Well, now about a month from closing...

..yeah, our close of escrow (COE) got extended due to the requirements of our first time homebuyer's program. Which is fine, but frustrating...still, we plan to be in that house for many years to come so a few more weeks won't matter. On the upside, First Unethical Bank of California decided to go ahead and fix the few things that needed to be fixed (like the water heater, the leaking pipe under the kitchen, and the toilet. YAYYY) All in all, not too bad for a house that's almost 70 years old.

Today we had such plans---we were going to take the wee one to the zoo. Except that a) the wee one and some killer indigestion kept my hubby up last night and b) hubby on three hours sleep does not a pleasant day make. So he slept in, I kept the wee one off her daddy, and we went to a garage sale instead this afternoon.

We really hadn't planned on the garage sale--it was one of those "Hey, they're having a garage sale, let's stop" things, so we did. I scored with a $2 CD of an Irish artist named Sinead Lohan and a scarab paperweight. (Who, me, eclectic? :-)) And we had a good time, which is more important.

We also had company today...of the sort that makes you go, "Huh?" My friend Alwyn's (not her real name) ex-husband (or husband, I'm never sure what's going on with those two) was on some sort of long distance bike ride today and called us to see if he could come down and visit. Mind you, a) the house wasn't clean and we weren't really prepared for company and b) when Alywn and her husband hit the skids, things got pretty nasty pretty quickly between her husband and us and c) are they together or not? Who knows? And why did he want to see us, really?

So...yeah. It was a little awkward, but I called Alwyn before he came down just to make sure things were fine on her end, and they were...and the visit wasn't bad. So while this was all totally unexpected (to say the least) it hasn't been a bad day at all. Whew. :)