Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Timbuktu* or Bust
Yay! We got our letter of pre-approval, which is even better than pre-qualification, from V.A. today. Now when we see a house for sale on the internet in Timbuktu* in our price range that interests us, we can think to ourselves, "next weekend, we can go see that house and put an offer in if we like it." I'm really glad there's a place in Arkansas** that has decent neighborhoods and affordable housing all in one sizzling location. Yes, it's quite hot there. We filled her plastic gallon-jug of water with ice cubes from the ice maker in the Presidential Suites*** and then from purchased bags of ice when we were in that area the past two weekends.
Now it's just a matter of logistics--making arrangements to spend the night somewhere, getting me up there (Becky's not up for coming along on every trip), getting a realtor to show me the house(s), getting back, and not spending too much money in the process. We do still want to be able to pay for escrow, etc. when it comes time for that.
In other news: Becky and I started attending our practice-giving-birth classes last night at the hospital where Baby Ichabod**** is scheduled to be born. There were eleven other pregnant mothers there with their "supporters". We went around and everyone said whether they were having a boy, a girl, or a question mark. Oddly enough, everyone who was having a girl had spontaneously chosen to sit in the middle row. As usual, Becky and I, along with Ichabod****, were in the "A" student row (that's the front for all you slackers [who, in their defense, at least aren't calling their children "Ichabod"]).
* The city name has been changed to protect nobody in particular.
** The state has been changed too--just for fun this time.
*** The name of the hotel motel was changed, but only to maintain the perfect-couple-who-only-stays- in-the-world-class-hotels image that we've been diligently working to build up.
**** No, we didn't cheat you out of points when you typed in "Ichabod" on the Baby Name Game, and you may see Ichabod's real name here in the future, though most of you already know it since we can't stop saying it when we're around you. For now, though, while we consider the security ramifications, Ichabod will have to do.
