I did not want to pay for another month on my storage unit. However, since I am still homeless I didn’t have a choice.

I did not want to rent a P.O. Box. However, since I am still homeless AND addressless I didn’t have a choice.

I am so over all of this house buying bullshit. We missed the contract deadline for closing. We missed MY deadline for closing. I now have another month to keep my stuff in storage. Hopefully Rich can stand having us live with him for a while (notice I didn’t use the word “little” before the word “while”) longer. At this point I’m about ready to forget the whole thing, walk away from my earnest money deposit, and tell everyone working on my deal (except for my realtor) to go fuck themselves. The settlement company and my mortgage lender are the two sorriest excuses for businesses I think I’ve ever had the misfortune to deal with.

Although I would love to walk away from this whole mess I can’t. I’m relatively certain my last landlord wouldn’t give me a good reference (since I chose to give up my security deposit in favor of not filling the oil tank AGAIN and not cleaning the carpets as requested) and my prior rental was about five years ago. There’s no history to check. Although I suppose I could omit that last landlord…I’m pretty certain my realtor wouldn’t be down with that.
Then there’s the fact that I really, really like the house. I LOVE the house. Once I get in there I will be all warm and fuzzy, and probably sweaty too since the AC is fried…

I’ve decided that I won’t be calling anyone to check the status of my closing. That got me exactly nowhere for the past month. Plus I kind of pissed a bunch of folks off during a string of emails between me, my realtor, the other side’s realtor, and the loan officer and processor.

Me: Should I assume it would be wise to cancel my moving truck reservation for tomorrow?

Loan Officer: Kristie, I advise that you not schedule anything until you have a confirmed closing date and time.

Me: My mistake for thinking that a contract stating “on or before April 21″ meant that moving on April 26 wouldn’t be a problem.