1) We put an offer in on a house yesterday. We’re haven’t heard a word, and I’m deciding not to read into that too much. The agent has been Eager McEagerpants, and we know the seller is anxious to sell, although, really, aren’t most sellers in this market? No one is actually selling unless they absolutely have to anyway. I’ve decided to be zen about the outcome. If they don’t want to work on a price we can all live with, there are others who will, in the neighborhood we want.
All told, though, we really are praying and hoping for the best. We do love this house, even in its current state. Which is to say, whoa is me are we ever in store for a major kitchen remodel before we move in. And then another one next year.
2) I went to a strip bar on Saturday. You know, in my younger days, I went to a few strip bars. I was in my early 20s and it’s what you did and, I don’t know, back then it never bothered me much. Now I’m old and crotchety and I have watched way too many episodes of Intervention and it all makes me a little sad. Whether it’s women or men doing the stripping. That said, I went for a friend’s bachelorette party, and we had a good time, and when it’s men stripping for women it’s a little more…I don’t know, free-spirited and fun and the men aren’t actually pracing around buck naked. One of my friends did have a heart-to-heart with one of the strippers, imploring him to find a new calling, which ended with him telling her he just wants to marry a nice girl.
3) I don’t have a #3. I’m sorry about the lack of updates around here. Work is crazy, and when we’re not working, we’re talking about houses and making babies (literally) and this just one of those times where for now I’m just going to be as sporadic as all get out until the spirit moves me again.
This weekend – YAY FOR LONG WEEKENDS! – I will try and answer some of the questions some of you asked, and if you have more questions or post ideas, send them along.
UPDATE 3a) OK. I do have another thing. My doctor thinks I have PCOS. I feel like PCOS, if you’ll excuse my vulgarity here regarding a condition that’s very serious, is so 2003. Didn’t everyone who had a vagina and a journal end up having PCOS several years ago? I kid, kind of. After a year now of no weight budging, and cholesterol problems, and other things, I went back to my specialist – this guy is the best. He’s an internist who emphasizes homeopathic care, as well as nutritional programs, augmented by traditional Western medicine when needed. Plus, his focus is all on women and their hormones. It’s his thing, if you will, and I feel confident that his approach puts me in good hands.
Anyway, he ran a slew of tests – seriously, a slew – and we’re going over them tomorrow. I’m kinda doubtful about the whole PCOS thing, but then again, as Scott pointed out, I do have myriad of symptoms so it’s not unlikely. What’s nice about this doctor is that he doesn’t blow off my concerns about my weight. He believes me when I tell him that I don’t eat junk and that I do work out and that I’m really at my wit’s end here. He, unlike my GP, didn’t hand me a diet from the American Heart Association.
Seriously. Telling me how to diet is like telling the Pope how to be Catholic.
So whatever it is that’s wrong with me, or at least my body, we’re going to get to the bottom of, sooner or later.
RE: #1 – here comes the most insane part of the process. Where you get all angry about $$ on principle. heh. Seriously though, wait until you get the counteroffer – ours was the asking price. Then we offered a little higher, she gave back the asking price, then we offered one more and then she lowered. Then we offered another price – with threats. Then she finally accepted. Painful – especially when you realize in the end you’re talking about $10/month. ha.
Best of luck – I hope you get your place!
Wait, wait, wait. You need to elaborate. You mean you offered the asking and then she wanted more? And then when you offered higher she went lower? What the heck? Were you bidding with someone else?
I meant that she offered back her asking price – should’ve read what I was writing…
No bidding with other people – just a lady who didn’t want to lower her price an inch. I think we ended up $7K lower than asking price which made us angry, but in the end made us happy with a new home.
I really could not believe how angry we got at the negotiating.
oh and for goodness sake – don’t let those real estate agents move you faster than you want – all they want is their commission this month. We had a motivated seller who would “do anything to sell” and yeah, we got nothing. Of course our seller had dismissed an offer of $20K more than us the month before – so haHA.
Oh man! What a headache!
“Didn’t everyone who had a vagina and a journal end up having PCOS several years ago?”
Erin yer killing me
I know! And I’m going to hell.
When did you start writing for Oprah?!
I was diagnosed w/ PCOS a few years ago, even though I only have a handful of the symptoms and have never had an ultrasound to confirm. I would not recommend going on Metformin. It gave me the worst gastrointestinal issues ever and made working/working out/living nearly impossible.
Good luck with the house and doctor visit. I hope you will write about the outcome and what you choose to do. I am always interested in hearing how other people cope with it, if indeed that is what it is.
Hey Erin
I’ve been reading you for ages but this is my first comment. Re the PCOS symptoms – are you absolutely sure your thyroid’s being adequately treated? There’s so much overlap in the symptom sets that it sets off alarm bells for me, especially as you say your weight and cholesterol are issues. I have Hashi’s (which I THINK you said you did?) and was still completely, horribly symptomatic even though my TSH was in the (revised) normal range. (I think it was 2.2 or 2.3.) I had to get down to around 1.0 to feel human and able to get out of bed, and be able to shift a gram. I had to fight my doctor to try a higher dosage, but it was totally worth it.
Sorry for the predictable Unsolicited Health Advice From Strangers, but it’s just a thought… Good luck. (With both the health, and the house!)
Love the new look! Obvs haven’t been around to check on you, but when I read the PCOS “diagnosis” Seriously, I can’t even tell you how many RE’s tried to peg either me or ladies I know with that diagnosis. Need a rec (for a RE who “gets it”), lemme know.