These past three weeks have been quite an adventure let me tell you! I started packing, moved ALL my stuff out, moved home to Jersey for a week of fun in the sun commuting, went on a fabulous much needed vacation last week and now just found out that we have PASSED the coop board for our new apartment. It's all come full circle. This process began three months ago! We met with the board last night and even though we were all set for a firing squad of questions there was no need for us to be nervous. We were met at the door by two very friendly dogs and a couple members of the coop board. We sat down, chatted about the building, talked about all the amenities, picked up a phone # for a great cleaning lady...all in all I'd say it went damn smoothly. After about three minutes they were like, "ok, well we're done...questions?" Ok...now, we were told explicitly NOT to ask any questions so Ken and I were very tentative to actually say anything. I kept thinking, "this is a trick..." But they I just started asking away and they were very happy with us and our questions:) We left there after about 25 minutes with their approval.
This whole process is, as Ken so perfectly stated last night, like running through really thick mushy sand. Just as you finally get one foot out there's something else in the way...our next step is getting to closing. You see there are more lawyers involved in a closing than in anything else I can think of! You've got like 5 attorneys floating around trying to make their schedules work and then you add in the bank and the other bank and the seller and then us and you're left with a clusterfuck of emails and phone calls flying around with us pushing as hard as all hell to close ASAP and then seller taking his sweet ass time.
For us we want to get in there immediately because we are currently sharing a very small space that is chock full of all my suitcases. There's about 5 feet of walking space and then a bed and a couch...all in one room. So we're getting a little tired of being 3 inches from each other's faces...We want to get in there, paint the shit colored walls and move in! But then the attorneys get involved and something as easy as calling up the seller and saying, "dude, I'll throw you a couple hundred bucks and a liability release form if you let me in before closing just to paint," turns into a ton of emails and angry phone calls...total shit show.
So here we are...begging to get into our new place and waiting for someone to return our call other than our annoying as all hell real estate broker.
But besides all that, we're very happy!!!! Our vacation was incredible. We relaxed on the beach, swam in the amazing water, drank our share of pina coladas, ate some wonderful meals and did some good shopping. I'm always so sad to leave St. Maarten...one day I think I might just stay there for good. Buy a pretty villa on the beach and just live there. How great would that be!!! A girl can dream right;)
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