interestingly enough, he had actually worked on a print job for my realtor a couple of years ago.
In any case, we’ll have to wait and see how things shake out. If she doesn’t go for it, I’ll just walk away. It’s not like I’m under any sort of time crunch. I can afford to wait to find the right place.
One thing that was kind of entertaining was watching David, my realtor, run the numbers past her. I don’t think he was deliberately trying to confuse her, but it was sort of like watching someone run the shell game or the “I didn’t give you a ten I gave you a twenty” scam. Seriously, it was a tremendous example of sleight of hand, and it’s possible that he missed his calling.
The meeting after work meant that I got home a bit later than usual, so I ended up going to bed later than usual. Just in time, in fact, to be kept awake by stupid new dog barking.
On the previous night, he had woken me up at the same time.
At 3 AM this morning I was awoken by the crowd of loud drunks which I think congregates on the balcony of the owner of the stupid old dog.
So what was it that I was saying about not being under a time crunch to move?
*Sigh*
One good thing that happened yesterday, though, was that my Hot Chicks DVD had arrived.
When I opened it I was pleased to discover that they’d included a special bonus: three genuine Chick Tracts!
I’ve yet to watch the DVD, though I imagine I will be doing so at some point today.
In any case I’m unlikely to have much more to say that won’t consist entirely of me complaining about how long and boring the day is, so I guess I’ll bring this to a close.
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