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April 18, 2007
Running and home buying
Things are going well with the home purchase. It's a long process, filled with lots of back-and-forth. We make an offer, they make a counter offer, we counter their offer, they sign our counter offer, we review documents and make counter offers based on the documents, we inspect the property and make counter offers based on the inspection, they counter the counter offers, we accept with counter offer counter with several provisions. The mortgage process runs parallel. We apply, they tentatively approve and ask for more paperwork, we fax the paperwork, they ask for more, we send more, they talk to the real estate agent, he talks to us, we talk to the mortgage folks, they order an appraisal (which we pay them for), they need more paperwork, etc. That's where things stand now. We're pretty much approved to borrow the money, we've pretty much agreed to buy the property, but there are lots of little steps to make it formal. Every step requires signatures on every line, initials on random paragraphs. We're scheduled to sign the final documents and hand over a large chunk of money on May 10, and to take possession of the place on May 14.
Meanwhile, I've started a new running program, Portland Fit, aimed at helping people build endurance for long-distance running. I am very slow. V.e.r.y. s.l.o.w. I'm not worried about speed right now, though. Just distance and endurance. Last Sunday I ran five miles. This upcoming Sunday I'll run six miles. Sunday after Sunday of new distance records until October, that's the goal.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at April 18, 2007 12:31 PM