I decided I needed to post some good news. Also, to post just to show the roller coaster of extremes that my life is right now.

As you know from the previous post, my little cousin died. It's sad, and a pretty big bummer, because he fought so hard. I'm just glad we all got to see him and his family this summer for my brother's wedding. I'm bummed, because I don't think I can get away to go down for the memorial service they're having next weekend. That kind of bums me out, but who knows...maybe it'll happen somehow. So that's dragging things down, obviously.

But, on the flip side, yesterday I found out I get a big raise. Finally...I knew that I was getting something, I just didn't know how much or when, because I had to wait for 2007 budgets to be approved...yes, it took them THIS LONG. Stupid corporations. ;) So that's great news, obviously...

Then, today, we finally got the seller down to our price, the price we've wanted. So my "shrewd" negotiations worked. I WIN! So we're about to accept the counter offer, when, oh, wait a second...Gina gets a call from another realtor. The realtor selling our top, No. 1 house throughout this whole thing. Hi, the house is back on the market, the deal fell through.

WHAT?!?!?! What a pain in the ass...in a good way, of course. But, the reason it's a pain in the ass is, I don't know if we consider it our top choice anymore, truthfully. We've spent the last few weeks forgetting about that house, more or less, and moving on to this house--which is a better HOUSE, but in not as good a neighborhood/school district as the "No. 1" house. So I don't think it's necessarily a slam-dunk that we'd go for it. Especially since we're standing at the edge of purchasing this home. I mean, we were about to jump and pull the rip cord, and the pilot said, hold on a second.

So, man, I don't know what's going on anymore... ;) Suffice to say, Gina and I have plenty to sit down and figure out tonight.

Aside from trying to wade through mortgage offers and figuring out which is the "best" for us. And THAT really sucks too. :) If any of you homeowners out there have used LaSalle Bank's OneFee and can shed some light on if it's legit or not, please email me privately. I won't ask for numbers, I just want to make sure I'm not missing something...I don't trust ANY of these conniving mortgage lenders and brokers, and they piss me off. :)

Anyway, just thought I'd update you all. Crazytown, crazytown.