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Today is March 20, 2003
Hello everyone! I'm back! I am going to try and change this whole page around and start from the beginning. I can't tell you all how much I've missed you! I seriously doubt that anyone even checks this page anymore, not that I blame them. Just incase though, let me fill you all in.
My last entry was back right around Thanksgiving time 2002. That was right about the time that I started playing "The sims online". Man was that a mistake. It totally took over my life! I was sooo addicted, it was all I wanted to do. Seriously guys, I spent all my free time playing it. I lost sleep. I let me house go. I ate and ate. But... Just like the regular sims, it gets boring after awhile. I have been sim free for over a week now and I don't miss it at all! I know how silly it all sounds, believe me, I do. Unless you've ever played it though, it's really hard to explain. I met so many new people, it basically turned into a $9.99 a month glorified chat room for me. Most of the people that I met in game, have basically stopped playing it now too, so we all sit in Yahoo messenger and talk. By the way, if you ever want to drop me a line, please feel free to message me. My yahoo screen name is RhaeNevaeh (Don't ask!). lol So that's how I've been filling all my free time.
I've managed to gain about 20 lbs since my last update. The scale is back up to 250 lbs. You know, I'm honestly surprised it isn't more. I'm not back here now trying to say that I'm ready to start all over again and shed all this weight, because I really don't think that I am. However, I am here to let you all know that I'm going to try and take little baby steps and get back where I was. I know how hard it will be and I know that my mind just isn't in it yet. I'm going to try and make little changes every day though. I can't say how often I will update, but for me, this is the first step. I admit it guys, I can't do it without the support that I get here. I will be updating more.
One of the big stress factors in my life right now is, we are trying to buy a house. As exciting as this sounds, it's been quite stressful. About two months ago, our landlord called us up and said that he will be selling the house and offered to let us have the first chance at buying it if we wanted to. As much as we hate the thought of moving again, this house is okay to rent and live in, but not what we are really looking for if we were to buy. So we decided instead of moving out and renting another house, we would see what our chances of getting a loan would be. It all snowballed from there. Everything started happening very quickly. We went to Wells Fargo and we got pre-qualified for a pretty hefty loan. We were so happy and couldn't wait to start house hunting. Our dream house has 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a full finished basement. First I started looking on www.realtor.com. I narrowed it down to about 5 or 6 and got in touch with a realtor. He showed us about 4 of the houses. We did like 2 of the 4, but they just didn't scream out to us like I had hoped and they weren't really on the side of town we wanted. I was willing to sacrifice parts of the house as long as it was in a good neighborhood and had good schools. So we kept looking. The 5th house we went and seen was perfect! We walked in and we knew it was the one for us. It had everyone in a house that we wanted and it was in a good quiet neighborhood with good schools. We wrote an offer for the house and that's when all the hell started. First, it took 4 days before we heard back from the realtor. That was a very stressful 4 days, let me tell you! We finally heard back. The sellers made us a counter offer. Basically they didn't want to pay half of the closing cost, which is what our offer had stated. So our realtor advised us to counter offer them back. We did. They came back with another counter offer! This went on back and fourth about 4 times before we all came to an offer we could agree on. They finally accepted our offer. This was just the beginning we soon found out. My husband is the only one that will be on the loan, my credit stinks, so it was best this way. He did have two collections on his report that we had to pay off. Because of these two collections, he didn't qualify immediately. Because of this, his loan application has to be sent to an underwriter, which will make the final decision. The loan will not get sent to the underwriter until all the information the mortgage company needs is complete. Basically as it stands, we don't know yet if we will get the loan. We won't know for another 3 weeks or more. This is enough to drive a person crazy! The mortgage company is really working hard to make us look good though. The sell their loans to another company. They don't get paid unless we get the loan, so they want us to get it just as bad as we do. They know their business and they know what the underwriter will look for and what they will want. We are leaving it in their hands and just hoping for the best. If everything goes as planned, all that we have to take to closing with us is 51 cents! We qualified for bond money which will pay all of our closing cost. Closing is set for April 18 and then we can starting moving in on the 21st. Wish us luck guys!
Well I sure didn't mean to write a book here. It feels really good to be back! I need to read everyone's journals! I haven't done that in a long long time either. Until next time. Oh before I forget to mention. Today it was exactly 10 years ago that my best friend/sister-in-law commited suicide. I love you Jackie and will always miss you!
